July 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

hobbitfetch spinning again
by Dan.McDonald＠austinenergy.com 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

The patched hobbitfetch ran longer, but it still ended up consuming a processor after about 3 days. I did a kill -6 on it, but couldn't find the corefile anywhere. -- Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CISSP # 78281, CNX Austin Energy http://www.austinenergy.com

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core dump in hobbitd_rrd (possible memory leak from splitncv)
by charles.goyard＠orange-ftgroup.com 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Hi, I yesterday and today encountered core dump in hobbitd_rrd. Here's the backtrace : (gdb) bt #0 0xb7dcd83b in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #1 0xb7dcefa2 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #2 0x08057db1 in sigsegv_handler (signum=0) at sig.c:57 #3 <signal handler called> #4 0xb7e1c093 in strchr () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #5 0x08050972 in do_ncv_rrd (hostname=0xb7ce10f8 "orbadm-as01p.orb75.cvf", testname=0xb7ce110f "websvcs", msg=0x0, tstamp=1185778194) at do_ncv.c:51 #6 0x080529cb in update_rrd (hostname=0xb7ce10f8 "orbadm-as01p.orb75.cvf", testname=0xb7ce110f "websvcs", msg=0x0,tstamp=1185778194, sender=0x0, ldef=0x0) at do_rrd.c:411 #7 0x08049f69 in main (argc=0, argv=0xbff6f204) at hobbitd_rrd.c:160 (gdb) list 160 update_rrd(hostname, testname, restofmsg, tstamp, sender, ldef); 161 } 162 else if (strncmp(metadata[0], "@@shutdown", 10) == 0) { 163 running = 0; 164 continue; 165 } 166 else if (strncmp(metadata[0], "@@logrotate", 11) == 0) { 167 char *fn = xgetenv("HOBBITCHANNEL_LOGFILENAME"); 168 if (fn && strlen(fn)) { 169 freopen(fn, "a", stdout); My hobbitd_rrd is patched against the splitncv feature. It may be useful to know that the size of the core dump is 51MB. On fresh startup, the process is a few KB large. So I suspect a memory leak in that module, probably introduced by my patch. Alas, I won't be able to fix it soon, so beware. Regards, -- Charles Goyard - charles.goyard at orange-ftgroup.com - (+33) 1 45 38 01 31 Orange Business Services - online multimedia // ingénierie

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[hobbit] [Hobbit] Try to do an instant http test
by sbrabez＠ixis-cib.com 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Hi, Finally, I solved my problem caused by the recurrent servers names in the bb-hosts file. In fact, I put my HTTP test in the first file included which contains my name's server. With this method I avoid redundancy and I have correct response. Regards, -- Sofian Brabez Monitoring Team Natixis France sbrabez at ixis-cib.com -----Original Message----- From: Brabez, Sofian Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:43 PM To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' Subject: RE: [hobbit] [Hobbit] Try to do an instant http test Hi Henrik, So, I use the command line like you said, bbcmd bbtest-net --checkresponse --no-ares --debug msgipd01, the output is http://rafb.net/p/uQI6pB30.html For my configuration, I use the "include" directive in the bb-hosts file, and put the follow line into my included file : 0.0.0.0 server01 # noconn noping http://server01.domain.net:8000 http://serverd02.domain.net:8006 http://serverd02.domain.net:8007 h ttp://server01.domain.net:8008 (on the same line) More over, I have any questions: - For personal reason, the server appears twice in my bb-hosts file configuration, it maybe cause a problem ? - It's possible after a drop, no more metric status will be returned (because one day, I use the bb(1) to drop) or it's just to purge log (like the old binary bbrm) ? There is a way to reactivate the status check I forgot to do ? - There is a limit of URL for http test in the bb-hosts file configuration ? Regards, Thanks to your response. -- Sofian Brabez Monitoring Team Natixis France sbrabez at ixis-cib.com -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 4:13 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] [Hobbit] Try to do an instant http test On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 12:03:24PM +0200, Brabez, Sofian wrote: > Hello, i have a problem on a http test status with a machine, i try to > do an instant test with bbtest-net(3) with the follow command line : > > bbtest-net --checkresponse --no-ares --debug msgipd01 Make sure you run it through bbcmd, i.e. put "bbcmd" in front of that command line. > know if I make a mistake to execute my test? I use NIS resolution and > debug option, the output is http://rafb.net/p/lCL9Tj76.html (use rafb > because ezmlm reject too huge mail more than 3kb) The output looks ok. Could you show us the bb-hosts setting, please ? Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk -------------------------------------------------------- Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes peuvent etre confidentiels, et, de plus, peuvent etre couverts par un privilege ou une protection legale. Il est etabli a l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme a sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse prealable. Toutes opinions exprimees dans ce message, sont personnelles a leur auteur et ne sauraient necessairement refleter celle de IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank, de ses filiales ou de sa maison mere. Elles sont aussi susceptibles de modification sans notification prealable. Tous droits reserves. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire et d'en avertir immediatement l'expediteur. Toute communication avec IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank peut etre controlee, enregistree et conservee. IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Les communications sur Internet n'etant pas securisees, IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank informe qu'il ne peut accepter aucune responsabilite quant au contenu de ce message. This email and any attachment may be confidential and may also be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. It is intended only for the stated addressee(s) and access to it by any other person(s) is unauthorised. Any use, dissemination or disclosure not in accordance with its purpose, either in whole or in part, is prohibited without our prior formal approval. Any opinion expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinion of IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank, its affiliates or parent company. It may also be subject to change without prior notice. Copyright reserved. If you are not an addressee, you must not disclose, copy, circulate or in any other way use or rely on the information contained in this email. If you have received it in error, please inform us immediately and delete all copies. Any communication made with IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank (whether personal or business) may be monitored and a record kept. IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. As communication on the Internet is not secure, IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank does not accept responsibility for the content of this message. --------------------------------------------------------

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Feature request: DESCR popup
by Johann.Eggers＠teleatlas.com 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Hi Hobbit's, I would like to raise a litle feature request: I like the functionality that when you hook the mousepointer over a dot a small box pops up and displays information in the form column:color:duration. I (and also a lot of people in my company) would like to see this also for the hostname links. If a DESCR tag is in the bb-hosts file for this host it's content should be displayed in the little pop-up box. This way it's not necessary to view the info column each time to get this info. I think it can be done by inserting an "ALT" html-tag in the page source-code. I looked into the pagegen.c and other modules but I didn't find the right place to hook in. And unfortunately I'm pretty poor in C programing. Can someone give me a tip or is someone even able to code this (Henrik?) Thanks Johann

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bbgen core in latest snapshot
by David.Stuffle＠adesa.com 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

I just put on the latest snapshot and started getting core files and the bbgen column is saying "Fatal signal caught!". Below is the core analysis. I'm running 4.3.0-0.20070727 <http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/> on Redhat AS 4 update 5. -bash-3.00$ gdb bin/bbgen tmp/core.2512 GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.3.0.0-1.143.el4rh) Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1" . Core was generated by `bbgen --recentgifs --subpagecolumns=2 --report'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Reading symbols from /lib/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #0 0x008387a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (gdb) bt #0 0x008387a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #1 0x008797a5 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #2 0x0087b209 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #3 0x08064d0a in sigsegv_handler (signum=11) at sig.c:57 #4 <signal handler called> #5 do_eventlog (output=0x91f9498, maxcount=100, maxminutes=240, fromtime=0x0, totime=dwarf2_read_address: Corrup ted DWARF expression. ) at eventlog.c:760 #6 0x08051725 in do_bb2_page (nssidebarfilename=0x0, summarytype=1) at pagegen.c:932 #7 0x0804a232 in main (argc=4, argv=0xbff6fec4) at bbgen.c:643 (gdb) David Stuffle DISCLAIMER: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy any copies of this document and any attachments.

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disk service not changing
by shea4th＠comcast.net 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Hi all, I have set the disk threshold for a particular disk on this machine to warn when it reaches 30% utilization (it's just a test). I left it to see if it would change eventually last night, but it hasn't. I don't want to alert, so there's no entry in hobbit-alerts.cfg, although that shouldn't matter. Am I missing something? Thanks -Grs- Gregory R Shea EMC Corporation hobbit-clients.cfg HOST=myhost LOAD 16.0 20.0 DISK /backup 85 90 DISK /vobstore 30 40 DISK /vobstore2 60 80 DISK /vobstore3 85 90 MEMPHYS 98 99 MEMSWAP 97 98 [hobbit at hobbitmon server]$ bin/bbcmd bin/hobbitd_client --test 2007-07-28 10:07:47 Using default environment file /apps/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg Hostname (.=end, ?=dump, !=reload) []: myhost Hosttype []: Test (cpu, mem, disk, proc, log, port): disk Filesystem: /vobstore Yellow at 30%, red at 40% Hostname (.=end, ?=dump, !=reload) [myhost]: . [hobbit at hobbitmon server]$ bin/bbcmd bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdlog myhost.disk" 2007-07-28 10:10:05 Using default environment file /apps/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg myhost|disk|green||1176574790|1185631692|1185633492|0|0|10.10.10.10|-1|||Y green Sat Jul 28 10:08:06 EDT 2007 - Filesystems OK Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted_on swap 20570120 176 20569944 1% /var/run swap 20570280 336 20569944 1% /tmp /dev/dsk/c2t25d0s0 16514554 5347704 10836559 34% / /dev/dsk/c2t25d0s7 10319836 1609132 8504308 16% /var /dev/vx/dsk/viewdg/backup 16511482 18049 16328319 1% /backup /dev/vx/dsk/viewdg/vobstore 103212847 36107005 66073714 36% /vobstore /dev/vx/dsk/viewdg/vobstore2 51605391 36442870 14646468 72% /vobstore2 /dev/vx/dsk/viewdg/vobstore3 8254829 9201 8163080 1% /vobstore3 [hobbit at hobbitmon server]$

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Flurry of emails on hobbit server reboot
by stewartl42＠gmail.com 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Think this got lost in the flurry of 4.3 emails Is there something I can do to help troubleshoot this? I don't mind digging in the code. The problem is, if I have downtime on my Hobbit sevrer (not the clients), I get buried in emails when the server comes back up. I have to kill sendmail (usually I pull the network while its down) and flush /var/spool/clientmqueue. Henrik said that there was supposed to be a 10 minute delay before going purple on a server startup, but it seems to be not working. Stewart

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4.3.0 RFE Aggregate Trending
by scott＠PacketPushers.com 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Create charts which aggregate information for all servers (or choose specific), I *think* this could be done with a massive CDEF in the RRD graphs, but I am not sure if there is a limit. Total Disk Used Total Disk Avail Total Network Bytes/In Total Network Bytes/Out Total Mem Used Total Mem Avail CPU is real tough. One way would be to try and inventory all the procs and use CSPEC info to determine 'capacity' between procs. That would be real hard. Or, create a chart with the median and average CPU utilization. Scott Walters -PacketPusher

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4.3 feature requests
by Larry.Sherman＠rbsgc.com 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Hi Henrik, I have 2, of which 1 is very desirable, the other is nice to have: The first is multiple bb2 pages. I would envision it this way: In the hobbitserver.cfg file, a variable exists called, say, "BB2TAGS", as well as a NOBB2TAG, i.e.: BB2TAGS="BB2MD, BB2NET, BB2PCS, BB2PRINT, BB2UNIX, BB2BATCH, BB2COMPUTE" NOBB2TAG="NOBB2" Then, every host appears on the default bb2 page, as it does now, as well as each specific page, as long as it does not have the NOBB2 tag in bb-hosts. If it has the NOBB2 tag and a say, BB2MD tag, then it appears only on the BB2MD page. EX: 0.0.0.0 myhost.mydomain.com # BB2MD NOBB2 This would be a huge help to us, as we use the bb2 page for our morning ritual (checkout), and now each group must filter through data that is not of direct interest to their group. The nice to have would be to have multiple MAIL variables, which would then ease the construction of rules in Outlook. As always, many thanks and appreciation for your work Henrik, 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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Hobbit Client for Sun OS
by Thorsten.Erdmann＠daimlerchrysler.com 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Is there a precompiled version of the hobbit_client_ available for SunOS 5.10. If not, how can I build the client only and what prerequisites do I need. Can I use Sun's own C compiler/linker or do I have to install gcc and all the libraries the complete hobbit source archive needs to make server and client Thank you for help Thorsten Erdmann If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete it. We thank you for your support.

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