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NOTICE in scripts
by jon＠shadowsoft.com 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

If possible, it would be nice if there was an indication in scripts for NOTICE messages like there is for RECOVERED... if we could test for NOTICE=1 that would be handy. Thanks, Jon

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msgs ignore
by gwege＠infomanage.net 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hey guys, How do I ignore white spaces in messages test? Specifically I'm trying to ignore the following error with little success; "External Comm error"

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Connecting to passive (out of network) clients - TZ data
by Gar.Nelson＠noaa.gov 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Almost all of my local clients use the local time zone to set their clocks. I do have a machine I'd like to add on another network segment that uses UTC for it's time zone - so it's clock is significantly different from all the other systems. Is this going to have unexpected consequences? I was just noticing that when I was looking at (hobbithome)/hobbit/client/tmp - not as many files there as I expected to see, and the time/date stamp is very different than my other out of network client. Thanks, Gar

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Cookie 35172 not found, dropping ack
by asparks＠doublesparks.net 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hobbit 4.2.0+allinone, CentOS 4.6 on x86_64... I have users reporting that randomly, the hobbitd status on our server is going yellow with the 'dropping ack' message. A user just reported to me that this happened about one hour after he had acknowledged a yellow alert status. Anyone have any experience troubleshooting where these come from? I suspect it may be another 64-bit issue, but am not yet sure. Is the cookies for alerts logged or recorded anywhere? Thanks for any advice. -Alan

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hobbitcgi.cfg CGI_GHOSTS_OPT mistype
by paul.moore＠verizonbusiness.com 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Henrik, I don't know if you are still maintaining the 4.2.0 version, but I have stumbled across a mistype in the hobbitcgi.cfg file that gets created. #hobbit-ghosts.cgi options CGI_GHOSTS_OPT="--env=/usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg" However, in the hobbit-ghosts.sh file you call it differently. more hobbit-ghosts.sh #!/bin/sh # This is the Hobbit wrapper for the ghosts CGI . /opt/tools/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg exec /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbit-ghosts.cgi --env=/usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg $CGI_GHOSTS_OPTS You have dropped the S off the end of the variable $CGI_GHOSTS_OPTS. This only caused me trouble when building a package and the compiled variables for serverip did not "exist" Paul Moore Verizon Business MNSO OSS - Principal Engineer 7000 Weston Parkway Cary, NC 27516 Office: 1-919-377-5159 Vnet: 966-5159 Cell: 1-919-816-7802 paul.moore at verizonbusiness.com http://mnso.mcilink.com/oss

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Hobbit - Alert
by mathew.sanu＠gmail.com 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi, I would like to monitor HP servers for EMS alerts, and i have added the below entry in hobbit-clients.cfg. CLASS=hp-ux LOG /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log %EMS COLOR=yellow LOG /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log vmunix COLOR=yellow IGNORE=vx_nospace A similar entry is also there in client-local.cfg file as well as listed below. [hp-ux] log:/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log:102400 Is there anything that i have missed, as i do not receive an alert? Any suggestion at the earliest would be really really helpful, thanks in advance. Regards, Sanu

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Hobbit: Hobbitping/Fping
by mathew.sanu＠gmail.com 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi All, I have a couple of linux servers which are behind a firewall and needs to be monitored. I have allowed the port 1984 for flow of data from the client servers to the hobbit server, and i get all the data fine. However, I do not get to see a green for "conn", all i see is a '-'. This i typically understand is the hobbitping or the fping utility. Do these utilities work along with bbtest-net or individually? And if Yes, which ports needs to be allowed and from where to where..? If not, which port does hobbitping or fping use? At this point the firewall is opened for normal ping i.e, hobbit server can ping the linux clients. Quick info on my network. Hobbit server ip - 192.168.50.100 Other Linux/Unix servers are in the 192.168.50.* network. Linux servers behind the firewall, have a 10.* ip assigned, which at the firewall is natted to a 192.168.50.* ip. (these are typically the DMZ servers) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Sanu

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Metrics Report -- Time Column?
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Is there a way to get a Time Column in the Metrics Report so that you can get down to specific time areas? Thanks...James

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NOTICE in alert configuration
by jon＠shadowsoft.com 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Could someone elaborate on the NOTICE bit in the alert configuration... Is it an ONLY deal, an AND deal, or an OR deal... this is to say, if you put "NOTICE" on a line, does it match ONLY notice alerts, only those alerts which are also NOTICE alerts, or does it match the usual stuff plus NOTICE alerts? Thanks, Jon

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badTEST configuration
by tk＠westend.com 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi, is it possible to specify badTEST so that a test goes yellow instead red after the first failure but never turns red no matter how oftern it fails? Best regards Thomas -- Thomas Kähn NetCologne Network Engineering & Design Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH Im Süsterfeld 6 Telefon: 0241/701333-18 52072 Aachen Fax: 0241/911879 Handelsregister: HRB 25580, Amtsgericht Köln Geschäftsführer: Werner Hanf, Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Zankel

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