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sla reporting output to customers
by sigurdur＠basis.is 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

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[hobbit] how to disable msgs clear status?
by flyzone＠technologist.com 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

Hi! I have written a new messages check, i think is better from the default that came with hobbit, cause I can use regexp to define block of line in logfile and use another regexp to check the status of the message, so all the block of lines is define by that rule. Problem: Im using the same column name msgs and the hobbit overwrite it with a clear status (no log data available). I havent set any LOG file in the localclient.cfg or hobbit-clients.cfg files, and I have also tried with the "no clear" option: CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitclient.sh --local --no-clear-msgs Or also in the server hobbitlaunch.cfg. But the same problem persist: status is overwrite by the hobbit. Someone can help me? Thanks P.S: my new script is on deadcat website. -- We've Got Your Name at http://www.mail.com! Get a FREE E-mail Account Today - Choose From 100+ Domains

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[hobbit] Re: Help - NCV graph issue
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

Hi all, I have yet a different problem with an NCV graph. I have a script which monitors are UPS. In the script it captures the current load. I have set-up the hobbitserver.cfg file and hobbitgraph.cfg files based on the examples and it is storing the data and producing the graph, but the numbers don't match. When I do an rrdtool dump I see the current data point is ok (like 29% and I see that 29 is the current datapoint). When it graphs it, it shows it as 8. I have tried playing with the data types and that doesn't help. Any ideas? Thanks ahead of time, Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Charles Jones [mailto:jonescr at cisco.com] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 3:23 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Re: Help - NCV graph issue Wow. YET AGAIN I send an email to the list with a problem, and figure it out immediately afterwards. The issue was using the wrong def name in the GPRINT. I know it looks like I'm a total idiot - I swear I looked at that section of hobbitgraph.cfg at least a dozen times and didn't notice it. Ught. Thank goodness it's Friday. -Charles To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk ---------------------------------------------------- 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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Help - NCV graph issue
by jonescr＠cisco.com 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

I'm having problems getting some particular NCV graphs to display (I get missing graph link) . I have successfully added other NCV graphs, and I thought I knew what I was doing, but alas I am stuck and cannot figure out what I've done wrong. I'm hoping that Henrik or anyone can see what I'm doing wrong. What I've checked so far: * Script is properly sending data message to Hobbit * Hobbit is receiving the data and creating RRD files * The RRD files are being updated * proper? definitions in TEST2RRD * proper? definition in hobbitgraph.cfg, using correct rrd filename and ds name I have a server-side script that collects database connection stats for Tomcat processes (5 seperate processes per server). The collector script is working fine, and I verified that rrd files are being created and populated. The DS is "dbconn": extt$ ~/local/bin/rrdtool dump ../../data/rrd/host1/tc_1_1-dbconn.rrd |grep name <name> dbconn </name> data is definitely going into the rrd file(s): ext$ ~/local/bin/rrdtool dump ../../data/rrd/host/tc_1_1-dbconn.rrd |grep row |grep -v NaN  <row><v> 2.0000000000e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 2.0000000000e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 2.6633333333e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 3.6533333333e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 5.2866666667e+00 </v></row> Here is the test definition I am using in hobbitgraph.cfg: [tc_1_1-dbconn] TITLE Tomcat Database Connections YAXIS # DEF:dbconn=tc_1_1-dbconn.rrd:dbconn:AVERAGE LINE2:dbconn#00CCCC:database connections COMMENT:(5 Minute Combined Avg)\n GPRINT:modjk:LAST: \: %5.6lf (cur) GPRINT:modjk:MAX: \: %5.6lf (max) here is the relavant additions I made to the TEST2RRD section of hobbitserver.cfg: TEST2RRD="<hobbit default settings>,tc_1_1-dbconn=ncv,tc_1_2-dbconn=ncv,tc_1_3-dbconn=ncv,tc_1_4-dbconn=ncv,tc_1_5-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_1-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_2-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_3-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_4-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_5-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_1-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_2-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_3-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_4-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_5-dbconn=ncv" Once I can get this single graph working, I plan on creating a definition that will display all of the dbconn data in one graph (per host). -Charles

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[hobbit] Citrix Test
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Where did you download citrix.zip? -----Original Message----- From: Michael Frey [mailto:Michael.Frey at aptconsulting.com] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:04 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Citrix Test I am trying to configure the tests included in citrix.zip. Can someone explain how to get this test working? Michael Frey. Manager, Microsoft and Hosting Services. APT Inc. 7540 Windsor Dr. Suite 204. Allentown, PA 18195. Ph. 610.366.1100, ext 15 Fax 610.366.7375 http://www.aptconsulting.com http://www.WebtrialZ.com 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 ---------------------------------------------------- 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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How to make defaults only for a subset of hosts
by sholmes42＠mac.com 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Can a rule be applied to DEFAULTS so the default settings only apply to a class of hosts? Thanks, Steve Holmes

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[hobbit] Server-side extension scripts: shell vs. C programming
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

I remember reading somewhere in the Hobbit documentation that when an extension script starts to do a lot of things, it should be coded in a compiled language such as C, instead of as a shell script. I have a custom script that takes a lot of data and converts it into NCV graphs, and I believe it is at the point where I should consider rewriting it in C. Before I get to far into it, is the hobbitd_sample.c something that I should look at for this? I'm not sure if I'm reading the documentation on it correctly, if it is a good example for an external script. Has anyone else had experience in needing to convert a shell script to C/C++/etc for Hobbit? I'm just trying to get a rough idea of how much effort this will require.

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Lost cpu graphs of Hobbit server
by jwprkr＠gmail.com 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Hello, I'm a old BB user that's a new believer in Hobbit. I'm having an unusual problem I didn't see a reference to anywhere. About a day after I started the Hobbit server, I noticed that no more data was being added to the cpu RRD graph of the Hobbit server. It worked at first, but just stopped. I tried removing the RRD file to try to re-create the file, and no new file was created. I also noticed that the user/process graph also stopped updating for this machine. All other graphs are working fine for this machine and for all other machines. Has anyone seen this? Thanks in advance, Jeff Parker -- Jeff Parker jwprkr at gmail dot com

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Hobbit-client.cfg
by TlabelSD＠telkom.co.za 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Hi All, I have Ten Hosts with the names host01 to host10, Is it possible that I can in the hobbit-client.cfg I can do HOST=%host* And the rules below Sello Tlabela | Ops Specialist | ISS Infrastructure | Telkom E-Mail: tlabelsd at telkom.co.za <mailto:tlabelsd at telkom.co.za> | Office: +27 12 680 3176 | Fax: +27 12 680 3299 | Cell: +27 79 517 5706 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Orca in Hobbit
by Larry.Sherman＠rbsgc.com 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hi, My colleges in London have asked some of out Linux SA's to install Orca to monitor some of their boxes. I know that 4.2 has the rudiments of integration between Orca and Hobbit, and was wondering if any of you have got it working... Thanks, Larry ----------------------------------------- ******************************************************************* * This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. As this e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information, if you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to retain, read, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. ******************************************************************* *

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