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Install problems
by fensterb＠ccri.net 30 May '07

30 May '07

I was recently introduced to Hobbit when searching for a replacement for BB. I have installed hobbit on an Ubuntu 7.04 server with almost no trouble except for the fact that I don¹t have a website generating. Hobbit starts with no errors and I see all of the processes running with a ps command. I wait for about 5 minutes and bring up a web browser and I don't get a page. At first I suspected I had made a mistake adding the alias's into the apache2.conf but everything there seems to be in order. What is more troubling to me is that when I check the www directory in my hobbit installation it is empty. hobbit at RESMACMGMT01:~/server/www$ ls -al total 40 drwxr-xr-x 10 hobbit hobbit 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 . drwxr-xr-x 9 hobbit hobbit 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 gifs drwxr-xr-x 3 hobbit hobbit 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 help drwxr-xr-x 2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 html drwxr-xr-x 2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 menu drwxr-xr-x 2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 notes drwxrwxr-x 2 hobbit www-data 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 rep drwxrwxr-x 2 hobbit www-data 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 snap drwxr-xr-x 2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2007-05-25 13:55 wml So it looks to me that Hobbit simply isn't generating a web page at all. I am brand new to hobbit so I really don't know what else to check. Ben Fenstermaker MCSE, MCSA, ACTC, Security+ UNIX/Macintosh Systems Administrator Research Information Services Phone: 614.355.2730 Email: Fensterb at ccri.net

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Problem with CLIENT option in bb-hosts
by jonescr＠cisco.com 29 May '07

29 May '07

I have a hobbit setup where I have in my bb-hosts: 1.2.3.4 virtual.mydomain.com # CLIENT:realhostname.mydomain.com ... 1.2.3.5 realhostname.mydomain.com # conn ssh disk cpu --- The problem I am experiencing is that the client data columns are displayed for "realhostname.mydomain.com", but they are not displayed for "virtual.mydomain.com". ---snip - bb-hosts man page --- CLIENT:hostname Defines an alias for a host, which will be used when identifying status messages. This is typically used to accomodate a local client that sends in status reports with a different hostname, e.g. if you use hostnames with domains in your Hobbit configuration, but the client is a silly Window box that does not include the hostname. Or vice versa. Whatever the reason, this can be used to match status reports with the hosts you define in your bb-hosts file. It causes incoming status reports with the specified hostname to be filed using the hostname defined in bb-hosts. ------ From reading this, the behavior I expect is that you can alias a host to another hostname, and you should get all the same data as the other hostname...is that wrong? P.S. I also tried using "NAME:hostname", but that had the effect of changing realhostname.mydomain.com to virtual.mydomain.com on other pages, which is not what I want. -Charles

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[hobbit] Order of pages - can "Pages Hosted Locally" be on top?
by frederic.mangeant＠steria.com 29 May '07

29 May '07

> Subject says it all. > > Currently for one particular Hobbit setup I have: > > Pages Hosted Locally: > Subpage Subpage Subpage > Subpage Subpage Subpage > > Hobbit Server bbd conn ssh http ... > ------ > I'd prefer to have the Hobbit server info displayed first, and then > under that the sub pages. Hi you can add the "--pages-last" option to the bbgen task : http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/manpages/man1/bbgen.1.html "--pages-last Put page- and subpage-links after hosts. --pages-first Put page- and subpage-links before hosts (default). These two options decide whether a page with links to subpages and hosts have the hosts or the subpages first." -- Frédéric Mangeant

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Order of pages - can "Pages Hosted Locally" be on top?
by jonescr＠cisco.com 29 May '07

29 May '07

Subject says it all. Currently for one particular Hobbit setup I have: Pages Hosted Locally: Subpage Subpage Subpage Subpage Subpage Subpage Hobbit Server bbd conn ssh http ... ------ I'd prefer to have the Hobbit server info displayed first, and then under that the sub pages. -Charles

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Moving RRDs from one version of rrdtool to another
by jonescr＠cisco.com 29 May '07

29 May '07

I wish to move a Hobbit monitor that has been running for quite some time on a Solaris platform, to a new Linux server that I setup. I did not want to lose the history for the hosts so I copied the data directory to the new host, but it seems the rrd files are not compatible as I have missing graph links. I checked the permissions and they are okay. Hmm I checked rrdtool versions and here's what I found: Solaris: rrdtool version 1.0.49 Linux: rrdtool version 1.2.18-1 * Now I am assuming that the problem is the difference in the rrdtool versions. I don't really want to roll back to an older version on the linux box. * After some research it looks like rrdtool has an option to dump an rrd to XML. You can then import that XML to another rrdtool version. I will try that and report if it works or not. Note: I'm not asking a specific question in this post...I'm mostly just "thinking out loud" in case my problem and resolution helps others who search the mailing list. -Charles

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[hobbit] BBwin script monitor sql 2005
by etmsys＠rit.edu 29 May '07

29 May '07

I wrote one here to monitor msSQL servers, not sure on the version. It runs from the unix hobbit server, it requires DBD::Sybase and DBI. The tar needs to be extracted to /home/hobbit/server/ext (change paths in the files if you use a different structure ). Change the "dbinfo" to reflect your login user/password. You'll have to grant access for the user to "sysservers" to select the "srvname" and "srvid". (see scripts). You'll just need to add to the host tag, "mssql:<PORT>" At some point it may be expanded to gather more additional stats and report it as "data" to the hobbit server. It probably should be put into The Shire, however that is done. ---Eric ________________________________ From: Jason Chambers [mailto:Jason.Chambers at geosoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 09:52 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] BBwin script monitor sql 2005 Does anyone know where I can get a script to monitor sql 2005 servers, x64? Deadcat.net appears to be useless now. Jason Chambers IT Helpdesk Support <http://www.geosoft.com/> eosoft Inc. 85 Richmond St. West - 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2C9 Tel: 416-369-0111 x344 Fax: 416-369-9599 www.geosoft.com

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BBwin script monitor sql 2005
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 29 May '07

29 May '07

Does anyone know where I can get a script to monitor sql 2005 servers, x64? Deadcat.net appears to be useless now. Jason Chambers IT Helpdesk Support <http://www.geosoft.com/> eosoft Inc. 85 Richmond St. West - 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2C9 Tel: 416-369-0111 x344 Fax: 416-369-9599 www.geosoft.com <http://www.geosoft.com>

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[hobbit] Hobbit-client
by htaute＠media24.com 29 May '07

29 May '07

Thanks Rich, it's working. -----Original Message----- From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:rsmrcina at wi.rr.com] Sent: 29 May 2007 03:35 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit-client In the client configuration files (probably /etc/hobbit/..../hobbitclient.cfg, I don't know the exact path) there should be a variable BBDISP. This is the IP address of your Hobbit server. Change it to the IP address of the Solaris box and restart the client. Henri Taute wrote: > > Dear Sir/madam > > I have downloaded "hobbit-client-4.1.2-1.i386.rpm" and installed it on > a > Suse Linux Server 9 box. We have a Hobbit server running on Solaris 8. > After configuring the client, when I start it it says the following in > the "hobbitclient.log" file: > > 2007-05-24 01:15:34 Could not connect to bbd at 127.0.0.1:1984 - > Connection > refused > 2007-05-24 01:15:34 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed > > I have placed the Hobbit server IP into the > "/etc/default/hobbit-client" > file. > > Could you please assist me > > Thanks > > *Henri Taute* > *Media24 Content Production* > *Tel: +27 21 4062495* > *Fax: +27 21 4063143* > *Cell: +28 82 8276124* > *E-mail: htaute at media24.co.za* > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______ > > This email and its contents are subject to an email legal notice that > can be viewed at: http://www.naspers.com/email/disclaimer.html. Should > you be unable to access the link provided, please email us for a copy at > Helpdesk at Media24.com. > > Hierdie e-pos en sy inhoud is onderhewig aan 'n regskennisgewing oor > elektroniese pos wat gelees kan word by > http://www.naspers.com/epos/vrywaring.html. 'n Afskrif kan aangevra word > by Helpdesk at Media24.com. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______ > > > > > -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2008 - Chattanooga - April 18-22, 2008 To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Hobbit-client
by htaute＠media24.com 29 May '07

29 May '07

> Dear Sir/madam > > I have downloaded "hobbit-client-4.1.2-1.i386.rpm" and installed it on a > Suse Linux Server 9 box. We have a Hobbit server running on Solaris 8. > After configuring the client, when I start it it says the following in the > "hobbitclient.log" file: > > 2007-05-24 01:15:34 Could not connect to bbd at 127.0.0.1:1984 - Connection > refused > 2007-05-24 01:15:34 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed > > I have placed the Hobbit server IP into the "/etc/default/hobbit-client" > file. > > Could you please assist me > > Thanks > > Henri Taute > Media24 Content Production > Tel: +27 21 4062495 > Fax: +27 21 4063143 > Cell: +28 82 8276124 > E-mail: htaute at media24.co.za > ____________________________________________________________________________ This email and its contents are subject to an email legal notice that can be viewed at: http://www.naspers.com/email/disclaimer.html. Should you be unable to access the link provided, please email us for a copy at Helpdesk at Media24.com. Hierdie e-pos en sy inhoud is onderhewig aan 'n regskennisgewing oor elektroniese pos wat gelees kan word by http://www.naspers.com/epos/vrywaring.html. 'n Afskrif kan aangevra word by Helpdesk at Media24.com. ____________________________________________________________________________

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bb-win
by ajaychadha＠ntpc.co.in 29 May '07

29 May '07

i have downloade bb-win and installed on PC and serviced has been started please tell me how to congiure hobbit to fetch data from client BB-win i am not able to find any docs related to this , ajay

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