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[hobbit] Cisco switches?
by TMoore＠rooneyholdings.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Now my curiosity is piqued - for those of us unfamiliar with Cacti and MRTG, which path is the easiest to pursue so that Cisco switches (or anything SNMP) can be monitored within Hobbit? Is there some documentation available someplace that discusses this configuration? -TM >>> jeffnewman75 at gmail.com 6/8/2006 3:38:48 PM >>> I use cacti, and plain 'ol mrtg. Probably will just switch purely over to cacti eventually. mrtg incororates well straight into hobbit. On 6/8/06, rdeal <rdeal at tigr.org> wrote: I use bb-xsnmp.pl from deadcat primarily to monitor many cisco switches from Hobbit. Most data is already configured to be graphed by the server. From: Jason Chambers <Jason.Chambers at geosoft.com> Reply-To: < hobbit at hswn.dk> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:36:50 -0400 To: <hobbit at hswn.dk> Conversation: Cisco switches? Subject: [hobbit] Cisco switches? Is anyone out there monitoring cisco switches over snmp? I'd be interested to know if anyone is doing this and is graphing the traffic on it. Jason Chambers IT Helpdesk Support <http://www.geosoft.com/20> eosoft Inc. 85 Richmond St. West - 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2C9 Tel: 416-369-0111 x344 Fax: 416-369-9599 www.geosoft.com <http://www.geosoft.com>

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[hobbit] Cisco switches?
by jeffnewman75＠gmail.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Cacti is a whole seperate animal. For MRTG, Just look at your hobbit help menu: http://<name of hobbit server>/hobbit/help/hobbit-mrtg.html That has a whole thing on integrating MRTG into hobbit. -Jeff On 6/8/06, Tadd Moore <TMoore at rooneyholdings.com> wrote: > > Now my curiosity is piqued - for those of us unfamiliar with Cacti and > MRTG, which path is the easiest to pursue so that Cisco switches (or > anything SNMP) can be monitored within Hobbit? Is there some > documentation available someplace that discusses this configuration? > > -TM > > >>> jeffnewman75 at gmail.com 6/8/2006 3:38:48 PM >>> > > I use cacti, and plain 'ol mrtg. Probably will just switch purely over to > cacti eventually. > mrtg incororates well straight into hobbit. > > > > On 6/8/06, rdeal <rdeal at tigr.org> wrote: > > > > I use bb-xsnmp.pl from deadcat primarily to monitor many cisco switches > > from Hobbit. > > Most data is already configured to be graphed by the server. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Jason Chambers <Jason.Chambers at geosoft.com> > > *Reply-To: *< hobbit at hswn.dk> > > *Date: *Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:36:50 -0400 > > *To: *<hobbit at hswn.dk> > > *Conversation: *Cisco switches? > > *Subject: *[hobbit] Cisco switches? > > > > > > Is anyone out there monitoring cisco switches over snmp? I'd be > > interested to know if anyone is doing this and is graphing the traffic on > > it. > > > > Jason Chambers > > *IT Helpdesk Support > > * <http://www.geosoft.com/20> <http://www.geosoft.com/20> eosoft Inc. > > > > 85 Richmond St. West - 8th Floor > > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > > M5H 2C9 > > Tel: 416-369-0111 x344 > > Fax: 416-369-9599 > > www.geosoft.com <http://www.geosoft.com> <http://www.geosoft.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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bb-findhost.sh problem
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

HA! found the problem and it has nothing to do direct with findhost ; I discovered it was broken in info PAGE.submage link too. There no slash / after the url that is : http://faraday.lmco.com/hobbit/others Fails But http://faraday.lmco.com/hobbit/others/ works Now what the fix? -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _p_ Mike Nemeth | ___| |_____ email(w) michael.nemeth at lmco.com Work: 856 359-1425 |><___________) | Home Page:http://www.geocities.com/mjnemeth/ | Work Page:http://faraday.motown.lmco.com:3000/~nemethm/ | Work Page:http://ortfsb/~mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[hobbit] Disabling default tests
by daniel.lozovsky＠cingular.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Thanks Hanrik It will be great to have this feature added to one of your next releases. I will give this a try. Thanks again. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 11:02 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Disabling default tests On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 08:23:52PM -0700, Lozovsky, Daniel wrote: > I want to be able to disable client test such as disk, procs, etc. I > have some custom ones that I want to use instead. In BB, I used to go > to bbdef.sh file and just set the tests that I do not want to run to > FALSE. Is there such a config file in hobbit. No. I had not anticipated this scenario, so it isn't configurable. What you *can* do is to modify the hobbit client script on your servers: * If you leave out the "[uptime]" section, you will disable the "cpu" status. * if you leave out the "[df]" section, you will disable the "disk" status. * If you leave out the "[procs]" section, you will disable the "procs" status. * If you leave out the memory section(s) - names vary across operating systems - then you will disable the "memory" status. * The "msgs" status can be disabled by not configuring any logs for this host, and running hobbitd_client with the --no-clear-msgs option. The custom scripts you're using - are they specific to your setup, or are they generally useful ? If the latter, let me know how I can improve the current tests. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] FSTYPES= in hobbitclient-sunos.sh
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

>One reason not to check nfs filesystems is that the df command might >hang if there's a network or nfs-server problem. Right ! why I want it excluded! LOFS ; our home directorie show up as lofs So /users00/mike on disk /dev/dsk/c2t0d0d7 "mounts" in /home/mike as a LOFS on the server and NFS on a client, I'll get disks showing for all home directoies a repeting the "real" FS many time! MVFS from commercial tool clearcase ; sort like lofs and or nfs ; MVFS are sort nfs mounted if on a remote system or are like the LOFSs. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _p_ Mike Nemeth | ___| |_____ email(w) michael.nemeth at lmco.com Work: 856 359-1425 |><___________) | Home Page:http://www.geocities.com/mjnemeth/ | Work Page:http://faraday.motown.lmco.com:3000/~nemethm/ | Work Page:http://ortfsb/~mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Cisco switches?
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Is anyone out there monitoring cisco switches over snmp? I'd be interested to know if anyone is doing this and is graphing the traffic on it. Jason Chambers IT Helpdesk Support <http://www.geosoft.com/20> eosoft Inc. 85 Richmond St. West - 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2C9 Tel: 416-369-0111 x344 Fax: 416-369-9599 www.geosoft.com

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multiples keywords in alert rules
by plardinois＠be.tiauto.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Hello, I'd like to put an alert on my servers during weekdays night and during the whole week-end is it possible to put 2 TIME keywords on the same line ? e.g. HOST=foo.bar SERVICE=conn COLOR=RED TIME=W:1700:0830 TIME:06:0000:2359 MAIL support at foobar.com RECOVERED DURATION>10m Thanks for the support. Regards, pierre Lardinois _____________________________ Pierre Lardinois Int. ICT Infrastructure Team TI Automotive The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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[hobbit] Hobbit client, exempt disks?
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Henrik, The patch works fine, but generated the following in clientdata.log :- 2006-06-08 14:05:20 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 351 2006-06-08 14:05:20 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 352 Regards, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: henrik at hswn.dk [SMTP:henrik at hswn.dk] > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:05 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit client, exempt disks? > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 11:02:19AM +0200, Frédéric Mangeant wrote: > > Henrik Stoerner a écrit : > > >There's a patch for this now at > > >http://www.hswn.dk/hobbitsw/betapatches/ignoredisk.patch > > > > > >This lets you put a > > > > > > DISK %^/mnt IGNORE > > > > > >in the hobbit-clients.cfg, and it will completely ignore all > filesystems > > >beginning with "/mnt". > > > > do all the patches for 4.2 beta get included in next snapshots ? > > The snapshots are tarfiles created daily from my current source-tree. > So the patches are in there - but there might be other things as well, > which can break stuff (like unfinished patches). > > Right now, it is reasonably safe to use the snapshots for testing, > since I am only doing beta-release bugfixes right now. > > > Regards, > Henrik > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > **************************************************************************** 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 - beta release 20060605 available
by henrik＠hswn.dk 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

So - the beta release of Hobbit 4.2 is out there, available on http://sourceforge.net/projects/hobbitmon/ The source tar.gz file is there, and there are pre-built Debian packages for i386 and Sparc. RPM's will appear shortly. I have just about cleared the list of bugs reported on the mailing list, so anything you notice that doesn't seem right - do report it so we can get a final version without too many glitches. Compared to the alfa-version released about one month ago, this version includes much better documentation - especially about the new Critical systems view and editor, but also some Release notes that explain what you will have to do in order to configure your existing system to use all of the new stuff. Other notable changes: * The Hobbit client now reports the local system time, and a new CLOCK setting in hobbit-clients.cfg lets you check that it isn't too far off from the real time (i.e. the time on the Hobbit server). * The clients can now do a simple count of lines in a logfile that match a given expression, and create a graph of the linecount. Useful to catch e.g. disk errors being logged at an increasing rate, or firewall log messages indicating a sudden increase in probes from the Internet. * An IRIX client implementation has been added. It doesn't have the vmstat graphs yet - some work is needed to get those from "sar", since IRIX systems do not have a vmstat command. * The Unix clients can automatically update themselves. See the clientupdate(1) man-page. Hopefully this means that you'll never have to re-install the Hobbit client on your systems again. * Ping tests now use "hobbitping" instead of fping. * The client now supports large files (> 2GB). The plan for now is to have just this one beta-release. Depending on how many bugs are reported, I might arrange for a single Release-candidate version, or I may choose to just do the full release right away. It all depends on how well this release works. So do give it a try. Regards, Henrik

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hobbitping doesn't work
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Hi, I am running the hobbit-4.2-beta server on AIX 5.2 and hobbitping does not work. fping works fine. No clues in bb-network.log - just host does not respond. hobbit) time fping 10.2.216.252 10.2.216.252 is alive real 0m0.02s user 0m0.00s sys 0m0.01s hobbit) time /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitping 10.2.216.252 10.2.216.252 is unreachable real 0m17.11s user 0m0.00s sys 0m0.00s Any ideas how I can get more debug information?? Thanks, 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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