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[hobbit] Pinging Question
by craig＠cookitservices.com 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

I had problems with ping tests using BB so I wrote fping.pl, it is on deadcat.net. It pings your hosts, takes note of any that failed, and pings them at the end again. So if it reports a host down it has actually failed 2 pings during one test cycle. If a host fails the first ping but works on the second it is marked yellow. I had some devices randomly not respond to pings. (I was pinging 1000+ devices in <5 mins though. I had issues overloading the TCP stack but that is another story). It shouldn't be too hard to convert to use with hobbit. (Maybe this idea could be included in the hobbit ping util) Craig Cook -- Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

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500 Internal Server Error on detail view
by matthias.zepf＠junidas.de 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

In the Main View of Hobbit I click on "ssh" of host "blackadder". I get a page with a "History" button, the lastest message and a graphic. I click the "History" button. I get a page with several "text mode" charts and a list of the "Last 50 log entries" below. The red and green icons in the column "Status" can be clicked. The linked URLs look like this: http://XXX.XXX.de/hobbit/cgi/bb-histlog.sh? HOST=blackadder&SERVICE=ssh&TIMEBUF=Thu_Mar_15_10:09:43_2007 But most of these links result in a "500 Internal Server Error" when clicked. I guess the green ones with a short duration (only a few minutes) fail. The red ones always fail. This also happens with other server side services like "http" and "conn". I do not have this problem with any client side service. Is this normal? Do others have this problem too? What is wrong with my configuration? Thanks for your help Matthias

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Hobbit-mailack and MIME emails
by Stewart_Larsen＠doh.state.fl.us 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

My acks keep coming in with the message, "This is a multi-part message in MIME format". I'm guessing that the script does not understand MIME emails? Has anyone else seen this before I attempt a one-off fix for myself? -- Stewart

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Behaviour of LOG pattern
by cgoyard＠cvf.fr 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi all, I just noticed that when not using a regular expression in LOG statements in hobbit-clients.cfg, hobbit compares the expression to the whole line. This is somewhat misleading (and different from BigBrother's behaviour) and should be documented as such. That is, the example from the manual : LOG /var/adm/syslog ERROR should read LOG /var/adm/syslog %ERROR unless you want a line with the only word "ERROR". (I use hobbit 4.2.0 + oct2006' allinonepatch) Regards, -- Charles Goyard - cgoyard at cvf.fr - (+33) 1 45 38 01 31

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TRACK feature or PROC
by stef.coene＠docum.org 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi, I want to track how many frmweb processes are running. Some remarks: - I have to restart the hobbit server before it picks up any changes in the file hobbit-clients.cfg (a reload is also not working) - the rrd file is created, but there is no graph on the procs page Stef

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[hobbit] Next Hobbit version (was: Historical trends?)
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Any estimate/idea of when the next release of Hobbit will be out? Not looking for anything definitive, but just curious. On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 04:11:22PM +0100, Kolbjørn Barmen wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, lars ebeling wrote: > > > > > If you mean the graphical trends, you get previous periods by clicking > > > on the graph. > > > > Almost - when you do that you dont get trends, you get previous periods > > for that test. I'm looking for a way to watch get a trends view with all > > the tests from the trends page, but from a different period. > > I started doing this yesterday, thinking it would be a simple task ... > well, it was a bit more complicated than I thought. But I think it's > working now - unfortunately, it is also mixed in with some of the other > changes that have happened since 4.2.0. > > So I won't make a patch against 4.2.0, but if you really want it then > you can grab the current snapshot and build it, then copy the > web/hobbitsvc.cgi to ~hobbit/server/bin/ and > hobbitd/webfiles/trends_form to the ~hobbit/server/web/ directory. > > This has a small form at the top of the "trends" page where you can pick > how much time the graphs should cover. The default is 48 hours (as > before), but you can change that by setting TRENDSECONDS in > hobbitserver.cfg - as the name implies, it is in seconds. > > The form layout on the trends page will probably change a bit, perhaps > to some drop-down boxes. > > > Regards, > Henrik > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > >

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[hobbit] Alerts not working at all
by Brian.Thompson＠detroitdiesel.com 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

We've just recently been forced into supporting systems with hobbit, and I'm excited about the uses of the tool but I can't seem to make anything work. We've got the monitoring up just fine and the alerts happen when stuff goes down, but I don't receive any emails. The only thing in my hobbit-alerts.cfg is this: HOST=* MAIL me at work.com What could I be missing? Brian Thompson EDS - MSO Team (313)-592-7232 Detroit Diesel, Redford MI

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SNMP monitoring?
by Ralf.Strandell＠tallinksilja.com 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Hi How do I easiest start polling SNMP devices, such as routers, switches, loadbalancers, vpn-devices etc. With Hobbit? I need to monitor and graph dozens, possibly hundreds, of SNMP-capable devices. Thanks

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[LDAP]
by emarganne＠be.tiauto.com 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Hello all, I am trying to find another way to perform LDAP test and I found a script that was made for BB I tried to modify it a bit but it just still does not work. The scripts is: bbldap_3.0rel (at least, it is the name I found). If anyone has something different than the standard LDAP module to test its LDAP service then let it me know. Many thanks for any support, Etienne. The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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[hobbit] [LDAP]
by emarganne＠be.tiauto.com 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Well the thing is that I want to know if LDAP service is available and works without getting a full LDAP response like it is now with the current Hobbit LDAP test. There are for now two ways to carry on the test in Hobbit, whether to check is the port is open (which is not enough to me) or to get the full LDAP response. What I would like to do is to check for one or two objects to be sure that the requests are well performed meaning that the service is running well. If it is possible as it is to perform such polling then let me know. Best regards, Etienne Marganne TI Automotive. -----Original Message----- From: henrik at hswn.dk [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: lundi 12 mars 2007 17:36 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] [LDAP] On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:03:13PM +0100, Marganne, Etienne wrote: > I am trying to find another way to perform LDAP test and I found a script > that was made for BB I tried to modify it a bit but it just still does not > work. The scripts is: bbldap_3.0rel (at least, it is the name I found). > > If anyone has something different than the standard LDAP module to test its > LDAP service then let it me know. It might help if you could describe in more detail what it is you want to test. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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