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Weird hobbit/proxy/CONN catch-22?
by brodie＠mcw.edu 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

OK guys, here's what I have (thank to all that helped me thus far, especially Henrik!) My setup involves a hidden cluster-- which means that from my MAIN Hobbit server (BBDISPLAY), I cannot see nor ping the cluster nodes, but I *can* see and talk to the cluster "head node". Based on prior suggestions, I set it all up as follows: Main BB server has config entries for everything, including the cluster head node AND the cluster nodes it "can't see" directly. These entries are listed as: Hidden.ip.address.here host.name.here # noconn "noconn" obviously, since the network tests from the main Hobbit server would fail! --- Next, I set up the cluster head node as a BB server. Actually, its main purpose is to run the network and such tests, and act as a proxy server for the whole cluster. --- It all works. Sort of! On my main BB display, I see the entries for the "unreachable" cluster nodes, which is very cool. I see the cpu, disk, files, msgs, etc. But-- there's no connectivity (conn) information or status information. --- Catch-22? How do I get the "conn" test to show up? If I list "conn" in the bb-hosts on my main Hobbit server, I am going to assume that the conn tests will have issues, since that server(s) really are unreachable from the BBDISPLAY host. But if I set it up listed as "noconn" on the BBDISPLAY server-- um, there's no conn data/column (a Homr Simpson "D'oh!" goes here). Any ideas? The BBPROXY setup described above is working as far as information exchange, as I am indeed seeing cpu, disk, files, info, msgs, ports, procs, and that's all very very cool and good. But I need 'conn' most of all. Help! (and thanks) By the way - a suggestion for stuff down the road a bit: When I set up my proxy server (./configure -server), there was of course all of the requirements I had to have met, such as having RRDTOOL, libpng, etc etc all there. That's great, except I have no intention of having this other server doing anything other than running a few tests, and forwarding it all on to the BBD server. No data, no RRD, no graphs, no apache, no html. One big suggestion I have (since the proxy is such a cool thing) is to perhaps including things like: ./configure -proxy-only ? Just a thought. This may or may not be complicated... --------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie - brodie at phys.mcw.edu Department of Physiology Medical College of Wisconsin (414) 456-8590

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Weird hobbit/proxy/CONN catch-22?
by brodie＠mcw.edu 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Hi everyone! Um, any ideas on this? I didn't get a single reply - maybe my original post didn't make it to the list? Thanks...... ________________________________ From: Brodie, Kent Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:08 AM To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' Subject: Weird hobbit/proxy/CONN catch-22? OK guys, here's what I have (thank to all that helped me thus far, especially Henrik!) My setup involves a hidden cluster-- which means that from my MAIN Hobbit server (BBDISPLAY), I cannot see nor ping the cluster nodes, but I *can* see and talk to the cluster "head node". Based on prior suggestions, I set it all up as follows: Main BB server has config entries for everything, including the cluster head node AND the cluster nodes it "can't see" directly. These entries are listed as: Hidden.ip.address.here host.name.here # noconn "noconn" obviously, since the network tests from the main Hobbit server would fail! --- Next, I set up the cluster head node as a BB server. Actually, its main purpose is to run the network and such tests, and act as a proxy server for the whole cluster. --- It all works. Sort of! On my main BB display, I see the entries for the "unreachable" cluster nodes, which is very cool. I see the cpu, disk, files, msgs, etc. But-- there's no connectivity (conn) information or status information. --- Catch-22? How do I get the "conn" test to show up? If I list "conn" in the bb-hosts on my main Hobbit server, I am going to assume that the conn tests will have issues, since that server(s) really are unreachable from the BBDISPLAY host. But if I set it up listed as "noconn" on the BBDISPLAY server-- um, there's no conn data/column (a Homr Simpson "D'oh!" goes here). Any ideas? The BBPROXY setup described above is working as far as information exchange, as I am indeed seeing cpu, disk, files, info, msgs, ports, procs, and that's all very very cool and good. But I need 'conn' most of all. Help! (and thanks) By the way - a suggestion for stuff down the road a bit: When I set up my proxy server (./configure -server), there was of course all of the requirements I had to have met, such as having RRDTOOL, libpng, etc etc all there. That's great, except I have no intention of having this other server doing anything other than running a few tests, and forwarding it all on to the BBD server. No data, no RRD, no graphs, no apache, no html. One big suggestion I have (since the proxy is such a cool thing) is to perhaps including things like: ./configure -proxy-only ? Just a thought. This may or may not be complicated... --------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie - brodie at phys.mcw.edu Department of Physiology Medical College of Wisconsin (414) 456-8590

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Unbelievable
by brodie＠mcw.edu 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

It's port 1984 (Big brother (now hobbit), get it?) Oh for crying out loud. Why I never saw that and made the connection is beyond me. I must be getting old................ I have GOT to start paying attention to detail :-) --------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie - brodie at phys.mcw.edu Department of Physiology Medical College of Wisconsin (414) 456-8590

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What is the latest stable release
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

What is the latest stable release of hobbit? I am using hobbit 4.1.2p1 Thanks Robert _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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Clock offset alerts
by jonescr＠cisco.com 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

I was pleasantly surprised to find a "clock offset" in the trends column. Is it possible to send alerts if the clock gets too far off?

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[hobbit] Color question
by Eric.Jacobs＠thomastechsolutions.com 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

If I set up an alert on CPU, say, that has COLOR=red,yellow and a DURATION>15m, and the cpu goes yellow for ten minutes and then red for ten minutes, will the notification get sent? Or does the cpu have to be either yellow or red for greater than 15 minutes to trigger an alert Eric Jacobs Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc. One Progress Dr Horsham, PA 19044 215-682-5354 eric.jacobs at thomastechsolutions.com

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Memory graph display of MB instead of % ?
by jonescr＠cisco.com 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Is there a way I can optionally create a memory graph that shows the MB used, instead of the percentage?

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[hobbit] Hobbit client on VMWare ESX 3
by eingram＠pchl.com 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Found it. You have to open a port in the built in firewall to allow outbound to 1984. Unless you set the security to LOW (basically no firewall) when you install, you have to run this command in the console to open up the port: esxcfg-firewall --openPort 1984,tcp,out That did it. Ed Edward Ingram Sr. Systems Engineer - MCSE, CCNA People's Choice Home Loan, Inc. eingram at pchl.com 949.341.2041 949.341.2201 FAX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this e-mail by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. ________________________________ From: Dan Vande More [mailto:bigdan at gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:51 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit client on VMWare ESX 3 It's port 1984 (Big brother (now hobbit), get it?) Anyway, I will appreciate any notes you can give for getting it on ESX3. I just put a production instance up last week, and have several more going in over the next few months. Thanks On 7/21/06, Jason Chambers <Jason.Chambers at geosoft.com> wrote: Try telnetting from the client to the server. I think it's port 1720? 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 From: Ed Ingram [mailto:eingram at pchl.com] Sent: July-21-06 2:16 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit client on VMWare ESX 3 Has anyone tested this configuration? I'm running hobbitserver and client version 4.2-RC-20060712. The server is working fine with a large number of other windows and linux clients, but this one client running vmware esx 3 does not seem to work. I know ESX 3 comes with firewall rules built in, but I'm able to ping the hobbit server from the esx server and vice versa. Anyways...this is what I keep getting in the log file: 2006-07-20 17:05:42 Could not connect to bbd at 1.2.3.4:1984 - Connection refused 2006-07-20 17:05:42 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed Ed Edward Ingram Sr. Systems Engineer - MCSE, CCNA People's Choice Home Loan, Inc. eingram at pchl.com <mailto:eingram at pchl.com> 949.341.2041 949.341.2201 FAX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this e-mail by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer.

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Proxy server doesn't run local client tests
by brodie＠mcw.edu 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Hi- on my proxy server, it seems like the local client tests aren't running at all. Do I have to separately fire up the client, even though I *do* have the client enabled in hobbitlaunch.cfg? --------------------------------------------------------- Kent C. Brodie - brodie at phys.mcw.edu Department of Physiology Medical College of Wisconsin (414) 456-8590

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Hobbit client on VMWare ESX 3
by eingram＠pchl.com 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Has anyone tested this configuration? I'm running hobbitserver and client version 4.2-RC-20060712. The server is working fine with a large number of other windows and linux clients, but this one client running vmware esx 3 does not seem to work. I know ESX 3 comes with firewall rules built in, but I'm able to ping the hobbit server from the esx server and vice versa. Anyways...this is what I keep getting in the log file: 2006-07-20 17:05:42 Could not connect to bbd at 1.2.3.4:1984 - Connection refused 2006-07-20 17:05:42 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed Ed Edward Ingram Sr. Systems Engineer - MCSE, CCNA People's Choice Home Loan, Inc. eingram at pchl.com <mailto:eingram at pchl.com> 949.341.2041 949.341.2201 FAX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this e-mail by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer.

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