November 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

netapp.pl & cpu-test
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hi ! I've got a problem with or don't understand the cpu-test ... We've delete many data on the netapps, and if we do an syststat -m local on the machnies we could see ANY AVG CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 93% 27% 2% 16% 0% 91% 97% 31% 2% 31% 0% 92% 89% 28% 2% 23% 0% 86% 61% 20% 3% 24% 0% 54% 53% 17% 2% 20% 0% 45% 93% 28% 2% 16% 0% 92% but with the cpu-test we can see Fri Nov 23 13:48:07 2007 up 134 days, 23:56 CPU Usage= 15% System clock is 0 seconds off Detailed CPU Summary Total = 46% Avg. = 15% CPU0 = 2% CPU1 = 17% CPU2 = 0% CPU3 = 39% Ok, of course the time-interval is problem, the default local on the machine is 15 sec and for netapp.pl 5 minutes ... So, my Question is there a possibilty to make a graph for each of the cpu's ? and which is best/optimize frequency to detect this cpu-usage ? or can we have a graph for Average and Actual (maybe ANY ?) CPU-Usage for all together and each cpu for his own ? 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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Hobbit won't monitor itself!
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hi all, I have a new installation of Hobbit 4.2.0, the daemons all seem to be up and running OK and the bb-hosts file has two machines in it, the Hobbit server itself and another server, however the web page doesn't show any servers. If I configure a page in the bb-hosts files it appears in the web page so bb-hosts is being read OK, it's just that no hosts are appearing. There are no errors in the log files and everything looks fine, can anyine give me some pointers as to where I should look now? |\/|artin ---- ************************************************************************************* The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing security at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and COLT does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of COLT Telecommunications, its subsidiaries or affiliates ("COLT") and any other party by email Communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900.

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progress on bb replacement
by joe＠tmsusa.com 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Hello list, We're still moving forward on our hobbit testing, and have pointed some unix bb clients to the hobbit servers, with excellent results. I'm still finding my way around hobbit, but I was able to modify the external scripts template to test a remote mysql server without too much problem, and I'm happy with the results. As for the failover, the scripts Henrik quickly contributed are good, but I'm really thinking that the distributed alerting mechanism in the next hobbit release is exactly what we're looking for, so hopefully that will be soon. The only real hole left is the snmp traps that bb sends out along with every email alert. Our company relies on the snmp traps sent from bb to netcool to provide official notification of issues. All we really need is some sort of external package which could send an snmp trap along with every single email alert that's sent. Does anybody here have such a setup working? hints? clue-by-four? Happy Thanksgiving, Joe

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ssl certs expiration for custom ports
by gatis.anee＠gmail.com 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Hi, How can I do ssl certificate expiry check for custom port? I defined custom "stunnel" service in bb-services: #------------------------------------- [stunnel] options ssl,banner port 18443 #------------------------------------- seems that service is checked normaly, but nothing is showing up under "sslcert".

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AIX 5.x: building hobbit clients
by iye＠gmx.net 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Hi people, I would like to build hobbit client on some target machines. Now I'm not sure about some targets, as they seem to me like the same. I hope, someone could tell me, wether the following machines are the same so I could copy the same client to these machines. System Model Processor # / Type Proc Clock Speed Memory Size 7029-6C3 1 / PowerPC_POWER4 1200 MHz 8192 MB 7029-6C3 1 / PowerPC_POWER4 1200 MHz 3072 MB 7029-6C3 2 / PowerPC_POWER4 1452 MHz 4096 MB Thanks in advance. Best regards, cipaera -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail

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AIX 5.2 & hobbit 4.2.0: build problem
by iye＠gmx.net 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Hello people, I hope someone could help me on this. I tried to install hobbit stable release (4.2.0) on an aix machine. Actually everything went well, until I run gmake install. Unfortunately I don't know what I should change (regarding "chgrp", or is "mv"?) ? So I hope someone could explain me, how I can resolve this problem. System: AIX 5.2.0.6, hobbit-4.2.0.tar.gz (stable release) user: hobbit (group: hobbit) Makefile.AIX (partialy); # Compile flags for normal build with gcc CC = gcc CFLAGS = -O -D_REENTRANT $(OSDEF) $ MAKE=gmake ./configure.server\ --rrdinclude /opt/freeware/include --rrdlib /opt/freeware/lib \ --pcreinclude /opt/freeware/include --pcrelib /opt/freeware/lib \ --sslinclude /opt/freeware/include/openssl --ssllib /usr/linux/lib \ $ gmake (-> exit error = 0) # gmake install ... chgrp `id -g hobbit` /var/log/hobbit /home/hobbit/server /home/hobbit/server/* /home/hobbit/server/bin/* /home/hobbit/server/etc/* /home/hobbit/server/ext/* /home/hobbit/server/web/* /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs/* /home/hobbit/server/www/menu /home/hobbit/server/www/menu/* /home/hobbit/server/www/help /home/hobbit/server/www/notes /home/hobbit/server/www/html /home/hobbit/server/www/wml /home/hobbit/data /home/hobbit/data/* chgrp /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg.bak 0481-002 chgrp: /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg is not a recognized group. Check the /etc/group file for all known groups. gmake[1]: *** [install-cfg] Error 4 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tester/temp/hobbit-4.2.0/hobbitd' gmake: *** [install-hobbitd] Error 2 # Thanks in advance, iye -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail

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hobbitperl-graph.sh
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hi ! I've got on my "trend2" page on each test-trend2-graph on the headline the name of my hobbit-server and not of the client The headline for the test-trend2-graph is displayed right with the name of the Client e.g Graphs of hobbit-client1 test memory hobbit-server Memory Utilization 06/Nov/2007 - 08/Nov/2007 Any Ideas what's wrong ? and secondly Can i exclude some tests of the trend2-page ? 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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Possible bbwin 0.9 error?
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hey All, I'm trying to monitor a service with bbwin, and it appears not to like ampersand (&) in the service name. Is there way to enumerate "Backup Exec Device & Media Service" in the xml file so that it will work? Jason Chambers I.T. Helpdesk Associate [cid:image001.jpg at 01C82B8D.334174D0] <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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BBWin 1.0
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Is it coming? Or is it all done and over with now? Jason Chambers I.T. Helpdesk Associate [cid:image001.jpg at 01C82B7E.8DA9AC80] <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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FW: RE: [hobbit] to add custom script in hobbit & also drop undesirable column
by haresh.k.shah＠ge.com 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hi Antonio, I got your mail from mail archive list. could you plese go through the below mail and if possible, could you plese help me on this. I will really appreciate. Thanks, Haresh ________________________________ From: Shah, Haresh K (GE, Corporate, consultant) Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:06 AM To: 'sigurdur at raforninn.is'; 'martin.flemming at desy.de'; 'josh at imaginenetworksllc.com'; 'Thomas.Kern at hq.doe.gov' Subject: RE: [hobbit] to add custom script in hobbit & also drop undesirable column Hi All, Thanks for your reply. Actually my first problem (to drop some of the tests) got resolved. But my second question is still unresolved. I want to add one test and thus the column in sucah a way that i am able to see it on the web page with the output. I go through the following link : http://www.hobbitmon.com/hobbit/help/hobbit-tips.html#scripts I implemented it but it didn't work. couple of questions : 1) It describes how to do it from client side but from server side configuration it didn't tell clearly that whether we need to add such type of para in the server's hobbitlaunch.cfg file or not. If yes, then instead of client home path i need to put server's path? [myscript] ENVFILE $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/etc/hobbitclient.cfg CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/ext/myscript.sh LOGFILE $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/myscript.log INTERVAL 5m 2) let's say i have 2 server - server1 & server2. Now if i want to have soome data to be generated through ext script from client side(server2) then how hobbit server which is on server1 comes to know about the collection of data from server2. 3) In the above link one example script provided from server side and client side. acording to it do we need to put some entry in the bb-hosts file to trigger the test for particular host? 4) Please help me to make the script (i.e. shown in the above link) running for my hobbit. Please provide me step by step guide or small how-to. NOTE: currently I am using only one server for hobbit client as well as server. but once I will get an idea about the ext scripts then i need to put ext scripts and make it run from different server. Thanks, Haresh

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