February 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

bbcombotest Links
by steve.aiello＠ge.com 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi all, I thought I saw this question asked before, but did see it in the mailling list. When using bbcombotests, is it possible to have the combotest report with hyperlinks to the actual tests ? If I see one of the statuses are red or yellow, my nature instict is to wonder why, and be able to drill down for details. thanks, Steve

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MySQL connections ?
by sabeer.mz＠gmail.com 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

One question: does anybody know if there is a module for Hobbit to monitor the number of MySQL connections ? thanks Sabeer MZ

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hobbitd error
by stef.coene＠docum.org 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, This (yellow) warning is logged: Latest errormessages: BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 1941630, 1 clients I have the same error in hobbitd.log. And on the bbgen page: Error output: Whoops ! bb failed to send message - timeout hobbitd status-board not available WARNING: Runtime 166 longer than BBSLEEP (60) Any idea what this means and/or what I can do about it ? This box is also the mean backup server. This can sometimes cause a big load on the server. The box is also low on memory. Stef

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Idea: Dynamic group- definition
by steve.aiello＠ge.com 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

I had a thought today about easing administration and restricting write access to the bb-hosts file. They are just thoughts, and not sure to the difficulty of implementation. Problem Statement: 1. I want to limit write access to the hobbit bb-hosts file. I do not want every person that can do a client install requiring write access to the file. If the bb-hosts file is corrupted/mistyped/etc, the entire server is affected. Thus I would like to refine accountability to a select few. But I also do not want to impeded the client installs with process/red tape. 2. Be able to define a group/group-compress/group-only/etc to a classname definition. so this grouping will automatically update it's members. Basically a dynamic group definition. So a scenario of performing client installs would be: 1. apply OS tar of client software on server. This tar would have a class definition of NEWCLIENT. 2. configure bb-hosts to have a page of unallocated/new client installs. basically a NEWCLIENT bucket. 3. configure alert rules to not send any alerts for the class definition of NEWCLIENT. 4. every week a bb-host admin would look into the NEWCLIENT bucket, and create the appropriate bb-hosts entry. Dynamic Class defined group buckets could be useful for other processes too.

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server/client logs format
by Dominique.Frise＠unil.ch 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, Sorry if this has been discussed already but I couldn't find anything in the mailing-list archive. Is there any docs/information about server/client logs format. Thanks BTW: searching the archive with htdig is really a pain. For example I cannot manage to find anything relevant searching for "notifications.log format" Dominique UNIL - University of Lausanne

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Solaris 10 client not sending msg
by epoinsignon＠odyssey-group.com 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hello, I didn't find a solution in the known issues nor archives, that's why I pollute this list. I installed Hobbit 420 on my network with many unix flavours and windows, all of the clients work fine except those running Solaris 10. The <hobbitdir>/tmp/msg.mymachine.txt file is correctly created on the client side, but no information (except conn, info, ntp and trends) appears on the server side. The Hobbit server is running RedHat. Is there a trick about this particular Solaris10 platform ? Best regards. Eric Poinsignon Unix system engineer _____________________________ Odyssey Financial Technologies Chemin du Viaduc 1 CH-1008 Prilly Switzerland T. +41 (0) 21 310 09 25 F. +41 (0) 21 310 00 99 www.odyssey-group.com ____________________________________________________________ � This email and any files transmitted with it are CONFIDENTIAL and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. � Any unauthorized copying, disclosure, or distribution of the material within this email is strictly forbidden. � Any views or opinions presented within this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Odyssey Financial Technologies SA unless otherwise specifically stated. � An electronic message is not binding on its sender. Any message referring to a binding engagement must be confirmed in writing and duly signed. � If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original.

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Checking for zombie processes
by D.Mostardi＠mdl.com 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Is there a way for Hobbit to check for the existence of zombie processes on a client? That is, a process with no specific name, but in a zombie state. The PROC command seems only to be concerned with a process's name. Thanks, David David Mostardi Advisory Systems Manager Elsevier MDL 2440 Camino Ramon, Suite 300 San Ramon CA 94583 925.543.7350 www.mdl.com <www.mdl.com>

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Anyone using MrBig
by alessandro.tinivelli＠monrif.net 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

hi all, is there anyone using MrBig windows client to be found here http://mrbig.365-24.se/ I'm using it for "basic" monitoring and it's ok, except because I don't see memory usage graphs, while the server is recieving memory usage report (to be seen on CPU page). Any help would be appreciated :) thanks in advance -- Alessandro Tinivelli alessandro.tinivelli at monrif.net

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reading the /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log on a hpux 11.00 machine fails
by HWJ.van.Dam＠veere.nl 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi, I've installed the hobbitclient 4.2 from a depot file on a hpux 11.00 host. After some configuring the client reports almost all the needed information to the hobbit server At this moment the logs / files and dir reporting functions refuse to work. On the client a script hobbitclient-hp-ux.sh is running periodicaly. This is the engine that fills ../tmp/msg.txt This file contains the raw data which is sent to the hobbit-server. I can't figure out how the reporting of the logfiles take place. It seems to me that a script is missing? Hans *** Disclaimer ******************************************* Aan de inhoud van dit bericht kunnen geen rechten worden ontleend. Rechten kunnen slechts worden ontleend aan door een tekeningsbevoegde ondertekende documenten. Dit bericht is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Als u dit bericht per abuis hebt ontvangen, wordt u verzocht het te vernietigen en de afzender te informeren. Wij verzoeken u om bij twijfel over de juistheid of de volledigheid van deze email contact met afzender op te nemen. Dit bericht is op virussen gescanned met: McAfee for Marshal Bezoek onze website: http://www.veere.nl **********************************************************

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trimhistory on Solaris hobbit server
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

A quick note about how to get trimhistory to work for hobbit server running on Solaris. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/FAQ#Q._How_do_I_… T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - Refinance $150,000 loan for $579 a month. Intro*Terms https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&searc…

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