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[hobbit] contents check
by haresh.k.shah＠ge.com 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hi Josh, I also feel the same. But my problem is how can I accomodate so many URLs for one host? and how I displayed each as service on hobbit web page.Please suggest. Henrik, could you please provide your thought? ~ Haresh

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two issues
by mikeegg1＠mac.com 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

The first is I'm moving my hobbit montior from one box to another. The server on the new box keeps trying to send messages to the non-existent server on the old box. I've looked in ~/etc/* for mentions of the old server name, the old server IP, and bbd, and I've stopped and started the server on the new box. I've not found the magic key yet. Any ideas? The second is on a mac osx box, two actually, where crond is more fluid. I need a setting where crond can be zero or one processes. I've changed etc/hobbit-clients.cfg, but I don't have the magic key yet here either. My current settints are 'PROC crond 0 10' just to shut things up. Any ideas? Mike

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Summarized or Single Alerting?
by geoff.hallford＠gmail.com 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Hi All, I don't know if there is anyone who can point me in a good direction for this item. I have been running Hobbit for quite a long time now and I have received a few requests for the following: - Summarized alert or single email alert to a text pager for all alerting systems (every 2 hours, when a least 1 item is alerting) Reason for this is the following scenario that has happened a few times: 1. Network segment goes down or is reponding erratically (only responding to pings sometimes) -- I have route: in place for all items but when it goes up/down/up/down, it doesn't really work 2. Pager gets alerted possibly 200+ times in 30 minutes 3. When the pager gets over 20 emails, it cycles the messages, so older VALID pages from non-Hobbit people are pushed out of the pager 4. This is why maybe 1 email per 2 hours to the pager saying 'Hobbit Alert - Check your email or Hobbit console' I am sure this can be scripted and I am using a shell script to do the pager alerting but I am not sure how to add in this functionality of 1 alert for multiple systems alerting. Anyone have any suggestions or done something similar? -- Geoff

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[Fwd: [hobbit] Attn Henrik: [hobbit] problem with CLASS definition (PATCH)]]
by jonescr＠cisco.com 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Either I am going insane, or mail filters are eating any replies ( I actually tried emailing Henrik directly and got bounces) or Henrik just hasn't seen this. So I'm forwarding yet again in hopes that he sees it. This functionality is critical for my failover setup so I hope to see it in the 4.3 release as it will be one less custom thing I need to hack in :) If I still get no acknoledgement, I will try again in January. Happy Hobbit Holidays! -Charles -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [hobbit] Attn Henrik: [hobbit] problem with CLASS definition (PATCH)] Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0700 From: Charles Jones <jonescr at cisco.com> Reply-To: hobbit at hswn.dk To: hobbit at hswn.dk Thus far I have gotten no acknowledgment that you are aware of this bug. I have a vested interest in seeing this patch be part of 4.3, as I have production servers utilizing this feature to handle automatic fail-overs. Happy Holidays! -Charles -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [hobbit] problem with CLASS definition (PATCH) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:14:01 -0700 From: Charles Jones <jonescr at cisco.com> Reply-To: hobbit at hswn.dk To: hobbit at hswn.dk References: <4706C711.4030201 at cisco.com> <470D1348.3090405 at cisco.com> <470D1781.5070606 at cisco.com> <470D1E8C.7050403 at cisco.com> <470D2138.2000705 at cisco.com> Henrik, Just making sure that you saw this bug that I found, and hopefully implement a fix (I'm sure you have a more elegant way to fix it than I did) for Hobbit 4.3 -Charles Charles Jones wrote: > Okay I came up with a workaround. The problem is that CONFIGCLASS gets > reset to a default value (in hobbitclient.cfg). So, I created another > variable, "CLASS". I then made a small mod to hobbitclient.sh that > checks to see if CLASS got set to something, and if it did, it sets > CONFIGCLASS to that value. Here are the changes: > > --- runclient.sh 2006-08-09 20:09:58.000000000 +0000 > +++ /tmp/runclient.sh 2007-10-10 18:55:00.000000000 +0000 > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ > ;; > --class=*) > CONFIGCLASS="`echo $1 | sed -e 's/--class=//' | tr > '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`" > + CLASS=$CONFIGCLASS # Use a variable that doesn't get > reset > ;; > --help) > echo "Usage: $0 [--hostname=CLIENTNAME] > [--os=rhel3|linux22] [--class=CLASSNAME] start|stop > " > @@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ > > MACHINE="`echo $MACHINEDOTS | sed -e 's/\./,/g'`" > > -export MACHINE MACHINEDOTS BBOSTYPE BBOSSCRIPT HOBBITCLIENTHOME > CONFIGCLASS > +export MACHINE MACHINEDOTS BBOSTYPE BBOSSCRIPT HOBBITCLIENTHOME > CONFIGCLASS CLASS > > case "$CMD" in > "start") > @@ -128,6 +129,5 @@ > break; > > esac > - > exit 0 > > ----- > > --- hobbitclient.sh 2006-08-09 20:09:58.000000000 +0000 > +++ /tmp/hobbitclient.sh 2007-10-10 18:55:28.000000000 +0000 > @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ > echo "@@client#1|0|127.0.0.1|$MACHINEDOTS|$BBOSTYPE" >> > $MSGTMPFILE > fi > > +if [ -n "$CLASS" ]; then #If CLASS was set to something, override the > default > + CONFIGCLASS=$CLASS > +fi > echo "client $MACHINE.$BBOSTYPE $CONFIGCLASS" >> $MSGTMPFILE > $BBHOME/bin/$BBOSSCRIPT >> $MSGTMPFILE > # logfiles > > > > Charles Jones wrote: >> I also just discovered that CONFIGCLASS gets converted to lowercase >> (which I should have seen plain as day in the sed command). However >> this is not the problem as the CONFIGCLASS in the client message is >> still using the default value of BBOSTYPE. I'm currently attempting >> to hack in a work around. >> >> -Charles >> >> Charles Jones wrote: >>> I did some poking around, and as far as I can tell, the problem is >>> due to hobbitclient.cfg overriding the CONFIGCLASS variable. >>> Here are some snippets from runclient.sh: >>> >>> --class=*) >>> CONFIGCLASS="`echo $1 | sed -e 's/--class=//' | tr >>> '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`" >>> >>> export MACHINE MACHINEDOTS BBOSTYPE BBOSSCRIPT HOBBITCLIENTHOME >>> CONFIGCLASS >>> >>> hobbitclient.cfg contains this: >>> ./hobbitclient.cfg:CONFIGCLASS="$BBOSTYPE" # Default >>> configuration class for logfiles >>> >>> hobbitclient.sh uses the CONFIGCLASS variable when sending the >>> client message: >>> ./bin/hobbitclient.sh:echo "client $MACHINE.$BBOSTYPE $CONFIGCLASS" >>> >> $MSGTMPFILE >>> >>> Heres the actual client message header Im sending (not that >>> CONFIGCLASS is being set to "linux" instead of the specified class: >>> client host-app-23.linux linux >>> >>> -Charles >>> >>> >>> Charles Jones wrote: >>>> Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm currently dead in the water >>>> without this working as it should. I tried emailing Henrik as well >>>> but I'm sure he is too busy to reply. >>>> >>>> -Charles >>>> >>>> Charles Jones wrote: >>>>> I have a host whose client was started via: "./runclient.sh >>>>> --class=APP_PRIMARY start" >>>>> >>>>> In the hobbit servers hobbit-clients.cfg, I have something similar >>>>> to: >>>>> >>>>> CLASS=APP_PRIMARY >>>>> PROC "someproc" >>>>> PROC "/some/other/proc" >>>>> .... >>>>> DEFAULT >>>>> PROC sshd >>>>> >>>>> The problem is that only the default proc "sshd" is being checked >>>>> on the host. The expected behavior is that the CLASS would be >>>>> used and other other procs checked instead. I know this has >>>>> nothing to do with the DEFAULT setting, as using HOST=hostname >>>>> works fine. I just cant get it to check the procs by CLASS. Is >>>>> there any way to debug this? Shouldn't the CLASS show up in the >>>>> "info" section? Do I need to put the class name in quotes on the >>>>> command line? >>>> >>>> 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 >> >> 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 To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Oracle Monitoring
by rebecca_henderson＠link.freedom.com 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Do you know of any Oracle monitoring going on with hobbit? Thanks, Becki

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Ping test running long
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠novainfo.com 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Hi, I have a strange issue where my ping test results duration is VERY high (450-500) It is probably due to one or two slow responses. Is there a way to track down which is the offender other that individually pinging all 200 hosts? Thanks much Kevin ----------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this email and in any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sender accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and delete the email from your computer. This e-mail is and any response to it will be unencrypted and, therefore, potentially unsecure. Thank you. NOVA Information Systems, Inc.

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[Hobbit] Disk,CPU,Memory working Procs not
by Lars.Reidelbach＠gmx.de 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Hello, hope someone can help me. I have a hobbit installation and will monitor some Ports and Proc from a server. The client is installed and I become informations about disk, cpu, memory and messages. But the rules to procs doesn't work. Why? hobbit-client.cfg on server HOST=ClientA PROC cron 1 -1 yellow LOG /var/log/messages DIR /home/worker DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1m LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 localclient.cfg on client HOST=ClientA UP 1m DISK * 70 85 PROC cron 1 -1 yellow DIR /home/worker FILE /var/log/messages DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 PROC cron 1 -1 yellow best regards, Lars

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Hobbit Server 4.3 ready yet?
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Henrik, I know you have been asked this question before, but I was wondering if the 4.3 release is ready yet? I am about to request buying a dedicated hobbit server and I'd like to start it off with the latest release. I just checked the sourceforge page and 4.2 is still the only thing available. Thank You for providing all of us with this wonderful admin tool! My boss thinks hobbit is the best thing since sliced bread and is always showing it to other IT managers. .....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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how to add a hobbit search engine into FireFox 2 ?
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

I asked this question a couple months ago. Finally got a chance to work on this myself. Following is first draft. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Other_Docs/FAQ#H… It works but need more tuning also you can see the trace of where I stole the code from. Cheers T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ i’m is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people making a difference. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect

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Monitoring SQL
by NMaharaj＠tcta.co.za 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Hi guys, What is the simplest way I can monitor my Sql databases using hobbit ?

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