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PROC test question
by marco.pizzoli＠gmail.com 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Hi all, I am a hobbit newby. I have a question about the PROC test: is there a way to define a test about the presence of a particular proc executed by a particular user? I'm in a situation where I have some daemons that could be started by a lot of (machine)users and so I would like to check the user the proc run as. Thanks in advance Marco

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cupsd
by stoner-lists＠comcast.net 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

For those who want to monitor a cups print server, here's a definition you can put in your bb-services file: [cupsd] send "GET /printers\r\n" expect "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" port 631 Alternatively, you could just use http://host:631/printers in your bb-hosts file. The cupsd is, for monitoring purposes, a web server. -Jeff "Fun with Users #1: ln -s /dev/random /etc/motd"

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ntpdate question
by Dirk.Kastens＠uni-osnabrueck.de 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

Hi, before updating our hobbit server to version 4.2.0, I tested the ntp configuration with the bb-ntp-1_4.sh script on the client nodes. When I now configure the server to use the ntp network test instead, I realize that this doesn't work with most of our RedHat clients. I get the response ntpdate -u -q -p 2 a.b.c.d server a.b.c.d, stratum 0, offset 0.000000, delay 0.00000 29 Aug 10:53:26 ntpdate[3509]: no server suitable for synchronization found The network test works with all AIX clients and with older RedHat clients. The manual page of ntpdate on a RedHat machine says, that "the ntpdate program is to be retired from this distribution". Is there another way of testing the ntp synchronisation from the server side or do I still have to use the bb-ntp.sh script? Best wishes, Dirk Kastens

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Client for NetApp storage and Weblogic Server
by fduranti＠q8.it 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Hi all, I'm currently developing 3 perl client to use with Network appliance Storage, Weblogic Servers and Database (SQL/Oracle/Informix and Mysql). At this moment only the weblogic and netapp scripts are available, the database check for Oracle/Informix and with connection check to sqlserver will be probably available the next week. I uploaded the scripts to deadcat but i got some problems downloading them so I've also created a project on sourceforge and I'm uploading the scripts there (and I will also try to create a mailing list so that if users have the need to contact me they can do that there). The homepage on sourceforge is http://sourceforge.net/projects/hobbit-perl-cl/ <BLOCKED::http://sourceforge.net/projects/hobbit-perl-cl/> Thanks and sorry for the advertise but this seems the better place to let users know about hobbit clients available :D Regards Francesco Duranti

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msgs file with html code
by vadud3＠gmail.com 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

Hi When I receive alerts related to messages file it comes with html code in my mail box like this. &red Critical entries in <a href="/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=hobbit.client.com&SECTION=msgs:/var/adm/mess +ages">/var/adm/messages</a> &red Aug 17 15:39:55 hobbit.client.com WARNING: [ID 702911 user.error] this is a test message Full log <a href="/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=hobbit.client.com&SECTION=msgs:/var/adm/messages">/var/adm/m +essages</a> Aug 17 15:39:55 hobbit.client.com WARNING: [ID 702911 user.error] this is a test message I am using hobbit client 4.2.0 and hobbit server 4.2.0. I sure did not play with any html code to make the output like this. Also I saw an email about keeping the full log link in the web gui for easy troubleshooting. But is that also apply to email. In otherwords can I just receive alert related lines and not the full log underneath. OR do I need to define SMS in hobbit-alerts.cfg page to achieve that? Thanks -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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[hobbit] Purples, all non-green view
by KauffmanT＠nibco.com 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Oh, my! It certainly does! Tom Kauffman -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 11:05 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Purples, all non-green view On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 02:41:19PM +0000, David Gore wrote: > There was some talk of the purples not showing up on the 'All non-green > view'. We are also disappointed that the purples have been removed from > this page. Our main page is the ANV page and would really like to have > that back. Could we at least have it back with a flag? Or did we some > how remove the purples on the ANV page with some flag in the latest > snapshot? Seems I broke it somewhere. This should put the purples back on the bb2 page. Henrik CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.

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[hobbit] Hobbit and bb-central
by dave＠auctionhelper.com 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

What version of SPLAT are you running? I am running the hobbit client on R56 - R60 and R61. -----Original Message----- From: Andy France [mailto:Andy at zespri.com] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 3:32 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit and bb-central I'd be interested in hearing about this too :-) I've only taken a short look at devmon - can it be configured to use a non standard SNMP port? The SecurePlatform SNMP runs on port 260 rather than the standard 161/162. Andy. "Bob Gordon" <rgordonjr at gmail.com> wrote on 12/09/2006 10:21:48 a.m.: > > On 9/11/06, Michael A. Price <mprice at hst.nasa.gov> wrote: > Thanx so much for getting back to me so quickly. The problem is that I > am running a very, very secure version of Linux called Secure Platform > from Checkpoint. > > Ouch... I remember them... :( > > Do the appliances support SNMP monitoring? If they do you could try > using Devmon instead of the client..... (http://devmon.sourceforge.net/ ) > > -- > --==[ Bob Gordon ]==-- ######################################################################## ############# This email is intended for the person to whom it is addressed only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy or use the contents in any way. The opinions expressed may not necessarily reflect those of ZESPRI Group of Companies ('ZESPRI'). While every effort has been made to verify the information contained herein, ZESPRI does not make any representations as to the accuracy of the information or to the performance of any data, information or the products mentioned herein. ZESPRI will not accept liability for any losses, damage or consequence, however, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this e-mail/attachments. ######################################################################## ############# To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Email alert based on specific process
by iqbala-hobbit＠qwestip.net 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Hi All I am using bb-proctab to monitor a list of processes and if any process a whole group get alert. Is there a way I can setup the alert with process specific. So if proc 1 out the list dies only user 1 get alert and so on. I know I could use the SCRIPT feature but like to keep that as the last resort. I am using hobbit 4.1.2 on Solaris 8. The process list I am concern about is running bb1.9c client on Solaris 8 as well. Sorry if it were already discussed in the mailing list. Thanks -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu "..there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit...try to be in the first group;...less competition there." - Indira Gandhi

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ganglia-style graph aggregation with hobbit
by gn1＠sanger.ac.uk 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hello, I'd like to completely replace the ganglia system we have here with hobbit. Most of the needed features are there, except the ability to produce aggregated graphs with multiple hosts, as in http://monitor.millennium.berkeley.edu/?c=PSI%20Cluster&m=&r=hour&s=descend… I suppose the following things will need to be done: - find a neat way to group the hosts (all the hosts in a group or a page for instance) - collect all the values from the rrd for all the hosts in a group and add them (when different from 0/NaN) - graph the result What would be the best way to do it? I'd like not to reinvent the wheel, so if some bits are already existing, I'd better use them... Cheers, Gildas

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[hobbit] OpenVMS, Hobbit client, precompiled?
by David.Gore＠verizonbusiness.com 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Anyone have a compiled hobbit client for OpenVMS they would like to share? ~David

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