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New feature ?
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi Henrik I would like to propose a possible new feature. In the hobbit-clients.cfg on the server, we can specify default threshholds for most things, but the selection is based on hostname. Is there a way to specify the machine architecture as an identifier. (uname -n To give an example, I run a mixed bag of Sun T2000, V440, V490, and X4?00 servers. Because of what we are running on each server type, we find a large run queue on the T2000 is quite normal, but on one of the others, we expect a very small run queue. Instead of defining runqueue threshhold per host name, it would be nice to have a ARCH option which could be overridden by the HOST So we could define ARCH=x86_64 # Linux LOAD 5.0 10 ARCH=i86pc # Solaris on x86 LOAD 6 12 ARCH=SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise # A solaris 10 zone LOAD 8 12 ARCH=SUNW,Sun-Fire-V490 # A Sun V490 LOAD 6 9 ARCH=SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 # A T2000 reports as T200 - don't ask! LOAD 15 25 However, if further down the list we had a HOST server01 we could redefine the LOAD, despite it being a T2000. HOST=server01 LOAD 10 15 The utility of this would mean I don't have to define every host inividually, but Of course, we could also use the same definitions for OS as returned by uname -s SunOS, Linux etc. (I see you use this in the client scripts) It would be nice to have that flexibility in the configs. Regards Vernon NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments.

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Anyone monitoring Citrix servers via hobbit?
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone out there is monitoring Citrix servers via hobbit? If so, are you using data from the Citrix internal monitoring? Thanks, Bruce ---------------------------------------------------- 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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Ack problems
by swilson＠uchicago.edu 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Is there a way to see all non-acknowledge events? I'm having a probem with my server where the "Acknowledge Alerts" page doesn't seem to show everything. Some stuff shows up, other things never seem to. Right now I have the option of Acking a Yellow CPU that started at about 3am, but I don't have the option of Acking a Red Disk that started at 9am. I tried seeing what the CGI did, but it's an executable, not a shell script which makes things harder. I figured before delving into source, I'd just ask. Thanks, Scott Wilson Lead System Administrator swilson at uchicago.edu NSIT - DCS - SeaUnix

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[hobbit] Monitoring HP StorageWorks EVA disk array
by rebecca_henderson＠link.freedom.com 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Can I please have the AIX multipath :-) please!!!!!!!! -----Original Message----- From: hobbit at hswn.dk [mailto:hobbit at hswn.dk] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:46 PM To: Rebecca Henderson; pkc_mls at yahoo.fr; hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Monitoring HP StorageWorks EVA disk array Importance: Low I would greatly appreciate a copy of the scripts. Thanks. On 28 Nov 2007 08:35:01 +0100, pkc_mls wrote: Robert Herron a écrit : > I checked [ http://Deadcat.net ]Deadcat.net <[ http://Deadcat.net ]http://Deadcat.net> and didn't find anything. > Does anyone have a script to monitor a HP StorageWorks EVA disk array > with Hobbit? Just checking before I start working on it myself. > > Thanks. > Hi I wrote some modified scripts to get the % of use in every diskgroup. I also had a custom script to monitor the multipath activity on IBM AIX. I'll try to find those and send it to you. -- Robert Herron [ mailto:robert.herron at gmail.com ]robert.herron at gmail.com

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[hobbit] Monitoring HP StorageWorks EVA disk array
by robert.herron＠gmail.com 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

I would greatly appreciate a copy of the scripts. Thanks. On 28 Nov 2007 08:35:01 +0100, pkc_mls wrote: > > Robert Herron a écrit : > > I checked Deadcat.net <http://Deadcat.net> and didn't find anything. > > Does anyone have a script to monitor a HP StorageWorks EVA disk array > > with Hobbit? Just checking before I start working on it myself. > > > > Thanks. > > > Hi > I wrote some modified scripts to get the % of use in every diskgroup. > I also had a custom script to monitor the multipath activity on IBM AIX. > > I'll try to find those and send it to you. > > -- Robert Herron robert.herron at gmail.com

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how to increate server timeout value
by santoshbabu_perumal＠platts.com 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

HI, By default server timeout is 10 seconds.how can i increate this timeout value to 20 sceconds.i looked into the hobbitserver.cfg but i did not get any clue.by default where server timeout value defined and where we need to make chage and increase timeout value. Thanks in advise. Thanks santhosh.p -------------------------------------------------------- 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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Dbcheck.pl [CUSTOM unumber] question
by johan.boye＠latecoere.fr 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Hello guys, I'm using Hobbit + dbcheck.pl to monitor a couple of Oracle Database. I would like to customize 'valtocheck' for a specific ID, is it possible? Thanks by advance "Les informations contenues dans ce message electronique peuvent etre de nature confidentielles et soumises a une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinees a l'usage exclusif du reel destinataire. Si vous n'etes pas le reel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire immediatement et de le notifier a son emetteur." "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."

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Plans for BBWin support?
by peter.smith＠utsouthwestern.edu 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Any plans for hobbit to support the "bbwin" client? It obviously currently doesn't support it, at least not in the "central" mode. P

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Hobbits are good sneaks - update
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Hi We have been doing a bit of research, and found that If you install the Hobbit RPM, and do not run Hobbit, the NVIDIA driver will install OK. However, if you have run Hobbit at any point, the NVIDIA driver install fails, even if you shut hobbit down. We then tried a new machine, installed hobbit, and ran hobbit. We then disabled hobbit, so it would not run, and rebooted the machine. The NVIDIA install failed again, as below. (Log attached) Regards Vernon ________________________________ From: Everett, Vernon Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2007 9:59 AM To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' Subject: Hobbits are good sneaks Hi all OK, this is the strangest thing I have ever seen. We are running Red Hat EL3 A few weeks back, we compiled hobbit into a rpm, and installed the client on this machine. Now we are trying to update the video driver, and we get this. # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.04-pkg2.run -ans Verifying archive integrity... OK Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 169.04.................................................................. ........................................................................ . ERROR: Unable to create '/usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/selfgz8167/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.04-pkg2/u sr/lib32/libnvidia-cfg.so.169.04' for copying (No such file or directory) WARNING: Unable to restore file '/usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/selfgz8167/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.04-pkg2/u sr/lib32/libnvidia-cfg.so.169.04'. WARNING: Unable to perform the runtime configuration check for library 'libcuda.so.1' ('/usr/lib64/libcuda.so.169.04'); assuming successful installation. If we remove the hobbit RPM and rename the /usr/lib/hobbit directory to something else, it works. Has anybody seen anything like this before? Regards Vernon NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments.

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[hobbit] Anyone monitoring Citrix servers via hobbit?
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Josh - Thanks. So there is a script to pull Citrix user counts. I'm looking for a bit more. I am looking for something which will interface with the Citrix internal monitoring and report the results back to hobbit. Anybody seen anything like that? ......Bruce _____ From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:30 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Anyone monitoring Citrix servers via hobbit? Try looking at this message in the archives: http://www.hobbitmon.com/hobbiton/2005/10/msg00296.html <http://www.hobbitmon.com/hobbiton/2005/10/msg00296.html> On 11/27/07, White, Bruce <bewhite at fellowes.com <mailto:bewhite at fellowes.com> > wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone out there is monitoring Citrix servers via hobbit? If so, are you using data from the Citrix internal monitoring? Thanks, Bruce ---------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------- -- 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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