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Change Hostname - Question for data
by rlapuz＠fcpp.fujitsu.com 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hi guys! One of our servers will be replaced with a new machine and the hostname and IP Address will be retained. (Only the machine will be replaced) However, we will still monitor the old machine with Hobbit. My question is that is the data from the old machine will be retained for its new hostname? I think there's a command with hobbit on how to change the hostname to monitor but can someone please advise me for the procedure? Thanks in advance! Ryan

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BBGHOSTS: in tree, but no host-info
by s_aiello＠comcast.net 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Today I change the BBGHOSTS to a value of 0 (it was 1) in hobbitserver.cfg. After making that change I sarted seeing messages in my hobbitd.log for a few hosts that read as follows: Hostname '%%' in tree, but no host-info 'bin/bb $BBDISP:$BBPORT "hobbitdboard host=%%"' returns nothing. I tried a 'bin/bb $BBDISP:$BBPORT "drop %%"' and it was no help. So what tree are these devices in and how do I get them out ? Hobbit 4.20 + allinone patch. Thank you for you assistance, ~Steve

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Decommission a monitored host
by trent.melcher＠sitel.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

What are thoughts on the best way to decommission a monitored server in hobbit? I would like to remove it from monitoring since it no longer exists. But want to keep all historical hobbit data for the server incorporated into all reports for "X" amount of time. Then retire this data off after that "X" amount of time to some kind of historical archive so its still available if needed. Maybe using some kind of historical reporting tool in hobbit. Anyone doing anything similar or have thoughts on the best way to achieve this? Thanks Trent

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PAGE=server/web directive problem in hobbit-clients.cfg
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

I am trying to write a proc rule to catch all the hosts in clearcase server page. Problem is that not all server have albd_server process showing up where there is albd_server process on clearcase servers. for example ccr600.test.com has albd_server process but it is not showing monitored. hobbit-clients.cfg PAGE=%.*/ClearCase PROC albd_server 1 -1 red from bb-hosts.apps subparent APPLICATION ClearCase ClearCase Servers group-compress Registry 0.0.0.0 ccr002.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr600.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr601.test.com # noconn group-compress View 0.0.0.0 ccr100.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr102.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr104.test.com # noconn 0.0.0.0 ccr105.test.com # noconn References: http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/manpages/man5/hobbit-clients.cfg.5.html T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx…

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bbtest rrd file isn't getting updated anymore
by tomg＠mcclatchyinteractive.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Yesterday afternoon my bbtest rrd file stopped getting updated with new data, even though the bbtest-net test is running fine and the latest status update is displayed under the bbtest column. All of the other rrd files for my hobbit server are updating just fine and do not have any issues. I added --debug to the CMD line for the rrdstatus module in hobbitlauch.cfg, but nothing bbtest related is reported in the rrd-status.log. The bbtest data shows up fine when I watch the status channel, which make sense since the data is making it the webpage. What can I check next? Seems like there is a breakdown between what bbtest data goes into the status channel and what is rrdstatus is getting from the the status channel, but I don't know how to drill into that area. Thanks, Tom

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Graphs in hobbit
by joshuakrause＠triad.rr.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

How do i make the hobbit rrd graphs a little smaller? Thanks Josh

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Using Hobbit to monitor IP switches
by Ken.Cooper＠Intelliverse.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

All, My company is looking at a new IP based telephony switch. We have not completed vendor selection. Has anyone monitored such a creature? Any feedback is welcome. Thanks Ken Cooper Sr. NOC Technician Phone|770.663.5079 ken.cooper at intelliverse.com

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Total number of procs
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Is possible to graph total number of procs besides usinf a custom script. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _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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Request: Adding bb-services entries for mail submission and smtps (587 and 465)
by cleaver＠redwire.net 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

The bb-services entry for smtps rightly indicates that smtps does not have an IANA-approved port number, however the "standard" port used as the default for most clients is what's generally run -- port 465. Also, port 587 _is_ a standard for "submission" or "msa"... first time injection of messages via authorized or authenticated SMTP. It would be nice to see both of these supported by default in hobbit's config. A patch to do so is below. Regards, -jc --- bbnet/bb-services.msa 2007-09-17 21:12:25.000000000 -0700 +++ bbnet/bb-services 2007-09-17 21:21:46.000000000 -0700 @@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ options banner port 25 +[submission|msa] + send "mail\r\nquit\r\n" + expect "220" + options banner + port 587 + [smtps] send "mail\r\nquit\r\n" expect "220" --- bbnet/bb-services.smtps 2007-09-17 21:12:25.000000000 -0700 +++ bbnet/bb-services 2007-09-17 21:23:04.000000000 -0700 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ send "mail\r\nquit\r\n" expect "220" options ssl,banner -# No default port-number assignment for smtps - nonstandard according to IANA + port 465 [pop2|pop-2] send "quit\r\n"

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Advice on how to handle HA monitoring
by jonescr＠cisco.com 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

We have 2 hosts, HostA and HostB. They are part of an HA cluster via HP ServiceGuard. There is a virtual IP and DNS name of "virtual" that automatically goes to whichever of HostA and HostB is the primary at the time. I am currently monitoring both HostA and HostB via Hobbit. Currently HostA is the primary, and I am doing various PROC checks. Currently on HostB, I am not doing process checks. My problem is, how do I smoothly handle a failover scenario (HostB becoming the primary)? When a failover occurs, all of the procs on HostA are stopped (either by the server crashing, or manualy by ServiceGuard), and the same procs are started up on HostB. I'm trying to think of ways to monitor both hosts, but only monitor procs on the one that is primary. So far the best I can come up with is to run the hobbit clients in local mode, and maybe have the ServiceGuard scripts swap out the config files and restart the Hobbit clients when there is a failover. That would probably work, BUT in this case the Hobbit homdir is also the same (SAN mount) on both machines, so moving or editing a file on one does the same on the other :( Simply shutting down the hobbit client on the non-primary is not an option, as then it would no longer be monitored at all. Any ideas? :) -Charles

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