June 2006 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

disable until ok on conn test
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Will this turn green when its pingable? That is will it continue to do a ping then when connect turn green? -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _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] Generated Reports coredump
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Henrik, Thanks very much - the patch seems to have done the trick. Regards, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: henrik at hswn.dk [SMTP:henrik at hswn.dk] > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 9:57 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Generated Reports coredump > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:44:24PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services) > wrote: > > > > This problem has been outstanding for quite a while now on AIX. > > > > When running the pre-generated reports, bbgen coredumps. > > I think this is related to how bbgen looks into historical logs to try > and extract the cause of why a status has gone red. The only problem is > that I simply cannot understand how the code is supposed to work ... > > The patch below solves the crash. Extracting the interesting bit of data > from the historical logfile is tricky, but it does work in most cases. > > > Regards, > Henrik > << File: bbgenreport.patch >> << File: ATT2676079.fil >> **************************************************************************** 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] BBWin 0.7 available
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

I'm having problems running external scripts out of the box. Should bbwin interpret these script natively like bbnt or is there some tweaking involved? I'm trying to get IIS-Check.vbs to work for the record with no luck. Jason Chambers IT Helpdesk Support Geosoft Inc. 85 Richmond St. West - 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2C9 Tel: 416-369-0111 x344 Fax: 416-369-9599 www.geosoft.com -----Original Message----- From: Etienne Grignon [mailto:etienne.grignon at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:27 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] BBWin 0.7 available Hello everyone, I publish today BBWin 0.7 (a free Big Brother Hobbit Windows client). I know I'm late, I said it would be on last monday :-) You can download the MSI installer of this preview from http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin This preview contains the new following stuffs: * The msgs agent : it monitors the event logs. It uses match and ignore rules with a lot of options. Rules can be specified with EventId, Event type, Source, LogFile and description (perl regular expressions can be used). * BBWin configuration auto reloading : BBWin auto reload can be set so any change to the BBWin.cfg file will indicate BBWin to reload its configuration without restarting the service itself. * bbpager : BBWin now supports bbpager feature (used with Big Brother server, not compatible with hobbit) * cpu improved : Cpu has been rewritten and reports now contains process owner and priority * Documentation: the documentation is now delivered as a chm file, easyer to read than first my ReadMe.txt file. It will be more complete with time. Also, it may contains many english bad spelling. I will take english lesssons soon but you are welcome to send me corrections :) * Migration tools: configuration migration from bbnt to BBWin for bbpager and msgs has been implemented Note : This new version now use registry for the hostname setting. I decided that because it will help to have generic BBWin.cfg files. You may delete the hostname xml setting in your BBWin.cfg file and fill the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BBWin\hostname. The BBWin 0.6 contained the following stuffs : * Resolution of a major bugs with the configuration agents which was the cause of many crashs at the start or stop of the BBWin service. * The svcs agent dll : it monitors the windows services ---------- I also create a poll on the BBWin forum page about future features of BBWin. You are welcome to participate to it, so people can give ideas and remarks so, we can improve BBWin to obtain the best tool for everyone. To finish, I would like to thanks Steve Aiello and Hermann-Josef Beckers for their help in testing BBWin. Have a nice day, Etienne. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Sample images in Critical Systems help page missing
by allan＠zandahar.net 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Is it just me or are the images on the critical systems help page missing ? I looked in the dir and theyre not there. Called a link direct of Henriks box and theyre ok. Had a look in the source tar.gz and theeyre in there under the docs dir so I'm guessing they 'forgot' to copy themselves accross! nortie little images heh. NO biggie just summin that needs to be fixed I guess Allan

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Disabling default tests
by daniel.lozovsky＠cingular.com 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

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.

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One small thing...
by Roger.Alterskjaer＠vm.ntnu.no 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

BTW, the htdig search engine on the email archive (http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/) doesn't seem to be updated; can't search on newer messages from sometime in 2005 to the present. Cheers! -Roger

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[hobbit] beta #1, hobbit-client.cfg
by Larry.Sherman＠rbsgc.com 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

I meant in the hobbit-client.cfg itself. I assumed that the web based one you display was just a link to you actual file. My file was missing most of the info around the "PORT" section... Sorry for the confusion. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 4:38 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] beta #1, hobbit-client.cfg On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 03:06:10PM -0400, Sherman, Larry, GCM wrote: > is missing many of the comments that are on the web page sample file on > the website. Since the web menu is something you can customize, Hobbit's installation won't overwrite the current file. You need to add those new items to your installation yourself (as documented in the RELEASENOTES file ... hint). Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk ----------------------------------------- ******************************************************************* * This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. As this e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information, if you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to retain, read, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. ******************************************************************* *

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beta #1, hobbit-client.cfg
by Larry.Sherman＠rbsgc.com 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

is missing many of the comments that are on the web page sample file on the website. Starting testing! ----------------------------------------- ******************************************************************* * This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. As this e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information, if you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to retain, read, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. ******************************************************************* *

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Port BB ext script to Hobbit
by allan＠zandahar.net 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Hey guys, Just wondering what is required to port a BB ext script from somewhere like Deadcat over to the hobbitclient ? I've had a poke and it looks as it the hobbit client sets all of the old $BB variables so the script should be fine but Im still having troubles cos I a script newb :) This raid monitor script is the only one I managed to get working on one of the boxes here so I'd prefer to stick with it. As far as I know the script should be fine although the line where it execs bbedf.sh obviously wont work so I'm assuming this is why the hobbitlaunch.cfg sets the ENVFILE ? Script is attached, if anyone could have a look and let me know whats up it would be GREATLY appreciated Cheers Allan

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Does decreasing the interval of checks require recreating the rrd files?
by jonescr＠cisco.com 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Subject pretty much says it all. If I want a more granular graphs, which checks done and graphed every 2 minutes instead of the default 5, what all do I have to change? I'm also being asked that...if the hobbit interval is currently every 5 minutes, are client-reported alerts sent out instantly (as soon as they are received), or are they only processed during the update interval. For some very critical services, waiting 5 minutes to find out that it's down can be too long. Thanks, -Charles

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