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processes graph and ports graph
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

The ports rrdfile does not exist. The procs rrd file exist but the graph is empty. Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

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[hobbit] Hobbit 4.2 - new alfa release
by jboone＠columbia.com 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

>- ~hobbit/server/www/menu/menu_items.js (change the > "NK view" item to point "Critical systems", and make > it point at the "cgi-bin/hobbit-nkview.sh" URL; > add the new "Edit critical systems" and make it point > to the "cgi-secure/hobbit-nkedit.sh" URL). When upgrading from 4.0.4 the menu_items.js file is not replaced. - Jim

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ifstat
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Should there not be an ifstat rrdfile? Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

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Invalid client message
by iqbala-hobbit＠qwestip.net 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi I am seeing this on `hobbitd' column Latest errormessages: Invalid client message from 2.3.0.5 - blank hostname where 2.3.0.5 is the hobbit server. tail on /var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log shows this line showing up every 5 mins 2006-04-23 02:20:15 Invalid client message from 2.3.0.5 - blank hostname What is the easy way to find out which script causing this? I am using hobbit 4.1.2 on Solaris 9 Thanks -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu "..there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit...try to be in the first group;...less competition there." - Indira Gandhi

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[hobbit] ifstat
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

On Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:37 AM, Henrik Storner wrote : >>On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 06:39:08AM +0200, lars ebeling wrote: > >> Should there not be an ifstat rrdfile? > >If I got the code right, and your client reports an "[ifstat]" >section in the client message, then - yes, you should have an >ifstat.*.rrd file. > >If not, let me have a look at your client's tmp/msg.txt file. On AIX in the ~/client/bin/hobbitclient-aix.sh script, the [ifstat] section is repeated and produces data, but the ifstat.*.rrd files are not created and no column is displayed (same happens on linux 2.4.3-6). Attached are the two sections from the respective ~/client/tmp/msg.txt files > <<ifstat_aix.txt>> <<ifstat_linux.txt>> > Chris **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither RWE npower nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************

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Hobbit 4.2 - new alfa release
by henrik＠hswn.dk 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

It could have been a beta, but I decided to play it safe :-) There's a new trial version of Hobbit 4.2 available at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=140… There are now man-pages in place for all of the programs and config files you'll need to know about :-) Meaning that there are still a few man-pages missing, but none that really matter. This version fixes a number of bugs from the previous alfa-release: * hobbitd_client should no longer crash when receiving reports from AIX, HP-UX or Solaris hosts; * The interface statistics should work for most operating systems. Darwin (Mac OS X) is missing. * The critical systems editor no longer requires the hobbit/etc/ directory to be writable by your webserver userid; * The client-local.cfg file is now installed on the Hobbit server; * Memory reports from Darwin clients should work. New stuff, compared to the initial alfa release: * File- and directory-checks. This was triggered by requests to get a warning if a logfile was empty. Instead of making this a special-case issue, I decided to implement a new "files" status column which uses client data to check file- and directory meta-data (owner, permissions, size etc.) You can also track the size of directories or files in a graph. * New "ports" column. The client reports the netstat output, and you can check on the number of TCP ports used by various services. Mirko Saam provided a lot of the code for this (thanks!) * Processes can be counted, and graphed. * The legend for monitored processes (and logs) can be changed, so you can provide a meaningful description of the process instead of just the regular expression you use to match the process line in the "ps" output. * Eventlog report can select hosts based on the page path where they appear. If you install this version / upgrade from a previous trial version or 4.1.2, please note that some files may require manual updating: * hobbitserver.cfg (add ",files,procs,ports" to TEST2RRD; ",files,procs,ports,ifstat" to GRAPHS; "ports,procs,svcs" to CLIENTSVCS). * hobbitgraph.cfg (missing YAXIS in mysql*, new apache3-multi, ifstat, files, procs, ports). It's probably easiest to save any local graph definition you've made, copy over the new hobbitd/etcfiles/hobbitgraph.cfg, and merge you local additions back into the file. - hobbitcgi.cfg (new settings for nkedit, nkview, ackinfo) - bb-services (modified ssh definition) - hobbit-clients.cfg (only comments) - hobbitlaunch.cfg (fixed path for bbcombotest from server/ext/ to server/bin/) - ~hobbit/server/www/menu/menu_items.js (change the "NK view" item to point "Critical systems", and make it point at the "cgi-bin/hobbit-nkview.sh" URL; add the new "Edit critical systems" and make it point to the "cgi-secure/hobbit-nkedit.sh" URL). So please beat this one up badly, and let me know what's missing before I can release this for real. Thanks, Henrik

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Files monitoring and more
by rsmrcina＠wi.rr.com 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

I thought that CPU Utilization monitoring (instead of load average) and disk space utilization by size (instead of percentage) was going to be implemented. Is that still in the plan? -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Main: (262)392-2026 Cell: (414)491-6001 Ans Service: (360)715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2007 - Green Bay, WI - May 18-22, 2007

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Acking alerts without the ID
by jonescr＠cisco.com 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

I'm doing my best to persuade my group to switch from Nagios to Hobbit, and Nagios is liked that much so it shouldn't be too hard, but I know there is one Nagios feature they are going to complain is missing from hobbit - the ease of acking an alert. In Nagios you can click on any alert and choose to ack it. With Hobbit you have to enter the alert ID which was sent out in the notification email. The problem with that is we have many people who only watch the web page, or the just plain don't want to have to go to their email to cut and paste and alert id, especially for multiple alerts. Is there any chance that Hobbit will have a more user-friendly Ack mechanism soon? If anything at least the alert ID could be displayed on the alert page, to allow it to be cut and paste from there. I don't want them to end up using DISABLE when they should be using Acknowledge, just because it's easier to do.

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[hobbit] Removing Purple from display
by FRamaekers＠ailife.com 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Thanks! Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. <mailto:FRamaekers at AILife.com> Systems Programmer; MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Company Phone: (254) 761-6649 Fax: (254) 741-5777 The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. Muhammad Ali -----Original Message----- From: PNIXON at ci.somerville.ma.us [mailto:PNIXON at ci.somerville.ma.us] Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 2:34 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Removing Purple from display on the hobbit server, go into the bin directory ./bb localhost "drop server service" --Pat ________________________________ From: Frank M. Ramaekers [mailto:FRamaekers at ailife.com] Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:19 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Removing Purple from display I have some events/services that I have since stopped monitoring (removed from bb-hosts) and they are still showing up as purple. How can I remove the entry from the display (so that it will show a dash again). Thanks, Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. <mailto:FRamaekers at AILife.com> Systems Programmer; MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Company Phone: (254) 761-6649 Fax: (254) 741-5777 ---------------------------------------- This message contains information which is privileged and confidential and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please destroy it immediately and notify us at PrivacyAct at ailife.com."

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Removing Purple from display
by FRamaekers＠ailife.com 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

I have some events/services that I have since stopped monitoring (removed from bb-hosts) and they are still showing up as purple. How can I remove the entry from the display (so that it will show a dash again). Thanks, Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. <mailto:FRamaekers at AILife.com> Systems Programmer; MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Company Phone: (254) 761-6649 Fax: (254) 741-5777 ---------------------------------------- This message contains information which is privileged and confidential and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please destroy it immediately and notify us at PrivacyAct at ailife.com.

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