March 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Getting File checking on a client configured
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Hi all, I'm new to hobbit (used BB for several years), I'm having a heck of a time getting the hobbit unix client to report on files. I keep changing config files and I sometimes get the files check to work but then it tells me I've lost my log file data. I checked the example web page, but the settings there just don't seem to work for me. Anyone have any good examples of getting both file checking and log file checking at the same time? 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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Host still tested on old ip address after a change
by dortsen＠gmail.com 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Hi all, I've added a host to be checked for connectivity in the bb-hosts file. When the host appeared on the status webpage it came up as red instead of green. I checked the ip address I entered in the bb-hosts file and saw I made a typo. I then corrected the ip address but the status red doesn't change to green. When I click on the red "conn" smiley, I see that hobbit is still checking the wrong ip address. I've tried to drop the conn test on that host, I've tried to drop the host and add it again, but it still comes up as red, on the old ip address. I've kept the name the same. I'm only doing a conn test (it's a switch). Does anyone have a clue what might be going on? Thanks in advance! Regards, Dennis

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orcahobbit
by johng＠idttechnology.com 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

On 4.2 with the latest allinone patch I am trying get it to display some orca data. Trying to start with ncv. I see the client collecting data. On the server side I don't see anything in the logs related to orca and no orca rrd file is being created. I may not be looking in the right place. Do I need to write a script go collect the data? clientlaunch.cfg: [orcadata] # DISABLED ENVFILE $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/etc/hobbitclient.cfg CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/orcahobbit --orca=/var/orcallator/data/orcallator --debug LOGFILE $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/hobbitclient.log INTERVAL 5m I am seeing debug data on the client in the hobbitclient.log. data wsweb1.orca timestamp:1174567564 locltime:08:46:04 uptime:56953 state_D:0 state_N:0 <snip> pagesfree:38533 pageslock:9990 pagestotl:62543 hobbitserver.cfg: TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tcp, dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind, sendmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy, hobbitd,files,procs=processes,ports,clock,lines,slab=ncv,orca=ncv" GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,files,processes,memory,users,vmstat,iostat, tcp.http,tcp,ncv,netstat,ifstat,mrtg::1,ports,temperature,ntpstat,apache, bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,clock,lines,slab,orca" NCV_orca="pagesfree:GAUGE" hobbitgraph.cfg: [orca] TITLE Orca info YAXIS Bytes DEF:pagesfree=orca.rrd:pagesfree:AVERAGE LINE2:pagesfree#00CCCC:pagesfree COMMENT:\n GPRINT:pagesfree:LAST:Pages Free \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:pagesfree:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:pagesfree:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:pagesfree:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n hobbitlaunch.cfg: CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd --debug CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=data --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-data.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd --debug CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/clientdata.log hobbitd_client --debug

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[hobbit] Next release suggestion, msgs, ports?
by david.gore＠verizonbusiness.com 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

I am sure I am not the only one who has seen the message: Oversize data/client msg from n.n.n.n truncated (n=787987, limit 786432) I was wondering if there were any plans to put msgs, and ports in their own channels to avoid that? Some of our log file monitoring is done on the server, additional log file monitoring is done using the old bb-msgs.sh script. Perhaps I could increase the shared memory sizes, but I am not sure with only a 1G of memory available on the server. David Gore (v965-3670) Enhanced Technology Support (ETS) Network Management Systems (NMS) IMPACT Transport Team Lead - SCSA, SCNA Page: 1-800-PAG-eMCI pin 1406090 Vnet: 965-3676

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XML Configuration
by rwallat＠pironet-ndh.com 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hello, Need to configure "Computer Name" and "BB Name Alias" (as in BB Client 1.08d) in bbwin 0.9. Can you please tell me the syntax? With kind regards Ralf Wallat -- Care for content. From start to finish. PIRONET NDH Datacenter GmbH Ralf Wallat - System Administrator - Desktop Productivity Applications Theodor-Heuss-Strasse 92-100 - 51149 Cologne - Germany Phone:+49(0)2203 - 93530 1466 - Fax:+49(0)2203 - 93530 1499 mailto:rwallat at pironet-ndh.com - http://www.pironet-ndh.com > PIRONET NDH Datacenter GmbH > Sitz Hamburg > HRB 88054, AG Hamburg > Geschäftsführer: Felix Höger, Khaled Chaar

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Historical Trends Feature
by scott＠PacketPushers.com 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Henrik, I finally got around to trying out the new feature. It works just fine, thanks. Though I'd prefer a simple HTML "Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly" text choice at the top. The entry dialogues for Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds is a little "busy" for my tastes. Plus, letting the user enter those values lead to "blocky" charts when the time period/resolution does not match the RRA size. FWIW - That's why all the legacy larrd RRA's within the RRD had a size of 576, the most I could fit in an 800x600 and still look OK. Scott

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Monitor mq series
by rower.master＠gmail.com 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

Hi, Has anyone uses bb4c.rar external plugin available at deadcat ? If so, could help me to setup this script to work? Thanks in advance, Mario.

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One host displayed on more than one page
by dortsen＠gmail.com 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Hi All, If I'd like to have a few hosts on more than 1 page, would I have to define them later on in the bb-hosts file with another page name or is there a smarter (more efficient) way to have one host be displayed on several pages? Thanks in advance! Dennis

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Stumped - Client Reports are now showing up
by Gary.Ciampa＠sas.com 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Howdy, So, I'm stumped....last week we had a system outage and I have not been able to get one of the client nodes to report client information to the server; The reporting for the node is as if there is NOT a client running, ie: I observe "conn" "info" and "trends" columns, the remaining columns are "-" I've investigated the following: - ping behaves correctly between the nodes - stopped and restarted both the server and client - started the client with the --hostname=<node> option - netstat on the server and client node do NOT report any connectivity on port 1984 - telnet directly from the client to the server node on port 1984 works - hobbitd does not indicate any problems with the remote node (ghost reports) - issued a bb command to drop the offending node, eventually the server refreshes and the client shows up with the conn, info and trend columns only The node is an AIX P5, I have two systems on the same network segment, the second node is happy (hobbit smiley faces) Client start command is: ./runclient.sh start --hostname=emiaix01.unx.sas.com Host Information: -bash-3.00# hostname emiaix01.unx.sas.com -bash-3.00# ping emiaix01 PING emiaix01.unx.sas.com: (10.41.9.195): 56 data bytes My bb-host defintion is: 10.41.9.195 emiaix01.unx.sas.com # NAME:"EMIAIX01" CLIENT:emiaix01.unx.sas.com Gary T. Ciampa Enterprise Management Integration Phone: (919) 531-6140 Fax: (919) 677-4444 SAS/C and SAS/C++ Compiler <http://www.sas.com/sasc> SAS... The Power to Know

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Hobbit presentation at the "Linuxforum 2007" conference (Copenhagen)
by henrik＠hswn.dk 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

For those of You who might be near Copenhagen on March 3rd, I'll be speaking about Hobbit in a 1-hour session at the Linuxforum 2007 conference. This is at 10:45 AM in auditorium 6. Linuxforum is the largest IT conference in Scandinavia focusing on Open Source software, and runs on March 2nd and 3rd 2007. More information is available at http://linuxforum.dk/2007/ (Danish) or http://linuxforum.dk/2007/en/ (English). Regards, Henrik

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