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Bogus hobbitfetch reds and purples
by hobbit＠epperson.homelinux.net 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

I have hobbitfetch working nicely for data fetching, but it continually goes red, then purple, with a detail of "-Program crashed" and "Fatal signal caught!". When this happens, it's still fetching the client data without a hitch as far as I can see. When I came in this morning, I had the purple, with "Status unchanged in 0 hours 22 minutes", since I started writing this, it's gone to red with "Status unchanged in 0 hours 3 minutes", all the while happily updating the client data. hobbitfetch.log has 0 length and was last touched about four hours ago. hobbitlaunch.log says "hobbitlaunch.log:2007-06-04 08:34:22 Task hobbitfetch terminated by signal 6". The client data display available through the hobbitfetch status page is stamped 8:32:35 and clearly shows the hobbitfetch process running. Clues?

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Howto get Hobbit to send email
by klj＠Beredskabsstyrelsen.dk 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Hey, I have being using Hobbit for a while. But now I want it to be able to send email notifications, but I can't get it to work. I have installet postfix on my server (Ubuntu) and set it up to relay to our main mailserver. I kan send mail from it with mutt. I have tryed to set at alert up in hobbit-alerts.cfg. And I can see that it is "sending a email.." in the /var/log/hobbit/notifications.log. But I can also se in /var/log/syslog that it is not sending anything to my main email server. As it do if I send with Mutt. Please help me... Best regards, Kim Johansen Beredskabsstyrelsen

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[hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg
by Robert-Manocchia＠IDEXX.com 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

I made the change to the config file /etc/rc.config.d/hobbit-client on the client MACHINEDOTS="dione". I then restarted the client and I can now see all the metrics (cpu, disk etc...). Thanks for the help. Robert Manocchia UNIX System Administrator IDEXX Laboratories 207 556-6860 EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com -----Original Message----- From: pkc_mls [mailto:pkc_mls at yahoo.fr] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:52 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg Manocchia, Robert a écrit : > Here is an attached copy of the hobbit client init script. This came with > the hobbit depot I installed the client from. > > just check that the "uname -n" matches the ame you defined in bb-hosts, ie dione.namerica.idexxi.com otherwise, just replace this line MACHINEDOTS="`uname -n`" with MACHINEDOTS="dione.namerica.idexxi.com" check also in the hobbit data dir if you have files that have "dione" in the filename. > Robert Manocchia > UNIX System Administrator > IDEXX Laboratories > 207 556-6860 > EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sello Tlabela (SD) [mailto:TlabelSD at telkom.co.za] > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:09 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg > > > Hi, > > How did you start hobbit-client, did you user init script also make > sure that you comment out hostname and os name in > /etc/default/hobbit-client then restart using init script > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg
by Robert-Manocchia＠IDEXX.com 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Here is an attached copy of the hobbit client init script. This came with the hobbit depot I installed the client from. Robert Manocchia UNIX System Administrator IDEXX Laboratories 207 556-6860 EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com -----Original Message----- From: Sello Tlabela (SD) [mailto:TlabelSD at telkom.co.za] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:09 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg Hi, How did you start hobbit-client, did you user init script also make sure that you comment out hostname and os name in /etc/default/hobbit-client then restart using init script -----Original Message----- From: Manocchia, Robert [mailto:Robert-Manocchia at IDEXX.com] Sent: 01 June 2007 16:22 To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg I confirmed that there were no hosts listed in the Ghost clients report. I also checked twice that the client was running and I was able to telnet to <Hobbitserver> 1984. Is there anything else I can check. Robert Manocchia UNIX System Administrator IDEXX Laboratories 207 556-6860 EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com -----Original Message----- From: henrik at hswn.dk [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 1:40 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 10:15:16PM -0400, Manocchia, Robert wrote: > I have the hobbit client running on HPUX 11.11 and I can see three tests > (conn, info, and trends). I have added the following to the > hobbit-clients.cfg file on the server. > > HOST=dione.namerica.idexxi.com > UP 1h > LOAD 2.8 4.0 > DISK * 85 95 > > Which appears before the defaults keyword. > > I restarted both the server and the client but still do not see the UP LOAD > and DISK columns. Sounds like you haven't got the Hobbit client running on that server, or at least - it isn't reporting into Hobbit with the right hostname. Check the "Reports->Ghost clients" report and see if your host is listed there - it will be, if the client uses a different hostname than what you have in bb-hosts. In that case, put a CLIENT:clientname entry in bb-hosts so Hobbit knows how to connect the two names. If it's not in the Ghost client list, then you must check if the client is running at all, and if it can connect to the Hobbit server to send data (from the client, run "telnet HOBBITHOST 1984" and see if it will connect). BTW, there won't be an UP or LOAD column - these data are presented as part of the "cpu" status. And there's no need to restart anything when changing this configuration. Regards, Henrik 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Telkom SA Limited e-mail legal notice available at http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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ncv double DS name
by thomas＠bergauer.org 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

hi! i have hobbit running and my clients sending the server the output of the lm_sensor command to show temperatures and voltages of the mainboard. The output looks basically like this: as99127f-i2c-0-2d Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at e800 VCore 1: +2.05 V (min = +1.74 V, max = +2.22 V) VCore 2: +2.59 V (min = +2.24 V, max = +2.74 V) +3.3V: +3.50 V (min = +2.96 V, max = +3.62 V) +5V: +5.08 V (min = +4.49 V, max = +5.48 V) +12V: +11.67 V (min = +9.12 V, max = +13.62 V) -12V: -11.57 V (min = -14.37 V, max = -9.60 V) -5V: -5.23 V (min = -6.00 V, max = -4.00 V) Cha Fan: 1940 RPM (min = 664 RPM, div = 4) P/S Fan: 2636 RPM (min = 1328 RPM, div = 4) temp1: +27�C (high = +40�C, hyst = +38�C) temp2: +32.7�C (high = +52�C, hyst = +47�C) vid: +2.000 V (VRM Version 8.2) I have set up a custom rrd graph to plot these data. However, I am getting the following error in the rrd-status.log: RRD error creating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/server/sensors.rrd: Duplicate DS name: 12V It seems that +12V and -12V are treated as a single name. how can I avoid this problem? thanks, Thomas

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Alternate to msgcache/hobbitfetch?
by haertig＠avaya.com 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

I've got some servers out in the DMZ that can't talk directly to the corporate network. I can get out to them via socks/ssh. I do not want to run another listening service (msgcache) out there in the DMZ. Is there a way to configure the client to collect messages to a file (without msgcache listening), and then go retrieve/process those file(s) via ssh from the Hobbit server and process normally? What I'm doing now is not installing the client in the DMZ, and instead using a custom Hobbit server script that socks/ssh'es out to the DMZ and runs it's own data collection commands. The data collected is similar to what the client would normally do, but it's all done via custom script without any help from the Hobbit client. I guess what I'm looking for is a hobbitfetch variant that uses ssh/scp rather than connecting to a msgcache listener. And along with that, a way to configure the client to collect data normally, but skip starting a listening service.

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[hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg
by Robert-Manocchia＠IDEXX.com 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

I confirmed that there were no hosts listed in the Ghost clients report. I also checked twice that the client was running and I was able to telnet to <Hobbitserver> 1984. Is there anything else I can check. Robert Manocchia UNIX System Administrator IDEXX Laboratories 207 556-6860 EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com -----Original Message----- From: henrik at hswn.dk [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 1:40 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 10:15:16PM -0400, Manocchia, Robert wrote: > I have the hobbit client running on HPUX 11.11 and I can see three tests > (conn, info, and trends). I have added the following to the > hobbit-clients.cfg file on the server. > > HOST=dione.namerica.idexxi.com > UP 1h > LOAD 2.8 4.0 > DISK * 85 95 > > Which appears before the defaults keyword. > > I restarted both the server and the client but still do not see the UP LOAD > and DISK columns. Sounds like you haven't got the Hobbit client running on that server, or at least - it isn't reporting into Hobbit with the right hostname. Check the "Reports->Ghost clients" report and see if your host is listed there - it will be, if the client uses a different hostname than what you have in bb-hosts. In that case, put a CLIENT:clientname entry in bb-hosts so Hobbit knows how to connect the two names. If it's not in the Ghost client list, then you must check if the client is running at all, and if it can connect to the Hobbit server to send data (from the client, run "telnet HOBBITHOST 1984" and see if it will connect). BTW, there won't be an UP or LOAD column - these data are presented as part of the "cpu" status. And there's no need to restart anything when changing this configuration. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Well, duh! I didn't know Hobbit/rrdtool did that!
by haertig＠avaya.com 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

After messing around and messing around trying to set graph timeframes and vertical axis limits, I just had a duh! moment. You don't need that. Those little magnifying glass icons? Yeah, I had clicked on them before expecting to zoom in on the graph. But it never zoomed in ... it just showed the same graph again on a seperate webpage. I figured it was some broken feature. My duh! moment just came when I accidently drug my mouse cursor over part of the "non zoomed" graph and noticed, "Hey! I wonder why it highlighted only that small portion of the graph?!" Release the mouse button and it becomes very evident why. DUH!!! How is it possible for me to have been so stupid?! :-o

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crazy HTTP test in bb2.html
by giovanni＠redix.com.br 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

Hi everyone, I'm having a problem using the http test... The problem is, the test keeps going red->green and green->red in bb2.html page, but if i click in the history of http column, only green status appears 100% green all the time, thats the strange thing. The bb-hosts follows the syntax below: IPADDRESS HOST # http://FULL_URL The tcp graph is OK! and i haven't found anything in the logfiles... I'm using hobbit 4.2.0 patched. Any suggestion ? Cheers.

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[hobbit] ncv double DS name
by Thomas.Kern＠hq.doe.gov 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

Without looking at the NCV code, I would guess that it is ignoring any leading characters that might be considered punctuation. Can you run the output of the command through sed to change +12V to 12Vp and -12V to 12Vn ? Thomas Kern 301-903-2211 ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Bergauer <thomas at bergauer.org> To: hobbit at hswn.dk <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Sun Jun 03 08:59:37 2007 Subject: [hobbit] ncv double DS name hi! i have hobbit running and my clients sending the server the output of the lm_sensor command to show temperatures and voltages of the mainboard. The output looks basically like this: as99127f-i2c-0-2d Adapter: SMBus PIIX4 adapter at e800 VCore 1: +2.05 V (min = +1.74 V, max = +2.22 V) VCore 2: +2.59 V (min = +2.24 V, max = +2.74 V) +3.3V: +3.50 V (min = +2.96 V, max = +3.62 V) +5V: +5.08 V (min = +4.49 V, max = +5.48 V) +12V: +11.67 V (min = +9.12 V, max = +13.62 V) -12V: -11.57 V (min = -14.37 V, max = -9.60 V) -5V: -5.23 V (min = -6.00 V, max = -4.00 V) Cha Fan: 1940 RPM (min = 664 RPM, div = 4) P/S Fan: 2636 RPM (min = 1328 RPM, div = 4) temp1: +27°C (high = +40°C, hyst = +38°C) temp2: +32.7°C (high = +52°C, hyst = +47°C) vid: +2.000 V (VRM Version 8.2) I have set up a custom rrd graph to plot these data. However, I am getting the following error in the rrd-status.log: RRD error creating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/server/sensors.rrd: Duplicate DS name: 12V It seems that +12V and -12V are treated as a single name. how can I avoid this problem? thanks, Thomas To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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