November 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

[hobbit] stale alerts
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

I noticed this morning that our Hobbit server was sending out alerts for the process check for a machine that was actually shown as green on the hobbit web page. I checked on the monitored machine, and the alert was indeed green, yet the server was still sending out emails as though it were in a yellow state. I restarted the Hobbit client on the monitored machine, and then restarted the Hobbit server on the server. After doing this, I noticed the following in the page.log file: 2007-11-14 10:26:13 Stale alert for host-name:procs dropped (I changed the actual host name to "host-name" to protect the innocent) What exactly does this mean? Before I restarted the Hobbit server process, I manually edited the alert.chk temp file and removed the erroneous alert, but that didn't correct the problem. It was only after I restarted the Hobbit server process that it cleared the alert. Is this a bug in the 4.2.0 code, or is there something else going on here?

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Release3.0 should have said 4.3.0
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Opps droped the 4. Ive been waiting for Release 4.3.0 for a while becuase Ive been ask to officially deploy hobbit on a wider basic. Now Ive been ask for a timeline. I hate to roll out a snap shot now only to find it being released soon after. Thanks for a great product Henrik!!!!!! -\- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _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://phlccase/SWUNIX/mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[hobbit] fallback alert service
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Since you can provide your own script for alerts, there is no reason you can't build the needed fallback logic into that custom script. Something like: if [ first service down ];then use second service to send alert else use first service to send alert. fi I just finished customizing my alert script to allow a single code as the person getting an alert and then within the script, redirect the alert to the person from our help desk who happens to have the 7x24 duty this week. In this way we don't need to have a single pager which gets passed from person to person and sometimes gets lost. The on-call people only need to run a script on the hobbit server to change the info for who is on-call. The script they run also sends a notice to the person now getting the alerts, so they can verify the pages are working to the new person. ......Bruce _____ From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:22 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] fallback alert service I've used the txt.att.com <http://txt.att.com> for a couple of years and not once missed any alerts or notifications of voicemail. I really can't help you beyond this point. Though I would yell at my mobile provider if that was my situation! Sorry! On 11/14/07, Joost van den Broek <joost at seat-ibiza.nl <mailto:joost at seat-ibiza.nl> > wrote: Well, that's not my problem. I indeed use the email2sms gateway from my mobile provider, and that's also exactly my problem. I'm monitoring the MX servers of this gateway and they, unfortunately, go down too often. That's why it would be nice if there could be some dependency system on the alerts, so in case these servers are down it will use another address / script. I guess this could be scripted completely (external from Hobbit), but why not use Hobbit's ability to determine which gateway servers are/aren't available for alerting? Joost Josh Luthman schreef: > What myself and others do is use things like 9371231234 at txt.att.com <mailto:9371231234 at txt.att.com> > <mailto:9371231234 at txt.att.com <mailto:9371231234 at txt.att.com> > or whatever it is for your cell > phone. Just a quick Google =) To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk <mailto:hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk> -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------

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fallback alert service
by joost＠seat-ibiza.nl 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, Maybe this is already possible, or it's a feature request for the next release. Anyway, I'd like to have some kind of fallback alert method in case the used alert service is down. E.g. if I need to be alerted through a sms2email gateway which is down, it should use the next sms gateway. I figured it would be simple if the same dependency system could used for this purpose. Thanks, Joost

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netapp.pl and uptime
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi ! I've got several red-alerts by the netapp.pl for two of my four Netapps like this : Subject: [hobbit-patrol] Hobbit [435531] adxstore1:uptime CRITICAL (RED) red Sat Nov 10 11:23:07 2007 &red Last restart was 00:00:00 hh:mm:ss ago (ALERT=00:30:00). Storage adxstore1 was restarted at Sat Nov 10 11:23:07 2007 netapp.pl version 1.10 - column uptime lifetime 60, tested in ~ 00:00:00 (max 00:02:00) But if i'm login into the netapp and call uptime everything seems to be ok adxstore1> uptime 11:58am up 9 days, 35 mins, 0 NFS ops, 13648371 CIFS ops, 24 HTTP ops, 20870163 FCP ops, 0 iSCSI ops Any hints why ? Chhers, Martin

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Release 3.0 ?
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Ive been waiting for Release 3.0 for a while becuase Ive been ask to officially deploy hobbit on a wider basic. Now Ive been ask for a timeline. I hate to roll out a snap shot now only to find it being released soon after. Thanks for a great product Henrik!!!!!! -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _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://phlccase/SWUNIX/mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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alert-mail track number
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi ! .. only for understanding .. What's the meaning of the track alert-mail-number in the subject ? e.g Hobbit [698912] scotty:conn CRITICAL (RED) and e.g some alerts have got a zero [0] and still got that only didn't count up ... Hobbit [0] sc-node-2:cluster CRITICAL (RED) ... and how i could start from zero for all host/test (?) again .. Cheers, Martin ______________________________________________________ Martin Flemming DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de ______________________________________________________

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monitoring files and messages
by santoshbabu_perumal＠platts.com 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, can anyone help me to monitor files and procs in the Hobbit-client.cfg file i have mentioned the following entries HOST=tower FILE /var/adm/sa/sar12 LOG /var/log/syslog WARNING COLOR=yellow but i could not able to see anything on the gui.i can see white icon if i click on this i see no files checked status and if i click msg icon i cann see only /var/adm/messages i coild not see /var/log/sulog.how can i resolve this problem.please help me on this Thanks in advance -------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is intended only for the recipient, and may be a confidential attorney-client communication or may otherwise be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please be aware that any dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. reserves the right, subject to applicable local law, to monitor and review the content of any electronic message or information sent to or from McGraw-Hill employee e-mail addresses without informing the sender or recipient of the message. --------------------------------------------------------

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CPU utilization (vmstat graph) on a dedicated column
by me2unix＠gmail.com 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi all, How can I show the vmstat graph which appears under the trends column on a seperate column of its own ? Can this be done without send bb status commands to the server from every client? Thanks, Hezki

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single alert for a host going puprle
by me2unix＠gmail.com 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi When a client is down all monitored services will get purple. This is usually causing multiple alerts to be sent for each service. Recipients can get really annoyed by the amount of alerts while they only care to know that the client should be restarted. Is there a way to get just a single alert telling you the client stopped running, or at least just one purple event ? Has anyone configured the alerts file to prevent this situation? Thanks, Hezki

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