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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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Decommissioned servers page and other features.
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hi all I have been asked for some odd features in the past, but I think these top the lot. After decommissoning a server, how can we make the data and graphs available for a period of time through the Hobbit interface. The idea being that we can compare new server loads, performance and quirks with the old, if we need to. (Keep in mind, the actual server will be long gone, we just want access to the rrd graphs and history) I would like to create a subpage with decommissioned servers, have everything remain green, and have historic data viewable? Now for the other request. Assuming the correctness of the following concept Server_Utilisation=f(CPU utilisation,memory usage) Where f() is not clearly defined yet, can we use hobbit to generate a report of most utilised and least utilised servers? Yes, this does sound like something only a PHB could come up with. Cheers 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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Hobbit development
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hi guys Was there a decision made regarding a separate hobbit developer list? One of my colleagues is interested in getting involved. Also, I remember there being mention of customisable look and feel, and possibly local skins. Are there any plans to head in that direction? Cheers 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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Hobbit server crashing
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Hi all Henrik, I think this might be one for you. My Hobbit server crashed and died. This happened before, a few months ago, and I shrugged it off - sometimes sh1t happens. Then it happened last week again. This time I was concerned. Now it has just happened again, about 40 minutes ago. I tried to restart hobbit, without much luck, then I walked away, put my son into bed, and then tried again. This time it worked. The logs never showed anything conclusive, but maybe I just don't know what I am looking for. The symptoms were the same all three times. All "passive" server based tests go purple. By passive server based, I mean conn, http, content, ssh, ftp, ftps, etc. The tests that do not rely on a client. Also went purple, was bbd and bbtest. All client based tests were unaffected. Graphing worked as normal. And alerts were being sent out. I am running 4.2 with all-in-one patch, the Sun if-config patch, the bbwin update and the devmon update. Has anybody seen anything like this before? Anybody got any tips on where to look for the problem, or how to diagnose this? 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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Alert acknowldegement
by gleonard＠progrexion.com 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

Is there away to acknowledge alerts via my cell phone when I am not at my computer to do it? Gavin Leonard [cid:image001.gif at 01C929F8.CCFFBC70] Director, Systems-Network Engineering T 801-828-1735 F 801-828-1704 E gleonard at progrexion.com<mailto:gleonard at progrexion.com> Research | Marketing | Sales Generation www.progrexion.com<http://www.progrexion.com/> This email and its contents are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this email and do not use or disclose the information within this email or its attachments. Thank you.

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