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Questions about hobbitd_rrd
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

I'm just looking at the NCV_ stuff with the hobbit_rrd, and have some questions about it (for my first time setup) I was wondering how it would handle letters in the data stream, such as: Total: 3520W Reserved: 1223W Used: 1223W Remaining: 2297W And also, spaces in the data, such as: +5 Volts: +4.81 Volts With this look like NCV_bladecentervolts="+5 Volts:GAUGE" ? Jason Chambers I.T. Helpdesk Associate [cid:image003.jpg at 01C7FAAF.26527F30] <http://www.geosoft.com/> 85 Richmond St W<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=geosoft&sll=43.650833,-79.382853&ss…> - Toronto, ON, CA - M5H 2C9 - Tel: 416.369.0111<skype:+14163690111> ext 344 - Fax: 416.369.9599

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devmon question
by jonescr＠cisco.com 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

I've just setup devmon, and would like some advice from other folks who are using it. I poked around the devmon "forums" and needless to say they weren't very helpful. I am currently awaiting moderator approval to post to the devmon support email list, so thought I would also post it here just in case a fellow Hobbit user that is familiar with devmon could help. Among the devices I am monitoring is a Cisco 3750 user stack switch. By default, devmon trips a red alarm if a port is in the "down" state. I want this behavior on some of the 3750's I am monitoring, but this particular one I do not, because it would trigger everytime someone powers their workstation off. So, I am trying to override the threshold via options in bb-hosts. Here is what I am currently using, which is NOT working: 10.10.10.10 user_stack # testip DEVMON:thresh(if_stat;ifOperStatTxt;g:down) According to my understanding of the docs, this should override the alert color such that it is green when the port is in "down" state. Can any other devmon users see what I am doing wrong there? I think I also need to know how to override a single specific port :( -Charles

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Multiple ssh tests under one single status.
by Fabrice.DiPasquale＠adm.unige.ch 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Hello, At the end of this page : http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2005/01/msg00194.html I can read : --o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<-- > What will happen if I do irc:6667 irc:6668? I assume it will only > display the output of the last one, but will it still check them > all? The result will be unreliable. It will probably check all of them, but when reporting the results it will report two results for the same status. So if the first test is "red" and the second is "green", you'll get a downtime lasting a fraction of a second. It might trigger an alert, it might not. --o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<-- This was in 2005. Is there a way to do that now ? Is it possible to make several tests, for example "ssh ssh:5080 ssh:5081" and to get a permanent red status if at least one of them is down ? Is it true that this : ssh:5080|ssh:5081|ssh:5082 would stay green if at least one of them is up ? I tried to play with exclamation marks, commas and pipe signs, without success. Thanks. -- Fabrice

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Hobbit, BBwin-0.9 and the ports column...
by rgordonjr＠gmail.com 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Hello all - In looking at the client data generated by BBWin-0.9 I see that the port usage information is sent to the Hobbit server. Is there anyway to get this data displayed in the current ports column (populated by the hobbit client)? As its coming over the client channels I can create a custom server script to push the data into a new column but I'd kinda like to not have to do that... BBWin generated ports info.. --------------------------------------------- [ports] Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP 0.0.0.0:7 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 0.0.0.0:9 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 0.0.0.0:13 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 0.0.0.0:17 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 0.0.0.0:19 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 0.0.0.0:382 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING Hobbit Client (Unix) generated port info ------------------------------------------------------------ [ports] Local Address Remote Address Swind Send-Q Rwind Recv-Q State -------------------- -------------------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ------- *.* *.* 0 0 49152 0 IDLE *.22 *.* 0 0 49152 0 LISTEN *.22 *.* 0 0 49152 0 LISTEN 10.9.12.102.17374 10.9.12.102.1352 49152 0 49152 0 ESTABLISHED 10.9.12.102.1352 10.9.12.102.17374 49152 0 49152 0 ESTABLISHED *.* *.* 0 0 49152 0 IDLE *.1352 *.* 0 0 49152 0 LISTEN *.27401 *.* 0 0 49152 0 LISTEN *.8635 *.* 0 0 49152 0 BOUND *.8640 *.* 0 0 49152 0 BOUND Thanks for the help here! -- --==[ Bob Gordon ]==--

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[hobbit] Questions about hobbitd_rrd
by sigurdur＠raforninn.is 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Hi. Spaces are ignored in variable names, so your bladecentervolts would be; NCV_bladecentervolts="Volts:GAUGE" Only A-z and 0-9 are allowed in names, no underscores etc. So basicly your option is to use a special name for each of the voltage you want to monitor in the graph and then rename them in hobbitgraphs.cfg for fancyness. As far as I know about letters in datastream, I think it ignores it and just yanks the value .. you could of course change your script to include a space between the wattage value and the letter W to be on the safe side. and HOW do I know all of this? My first time setup for a custom RRD graph over here aswell ... I can get all the values into RRD files pretty easy, but I just can't seem to get the graphs on the website .... With regards, ------------------------------ Sigurður Guðbrandsson Raförninn ehf. Suðurhlíð 35 105 Reykjavik | Iceland sigurdur at raforninn.is | www.raforninn.is <http://www.raforninn.is/> Office: +(354) 552 2070 Mobile: +(354) 867 3573 ------------------------------ ________________________________ From: Jason Chambers [mailto:Jason.Chambers at geosoft.com] Sent: 19. september 2007 15:21 To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' Subject: [hobbit] Questions about hobbitd_rrd I'm just looking at the NCV_ stuff with the hobbit_rrd, and have some questions about it (for my first time setup) I was wondering how it would handle letters in the data stream, such as: Total: 3520W Reserved: 1223W Used: 1223W Remaining: 2297W And also, spaces in the data, such as: +5 Volts: +4.81 Volts With this look like NCV_bladecentervolts="+5 Volts:GAUGE" ? Jason Chambers I.T. Helpdesk Associate <http://www.geosoft.com/> 85 Richmond St W <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=geosoft&sll=43.650833,-79.382853&ss…> - Toronto, ON, CA - M5H 2C9 - Tel: 416.369.0111 <skype:+14163690111> ext 344 - Fax: 416.369.9599

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[hobbit] Cacti graphs in hobbit
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

I guess the other way is to understand how to modify my .sh scripts so that it could be captured by rrd. But I don't know where to start since I never used rrd before, hense why I wanted to use cacti. Can anyone suggest any "easy reading" materials that might help me go along doing this? Cheers, Jason Chambers I.T. Helpdesk Associate [cid:image001.jpg at 01C7FAA7.E63AE3D0] <http://www.geosoft.com/> 85 Richmond St W<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=geosoft&sll=43.650833,-79.382853&ss…> - Toronto, ON, CA - M5H 2C9 - Tel: 416.369.0111<skype:+14163690111> ext 344 - Fax: 416.369.9599 From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:pwilliamson at mtb.com] Sent: September-18-07 1:59 PM To: Jason Chambers Subject: RE: [hobbit] Cacti graphs in hobbit Could be,. That would be very convenient. Let me know if you want the script. Paul >>> "Jason Chambers" <Jason.Chambers at geosoft.com> 9/18/2007 1:51 PM >>> Has to be a method more simpler than that. Like taking the properties of a graph: /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.11/bin/rrdtool graph - \ --imgformat=PNG \ --start=-86400 \ --end=-300 \ --title="ColoBladeCenter - Fan Speed" \ --base=1000 \ --height=120 \ --width=600 \ --alt-autoscale-max \ --lower-limit=0 \ --vertical-label="% of maximum" \ --slope-mode \ DEF:a="/var/www/cacti/rra/colobladecenter_bladecent_fan1_18.rrd":bladecent_fan1:AVERAGE \ DEF:b="/var/www/cacti/rra/colobladecenter_bladecent_fan2_19.rrd":bladecent_fan2:AVERAGE \ LINE1:a#00A0FF:"Fan1" \ GPRINT:a:LAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s" \ GPRINT:a:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s" \ GPRINT:a:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n" \ LINE1:b#FF7800:"Fan2" \ GPRINT:b:LAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s" \ GPRINT:b:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s" \ GPRINT:b:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n" Then placing them into hobbit's rrd definition or something. Jason Chambers I.T. Helpdesk Associate [cid:image002.jpg at 01C7FAA7.E63AE3D0] <http://www.geosoft.com/> 85 Richmond St W<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=geosoft&sll=43.650833,-79.382853&ss…> - Toronto, ON, CA - M5H 2C9 - Tel: 416.369.0111<skype:+14163690111> ext 344 - Fax: 416.369.9599

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[hobbit] Hobbit Minimum HW requirement
by sigurdur＠raforninn.is 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Hi. I run a couple of hobbit servers only on VMWare machines with 256MB of dedicated RAM. That seems to be plenty for me, so basicly anything goes so long as you can configure the linux system to work properly. With regards, ------------------------------ Sigurður Guðbrandsson Raförninn ehf. Suðurhlíð 35 105 Reykjavik | Iceland sigurdur at raforninn.is | www.raforninn.is Office: +(354) 552 2070 Mobile: +(354) 867 3573 ------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Moore, Joe [mailto:jmoore at ugs.com] Sent: 18. september 2007 13:46 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit Minimum HW requirement Ryan Jay B. Lapuz wrote: > I'm currently documenting hobbit installation and configuration base > on our company requirements. However, I'm stuck on the information > about the minimum hardware requirement of the Hobbit server. I can't > seem to find it into the internet. Anyone who has this info? My suggestion: If this is a "funded project", that is to say, something that your company is willing to spend money on, you can consider the minimum hardware requirement to be "The smallest new server you can buy from your preferred hardware vendor". I wouldn't run a production monitoring system on something that doesn't have hardware support. For example, my company has a lot of Dell logos in the datacenter. The smallest "Enterprise" Dell server is currently the PowerEdge 860, out-of-the box in a minimal config, it has a 3GHz pentium D, 1GB of ram, and a single 80GB hard drive. (and list price according to Dell's public website is $2300 + change, including a 1-year RHEL subscription) So as of today, I would write up the minimum hardware requirement as "1 3GHz CPU, 1GB ram, and 80 GB Hard drive space". That's more than sufficient for most hobbit installations. My $0.02 --Joe To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit
by sigurdur＠raforninn.is 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Hi. Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you configure the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there a firewall blocking this anywhere? As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg file. Just remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the clients to send to that port. With regards, ------------------------------ Sigurður Guðbrandsson Raförninn ehf. Suðurhlíð 35 105 Reykjavik | Iceland sigurdur at raforninn.is | www.raforninn.is Office: +(354) 552 2070 Mobile: +(354) 867 3573 ------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: johan.boye at latecoere.fr [mailto:johan.boye at latecoere.fr] Sent: 19. september 2007 07:32 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit Hello again, I would like to know if there a debug mode somewhere. I've installed the Hobbit server on Linux and the Hobbit client on a Linux and Windows but informations seems not to be sent to the server. I guess I did something wrong because, except the local hobbit server itself, where "bbd" is green, anywhere else is `Service unavailable (Connection refused)` with bbd is red. Of course, I started the client with runclient.sh Also, I have servers who runs old BigB clients on port 1985 instead of 1984, where I could specify the different port? Thanks by advance > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Martin Flemming [mailto:martin.flemming at desy.de] Envoyé : mardi > 18 septembre 2007 08:54 À : hobbit at hswn.dk Objet : Re: [hobbit] N00b > starting to use Hobbit > > Hi, Johan ! > > - Monitoring processes like Oracle, NIS, Apache, SAP or so > (I think > > PROC is the way to go) > > - Monitor NetApp filer space disk via snmp (Don't know how) > As first step it's ok , maybe you look into > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173266 > > for Oracle and NetApp ... > > But I don't have any alert when a ypbind or nfsd processes > get down, > > do you know why ? > > Do you have an entry in hobbit-alert.cfg ? > There are many scripts on > > http://www.deadcat.net/browse.php > > you can use .. > Or other Documentation > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit > http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/about > > Cheers, > Martin "Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur." "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender." To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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RRDTool not able to install properly
by haresh.k.shah＠ge.com 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Hi, I want to setup hobbit for monitoring. I installed all the component except RRDTool. I have downlaoded 1.2.23 and have sun solaris 5.8. (I need that version only, not able to upgrade it to higher version!! ). i am using GNU make 3.81 while i tried to run ./configure command it runs properly. but problem came while i tried to run make command. The error came like following: make[3]: Entering directory `/home02/software/Hobbit/rrdtool-1.2.23/bindings/perl-shared' /usr/local/bin/gcc -c -I../../src -xO3 -xdepend -DVERSION=\"1.2023\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.2023\" -KPIC -I/usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris/CORE -DPERLPATCHLEVEL=5 RRDs.c gcc: unrecognized option `-KPIC' gcc: language depend not recognized gcc: RRDs.c: linker input file unused because linking not done Running Mkbootstrap for RRDs () chmod 644 RRDs.bs LD_RUN_PATH="" cc -o blib/arch/auto/RRDs/RRDs.so -G RRDs.o -L../../src/.libs/ -R/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.23/lib -lrrd -lm /usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed make[3]: *** [blib/arch/auto/RRDs/RRDs.so] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home02/software/Hobbit/rrdtool-1.2.23/bindings/perl-shared' make[2]: *** [perl_shared] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home02/software/Hobbit/rrdtool-1.2.23/bindings' make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 could you please let me know what could be the cause? I am trying since last week. pls help me on this topic. Thanks Haresh Shah

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trap column not showing up
by joshuakrause＠triad.rr.com 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

I am having an issue with getting the trap column to show up on a host. I have everything setup the way the documentation said to. And all of my log files are logging except for the trap.log, which looks to be generated when the hobbitlaunch.cfg is ran. Anyone have anything that might be able to help me? Thanks

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