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[hobbit] Bbwin cluster.exe
by dns1407＠yahoo.com 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi Padraig, The vbs-script that i use to monitor a MS 2003 Cluster.... Just copy the code into a vbs-file to (..\bbwin\bin) and configure this as "external" in bbwin.cfg ====Begin==== On Error Resume Next strMasterState = "green" strBBFilename = "clusterRES" 'find out where to put BB log files const HKLM = &H80000002 strBBExtpathNew = "SOFTWARE\BBWin" strBBExtpathOld = "SOFTWARE\BBWin" Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:\root\default:StdRegProv") ' check for BB Externals Path; reg key changes between versions oReg.GetStringValue HKLM,strBBExtpathNew,,strExtpath if isnull(strExtpath) then oReg.GetStringValue HKLM,strBBExtpathOld,,strExtpath end if if isnull(strExtpath) then wscript.quit end if 'Create the cluster, shell, network, and file system objects Set objClus = CreateObject("MSCluster.Cluster") Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") strComputerName = WshNetwork.ComputerName 'Open a cluster object for the cluster running on the local system objClus.Open "" if err then wscript.quit end if strfileoutput = strfileoutput & "CLUSTER NAME: " & objClus.Name & vbcrlf strfileoutput = strfileoutput & objClus.Version.VendorID & " - " & objClus.Version.MajorVersion & "." & objClus.Version.MinorVersion & "." & objClus.Version.BuildNumber & " - " & objClus.Version.CSDVersion & vbcrlf & vbcrlf strfileoutput = strfileoutput & "Cluster Nodes:" & vbcrlf For Each itmNode in objClus.Nodes select case itmNode.state case 0 strfileoutput = strfileoutput & "&green ONLINE - " & itmNode.Name & vbcrlf case 1 strfileoutput = strfileoutput & "&red OFFLINE - " & itmNode.Name & vbcrlf if strMasterState <> "red" then strMasterState = "red" end if end select Next strfileoutput = strfileoutput & "Quorum Device: " & objClus.QuorumResource.Name & " - " & objClus.QuorumPath & vbcrlf & vbcrlf strfileoutput = strfileoutput & objclus.name & " GROUPS" & vbcrlf & vbcrlf For Each itmGroup in objClus.ResourceGroups strfileoutput = strfileoutput & itmGroup.Name & " (" & itmGroup.Resources.Count & " Resources)" & vbcrlf For Each itmRes in itmGroup.Resources select case itmres.state case 2 strstate = "&green ONLINE - " case 3 strstate = "&yellow OFFLINE - " if strMasterState = "green" then strMasterState = "yellow" end if case 4 strstate = "&red FAILED - " if strMasterState <> "red" then strMasterState = "red" end if case 129 strstate = "&yellow ONLINE PENDING - " if strMasterState = "green" then strMasterState = "yellow" end if end select strFileOutput = strFileOutput & strState & itmRes.Name & vbtab & itmRes.TypeName & vbcrlf strState = "" Next strfileoutput = strfileoutput & vbcrlf Next 'output strfileoutput = strMasterState & " " & " MS Cluster Services " & Now & vbtab & "[" & strComputerName & "]" & vbcrlf & strFileOutput ' Output Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set f = fso.OpenTextFile(strExtpath & "\" & strBBFileName, 8 , TRUE) f.Write strFileOutput f.Close set fso = Nothing set f = Nothing set objclus = Nothing wscript.quit ===End ==== Let me know if this is what you looking for.... Kind regards, DNS ----- Original Message ---- From: "Lennon, Padraig" <Padraig.Lennon at pioneerinvestments.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:11:26 PM Subject: RE: [hobbit] Bbwin cluster.exe Could you repost the vbs? I can't locate it.. Or even send me on a link to the previous mail you sent? Thanks Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Engineer Production Services Pioneer Global Investments (Dublin) 5th Floor Georges Quay Plaza, Dublin 2 ext: 2081 Direct dial: 00353 1 480 2081 -----Original Message----- From: DNS [mailto:dns1407 at yahoo.com] Sent: 14 October 2008 12:20 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Bbwin cluster.exe Don't use Cluster.exe, because this give you very little information..use vbsscript that i send a while ago.... ----- Original Message ---- From: "Everett, Vernon" <Vernon.Everett at woodside.com.au> To: "hobbit at hswn.dk" <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:58:27 AM Subject: [hobbit] Bbwin cluster.exe Hi all I know this is a bbwin question, but the bbwin list appears to have died a horrible death, and our Windoze admin has asked me to help. --- start Windoze Admin mail --- Windows 2003 R2 SP2 x64 - bbwin external 'cluster.exe' GetVersionExW failed on this system. Error 122 This version of Windows is not supported for Windows Clustering. I've searched the lists but haven't been able to reference the BBWin external as in our configuration. Full unattended install (msiexec.exe /i BBWin_0.11.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL /qb-) so all externals are installed I've tried to run the below connected via RDP, via RDP using console switch (mstsc /console /v:<servername>) and via ILO console (this is remote management for HP servers) <servername> C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\ext>cluster.exe GetVersionExW failed on this system. Error 122 This version of Windows is not supported for Windows Clustering. <servername> C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\ext> The file information for cluster.exe; File version 0.11.0.38 Build 38 Date 2007/12/27 18:09:33 Please note that BBWin 0.12 includes the same cluster.exe file and does produce the same error message Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790) Any assistance or pointers would be very much appreciated! (and of course if any additional information is required, please also let me know) Thanks Lee --- end Windows Admin mail --- Has anybody seen this before? Thanks Vernon NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments. 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Bbwin cluster.exe
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi all I know this is a bbwin question, but the bbwin list appears to have died a horrible death, and our Windoze admin has asked me to help. --- start Windoze Admin mail --- Windows 2003 R2 SP2 x64 - bbwin external 'cluster.exe' GetVersionExW failed on this system. Error 122 This version of Windows is not supported for Windows Clustering. I've searched the lists but haven't been able to reference the BBWin external as in our configuration. Full unattended install (msiexec.exe /i BBWin_0.11.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL /qb-) so all externals are installed I've tried to run the below connected via RDP, via RDP using console switch (mstsc /console /v:<servername>) and via ILO console (this is remote management for HP servers) <servername> C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\ext>cluster.exe GetVersionExW failed on this system. Error 122 This version of Windows is not supported for Windows Clustering. <servername> C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\ext> The file information for cluster.exe; File version 0.11.0.38 Build 38 Date 2007/12/27 18:09:33 Please note that BBWin 0.12 includes the same cluster.exe file and does produce the same error message Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790) Any assistance or pointers would be very much appreciated! (and of course if any additional information is required, please also let me know) Thanks Lee --- end Windows Admin mail --- Has anybody seen this before? Thanks Vernon NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments.

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delete queued alerts
by jm54601＠yahoo.com 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

We had add an 'a-ha' moment the other day when our Hobbit server lost network connectivity, and once rebooted it blasted out basically every alert configured. If this were to happen again, is there a way to silence or delete queued alerts before rebooting? I'm also curious how this community handles a case like that.

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Debian Packaging
by hobbit＠elyograg.org 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

This email is intended for Christoph Berg, the guy who's packaged hobbit 4.2 for the next Debian version and etch-backports, but I thought others might be interested. Keep in mind for this message that I am referring to this specific source package, not the debian directory included in Henrik's original source. I haven't done an in-depth study, but I've noticed that most of what's in the allinone patch is not included in this packaging effort. When I apply the allinone patch against the source tree after debian/rules applies its patches, only two of the patches fail to apply - the one for ./hobbitd/rrd/do_ncv.c is already applied, and the one for ./hobbitd/wwwfiles/menu/menu_items.js.DIST fails because this file doesn't exist. In fact, the enture hobbitd/wwwfiles/menu directory is empty. For my production server, I have taken the source package and applied the allinone and bbwin patches to it, but now I am wondering if that was a good idea. Is the allinone patch omitted from the debian package for a good reason? Why is that menu directory empty? Thanks, Shawn

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[hobbit] delete queued alerts
by jm54601＠yahoo.com 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

We use email for most and scripts for critical alerts. It appears that both were held up 'in queue' while the network connection was hosed. I was curious if Hobbit actually had a queue where this stuff ended up, since the alerts sent after the reboot. ----- Original Message ---- From: Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:42:07 PM Subject: Re: [hobbit] delete queued alerts In <346972.30160.qm at web38606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> "jm54601 at yahoo.com" <jm54601 at yahoo.com> writes: >We had add an 'a-ha' moment the other day when our Hobbit server lost netwo= >rk connectivity, and once rebooted it blasted out basically every alert con= >figured.=A0 If this were to happen again, is there a way to silence or dele= >te queued alerts before rebooting?=0A=0AI'm also curious how this community= > handles a case like=A0that.=0A=0A=0A I suppose your alerts go out via e-mail ? In that case, the issue resolves to stopping your mailer daemon and clearing the mail queue of the pending alerts. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Bbwin cluster.exe
by dns1407＠yahoo.com 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Don't use Cluster.exe, because this give you very little information..use vbsscript that i send a while ago.... ----- Original Message ---- From: "Everett, Vernon" <Vernon.Everett at woodside.com.au> To: "hobbit at hswn.dk" <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:58:27 AM Subject: [hobbit] Bbwin cluster.exe Hi all I know this is a bbwin question, but the bbwin list appears to have died a horrible death, and our Windoze admin has asked me to help. --- start Windoze Admin mail --- Windows 2003 R2 SP2 x64 - bbwin external 'cluster.exe' GetVersionExW failed on this system. Error 122 This version of Windows is not supported for Windows Clustering. I've searched the lists but haven't been able to reference the BBWin external as in our configuration. Full unattended install (msiexec.exe /i BBWin_0.11.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL /qb-) so all externals are installed I've tried to run the below connected via RDP, via RDP using console switch (mstsc /console /v:<servername>) and via ILO console (this is remote management for HP servers) <servername> C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\ext>cluster.exe GetVersionExW failed on this system. Error 122 This version of Windows is not supported for Windows Clustering. <servername> C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\ext> The file information for cluster.exe; File version 0.11.0.38 Build 38 Date 2007/12/27 18:09:33 Please note that BBWin 0.12 includes the same cluster.exe file and does produce the same error message Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790) Any assistance or pointers would be very much appreciated! (and of course if any additional information is required, please also let me know) Thanks Lee --- end Windows Admin mail --- Has anybody seen this before? Thanks Vernon NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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SQL Server
by johan＠matrix-data.co.uk 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Which one of these do you reckon is best for monitoring SQL Server? http://www.deadcat.net.au/search.php?action=browse&sectionid=18 bbsqlserver.tar.gz or bb-sqlserver.vbs And is there maybe a guide somewhere out there about using them, apart from the comments contained in each script? Thanks.

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Looking for OS X script examples
by john.d.turner＠mac.com 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

I am looking for some script examples that are OS X specific that I might use in a presentation I am working on. So if you have one you wouldn't mind sharing please let me know. Thanks, John Turner

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Write error while sending message to bbd
by spa＠syntec.co.uk 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Using 4.2.0 originally and now 4.3.0 snapshot from April, I get loads of these messages: # tail clientdata.log 2008-10-13 13:06:47 Write error while sending message to bbd at 192.168.4.125:1984 2008-10-13 13:06:47 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - write error 2008-10-13 13:07:08 Write error while sending message to bbd at 192.168.4.125:1984 2008-10-13 13:07:08 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - write error 2008-10-13 13:07:43 Write error while sending message to bbd at 192.168.4.125:1984 2008-10-13 13:07:43 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - write error 2008-10-13 13:09:28 Write error while sending message to bbd at 192.168.4.125:1984 2008-10-13 13:09:28 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - write error 2008-10-13 13:09:50 Write error while sending message to bbd at 192.168.4.125:1984 2008-10-13 13:09:50 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - write error 192.168.4.125 is a Windows Big Brother legacy server but I know that for the most part the communication between the two server works fine (both on the same LAN, no firewall). But maybe it would be helpful if this error message could contain a few more details such as which host.test is causing the problem? I have a fair idea (a hobbit-client procs - which often goes purple and always gets truncated with no procs listed - and something else), but it would be nice to have confirmation. Also, maybe it could say what the write error is? Many thanks, SebA

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Old acknowledgements
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hi all Is there a way to see old acknowledgements? Example: A disk fails on a raid array. Raid test goes red. Admin1 acknowledges alert - logs call with disk vendor - vendor says replacemnt arriving in 10 hours. Admin1 updates alert with vendor Call number, sets alert ot 24 hours. 24 hours go by, disk not replaced yet, alert back to red, acknowledgemnt is gone. Admin2 needs to know what Admin1 did. Is there a way to see the info typed into the acknowledgement once they have expired? Regards Vernon NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments.

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