August 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

ping test failing with wrong address!
by tpr＠pics.com 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Hi, All of a sudden today one of my servers is failing it's ping test but the odd thing is that the hobbit message is not reporting the correct ip address for the server. I have seen at least 2 different ip addresses in the failure message neither of them belong to the server or are any part of my ip space! 64.158.56.46 is not correct. I have checked bb-hosts and it is defined correctly. Please help I feel hacked! red Thu Aug 16 21:45:00 2007 conn NOT ok Service conn on picssql.com is not OK : Host does not respond to ping System unreachable for 7 poll periods (1557 seconds) &red 64.158.56.46 is unreachable

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getting alert to call scripts
by dninja＠gmail.com 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi I've setup an alert to call a script but I must have something wrong as the scripts are never getting called. The alert is: HOST=devsite SERVICE=http MAIL dninja at gmail.com DURATION>5 SCRIPT /usr/local/bin/sendsms 1234567890 FORMAT=SMS SCRIPT /usr/local/bin/sendemail 1234567890 FORMAT=TEXT SCRIPT /usr/local/bin/sendscript 1234567890 FORMAT=SCRIPT And to test it: /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitd_alert --test devsite http 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 send_alert devsite:http state Paging 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Matching host:service:page 'devsite:http:' against rule line 29 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 *** Match with 'HOST=devsite SERVICE=http' *** 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Matching host:service:page 'devsite:http:' against rule line 30 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Failed 'MAIL dninja at gmail.com DURATION>5' (min. duration 0<300) 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Matching host:service:page 'devsite:http:' against rule line 29 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 *** Match with 'HOST=devsite SERVICE=http' *** 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Script alert with command '/usr/local/bin/sendsms' and recipient 1234567890 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Matching host:service:page 'devsite:http:' against rule line 29 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 *** Match with 'HOST=devsite SERVICE=http' *** 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Script alert with command '/usr/local/bin/sendemail' and recipient 1234567890 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Matching host:service:page 'devsite:http:' against rule line 29 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 *** Match with 'HOST=devsite SERVICE=http' *** 00026523 2007-08-16 20:14:41 Script alert with command '/usr/local/bin/sendscript' and recipient 1234567890 All the scripts are in place ls -l /usr/local/bin/send* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 101 2007-08-16 19:19 /usr/local/bin/sendemail -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 103 2007-08-16 19:18 /usr/local/bin/sendscript -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 100 2007-08-16 19:19 /usr/local/bin/sendsms yet when I stop the webserver and cause the status to go red none of the scripts get called. The scripts currently just write to a file the fact they have been called and their parameters so that I can see what I have to play with: cat /usr/local/bin/sendscript #!/usr/bin/php <? $h = fopen ("/tmp/script", "a"); fwrite ($h, print_r ($argv, true)); fclose ($h); ?> I've got something wrong, what is it? Thanks Robin

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rrd "illegal attempt to update using time" error
by dninja＠gmail.com 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi While trying to solve my other problem I came across this in the rrd-status.log file: 2007-08-16 20:34:40 RRD error updating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729288 0 when last update time is 1187292880 (minimum one second step) 2007-08-16 20:39:41 RRD error updating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.conn.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 1187293181 when last u pdate time is 1187293181 (minimum one second step) 2007-08-16 20:39:41 RRD error updating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729318 1 when last update time is 1187293181 (minimum one second step) 2007-08-16 20:39:41 RRD error updating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729318 1 when last update time is 1187293181 (minimum one second step) 2007-08-16 20:44:42 RRD error updating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.conn.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 1187293482 when last u pdate time is 1187293482 (minimum one second step) 2007-08-16 20:44:42 RRD error updating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729348 2 when last update time is 1187293482 (minimum one second step) 2007-08-16 20:44:42 RRD error updating /usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729348 2 when last update time is 1187293482 (minimum one second step) I assume that whatever is calling rrd is running too quickly and so calling it in the same tick rather than waiting one before doing it. Can this be fixed? Robin

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BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 22130, 2 clients
by tnewton＠nyroc.rr.com 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi, I've been getting a lot of these error messages in the hobbitd.log file lately. BOARDBUSY locked at 1, GETNCNT is 0, GETPID is 22130, 2 clients Then I need to do a restart to get updates in. My version is 4.2.0 Is there any information on this error? Tim Newton

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cgi-bin
by stonepound＠gmail.com 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hello Everyone, I have had the hardest time getting cgi-bin to work right with the hobbit. When I create a directory to store machines in, it never picks up the cgi-bin. I get messages like: File does not exist: /home/hobbit/server/www/hp/cgi-bin Any ideas? Anyone have this working? On 8/10/07, Gregory Wege <gwege at infomanage.net> wrote: > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > Thanks for answering my previous inquiry so promptly. I have a few more > questions: > > > > Is it possible to disable and acknowledge alerts via email, how? > Can I configure a maximum time limit a alert can be acknowledged for? > > Can I restrict what hosts can be disabled on the enable/disable page? > > Can the SMS alert format be reconfigured to display more or less > information? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Regards, > > Greg

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problems configuring client?
by andreas.kuntzagk＠mdc-berlin.de 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

Hi, I'm quite new to Hobbit and to this list. I managed to install hobbit on a server and also on a few clients. So far, so good. But now I have problems with just one client: It's data doesn't appear on the webpage. All other clients work well. To study the problem I did a tcpdump on the client and there was data send to the server. All machines run RHEL 4. The hobbitclient.cfg is identical on all machines. Only differences in configuration is that the failing client is also monitored for imaps and some rpc. The status of these is displayed. Any idea what could cause this problem? Where could I search for more information? Second question: I want to monitor if a usb drive is mounted. How best to do that? Is there a test/ an extension for this? Ciao, Andreas

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Few more questions
by gwege＠infomanage.net 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

Hey Guys, Thanks for answering my previous inquiry so promptly. I have a few more questions: Is it possible to disable and acknowledge alerts via email, how? Can I configure a maximum time limit a alert can be acknowledged for? Can I restrict what hosts can be disabled on the enable/disable page? Can the SMS alert format be reconfigured to display more or less information? Thanks! Regards, Greg

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Need help about devmon and solaris 10 snmp agent
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

I am trying to test out devmon in my environment. I can't get access to a cisco siwtch except Unix machines. So I am using a solaris 10 as example snmp machine. But looks like I have templates/device/spec or solaris10:/etc/snmp/conf files misconfigured. So I got mismatched error message. See R1 for detail error message. R1: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Other_Docs/HOWTO… T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Learn.Laugh.Share. Reallivemoms is right place! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

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inactive user accounts
by rlapuz＠fcpp.fujitsu.com 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Hi everyone! Does Hobbit supports monitoring of behavior of user/email accounts like if the account has been inactive for 30 days? If not, can someone give me any idea on how to do it? Thanks in advance Regards Ryan

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[hobbit] Highlights of the 4.3.0 version
by tomg＠mcclatchyinteractive.com 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Henrik Stoerner wrote: > This doesn't mean that I won't consider adding new stuff before the > 4.3.0 release, but right now the plan is to get 4.3.0 shipped with > the current set of features. But if I've missed someone's favourite > patch or feature request, do let me know. I am testing the latest snapshot now and I really like what I've seen, especially the hobbit-topchanges.sh script. This is > Major new features > * Flap detection of statuses that change color rapidly. The status > is kept at the most critical level until it stops flapping. Is the flap detetection going to have some kind of configurable parameters? And will we get some kind of indication that flapping is occurring? > * Split NCV support - graph data from NCV can be split into multiple > RRD databases allowing for varying number of datasets. I'm very happy to see this one! :) > * RRD database parameters are now configurable (i.e. number of > datapoints stored, whether to store min/max values etc). Note that > this only applies to newly created RRD files, not existing ones. How do I toggle the min/max for new RRDs? > Display things > * The trends page default data-period can be configured to something > other than the default 48-hour view, and the user can select a > different period on-the-fly. Another really cool and useful improvement. Two features I've been asked for but I know either can't be done for 4.3.0 or maybe even at all are: 1. I get asked for this all the time: A way to mark "big" events on the graphs, so that we can have some marker inside or text outside the graph that gives some context to sweeping, overall trend changes. For example, if the average CPU IOwait on a database server drops from 35% to 10% after a code release, a person who is looking at that graph and wasn't involved in that code release would immediately know why the performance improved because a brief explanation of what took place during that time frame would be displayed along side. 2. An easier way to customize the colors or style of the Hobbit webpages. I tried to take this on one afternoon and found myself going through lots of source code, since it appeared that it was hard coded in quite a few places. Tom -- Tom Georgoulias Sr. Systems Engineer McClatchy Interactive tomg at mcclatchyinteractive.com

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