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Hobbit 4.2 client in local mode - "Status received from 127.0.0.1"
by frederic.mangeant＠steria.com 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi again Henrik I've installed a few 4.2 clients in local mode, and all works fine except that I get "Status received from 127.0.0.1" at the bottom of each page. Is there a way to have the real IP address of the sender ? My server is still running 4.1.2p1, maybe this has something to do... Thanks ! -- Frédéric Mangeant Steria EDC Sophia-Antipolis

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Backup of Hobbit data and config files
by plardinois＠be.tiauto.com 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hello, Can someone tell me what directories / files that have to be backed up in order to save data and config files to prevent a crash ? Is it necessary to copy the whole data directory ? Currently, we have about 8 GB on the data directory (about 1500 hosts). Are these existing automated solutions (nothing found on deadcat so far...) ? I'd be glad to receive some tips/tricks on how you perform your own backups. Thank you for your support. Regards, Pierre _____________________________ 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] AIX 5.2 clientdata problem (was: Note: Hobbit 4.2 re lease planned for Thursday Aug. 1 0.)
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi Henrik, No other indications of any problems on the webpage or in other logfiles and no core files produced. I think this may be a problem on this specific box - I'll do some more "testing" Thanks, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: henrik at hswn.dk [SMTP:henrik at hswn.dk] > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:41 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] AIX 5.2 clientdata problem (was: Note: Hobbit > 4.2 re lease planned for Thursday Aug. 1 0.) > > On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 03:17:30PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services) > wrote: > > Hi Henrik, > > > > Our child has failed and will not talk to us: Channel clichg, PID 27932, > > cause Bad file number > > "Bad file number" ?! But that file handle was given to us just a few > lines further up in the code without any errors being flagged. > > Are there any indications that any of the hobbitd_* modules have > crashed? Core files in the ~hobbit/server/tmp/ directory, red/purple > hobbitd_something statuses on the webserver ? I think you would have > said so if there were any. > > Do any of the other hobbitd modules (ie any of the other logfiles) > report anything similar ? Or is it only that one logfile? > > I haven't heard about anything like this from others, so I'm reasonably > certain this is not a general problem. > > > 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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Note: Hobbit 4.2 release planned for Thursday Aug. 10.
by henrik＠hswn.dk 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Unless some major showstopper arrives within 24 hours, the 4.2 release will be available Thursday morning around 8 AM UTC. In other words, this is your last chance to report bugs that must be fixed before the final release. The "ps" handling bugs should all be fixed now in the latest snapshot and all-in-one patch (dated 2006-08-08 21:13 UTC). A list of the bugs that have been fixed during the RC testing can be found at the beta-patches page, http://www.hswn.dk/hobbitsw/betapatches/ I would like to express my sincere admiration and thanks to the people who have taken the trouble of testing Hobbit for this release; your input and help in troubleshooting the problems has really made this release a lot better than it was 4 weeks ago. Thanks, Henrik

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[hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86
by Vernon.Everett＠dpi.wa.gov.au 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi I have had this problem as well. I know, it a horribly vague problem description, but there is not much else to report. I was also getting messages truncated and a yellow on hobbitd. When I tried to change them in the config files, nothing changes. The truncated size remained the same, hobbitd remains yellow, and tests remain purple. I then edited the hobbitd_buffer.c and increased the size limits, did a recompile, and it's been great ever since. Probably not a good thing to do considering my wealth of ignorance regarding C, but as they say in the military, if it works, it's a good idea. Cheers Vernon ________________________________ From: Jerry Yu [mailto:jjj863 at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 10 August 2006 3:37 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86 Mike, I had similar symptoms on CentOS/RHL. It turns out a oversized [ports] section caused truncation of message thus [files] [msgs] [procs] may fail to get their data due to truncation. Check whether your 'hobbitd' turns YELLOW at the same time. If so, 'client data' for hobbitd history page will have lines saying this that oversized and truncated. On 8/9/06, Jason Lee <jason.lee at flytxt.com> wrote: Hi Mike, I don't know about your problem, but, We're running lots of hobbit clients and servers on Solaris 10 x86 without any problems. This includes running the full hobbit client inside Solaris 10 zones. Jason. ________________________________ From: Mike Rowell [mailto:Mike.Rowell at Rightmove.co.uk] Sent: 09 August 2006 13:47 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86 At the moment I'm seeing some rather strange things from clients and indeed a server running on solaris 10 x86. Occasionally and without pattern they will go purple, logging into the server and checking the logs indicate that there is no problem at all.. I've setup a new hobbit server on a new Solaris 10 x86 server and have seen in the last 48hours it's gone purple at least 3 times, the only client on this server is the server itself so it's not a load issue. The clients going purple are on our live monitoring solution, I have tried them in both local and nonlocal mode but with similar results every now and again they will go purple for no reason. I've added -debug to the hobbitd lines in an effort to debug the problem but as yet I havn't found anything, has anyone else come across any similar issues? Regards, Mike Rowell ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs service. ________________________________________________________________________

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Windows Quota Monitoring
by bill.hart＠burkecorp.com 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

I'm curious as to what other people are doing to monitor quotas, or if they are. We currently have our 2003 Server set up simply for warning so that it doesn't actually prevent people from doing stuff they need to, and it hasn't been a problem yet, but I'd like to stay on top of who is exceeding quotas and such. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't NEED to be a hobbit answer, but if there is one out there, that would be great. I've done some searching and will do some more, but thought I'd see if anyone out there had any great ideas. Thanks, Bill Hart Burke Corporation

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[hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86
by jason.lee＠flytxt.com 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi Mike, I don't know about your problem, but, We're running lots of hobbit clients and servers on Solaris 10 x86 without any problems. This includes running the full hobbit client inside Solaris 10 zones. Jason. ________________________________ From: Mike Rowell [mailto:Mike.Rowell at Rightmove.co.uk] Sent: 09 August 2006 13:47 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86 At the moment I'm seeing some rather strange things from clients and indeed a server running on solaris 10 x86. Occasionally and without pattern they will go purple, logging into the server and checking the logs indicate that there is no problem at all.. I've setup a new hobbit server on a new Solaris 10 x86 server and have seen in the last 48hours it's gone purple at least 3 times, the only client on this server is the server itself so it's not a load issue. The clients going purple are on our live monitoring solution, I have tried them in both local and nonlocal mode but with similar results every now and again they will go purple for no reason. I've added -debug to the hobbitd lines in an effort to debug the problem but as yet I havn't found anything, has anyone else come across any similar issues? Regards, Mike Rowell ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs service. ________________________________________________________________________

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[hobbit] AIX 5.2 clientdata problem (was: Note: Hobbit 4.2 re lease planned for Thursday Aug. 1 0.)
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi Henrik, Our child has failed and will not talk to us: Channel clichg, PID 27932, cause Bad file number Regards, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: henrik at hswn.dk [SMTP:henrik at hswn.dk] > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:03 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] AIX 5.2 clientdata problem (was: Note: Hobbit > 4.2 re lease planned for Thursday Aug. 1 0.) > > Hi Chris, > > On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 02:51:47PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services) > wrote: > > You resolved the clientdata problem on 12th July. The hostdata module > does > > not terminate, but just keeps saying > > > > "Our child has failed and will not talk to us: Channel clichg, PID > 38436" > > Could you try changing the hobbitd/hobbitd_channel.c around line 347 or so > from > errprintf("Our child has failed and will not talk to us: Channel %s, PID > %d\n", > to > errprintf("Our child has failed and will not talk to us: Channel %s, PID > %d, cause %s\n", > > This adds some additional info about what went wrong when we tried to > push a message to the hostdata module. > > I *think* this might be a harmless problem, but I'd like to see what the > actual error message is. > > > 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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latest snapshot (2006-08-09) fixes RRD duplicates
by brodie＠mcw.edu 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi- just checking in to report that the latest snapshot as of today seems to indeed fix the RRD "Duplicate data detected" error(s) that I had reported last week. Weird that the PCRE patch didn't do it unto itself, but Henrik has been super busy fixing ALL sorts of stuff. I'm a happy camper. Thanks, Henrik! The capabilities of hobbit make my job just SO much better.

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reading rrd files for seperate customer "extranet"
by chrisw＠supranet.net 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hello, Searching for the archives for this, I see some discussion on getting customer specific pages (Subject: "Alternate Pagesets"). Instead of this, I'm curious if anyone has written anything or any sample code to read directly from the RRD files to display in HTML. I'm not too farmiliar with RRD, so that's why I'm asking here first. The idea is to put graphs that have data from hobbit's RRD files to our customer login page. We'd keep track of what directory belongs to which customer via a seperate SQL database with a simple customer-> dir mapping. Anyone tried this? Or maybe even anyone know sample code to read RRD and graph them, preferably with something PHP driven? Or even possibly what the particular structure of hobbit's RRD's are so I can figure this out a bit more easily? thanks --Chris

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