September 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Plans for BBWin support?
by peter.smith＠utsouthwestern.edu 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Any plans for hobbit to support the "bbwin" client? It obviously currently doesn't support it, at least not in the "central" mode. P

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Xen Hobbit Monitoring Script
by andrew＠eiknet.com 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Hello, I work with Tom Georgoulias over at McClatchy Interactive, he suggested that I share a python Xen VM Monitoring script I wrote for our systems. I've uploaded it to: http://eiknet.com/mi-vt.py.bz2 This script is handy in that it sends information from the Dom0 on behalf of the DomUs. This way VM data shows up in hobbit with the rest of the DomU host information, giving you the following information updated correctly even if you migrate/move the DomU to another Dom0: Virtual Machine Status State: Blocked HostServerMemUsed: 49.99% MaxMemSet: 2048 MB CurMemSet: 2047 MB VCPUs: 2 Dom0: hostname It also reports information about all DomUs on behalf of the Dom0: Virtual Machine Status Host Server Specs MB Memory: 8191 Num CPUs: 2 Num Cores: 4 CPU MHz: 2666 hostname01 State: Blocked HostServerMemUsed: 12.49% MaxMemSet: 1024 MB CurMemSet: 1023 MB VCPUs: 2 hostname02 State: Blocked HostServerMemUsed: 24.99% MaxMemSet: 2048 MB CurMemSet: 2047 MB VCPUs: 2 hostname03 State: Blocked HostServerMemUsed: 24.99% MaxMemSet: 2048 MB CurMemSet: 2047 MB VCPUs: 2 hostname04 State: Blocked HostServerMemUsed: 6.24% MaxMemSet: 512 MB CurMemSet: 511 MB VCPUs: 2 The scripts turns yellow on the system being paused, and red on the system being crashed, dying or in shutdown states. You only need to be running this on the Dom0 and there is, of course, some minor setup to be done by you in the top of the script. If you have comments, questions or suggestions feel free to pass them along, especially if you are well vested in python since this was my first attempt at using it. Andrew Rankin Systems Engineer McClatchy Interactive

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[hobbit] Sending Data from external script to an RRD - can't see graphs - only links
by javier.temponi＠selectv.com 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

Thanks a lot Josh, the two things that you mentioned in your answer solved my problem, the change in the hobbitgraph.cfg and add your extra-rrd.pl script. After those changes I only had to add in the exception file of the devmon template, wich interfaces I want to graph and it is working!!! Thanks again for the help Regards Javier ________________________________ From: Joshua Krause [mailto:joshuakrause at triad.rr.com] Sent: Monday, 24 September 2007 8:08 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Sending Data from external script to an RRD - can't see graphs - only links One thing I see that I made the same mistake at is in your hobbitgraph.cfg: [if_load] FNPATTERN if_load(.*).rrd TITLE Network Traffic YAXIS Bits/second DEF:in (at) RRDIDX@= (at) RRDFN@:in:AVERAGE CDEF:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@=in (at) RRDIDX@,8,* DEF:out (at) RRDIDX@= (at) RRDFN@:out:AVERAGE CDEF:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@=out (at) RRDIDX@,8,* LINE1:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@# (at) COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ In GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (min) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n LINE1:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@# (at) COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ Out GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (avg) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n you need to replace "(at)" with "@", It looks like when the post was made it converted all the @ to (at). But that was my big problem. And I am not using the NCV function and don't think it is to be done using that but could be wrong. And my extra-rrd.pl looks like this: #!/usr/bin/perl # Input parameters: Hostname, testname (column), and messagefile $HOSTNAME=$ARGV[0]; ; $TESTNAME=$ARGV[1]; ; $FNAME=$ARGV[2]; ; # Read the entire files open (FILEHANDLE,$FNAME) || die ("cant read file\n"); @input = <FILEHANDLE>; close (FILEHANDLE); if ( $TESTNAME eq "if_load" ) { # Analyze the message we got foreach $line (@input) { if ($line =~ /(^[A-Z].*) (\d+):(\d+)$/ ) { # The RRD dataset definitions print "DS:in:DERIVE:600:0:U\n"; print "DS:out:DERIVE:600:0:U\n"; # The filename print "if_load_$1.rrd\n"; # The data print "$2:$3\n"; } } } Hope this helps you out and if you need anymore I will be glad to give ya what I know or have found out. Josh On Sep 24, 2007, at 2:13 AM, Javier Temponi wrote: Hello, I want to graph the load information of my routers interfaces, I have been reading for several days the list, and I have learned a lot but not enough yet to make this works :-)... This is the situation: I receive the information from devmon, and execute an external script to write the rrd file. The files are written but I can not see them from the hobbit page. I have the rrd files generated and updated but in the hobbit page I only can see the links and no graph (not an empty or blank graph, only the little box with the name of the link inside). I'm using devmon 0.3.0-beta2 and hobbit 4.2 with the patch all in one installed. OS: Linux kernel 2.6.9 Other graphs work fine, the default ones, for example the Conn graph. The information from devmon is received ok by hobbit, because I have a table with the load of the interfaces that devmon sent. These are the configuration files: hobbitserver.cfg (to see the graphs in the load and trends columns): TEST2RRD=".....,if_load=ncv" NCV_if_load="in:GAUGE,out:GAUGE" GRAPHS="......,if_load" hobbitlaunch.cfg [rrdstatus] ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd --extra-script=$BBHOME/ext/extra-rrd.pl --debug --extra-tests=if_load This is the script ext/extra-rrd.pl #!/usr/bin/perl # Input parameters: Hostname, testname (column), and messagefile #$HOSTNAME=$ARGV[0]; ; $TESTNAME=$ARGV[1]; ; $FNAME=$ARGV[2]; ; $filename="/tmp/if_log"; # Read the entire files open (FILEHANDLE,$FNAME) || die (print "cant read file\n"); @input = <FILEHANDLE>; close (FILEHANDLE); if ( $TESTNAME eq "if_load" ) { # Analyze the message we got foreach $line (@input) { if ($line =~ /(^[A-Z].*) (\d+):(\d+)$/ ) { # The RRD dataset definitions print "DS:in:DERIVE:600:0:U\n"; print "DS:out:DERIVE:600:0:U\n"; # The filename print "if_load_$1.rrd\n"; # The data print "$2:$3\n"; } } } hobbitgraph.cfg file : [if_load] FNPATTERN if_load(.*).rrd TITLE Network Traffic YAXIS Bits/second DEF:in (at) RRDIDX@= (at) RRDFN@:in:AVERAGE CDEF:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@=in (at) RRDIDX@,8,* DEF:out (at) RRDIDX@= (at) RRDFN@:out:AVERAGE CDEF:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@=out (at) RRDIDX@,8,* LINE1:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@# (at) COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ In GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (min) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n LINE1:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@# (at) COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ Out GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (avg) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n If anyone has any idea, where the problem could be or any work around I'll really appreciate. Thanks in advance Javier -------------------------------Safe Stamp----------------------------------- Your Anti-virus Service scanned this email. It is safe from known viruses. For more information regarding this service, please contact your service provider.

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MySQL replication status checker
by jonescr＠cisco.com 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

I just got bit hard by a MySQL replication error, so I'm about to write a Hobbit client-side ext script that will check the local servers slave status (CHECK SLAVE STATUS \G), parse the output, and alert appropriately (red if Slave Running = No, or if Seconds Behind Master >300, yellow if Seconds Behind Master <300 but > 60...otherwise green). If anyone already has a script that does this, please let me know, and let's put it on The Shire. If nobody else has one, I will whip one up and share it. -Charles

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Devmon MATH
by ralphmitchell＠gmail.com 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Is anyone using MATH in devmon templates?? I'm trying to calculate percent memory used for a couple of Windows 2000 servers and I'm getting: "Error(s) while parsing 'PhysMemUsed' on xxxxxx" The transforms file contains this: PhysMemUsed : MATH : {PhysMemSize} - {PhysMemFree} PhysMemPerc : MATH : ({PhysMemUsed} / {PhysMemSize}) x 100 and the corresponding OIDS are: PhysMemSize : 1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.13.1.0 : leaf PhysMemFree : 1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.13.2.0 : leaf If I report PhysMemFree & PhysMemSize in the report message, I get sensible values. For example, right now they show 471 & 1152, so PhysMemUsed would be 681 and PhysMemPerc would be 59%. I get the above error message, and PhysMemPerc is displayed as "Parent data missing". Any clues?? Ralph Mitchell

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"ports" netstat output too long
by tk＠westend.com 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hi, Hobbit is reporting the following error message from time to time: Oversize status msg from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:ports truncated (n=296523, limit=262144) What is the preferred way to handle this? Can I simply add "| head -n xyz" to the netstat command or will this falsify some statistics in Hobbit? Ciao, Thomas -- Thomas Kähn WESTEND GmbH | Internet-Business-Provider Technik CISCO Systems Partner - Authorized Reseller Im Süsterfeld 6 Tel 0241/701333-18 tk at westend.com D-52072 Aachen Fax 0241/911879 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Die Gesellschaft ist eingetragen im Handelsregister Aachen unter HRB 7608 Geschäftsführer: Thomas Neugebauer, Thomas Heller, Michael Kolb

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Remote bbtest-net and Info report.
by s_aiello＠comcast.net 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

All, I am setting up a remote server that just runs bbtest-net. This will be performing network test in the DMZ. The remote bbtest-net is sending in reports to the internal Hobbit server. The only area I see where my user may have confusion is the INFO report. The way I have configured monitoring is the the device name is the URL being tested, i.e. www.example.org. I have a HTTP & SSLCERT report being genrated and reported into the Internal Hobbit server. The INFO report is being created on the Internal Hobbit server, and thus being resolved to an internal IP. Now the tests are running in the DMZ, and resolving & testing the DMZ IP. Now knowing what the external DMZ IP address being tested would be great, but I would settle for the Internal Hobbit server seeing the NET: tag, and not putting the internal resolved IP in the INFO report. Thoughts ? ~Steve

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Log file monitoring
by joshuakrause＠triad.rr.com 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

I have a question about log file monitoring. I have a file that i am expecting to see the word "SIP" and if it is not there then I would want to be paged and have it go red. But the only thing I can find is to have it MATCH a certain phrase. Josh

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Sending Data from external script to an RRD - can't see graphs - only links
by javier.temponi＠selectv.com 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hello, I want to graph the load information of my routers interfaces, I have been reading for several days the list, and I have learned a lot but not enough yet to make this works :-)... This is the situation: I receive the information from devmon, and execute an external script to write the rrd file. The files are written but I can not see them from the hobbit page. I have the rrd files generated and updated but in the hobbit page I only can see the links and no graph (not an empty or blank graph, only the little box with the name of the link inside). I'm using devmon 0.3.0-beta2 and hobbit 4.2 with the patch all in one installed. OS: Linux kernel 2.6.9 Other graphs work fine, the default ones, for example the Conn graph. The information from devmon is received ok by hobbit, because I have a table with the load of the interfaces that devmon sent. These are the configuration files: hobbitserver.cfg (to see the graphs in the load and trends columns): TEST2RRD=".....,if_load=ncv" NCV_if_load="in:GAUGE,out:GAUGE" GRAPHS="......,if_load" hobbitlaunch.cfg [rrdstatus] ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd --extra-script=$BBHOME/ext/extra-rrd.pl --debug --extra-tests=if_load This is the script ext/extra-rrd.pl #!/usr/bin/perl # Input parameters: Hostname, testname (column), and messagefile #$HOSTNAME=$ARGV[0]; ; $TESTNAME=$ARGV[1]; ; $FNAME=$ARGV[2]; ; $filename="/tmp/if_log"; # Read the entire files open (FILEHANDLE,$FNAME) || die (print "cant read file\n"); @input = <FILEHANDLE>; close (FILEHANDLE); if ( $TESTNAME eq "if_load" ) { # Analyze the message we got foreach $line (@input) { if ($line =~ /(^[A-Z].*) (\d+):(\d+)$/ ) { # The RRD dataset definitions print "DS:in:DERIVE:600:0:U\n"; print "DS:out:DERIVE:600:0:U\n"; # The filename print "if_load_$1.rrd\n"; # The data print "$2:$3\n"; } } } hobbitgraph.cfg file : [if_load] FNPATTERN if_load(.*).rrd TITLE Network Traffic YAXIS Bits/second DEF:in (at) RRDIDX@= (at) RRDFN@:in:AVERAGE CDEF:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@=in (at) RRDIDX@,8,* DEF:out (at) RRDIDX@= (at) RRDFN@:out:AVERAGE CDEF:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@=out (at) RRDIDX@,8,* LINE1:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@# (at) COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ In GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (min) GPRINT:inbytes (at) RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n LINE1:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@# (at) COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ Out GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (avg) GPRINT:outbytes (at) RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n If anyone has any idea, where the problem could be or any work around I'll really appreciate. Thanks in advance Javier

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Hobbit not installed properly on solaris
by maulik.s＠tcs.com 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hi, I want to setup hobbit for monitoring. I installed all the necessary components on the system. Now it configured properly except the below : Checking for RRDtool ... test-rrd.c: In function `main': test-rrd.c:30: too few arguments to function `rrd_graph' make: *** [test-compile] Error 1 Not RRDtool 1.0.x, checking for 1.2.x Found RRDtool include files in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.23/include Found RRDtool libraries in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.23/lib Linking RRD with PNG library: -L/usr/local/lib -lpng I assumed it is not error and went ahead to install it and so i ran the make (GNU) command. At one point I got the following error : /usr/include/sched.h:11: warning: ignoring #pragma ident bbtest-net.c:110: `PATH_MAX' undeclared here (not in a function) bbtest-net.c:111: `PATH_MAX' undeclared here (not in a function) bbtest-net.c: In function `load_ping_status': bbtest-net.c:869: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c:869: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once bbtest-net.c:869: for each function it appears in.) bbtest-net.c: In function `save_ping_status': bbtest-net.c:902: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c: In function `load_test_status': bbtest-net.c:925: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c: In function `save_test_status': bbtest-net.c:963: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c: In function `save_frequenttestlist': bbtest-net.c:987: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c: In function `run_ntp_service': bbtest-net.c:1037: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c: In function `run_rpcinfo_service': bbtest-net.c:1055: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c: In function `run_modembank_service': bbtest-net.c:1320: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c:1335: warning: implicit declaration of function `popen' bbtest-net.c:1335: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast bbtest-net.c:1356: warning: implicit declaration of function `pclose' bbtest-net.c: In function `decide_color': bbtest-net.c:1459: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) bbtest-net.c: At top level: bbtest-net.c:110: storage size of `pinglog' isn't known bbtest-net.c:111: storage size of `pingerrlog' isn't known make[1]: *** [bbtest-net.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home02/software/hobbit-4.2.0/bbnet' make: *** [bbnet-build] Error 2 what could be the reason? Please help me to resolve this issue as i dig up lots of time but not able to solve it. Thanks - Maulik =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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