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[hobbit] Some info columns not working
by matthew.epp＠us.army.mil 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

> > Some of my info pages aren't coming up. Just get Internal Server Error > and > > Apache logs a "Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh" when I > try to > > access them. At first I thought maybe it was just the systems relayed > > through bbproxy, but I've found some tested locally from the main > display > > server that also don't work, and there are relayed systems that DO have > > info. Checked all the hobbit logs and don't see any problems reported. > Any > > troubleshooting tips? > > Try the following link to troubleshoot > > http://hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/08/msg00498.html I think I found out what the problem was. Apparently you can't use the IP placeholder of 0.0.0.0 for relayed hosts if you want to be able to pull up the info column. I replaced the 0.0.0.0 with the real address and now the info works.

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Hobbit dependencies on Solaris 10.
by loris.serena＠bt.com 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hello guys, I've played with BB for years but I'm new to hobbit. I'm trying to install 4.2.0 on a box running Solaris 10 x86 1/06 (Core installation). I've religiously added gcc, gmake, fping, rrdtool but I'm getting stuck on pcre. 1. If I do a pkgadd from SunFreeware, it installs ok but hobbit configure quits with: <snip> Checking for PCRE ... test-pcre.c: In function `main': test-pcre.c:8: error: `NULL' undeclared (first use in this function) test-pcre.c:8: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once test-pcre.c:8: error: for each function it appears in.) make: *** [test-compile] Error 1 ERROR: PCRE include files found in /usr/local/include, but compile fails. # 2. If I try to compile pcre from source, configure goes ok, but make returns the following: # make /bin/bash ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./maketables.c mkdir .libs gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./maketables.c -fPIC -DPIC -o maketables.o mv -f maketables.o .libs/maketables.lo gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./maketables.c -o maketables.o >/dev/null 2>&1 mv -f .libs/maketables.lo maketables.lo /bin/bash ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./get.c rm -f .libs/get.lo gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./get.c -fPIC -DPIC -o get.o mv -f get.o .libs/get.lo gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./get.c -o get.o >/dev/null 2>&1 mv -f .libs/get.lo get.lo /bin/bash ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./study.c rm -f .libs/study.lo gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./study.c -fPIC -DPIC -o study.o mv -f study.o .libs/study.lo gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. ./study.c -o study.o >/dev/null 2>&1 mv -f .libs/study.lo study.lo gcc -c -g -O2 -I. ./dftables.c /bin/bash ./libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -I. -I. -o dftables dftables.o gcc -g -O2 -I. -I. -o dftables dftables.o ./dftables ./chartables.c /bin/bash ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. -DPOSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD=10 ./pcre.c rm -f .libs/pcre.lo gcc -c -g -O2 -I. -I. -DPOSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD=10 ./pcre.c -fPIC -DPIC -o pcre.o pcre.c:355: error: `malloc' undeclared here (not in a function) pcre.c:356: error: `free' undeclared here (not in a function) pcre.c:357: error: `malloc' undeclared here (not in a function) pcre.c:358: error: `free' undeclared here (not in a function) make: *** [pcre.o] Error 1 # What am I missing here? Thanks in advance Loris BT Communications Ireland Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group plc Registered in Ireland, Registration No. 141524 Grand Canal Plaza, Upper Grand Canal Street, Dublin, Ireland This electronic message contains information (and may contain files) from BT Communications Ireland Limited which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information and or files is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone or email (to the numbers or address above) immediately. http://www.btireland.ie

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[feature request] Dynamic or Split NCV
by cgoyard＠cvf.fr 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi, at my company we tend to graph just anything. As long as we were with larrd (written in Perl), we could trick the grapher to accept ever-changing list of data source my making a rrd file for each data, holding one DS per file and looping over patterns. With hobbit, we have a nice NCV semi-automatic way of graphing things. But I want to trend, say, the number of mysql connections per user at host : status databaseserver.int.cvf.sqlcnx green foo at appserver01.int.cvf on content = 2 foo at appserver02.int.cvf on content = 4 statinjector at appserver02.int.cvf on stats = 1 statreader@@backendserver01.int.cvf on stats = 31 bar@@backendserver01.int.cvf on traces = 3 bar@@backendserver02.int.cvf on traces = 4 I can't do it with NCV, because if I add a new appserver03, it won't make have its slot in the rrd file. So I'd like to see something like (S for Split or Single) : SNCV_sqlcnx="/.+ on .+/:GAUGE" that would yield : /usr/hobbit/data/rrd/~$ ls databaseserver.int.cvf/ sqlcnx.foo at appserver01.int.cvf_on_content.rrd sqlcnx.foo at appserver02.int.cvf_on_content.rrd (and so on) Since I really need it, I can always try to add this into hobbit. Would it be possible to implement it as a new channel or it has to be into the code rrd handling ? -- Charles Goyard - cgoyard at cvf.fr - (+33) 1 45 38 01 31

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displaying list of disabled hosts via command line
by tomg＠mcclatchyinteractive.com 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Is there a way to get the info normally displayed on the enable/disable webpage through the command line? I've tried using variations of the "bb 127.0.0.1 query ..." command, but couldn't find one that worked. Tom

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Excluding network interfaces from RRD graphs?
by greg.hubbard＠eds.com 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Shire-folk: In Hobbit 4.2, the bandwidth for my system interfaces is now being tracked and graphed! Yes! But some of my servers have a bit list of interfaces that I do not want to track (wrsmd<nn>)... So, is there a way to exclude network interfaces from the list, like you can exclude disks from the disk graphs? And, is there a way to tag each interface with something descriptive, such as "eri0=Backup". Etc. I didn't see any of this in the docs, or in the configuration files...but it could still be there... GLH

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Build Error on HP-UX for 4.2.0
by neil.camp＠deca.mil 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hello, I am getting the following error trying to compile 4.2.0 on HP-UX 11.11 using gcc 4.1.1 gcc -g -O -D_REENTRANT -DHPUX -I. -I/home/campnd/hobbit-4.2.0/include -I/usr/local/pa20_32/include -DBBGEN_SSL -I/usr/include -c -o bbtest-net.o bbtest-net.c bbtest-net.c: In function 'send_rpcinfo_results': bbtest-net.c:1830: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast bbtest-net.c:1837: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type bbtest-net.c:1849: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type bbtest-net.c:1854: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type gmake[1]: *** [bbtest-net.o] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/campnd/hobbit-4.2.0/bbnet' gmake: *** [bbnet-build] Error 2 -----Original Message----- From: Nicola Canepa [mailto:nicola.canepa at sys-net.it] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:43 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Question about freed servers I'm getting rid of old servers, so I don't need monitoring them anymore. Which is the best way of keeping old data (for report availability and graphing purposes)? I thought about 2 hypotesis: 1 - removing the servers from bb-hosts 2 - removing the checks of every server in bb-hosts Will I loose old data in these ways? Nicola Nicola Canepa Responsabile FM SysNet s.n.c. Via Dossi, 8 - 27100 Pavia - ITALIA http://www.sys-net.it ----------------------------------- Office: +39.0521.918369 Mobile: +39.348.1561144 Email: nicola.canepa at sys-net.it ----------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Question about freed servers
by brodie＠mcw.edu 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Delete the entry for bb-hosts. I do not believe this will get rid of any *DATA*, for that you must explicitly do the "bb drop" command for each host, if you want to remove the data. If you want those hosts to still show up in hobbit, you will have to leave them defined, but then I'd recommend permanently "disabling" all of the tests, permanently. -----Original Message----- From: Nicola Canepa [mailto:nicola.canepa at sys-net.it] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 8:43 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Question about freed servers I'm getting rid of old servers, so I don't need monitoring them anymore. Which is the best way of keeping old data (for report availability and graphing purposes)? I thought about 2 hypotesis: 1 - removing the servers from bb-hosts 2 - removing the checks of every server in bb-hosts Will I loose old data in these ways? Nicola Nicola Canepa Responsabile FM SysNet s.n.c. Via Dossi, 8 - 27100 Pavia - ITALIA http://www.sys-net.it ----------------------------------- Office: +39.0521.918369 Mobile: +39.348.1561144 Email: nicola.canepa at sys-net.it ----------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Question about freed servers
by nicola.canepa＠sys-net.it 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

I'm getting rid of old servers, so I don't need monitoring them anymore. Which is the best way of keeping old data (for report availability and graphing purposes)? I thought about 2 hypotesis: 1 - removing the servers from bb-hosts 2 - removing the checks of every server in bb-hosts Will I loose old data in these ways? Nicola Nicola Canepa Responsabile FM SysNet s.n.c. Via Dossi, 8 - 27100 Pavia - ITALIA http://www.sys-net.it ----------------------------------- Office: +39.0521.918369 Mobile: +39.348.1561144 Email: nicola.canepa at sys-net.it -----------------------------------

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Hobbit cluster and DRDB
by tlp-hobbit＠holme-pedersen.dk 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi Brothers, Just read an article in Linux Journal about using DRDB as a "cluster" filesystem for a redundant installation of sendmail and mysql. This has caused me to think that this could be a way forward as a cluster mecanism for hobbit. Currently I run a rdist job for this and then have a manual intervention for starting up hobbit on the secondary node. I know from when I last looked at DRDB that the IO performance as a problem with BB but with Hobbit I am prety sure it should work. I am wondering if any of you have experienced with the DRDB/heartbeat/hobbit and what your impressions are ? Regards, Thomas -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.1/421 - Release Date: 16-08-2006

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Gnokii and Hobbit
by m.magua＠gmail.com 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi Has anyone managed to get gnokii to work with Hobbit for alerts? I'm a bit stumped. I have a premicell and a serial cable going from the server to the premicell. I compiled gnokii and from the command line I can do: echo "some msg" | gnokii --sendsms <cell number> And that works. However following the examples from the Hobbit website on sms notifications does not work. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Regards Michael Magua

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