November 2008 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

[hobbit] Xymon Logo ?
by ctg24＠admin.cam.ac.uk 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, I'd like to add a basic logo design in to the mix. I feel that something simple would be best, and I'm not sure that having the name as part of the logo always looks good. I think a graphical logo, which can have the name next to it if you want, could offer more flexibility. Best regards, Chris.

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FW: [hobbit] FW: RRD data points - need help with graph distortion
by Mike.Wood＠kci1.com 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Thanks to all who replied. Mike Wood UNIX System Administrator Kinetic Concepts Inc. 5751 NW Parkway San Antonio, TX, 78249 -----Original Message----- From: Everett, Vernon [mailto:Vernon.Everett at woodside.com.au] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 6:35 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] FW: RRD data points - need help with graph distortion I also remember seeing an add-on which allowed you to dump your data points into a MySQL database. This would allow you to maintain max granularity for as long as your disk space held out. If I recall, there was no modification or recompilation of the code required. (But don't quote me on that) Search the archive, and see what comes up. Cheers Vernon -----Original Message----- From: Stef Coene [mailto:stef.coene at docum.org] Sent: Tuesday, 11 November 2008 7:15 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] FW: RRD data points - need help with graph distortion On Monday 10 November 2008, Wood, Mike wrote: > Looks like my graphs didn't come through on the E-mail. Trying > different attachment type... > > > From: Wood, Mike [mailto:Mike.Wood at kci1.com] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:06 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] FW: RRD data points - need help with graph > distortion > > Hi All, > > I asked this question last week, but maybe I wasn't clear enough as to > what I was asking... - Management wants to avoid graph distortion on > my 60 day CPU Util graph if possible. I think that more datapoints > would address the problem. The first graph looks good (30 day graph). > The 2nd one distorts what is really going on (60 day graph - same > server). Is there any way to make the 2nd graph more granular? > Thanks for looking! - I have a perl script to update all the rrd files: - it uses rrdtool resize <rrd file> GROW to add extra datapoints so the rrd has 5760 data points / rra (per default it has 756 data points) - it adds also MAX and MIN rra's, this is more tricky because I export the rrd to xml, change the xml info and revert back to an rrd file. Unfortunatly, I can not share this script. But with use RRDs ; use File::Find (); you can get info about the file and find them ;) Stef To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk 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 ***************************************************************************** "CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This transmission (including any accompanying attachments) is confidential, is intended only for the individual or entity named above, and is likely to contain privileged, proprietary and confidential information that is exempt from disclosure requests under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, use of or reliance upon any of the information contained in this transmission is strictly prohibited. Any inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure shall not compromise or waive the confidentiality of this transmission or any applicable attorney-client privilege. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us at postmaster at kci1.com." Kinetic Concepts, Inc. ******************************************************************************

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check_logs dont work
by mosimodo＠gmail.com 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi im trying to monitor logs with the check log (logs at hobbit web page) but it doesn´t work. my machine i sa debian. the logs show this errors. File "/home/hobbit/client/ext/check_log/msg_check.py", line 78, in ? os.makedir(TMPDIR) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'makedir' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/hobbit/client/ext/check_log/msg_check.py", line 78, in ? os.makedir(TMPDIR) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'makedir' ERROR reading the file /var/log/messages ERROR reading the file /home/hobbit/tmp/prova.txt Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/hobbit/client/ext/check_log/msg_check.py", line 100, in ? rules = word[1] IndexError: list index out of range It seems like i have to modify so much this monitor. theres some thing wrong with it? maybe a it was a configuratiopn problem? some other documentation about it? thanks!

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FW: RRD data points - need help with graph distortion
by Mike.Wood＠kci1.com 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Looks like my graphs didn't come through on the E-mail. Trying different attachment type... From: Wood, Mike [mailto:Mike.Wood at kci1.com] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:06 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] FW: RRD data points - need help with graph distortion Hi All, I asked this question last week, but maybe I wasn't clear enough as to what I was asking... - Management wants to avoid graph distortion on my 60 day CPU Util graph if possible. I think that more datapoints would address the problem. The first graph looks good (30 day graph). The 2nd one distorts what is really going on (60 day graph - same server). Is there any way to make the 2nd graph more granular? Thanks for looking! - Mike Wood UNIX System Administrator Kinetic Concepts Inc. 5751 NW Parkway San Antonio, TX, 78249 ***************************************************************************** "CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This transmission (including any accompanying attachments) is confidential, is intended only for the individual or entity named above, and is likely to contain privileged, proprietary and confidential information that is exempt from disclosure requests under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, use of or reliance upon any of the information contained in this transmission is strictly prohibited. Any inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure shall not compromise or waive the confidentiality of this transmission or any applicable attorney-client privilege. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us at postmaster at kci1.com." Kinetic Concepts, Inc. ******************************************************************************

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Value and risk [was RE: [hobbit] Xymon Logo ?]
by hobbit＠epperson.homelinux.net 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

On Mon, November 10, 2008 13:01, T.J. Yang wrote: > But this bring up another issue/concern of mine(as an Unix admin)twoward > Xymon. > > "Not able to pay for Xymon for support service from a company" > > This is feedback/comment I got from mangement (of mine). > > Trying to understand why, from their perspective and I think I got the > answer as following. > > Management want to avoid the lock-in from admin also. They want your > in-depth knowledge of the tool become a serivce that management can get > from other sources, not just in-house admins. > Well, of course you can pay for Xymon support from a company. There are a couple of specific sources noted in the Wikipedia article, and most any high-competence Linux hired gun could do a strong job. There are hordes of them available on a part-time or retainer basis, from contracting firms that have bench depth. There may not be as many experienced resources as with Nagios (which I see as the biggest open source functional competitor), but then Xymon is not nearly as difficult to configure and support as Nagios. Now, if you're talking comprehensive vendor software support/maintenance agreements, then you're pretty much limited to proprietary products like HP OpenView. And although you then have a vendor on the hook for product quality and problem resolution, it's hard to get an SLA-based contract that costs them money for non-performance unless you're a Fortune 500 company buying an enterprise solution. And even when you've bought the high-end commercial solution and the ironclad support contract, you're still faced with the strong possibility that open source results in a higher quality product inherently. As the man said, "You pays your money and you takes your choice". Just some ramblings from the bench by a 25-year+ practitioner....

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[hobbit] alert custom script question
by drevin805＠gmail.com 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hello all! I'm wondering if anyone has a way to configure hobbit's alerting to only notify based on conditions. Is there a way to script a notification only to send based on the status of another host? For example: If I have a router that goes down, I do not want it to notify me for all the devices connected behind it as well. Thanks in advance, Pablo

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GSM modem with Hobbit on RedHat
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi all We are currently looking at getting a GSM modem for sending SMS messages directly. Has anybody on the list implemented a similar solution? What GSM modem did you use? What was your experience? 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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problesms with msgs monitor
by mosimodo＠gmail.com 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

hi everyone. I have problems configuring the msgs monitor. i already read old questions about this and realized that this monitor is configurate using hobbit-clients.cfg and loal-clients.cfg. both configuration files are in the server part, aren´t they? It is correct? in hobbit-clients.. HOST=soria.xx.es LOG /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log [error] COLOR=red It is correct? but i can´t find the local-clients.cfg . It is necesary but i can´t find it. the hobbit server is a debian . can i create that file? any idea?

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FW: RRD data points - need help with graph distortion
by Mike.Wood＠kci1.com 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi All, I asked this question last week, but maybe I wasn't clear enough as to what I was asking... - Management wants to avoid graph distortion on my 60 day CPU Util graph if possible. I think that more datapoints would address the problem. The first graph looks good (30 day graph). The 2nd one distorts what is really going on (60 day graph - same server). Is there any way to make the 2nd graph more granular? Thanks for looking! - [X] Mike Wood UNIX System Administrator Kinetic Concepts Inc. 5751 NW Parkway San Antonio, TX, 78249 ***************************************************************************** "CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This transmission (including any accompanying attachments) is confidential, is intended only for the individual or entity named above, and is likely to contain privileged, proprietary and confidential information that is exempt from disclosure requests under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, use of or reliance upon any of the information contained in this transmission is strictly prohibited. Any inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure shall not compromise or waive the confidentiality of this transmission or any applicable attorney-client privilege. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us at postmaster at kci1.com." Kinetic Concepts, Inc. ******************************************************************************

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Need help determining why alerts didn't come
by Brian-Bouchard＠idexx.com 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hello Hobbit Gurus, I am seeking help determining why we recently received only some alerts that were configured on a given server. In my hobbit-clients.cfg file I have multiple sections of relevance: ####################################################### # generic checks for all WebLogic Servers ####################################################### HOST= applesauce,gravy,enchilada,chips DISK * 95 97 PROC dsmcad 1 -1 yellow FILE "%/wls_domains/.*/jrockit..*.dump" NOEXIST red ####################################################### # specific checks for applesauce ####################################################### HOST=applesauce LOG /var/log/messages "%(?-i)SERIOUS_CRITICAL" COLOR=yellow PROC "weblogic.Name=" 3 3 red TEXT=TOTAL_WEBLOGIC_PROCESSES PROC "weblogic.Name=prod_alsb_01" 1 1 red TEXT=PROD_ALSB_01 PROC "weblogic.Name=prod_ccs_wli_01" 1 1 red TEXT=PROD_CCS_WLI_01 PROC "weblogic.Name=prod_ccs_aldsp_01" 1 1 red TEXT=PROD_CCS_ALDSP_01 So, a couple of questions: 1) Is it valid to have different alerts for the same HOST in the hobbit-clients.cfg like this? It seemed to work in some instances, but I should ask before moving forward... 2) Yesterday, I received the alerts with TEXT= "TOTAL_WEBLOGIC_PROCESSES" and "PROD_ALSB_01" when I logged onto the server, I found the filesystem this process was running on was 100% used, which caused this process to die. I cleaned up a bunch of log files, and restarted the process and all was good... BUT... Why didn't I receive the alert that the DISK was more than 97% full. I checked the history for the disk usage, and it had been over 95% for at least 6 hours prior to the process going down. Also, the check for the "jrockit" file did not kick off when that file was create (after the filesystem was at 100%) I need to determine why we weren't warned on the disk space issue before our production application came down. 3) One other thing I noticed was that the IP address for this server was incorrect in the bb-hosts file. I assume that's an issue, but I'm not sure why we got some expected alerts and not others. Also, I updated this entry in the bb-hosts file to the correct IP, and cycled the hobbit server, but I am still not receiving the alert on the jrockit file, which is still out there. Any help is appreciated. I'm relatively new to Hobbit, so its completely within the realm of possibility that I don't have any of this set up correctly. Please feel free to correct me on anything that looks out of whack. - Brian

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