November 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Hobbit Average Data
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Hello, I've got some folks here that want to keep data all the time. ie. They don't want to use a Round Robin Database that averages the data over time. They want the 5 minute data forever. I know we can get into a debate as to the reality of this, but it's want the performance team here wants. If hobbit can't do it, they want me to use sar and input to another database. Is there a way to do this with Hobbit? Anyone else had this come up? Thanks..James James Wade

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disable alert for particular time period
by santoshbabu_perumal＠platts.com 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

HI, is there any way to disble hobbit alert for certain time period between 12PM and 12.30 on all days except sunday.please let me know which file i have to change to stop alert. Thanks in advance 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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BBWin on Exchange 2007
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Has anyone encountered interaction issues with Exchange 2007 and BBWin? Since Exchange 2007 is a big resource drain, I'm very wary about putting BBWin on there, although there is value to having it. Jason Chambers I.T. Helpdesk Associate [cid:image001.jpg at 01C83039.B452BF10] <http://www.geosoft.com/> 85 Richmond St W<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=geosoft&sll=43.650833,-79.382853&ss…> - Toronto, ON, CA - M5H 2C9 - Tel: 416.369.0111<skype:+14163690111> ext 344 - Fax: 416.369.9599

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[hobbit] http CONT regex shows incorrectly under info column...
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

I just noticed a minor issue with the way the CONT (and POST) regex displays in the info column. If the regex includes any html tags (<title> for instance), the regex is displayed as just '' If you look at the source code for the html page hobbit generates, you'll see that the full regex is there. It's just that, since it is in <>, the browser attempts to process it, instead of just displaying the string. It would take a bit of work to make sure you get every html marker, but you could have Hobbit look for characters like that, and use the < > etc codes.

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[patch] off-by-one in do_ncv.c
by charles.goyard＠orange-ftgroup.com 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi Henrik, I tried to update my hobbitd_rrd to the current snapshot version, and I got loads of "Duplicate DS name: lambda" when using split-ncv. I found the error lies here : --- do_ncv.c.old 2007-09-11 15:00:20.000000000 +0200 +++ do_ncv.c 2007-11-26 16:36:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ } } - if (split_ncv && (paridx > 1)) { + if (split_ncv && (paridx > 0)) { create_and_update_rrd(hostname, testname, params, NULL); /* We've created one RRD, so reset the * params for the next one */ With this modification, it works. Thanks for your great software ! I hope 4.3 will be out soon ! -- Charles Goyard - charles.goyard at orange-ftgroup.com - (+33) 1 45 38 01 31 Orange Business Services - online multimedia // ingénierie

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[hobbit] http POST content check failing
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

I can't seem to confirm if the "post" (as opposed to "cont") check actually works correctly in Hobbit 4.2.0 (latest patches applied). More specifically, I'm not sure if Hobbit is actually correctly submitting the form data. If I click on the "post" column, the webpage Hobbit is displaying is the page with the submission form, and not the result of the posting to that form. In fact, if I change the regular expression to search for content that is only available on the submission form, and not the resulting page if the form data is submitted, the content check is green. So it seems Hobbit isn't submitting the form data properly. The only thing I noticed is that the example given in the Hobbit bb-hosts man page showed an input field of "type=text", but the input field on the form I'm testing uses "type=input". I can't imagine that should be a reason for this to not work, but is it possible?

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Hobbit 4.2 Crashing
by TIM.EVANS＠jpmchase.com 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

I'm running hobbit 4.2 and last week it began crashing several times a day. It will stay up for a few hours and then the pages will show no details with all green until I stop and start it. I saw an email about using the latest snapshot and some binaries that will use less I/O load but the compile fails. Has anyone else experienced this? 2007-11-24 13:14:22 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:14:27 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:14:32 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:14:37 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:14:42 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:14:47 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:14:52 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:14:57 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:15:02 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:15:07 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:15:12 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:15:17 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:15:22 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients 2007-11-24 13:15:27 BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1413314, 1 clients Thanks, Tim ----------------------------------------- This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Although this transmission and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. Please refer to http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures for disclosures relating to UK legal entities.

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Hobbit 4.3 running on VMWare causes interesting hanging...
by oliver_grube＠campbellsoup.com 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hello, since a long time, I run hobbit on a VM-Ware cluster. Works very well in the past. However, the serverguys have updated the VM-Ware to 3.something and also reinstall the VM-Ware drivers on the Suse Linux 10.1... Since a while now, hobbit stops working several times a day... The system looks like this: ps aux... --------------------- root 3225 0.0 0.1 1960 636 tty6 Ss+ 11:32 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 hobbit 3256 0.0 0.1 1836 548 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=stachg --log=/var/log/hobbit/history.log hobbit 3257 0.0 0.1 2092 524 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=clichg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hostdata.log hobbit 3258 0.0 0.0 1832 464 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=notes --log=/var/log/hobbit/notes.log hob hobbit 3259 0.0 0.1 1836 548 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=page --log=/var/log/hobbit/page.log hobbi hobbit 3260 0.0 0.1 1836 548 ? S 11:32 0:01 hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-status.l hobbit 3261 0.0 0.0 1832 468 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=data --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-data.log h hobbit 3262 0.0 0.1 2088 540 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=/var/log/hobbit/clientdata.l hobbit 3274 0.0 0.3 3772 1736 ? S 11:32 0:02 hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 3275 0.0 0.2 2512 1504 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_client hobbit 3276 0.0 0.1 1856 848 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_history hobbit 3277 0.0 0.2 2260 1208 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk - hobbit 3278 0.0 0.1 2104 560 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_hostdata hobbit 3279 0.0 0.2 3644 1540 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 3280 0.0 0.0 2004 440 ? S 11:32 0:00 hobbitd_filestore --notes root 9923 0.0 0.4 8416 2396 ? Ss 12:47 0:00 sshd: root at pts/1 root 9933 0.0 0.3 4132 1872 pts/1 Ss+ 12:47 0:00 -bash wwwrun 13515 0.0 2.0 62104 10588 ? S 14:16 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -DSSL root 14169 0.0 0.1 2388 844 pts/1 R+ 14:32 0:00 ps aux ----------------------------------------- server:~# rchobbit stop /home/hobbit/server/bin/hobbit.sh: line 44: kill: (3155) - No such process Hobbit stopped ------------------------------------ I have to manually kill all other hobbit processes, before a restart is successful. Does anybody have an idea, where I should look for? mit freundlichen Grüßen - Best regards Hälsningar - Met vriendelijke groeten Sincères salutations Oliver Grube Campbells Germany GmbH Registergericht Luebeck Reg. Nr. HRB 4082 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Joseph B. Folds III Geschaeftssitz: Geniner Strasse 88 - 100 23560 Luebeck Deutschland ********************************************************************** This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential information and is intended solely for use by the individual to whom it is addressed. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender, do not disclose its contents to others and delete it from your system. **********************************************************************

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No purple on large ext script interval
by allan＠zandahar.net 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi All I am wanting to run a script every 60 minutes or so perhaps longer but do not want it to turn purple in between. I THINK there was a discussion about something similar a while ago but I can't find it or didn't look hard enough. This script runs on the hobbit server itself but I can't imagine this being any different from a normal client Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Allan

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[hobbit] Hobbit CONN questions
by johan.boye＠latecoere.fr 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

> -----Message d'origine----- > De : Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] > Envoyé : vendredi 9 novembre 2007 08:23 > À : hobbit at hswn.dk > Objet : Re: RE: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit CONN questions > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 08:14:32AM +0100, > johan.boye at latecoere.fr wrote: > > I'm just wondering what triggers in the Hobbit code is used > to make a RED ping status : > > - after just one no echo-reply each 5min ? > > - after a couple of no echo-reply ? How much ? > > - What is the timeout used to declare the host unreachable ? > > It goes red when the ping utility that is used (fping or hobbitping) > says that the host did not respond. How many pings are sent > and what the > timeouts are is decided by the ping tool; see their man-pages for > details. You can tune this through commandline options for the ping > tool, these go into the FPINGCMD setting in hobbitserver.cfg > > > Henrik Got it, options must be put in the hobbitserver.cfg. Thanks for the info! "Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur." "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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