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[hobbit] How do I debug a hobbit client?
by KauffmanT＠nibco.com 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Interesting. The failure was an incomplete pass at cut & pase update of the clientlaunch.cfg. As a result, I had multiple [client] stanzas. I'm assuming that only the last one got launched, and it's a quick-running test that leaves no tracks on the client. Now to work on my centralized "I don't care" rules . . . Tom -----Original Message----- From: Kauffman, Tom [mailto:KauffmanT at nibco.com] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:33 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] How do I debug a hobbit client? Well, I beat my way through part of it; I'll take a look again tomorrow. For some reason, BBTMP never got set. After hard-coding it in hobbitclient.sh I could get hobbitclient.sh to run and get hobbitclient_AIX.sh to run, with output. But hobbitlaunch doesn't seem to be starting hobbitclient.sh. I have a suspicion -- letcha know tomorrow. Thanks! Tom -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:24 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] How do I debug a hobbit client? On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 03:22:24PM -0500, Kauffman, Tom wrote: > I'm trying to get the hobbit client running on AIX (5.3 TL-02) -- and > while it starts, and stays up, it's not generating a 'msg.txt' file. > > Here's all I've got in the log: > > 2007-01-04 14:41:32 hobbitlaunch starting > 2007-01-04 14:41:32 Loading tasklist configuration from > /usr/local/bbuser/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg The client task usually logs to "hobbitclient.log" - anything there? I seem to recall there was a problem with AIX and netstat reported some time ago, where the client would hang while running "netstat -an". Check what processes you have running spawned from hobbitlaunch (if any). Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk 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. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk 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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Antwort: RE: [hobbit] New Version of Admin Scripts (v.0.1.1)
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

>> Also you should note that #! must be changed to a GNU bash, version >> 2.05.0(1) + compatable sh. >> ON unix system /bin/sh is either a basic bourne shell or a posix >> enhanced boure. >sorry i can't follow you. What it is to do for unix compatibility? /bin/sh on your box is actual bash I think. I bet if you look its a link to /bin/bash ! ON most unix (not linux) systems /bin/sh is bourne shell; if you're lucky its a posix compliant one. Your scripts will not run correctly on such systems. As a matter of fact bash, version 2.03.0(1) will NOT work While: bash, version 2.05.0(1) Will work. So not only are they bash dependent but bash version depended! Ok I LOOKED at some of the other script and found that the date command is linux/gnu date not the date solaris uses. No problem for me since I have gnu date. All the above need only be listed in either README or KNOWN PROBLEMS -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _p_ Mike Nemeth | ___| |_____ email(w) michael.nemeth at lmco.com Work: 856 359-1425 |><___________) | Home Page:http://www.geocities.com/mjnemeth/ | Work Page:http://scorpion/~nemethm/ | Work Page:http://ortfsb/~mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[hobbit] Antwort: RE: [hobbit] New Version of Admin Scripts ( v.0.1.0)
by PNIXON＠ci.somerville.ma.us 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

You need to do all of your transfers in Binary mode instead of ASCII mode for text files. I personally transfer everything in binary mode. That's typically the cause of the ^M on text files coming across an FTP Server. -----Original Message----- From: Iain Conochie [mailto:iain at shihad.org] Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:06 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Antwort: RE: [hobbit] New Version of Admin Scripts (v.0.1.0) <my-opinion> Ftp is a horrible protocol for doing this kind of thing :( </my-opinion> As far as i can tell, this is actually a function of the FTP server. I have even seen this issue on installation CD's for UNIX type software. Since I have seen this in the past, I had a quick check and found a way to fix. NOt really sure how you can stop this from happening though. Cheers Iain On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 14:20 +0100, stefan.freisler at aspect-online.de wrote: > > Hi, > > OK - I had this issue. Basically, these scripts seem to have been > edited > > on a windows box, as so have the DOS style ^M at the end of each > line. > > This will need to be removed for the scripts to run on a UNIX box. > You > > can use a utility called "dos2unix" to convert all the scripts. > > are you shure? before i mad my packets i hade used dos2unix, because > there was a problem too in the past and since than i made this > everytime. > > Can it be that my ftp-client made this fault? > > mfg > Stefan > > > Cheers > > > > Iain > > > > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 20:07 -0500, Jeffcoat, Al wrote: > > > Hi Stefan, > > > > > > > > > > > > I've downloaded 0.1.1, and am getting the Server 500 error on > Apache, > > > "The server encountered an internal error and was unable to > complete > > > your request. > > > > > > > > > > > > Error message: > > > > > > Premature end of script headers: testalarm.sh" > > > > > > > > > > > > I looked on the apache web site regarding this error, and it says > to > > > try to run this from the command line. When I do, I get ": bad > > > interpreter: No such file or directory". > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what info you need from me to help me to help you > figure > > > this out J > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm running OpenSuSE 10.0. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > > From:stefan.freisler at aspect-online.de > > > [mailto:stefan.freisler at aspect-online.de] > > > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:45 AM > > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > > > Subject: [hobbit] New Version of Admin Scripts (v.0.1.0) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > i have added a new version of my admin scripts, with some more > > > features and lesser bugs (i hope ;-) ) > > > > > > You can Download it here: > > > http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~henk/hobbit/ > > > > > > Have fun to test it and to report Bugs and Wishes. > > > > > > Changelog: > > > 2007-01-04 v0.1.0 > > > +use DHTML-Calendar instead of Plain HTML > > > (http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/) > > > +use an better files-structur > > > +use bb to get Hosts and Services (hobbitdxboard) (with to ways > > > (enable it in cfg)) > > > 1. Get all services and hosts > > > 2. Get all hosts and only the services of this Host (Use > > > Javascript to select)(it can be slow because bash programms are > not > > > c) > > > +Show time it needed the Script > > > +Header and Footer lidle overworked New Option in viewlogs.sh to > > > +set Tail because it don't work on > > > Solaris > > > +View Log should show now an list, if it has not until yet. > > > +Some more Bugs fixed > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and > are > > > intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If > you > > > are not the intended recipient, any review, use, or distribution > of > > > this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. > > > This communication may contain material protected by Federal > privacy > > > regulations, attorney-client work product, or other privileges. If > you > > > have received this confidential communication in error, please > notify > > > the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently > delete > > > the original message. To reply to our email administrator > directly, > > > send an email to: postmaster at orlandoregional.org . If this e-mail > > > message concerns a contract matter, be advised that no employee or > > > agent is authorized to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of > > > Orlando Regional Healthcare by e-mail without express written > > > confirmation by an officer of the corporation. Any views or > opinions > > > presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not > > > necessarily represent those of Orlando Regional Healthcare. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] New Version of Admin Scripts (v.0.1.1)
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

I noticed that your still using using : query=$( $HEAD --bytes="$CONTENT_LENGTH" ) Which is not portable at all. (its GNU/ linux only) Rather than : read -n $CONTENT_LENGTH query Is thre any reason NOT to use the read ? Have not tested 0.1.1 but saw that its in there. Also you should note that #! must be changed to a GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1) + compatable sh. ON unix system /bin/sh is either a basic bourne shell or a posix enhanced boure. Thanks for you effort! I very happy with the veiw graph script; it will please my users. The log view is nice but IM usualy on the hobbit sever anyway. Have not tried the rest , ive no pressing need for it any else and it looks like it could damage stuff. The chhostservice.sh script would be handy for me and I maybe thats the next one for me to test but IM hoping that Henrik (hint hint!) can intergrate it into hobbit particularly on the enable/disable Maintenance page. I think most of frame work is already there for it. Note it would be nice is the delete test/host would log some where! -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _p_ Mike Nemeth | ___| |_____ email(w) michael.nemeth at lmco.com Work: 856 359-1425 |><___________) | Home Page:http://www.geocities.com/mjnemeth/ | Work Page:http://scorpion/~nemethm/ | Work Page:http://ortfsb/~mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[hobbit] 2 hosts with the same name
by KauffmanT＠nibco.com 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

I'm about to get into this nonsense myself. I'm running an HA environment for two SAP systems under AIX. One of them is the SAP Business Warehouse (now renamed to something else); on the next upgrade the BW system will expect the hostname to match the IP address internally at all times -- so when it moves to the fallover system, the IP address AND hostname will need to move as well. One of these days I'm going to flip, and implement a box with a hostname that has no resemblance to ANY IP interface label and then try to hack DNS to support it. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:JasonAS_Jones at mentor.com] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:49 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] 2 hosts with the same name You can always get one to lie by altering runclient.sh on one of them (alter MACHINEDOTS="`uname -n`" to something like MACHINEDOTS="`test_uname -n`"), though I'm confused how they are running on the network together if they have the exact same hostname... Jason. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: 04 January 2007 16:45 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] 2 hosts with the same name On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 10:36:03AM -0600, Trent Melcher wrote: > Is there an easy way to monitor 2 servers with the same computername > using 1 hobbit server? We are monitoring both our production enviroment > and test environments. Unfortunately the computername in test or prod > cannot be changed. They must have different names in the bb-hosts file, or Hobbit will not be able to distinguish between them. So you need to make up a pseudo hostname for at least one of them. For the client data (assuming you have a Hobbit client on them), you can modify the hostname it uses to report data and make sure it matches the name you use in bb-hosts. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk 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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Wish for next Hobbit Version
by stefan.freisler＠aspect-online.de 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Hi, i'm writing some admin Scripts (you can see it on this Maillinglist) and have some problems to analyse hobbit data to use them in this scripts. To check for Hosts and Services i use this command ~/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdxboard" (very good work) but can you expand this to filter some thing ~/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdxboard server.domain.org" so that only the data for this host will shown? And can you include something like that to get informations what RRD Files are available? ~/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitrrdxboard" and ~/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitrrdxboard server.domain.org" thx a lot Stefan

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[hobbit] How do I debug a hobbit client?
by KauffmanT＠nibco.com 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Well, I beat my way through part of it; I'll take a look again tomorrow. For some reason, BBTMP never got set. After hard-coding it in hobbitclient.sh I could get hobbitclient.sh to run and get hobbitclient_AIX.sh to run, with output. But hobbitlaunch doesn't seem to be starting hobbitclient.sh. I have a suspicion -- letcha know tomorrow. Thanks! Tom -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:24 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] How do I debug a hobbit client? On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 03:22:24PM -0500, Kauffman, Tom wrote: > I'm trying to get the hobbit client running on AIX (5.3 TL-02) -- and > while it starts, and stays up, it's not generating a 'msg.txt' file. > > Here's all I've got in the log: > > 2007-01-04 14:41:32 hobbitlaunch starting > 2007-01-04 14:41:32 Loading tasklist configuration from > /usr/local/bbuser/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg The client task usually logs to "hobbitclient.log" - anything there? I seem to recall there was a problem with AIX and netstat reported some time ago, where the client would hang while running "netstat -an". Check what processes you have running spawned from hobbitlaunch (if any). Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk 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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Two Hobbit Servers
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hello, I want to run Two Hobbit Servers for redundancy purposes. Can someone give me some pointers. What's the best way to set this up, and which files do I change? I've looked through hobbitclient.cfg and it has the following: BBDISP="192.168.0.218" # IP address of the Hobbit server BBDISPLAYS="" # IP of multiple Hobbit servers. BBDISP must be "0.0.0.0". So, Do I set BBDISPLAYS to: BBDISPLAYS="192.168.0.219" (For my other Hobbit Server) Will the clients then send data to both servers? How do you account for paging? Do you set one machine as the primary and turn-off the other machine? If one machine fails, can you enable the other to start paging. Any pointers would be really appreciated. Thanks..James James Wade

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How do I debug a hobbit client?
by KauffmanT＠nibco.com 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

I'm trying to get the hobbit client running on AIX (5.3 TL-02) -- and while it starts, and stays up, it's not generating a 'msg.txt' file. Here's all I've got in the log: 2007-01-04 14:41:32 hobbitlaunch starting 2007-01-04 14:41:32 Loading tasklist configuration from /usr/local/bbuser/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg TIA Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc 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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Syntax using GROUP
by tmelcher＠saionline.com 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Can you group "Hosts" together in the hobbit-clients.cfg? Is the syntax below valid? With this I should be able to setup a notification based on the GROUP=jboss in hobbit-alerts.cfg correct? ------------Cut from hobbit-clients.cfg---------- HOST=jboss1.saionline.com GROUP=jboss PORT LOCAL=%[.:]22$ STATE=ESTABLISHED MIN=0 MAX=10 TRACK=ssh TEXT=SSH PORT LOCAL=%[.:]22$ STATE=LISTEN TEXT="SSH Listener" PORT LOCAL=%[.:]8009$ STATE=ESTABLISHED MIN=0 MAX=100 TRACK=mod_jk TEXT=MODJK PORT LOCAL=%[.:]8009$ STATE=LISTEN TEXT="Mod_JK Listener" HOST=jboss2.saionline.com GROUP=jboss PORT LOCAL=%[.:]22$ STATE=ESTABLISHED MIN=0 MAX=10 TRACK=ssh TEXT=SSH PORT LOCAL=%[.:]22$ STATE=LISTEN TEXT="SSH Listener" PORT LOCAL=%[.:]8009$ STATE=ESTABLISHED MIN=0 MAX=100 TRACK=mod_jk TEXT=MODJK PORT LOCAL=%[.:]8009$ STATE=LISTEN TEXT="Mod_JK Listener" Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (402) 399-9111 x2774 tmelcher at saionline.com Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory The text of this communication is confidential, and use by any person who is not the intended recipient is prohibited. Any person who receives this communication in error is requested to immediately destroy the text of this communication without copying or further dissemination. Your cooperation is appreciated.

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