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AIX Hobbit Client Update - Tar Error
by khemdev＠bc.edu 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hi, Hobbit newbie here. I am having issues with the clientupdate on some AIX systems. Some of the AIX systems have the following error message in hobbitclient.log: /opt/freeware/bin/tar: Unexpected EOF in archive /opt/freeware/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now 2007-10-03 19:02:14 Upgrade failed, tar exited with status 512 The clientupdate is working on other AIX boxes. This is occurring on some AIX 5.2 and 5.3. The tar that is used to update with is good because another AIX box is successfully updating with it. I tried re-creating the tar, but that did not help. Any insight on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dev.

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Creating hosts to monitor, do not resolve hostname
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

I have been using BB 1.9 for a long time and finally found myself the time to migrate to Hobbitmon. I am very impressed and pleased with the superior application and documentation! The upgrade document ( http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/bb-to-hobbit.html ) was very useful, the impression I got was that bb-hosts operated the exact same way. While I have found it is close to identical - something that my BB did not do was resolve hostnames and monitor those addresses resolved. I was always able to monitor the IP address and the hostname acted as a host identifier, nothing more. I have a lot of "fake" hostnames that are catching wildcards on domains that are resolving to undesired IP addresses. I think that this would be a beneficial feature for me in several cases as some monitored hosts do have their IP change from time to time, though I have an SH script that updates bb-hosts for me. Having said that, I would like to keep this feature enabled. What would be the best course of action for me to fix my problem here? Is there a tag that I can add to the hosts I don't want to be resolved by chance? Is there anything I can do outside of adding a hostname record for every single monitored host? Thanks in advance and my thanks out to the Hobbitmon support and development team! -- Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer

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Hobbit Not Installed Properly
by haresh.k.shah＠ge.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hi, I am trying to install Hobbit and learn it's rich feature. all things were going fine until the following : when I try to run 'make install' command it gives the following error: cd etcfiles; ../../build/merge-lines hobbitcgi.cfg /home/Hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg cd etcfiles; ../../build/merge-sects hobbitlaunch.cfg /home/Hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg larrdstatus=rrdstatus larrddata=rrddata cd etcfiles; ../../build/merge-sects client-local.cfg /home/Hobbit/server/etc/client-local.cfg cd etcfiles; ../../build/merge-sects hobbitgraph.cfg /home/Hobbit/server/etc/hobbitgraph.cfg cd etcfiles; ../../build/merge-lines columndoc.csv /home/Hobbit/server/etc/columndoc.csv cd etcfiles; (echo "bb-hosts"; echo "hobbit-alerts.cfg"; echo "hobbit-clients.cfg"; echo "bbcombotest.cfg"; echo "client-local.cfg") | ../../build/setup-newfiles /home/Hobbit/server/etc/ ld.so.1: setup-newfiles: fatal: libssl.so.0.9.8: open failed: No such file or directory Killed make[1]: *** [install-cfg] Error 137 I am using solaris. I also added my linker path in the PATH (/usr/ccs/bin) but no luck!! Please help me to resolve the issue. Thanks, Haresh

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Frank Jakobsen is out of the office.
by fjakobsen＠csc.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

I will be out of the office starting 2007-10-04 and will not return until 2007-10-08. For EMEA UNIX support create a Monet ticket for EMEA-MCS-UNIX-SRV.

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Hobbit PDF reporting question
by david＠stenhouseconsulting.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Thomas, if you are still checking the list, I have a question regarding the PDF reporting. I was finally able to find some time to set this up on my server but I am running into an error with FPDF. I have been unable to find an answer using Google. I am getting the following error: FPDF error: Can't open image file: /usr/lib/hobbit/server/www/pdf/graphrrd/servername/servername.load-month.png. I have checked the directory and the file does exist. I also checked the permissions have the following rwxr-r--. Of course if anyone else may know a solution I would appreciate it. Thank you, David Gilmore Consultant 401.453.6900 x12 [cid:image001.jpg at 01C80605.CAC52520] ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.

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NetBSD meminfo test overflows
by gendalia＠gmail.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

# /usr/pkg/hobbit/client/bin/netbsd-meminfo bash-3.00# /usr/pkg/hobbit/client/bin/netbsd-meminfo Total:-512 Free:0 Swaptotal:1033 Swapused:319 I assume that at least one datatype needs to be larger. The data on the web page is much more entertaining: Thu Oct 4 00:31:41 CDT 2007 - Memory low Memory Used Total Percentage green Physical 4294966784M 4294966784M 0% yellow Swap 319M 1033M 30% ---- I've updated the hobbit client package in NetBSD, and I've almost finished the hobbit server package update, I just have to have it reviewed. Maybe just in time for the next version to be released. -Tracy

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Hobbit with MYSQL
by Ashish_Vashisht＠WrightExpress.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Has any one been able to get Hobbit data into MYSQL? I just started using Hobbit in our Development Env which was not monitored at all due to licensing issue. It would be a good idea to preserve hobbit history in a MYSQL db than in a flat file. Would appreciate any response. Thanks Ashish Vashisht Senior Tivoli Administrator Wright Express Corp

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Summary/Total data from several hosts
by Darren.Cotton＠ses-astra.com 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I have 5 hosts on which I have script monitoring connected users. This is then sent to hobbit and as a result I have 5 separate entries which I then want to total on the server. Currently I am parsing the tmp file to get the number of users as follows: DSLGWS="server1 server2 server3 server4 server5" SERVICE=Total-Users BBPROG=bb-pusers.sh; export BBPROG RESULT=0 COLOR="clear" BBTMP="/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp" for USERS in $DSLGWS do if [ -f $BBTMP/hobbitd.chk ]; then NBUSERS=`cat $BBTMP/hobbitd.chk | grep pusers | grep $USERS | sed 's/.*: //g' | tr -d '\\' | sed 's/n.*//g' | bc` RESULT=`echo "$RESULT+$NBUSERS" | bc` else echo "Unable to find "$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk" Sending 0 total users" RESULT=0 fi done MACHINE=$SERVICE $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.pusers $COLOR `date` Connected_Users : $RESULT " Now this works but I think it is an ugly way of going about it - Is there another simpler/better way of going about this that I cant see. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail.

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hi
by ansiimire＠africaonline.co.ug 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

hi all, am trying to add network tests on my hobbit...such as smtp, cpu, memory, files, procs etc but am failing to find out how they are added...Anyone to help out? Thanks. Alyn

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[hobbit] RE: hi
by Chris.Morris＠RWEsystemsUK.com 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

The hobbit server install will also install the client on the same machine and the hobbit server start script will, by default, start the client. Why the first install doesn't behave in this way could be down to the way you configured it! You are asking a lot of random questions without giving any detail - I would suggest you read the doucmentation (online help and man pages) before posting here. > -----Original Message----- > From: ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug [SMTP:ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 2:41 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] RE: hi > > Hey Rob, > I had installed the server hobbit on two boxes...just for testing. but on > one box i get only network tests and on the other i get..all the > tests..including the cpu, memory, etc...so then how comes i am able to get > these other tests on the second box and not on the first yet i have not > installed any client hobbit yet as well. > Thanks alot really. > Alyn > > On 10/3/07, ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug <ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug> > > wrote: > >> Hi David, > >> i see the fields but it shows red and at times purple..i wonder why it > >> cannot be green. > > > > Have a look at what the test is reporting. > > > > On 10/3/07, ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug <ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug> > > wrote: > >> thanks for that. no i hadn't installed it yet but do i have to install > >> it > >> on the same box i installed the hobbit server? > > > > You install the client on the remote hosts, not the server > > > >>..plus some of these devices > >> i wanted to monitor are like routers..so how do i install the client on > >> a > >> router?? > > > > You don't - you're limited to the remote tests. > > > > -- > > Please keep list traffic on the list. > > > > Rob MacGregor > > Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he > > doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche > > > > 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 > ********************************************************************** This e-mail including any attachments is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute advice except to the addressee if expressly stated in this email. For the avoidance of doubt the contents of this email and any attachments are subject to contract and are not intended to and will not constitute a legally binding contract or any part of a legally binding contract. The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential. It 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, distribution or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify postmaster at RWEsystemsUK.com and permanently delete the email and any attachments immediately from your system. You should not retain, copy or use this email or any attachment for any purpose, nor disclose all or any part of the contents to any other person. Thank you for your co-operation. Neither RWE Systems UK Ltd nor any of the other companies in the RWE Group from whom this e-mail originates accept any responsibility for losses or damage as a result of any viruses and it is your responsibility to check attachments (if any) for viruses. RWE Systems UK Ltd Registered office: Mistral, Westlea Campus, Chelmsford Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 7EZ. Registered in England and Wales: company number 6052966. *******************************************

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