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bad magic number
by Robert-Manocchia＠IDEXX.com 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

I'm trying to install hobbit client 4.2.0 onto an hpux 11.23 server. I got the ./configure.client script to work but when I run gmake I get the following error: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Bad magic number for shared library: /usr/local/lib/libiconv.sl /usr/lib/dld.sl: Exec format error Any ideas. Robert Manocchia UNIX System Administrator IDEXX Laboratories 207 556-6860 EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com

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Apparently random and unexplained purple behavior?
by haertig＠avaya.com 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Any ideas why one test (procs) from the standard Hobbit client would go purple when other tests performed at the same time by the same client do not? On the purple procs test, I click on the "client data available" link and see that it has current info for the "[ps]" section, but still the procs column shows purple. The other columns, disk, memory, etc., are fine. The default section of my hobbit-clients.cfg has cron as the only proc to check for (keeps the light green rather than gray for the light-watchers who get nervous for any non-green color). I've only noticed this random purple behavior on the procs column on one machine (an older Solaris 7 box). I can't say that it's never occurred on other servers I monitor, just that I haven't noticed it if it has. Thanks!

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Possible to trend multiple apache (server-status) on same host?
by jonescr＠cisco.com 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

I have some servers to monitor that run several apache instances on different ports. I can easily monitor one of them via "apache=...", but how do I monitor the others? Note I am talking about server-status monitoring and not http test. Thanks -Charles

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Disk Monitoring
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hello All, I had a recent problem with monitoring filesystems, and I wanted some assistance. We have a couple database servers using Veritas clustering. Can anyone recommend a method for monitoring the Veritas clustering and filesystems? When the clustering went down, several partitions were unmounted. Hobbit didn't alert us that the partitions were not available. I'm curious, let's say hobbit is monitoring the filesystem (disk), and someone unmounts a partition that is in vfstab or the filesystem is no longer accessible, disk goes down, but the mount still shows. Does Hobbit alert to these? (The cluster mounts are not in the vfstab, but I just wondering about other filesystems) Thanks..James

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Paging & Notification Not Working
by Dirk.Kastens＠uni-osnabrueck.de 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hi, is there a fix for the problem, meanwhile? We have the same situation, here. A filesystem on one of our mail servers ran full, but the admins didn't get an alert from hobbit. The server is listed in our bb-hosts file on the "mail" page with an IP of "0.0.0.0". I found out that only the hosts with a real IP address will get an alert. I could find a workaround: if I add the option "prefer" to the host entry with the "0.0.0.0" address, the host gets an alert. But if there are more entries of the same host on different pages, only the first one with the "prefer" option is recognized by the alert function. So, if we have the following bb-hosts file: page linux 123.456.78.9 my.mail.host # ... page mail 0.0.0.0 my.mail.host # noconn page redhat 0.0.0.0 my.mail.host # noconn prefer and I define alerts for all three pages, the alert only works for page "linux" and page "redhat". The host on page "mail" is being ignored. Please let me know if there is a solution for the problem. -- Regards, Dirk Kastens Universitaet Osnabrueck, Rechenzentrum (Computer Center) Albrechtstr. 28, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany Tel.: +49-541-969-2347, FAX: -2470

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Graphs shows up ONLY on trends column
by vadud3＠gmail.com 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

I created a new test and generated rrd file according the instrcution below: http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/howtograph.html Now I see the rrd file and I see the graph on trends column for that test. But I do not see the graph on status page. According the `howtograph.html' page above and I quote, "If you go and look at the status page for the *slab* column, you should not see any graph yet, but a link to *hobbit graph ncv:slab*. One final step is missing." I never saw that link *hobbit graph ncv:slab *assuming the name of my service/test is `slab' Any suggestion where I should look for an anomaly? -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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Shire downloads.
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

It IS nice to view the source of the monitors; helps me determine whether it want them or not; but would it be possible to package them as a tar/gzip file too? -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _p_ Mike Nemeth | ___| |_____ email(w) michael.nemeth at lmco.com Work: 856 359-1425 |><___________) | Home Page:http://www.geocities.com/mjnemeth/ | Work Page:http://scorpion/~nemethm/ | Work Page:http://phlccase/SWUNIX/mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[hobbit] Feature request: DESCR popup
by marco＠nlr.nl 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hi, I'm new to the list. I already modified hobbit server to allow a TOOLTIP tag for hosts. This displays a tooltip box when hovering over the hostname. Ofcourse same should be done for the status dots etc. Tooltips are heavily underappreciated and can be extremely useful in limiting the amount of mouse clicks in order to get detailed information or help. I can sent the few lines I changed to implement the tooltips. I use browser supported HTML and CSS instead of javascript etc. Keep It Simple & Stupid (KISS) is my favorite implementation style :) -- Marco Schoemaker (mailto:marco at nlr.nl) Systems Programmer @ NLR ODIC (ICT/OS) National Aerospace laboratory NLR http://www.nlr.nl/

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New Monitors Added
by gjohnson＠trantor.org 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

New monitors recently added to The Shire: * Dell System Check - http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/monitors:dellsystemcheck --- The Shire

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Multiple hobbit server
by rlapuz＠fcpp.fujitsu.com 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

What is the right syntax for multiple hobbit server? (1) BBDISP="0.0.0.0" BBDISPLAYS="IP address1,IPaddress2" (2) BBDISP="0.0.0.0" BBDISPLAYS="IP address1" BBDISPLAYS="IP address2" Thanks in advance. Ryan

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