November 2008 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

configure dependencies: supress triggered actions, when another action is triggered before?
by lists＠nanl.de 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hey, first - thanks for such an easy to use monitoring-tool! Anyway, I've a a little issue which is really bothering me. We have physical servers and virtual servers (vmware / xen) installed on them. When a physical server is not reachable (reset, blackout, etc.) all virtual-servers and services installed on them are not reacheable, too. In such a case I'm getting over 50 SMS and even more emails, because we're monitoring each service running in our network. Is there a way to configure dependencies? Such, "ping on virtual-server x, ping on virtual-server y, ssh on virtual-server z" depends on "ping physical-server foo", so that if the ping-test on the physical-server <foo> fails, all other actions, which depend on that, are suppressed? Thanks a lot in advance! Have a nice day, mirko

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gaps in hobbit graphs
by Mike.Wood＠kci1.com 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi All, Any idea what would / could cause gaps in graphing like in the attached picture? It happens periodically on various systems, but only on a few particular graphs (like CPU utilization). Thanks for looking! Mike Wood UNIX System Administrator Kinetic Concepts Inc. 5751 NW Parkway San Antonio, TX, 78249 E-mail: mike.wood at kci1.com Office: (210) 255-6382 Mobile: (210) 825-5134 ***************************************************************************** "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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afs_fsmon ext-script
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi, Tracy et all ... Nice that you are on the list again, dosen't you disappear from it for one or two years .... So i take another chance to ask you, for your configuration of the various graphs of your afs_fsmon-script ... > It was also simple to have all the numbers rxstats generates fed into an > rrd, so pretty graphs are available, although calls waiting for a thread is > the only one monitored Unfortunatley not for me, :-( Thanks & Cheers, Martin On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Martin Flemming wrote: > > Hi, Tracy et all ! > > .. don't know, if you are still on the list, > that's why you explicit on the Cc ... > > I use your afs_fsmon monitoring-script > > ftp://ftp.iastate.edu/pub/bb/ext/afs_fsmon > > to check our AFS-Fileserver with much success .. :-) > > But i want also to have the output not only as status-messages > besides as Grpahic and have tested much but without success ... :-( > > And now i read (not the first time, but never recognize) under > > http://workshop.openafs.org/afsbpw06/talks/gendalia/gendalia-web.html > > > that you've a configuration to do that ! > > Monitoring > > * We use hobbit for monitoring > * When the http connections on the various web servers start going red en > masse... it's usually an afs server problem > * So I added "rxdebug $HOST 7000 -noconn -rxstats" to my afs monitoring > script, and started alerting on too many calls waiting for a thread. > * It was also simple to have all the numbers rxstats generates fed into an > rrd, so pretty graphs are available, although calls waiting for a thread is > the only one monitored > > Can i/we (hobbit-community) share it with you ?! > > .. thinking about hobbitgraph.cfg and maybe NCV-entries in hobbitserver.cfg .. anymore ? > > Thanks & Cheers > > Martin > > P.S.: > Does anybody got further ext-scripts for checking AFS > or monitor the performence ? > > It will also welcome ! :-) > > ______________________________________________________ > Martin Flemming > DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a > Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 > 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de > ______________________________________________________ >

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[hobbit] Hobbit: Run Scripts
by sigurdur＠raforninn.is 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi. Why not use a cron job then? Afaik, hobbit is not designed to be a deployment server. Regards, Sigurður Guðbrandsson. ________________________________ From: Sanu Mathew [mailto:mathew.sanu at gmail.com] Sent: 4. nóvember 2008 20:47 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit: Run Scripts Hi Gary, This script needs to be run on all machines monitored by hobbit. The script can be placed on all servers (a tedious job though - unless we cant run the script from the hobbit server to the clients). The script gives a snapshot of the server, which helps us in case of rebuilds. Its not in response to a monitored condition, but is a generic script which gives the snapshot, and would run regardless of any specific condition. Regards, Sanu On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Gary Baluha <gumby3203 at gmail.com> wrote: Is the script to be run only on the machines monitored by Hobbit, and is it already on those machines? What is the script trying to do? If the script is in response to a monitored condition, the best way to accomplish that would be different than if it just runs at a specific time regardless of any specific condition, which is why I ask. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Sanu Mathew <mathew.sanu at gmail.com> wrote: Hi, I am looking at being able to run a global script on all servers that are monitored by Hobbit. How can i accomplish this task? (The script is created by us and I am looking at incorporating this script to run at a specific time weekly) Any help/suggestion would be great. Regards, Sanu

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[hobbit] Hobbit - Alert
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

I use the following in my hoobit-clients.cfg file to trap EMS messages: LOG %/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log "%(?-i) EMS" color=red I get paged whenever an EMS message appears in any of my HPUX systems syslog.log file. One question, have you configured hobbit (xymon) to send alerts when a yellow condition is encountered? ......Bruce _____ From: Sanu Mathew [mailto:mathew.sanu at gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 4:24 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit - Alert Yes, the file is readable globally. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Larry Barber <lebarber at gmail.com <mailto:lebarber at gmail.com> > wrote: Can your Hobbit client read the file in question? Thanks, Larry Barber On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Sanu Mathew <mathew.sanu at gmail.com <mailto:mathew.sanu at gmail.com> > wrote: 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 ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------

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HTTP error 0
by Aaron.Li＠ehealth-china.com 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi all When hobbit monitors the https site, it always gets the error " HTTP error 0" like below, I appreciate a lot if anyone can give the solution, thanks https://x.x.x.x/ - HTTP error 0

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Issue trying to monitor VIP's
by jr＠e-integration.net 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

I'm having an issue with my hobbit server monitoring virtual IP's. When I click on the info diamond it causes an internal server error. I'm not sure why. The two hosts that are part of the VIP have hobbit clients running on them and their info diamonds are fine as all of their other tests. The VIP only has three columns conn, info, and trends. What's weird is only a couple of the VIPs aren't working correctly, the others seem to be working fine. I just want to fix the issue so that clicking the info diamond won't cause an internal server error. Here's what I've tried so far: On hobbit server: hobbit 4.2.0 running on RHEL 4 update 5 Remove VIP from bb-host ./bb localhost "drop name-of-vip" Wait like 20 minutes and re-add This doesn't work. Example of working info request via logs: http://netmon4/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=name-of-vip&SERVICE=info 10.106.6.55 - - [29/Oct/2008:11:33:51 -0700] "GET /hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=name-of-vip&SERVICE=info HTTP/1.1" 200 11239 Example of failed info request: http://netmon4/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=name-of-vip&SERVICE=info [Wed Oct 29 11:38:19 2008] [error] [client 10.106.6.55] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh Further investigation: cat /opt/hobbit/cgi-bin/bb-hostsvc.sh #!/bin/sh # This is a wrapper for the Hobbit hobbitsvc.cgi script . /opt/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg exec /opt/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS This CGI is a 32-bit binary and I would need to look at source to troubleshoot this further. ..Hoping to avoid that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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FW: gaps in hobbit graphs
by Mike.Wood＠kci1.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

I'm using whatever Hobbit 4.2.0 uses to make the graphs. Thanks! Mike Wood UNIX System Administrator Kinetic Concepts Inc. 5751 NW Parkway San Antonio, TX, 78249 -----Original Message----- From: Nelis, W.J.M. [mailto:nelis at nlr.nl] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:11 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] RE: gaps in hobbit graphs Hello, > Any idea what would / could cause gaps in graphing like in the attached picture? > It happens periodically on various systems, but only on a few particular graphs (like CPU utilization). Are you using MRTG and bbmrtg.pl to create these graphs? As those processes run independently and as bbmrtg.pl ignores changes in the MRTG datafiles once bbmrtg.pl is started, some gaps may occur. Regards, Wim Nelis. ******************************************************************************************************* The NLR disclaimer (http://www.nlr.nl/emaildisclaimer) is valid for NLR e-mail messages. ******************************************************************************************************* 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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FW: [hobbit] gaps in hobbit graphs
by Mike.Wood＠kci1.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

> We have seen these in situations where the hobbit server is overloaded > (processing too many things at once). We have also seen it where a program > we were launching from hobbitlaunch > was crashing (core). > Have you looked through the hobbit log files? I don't have any pertinent errors in my client log files, and I can't imagine the Hobbit server being too busy. It's load average is basically a flat line. Robert On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Wood, Mike <Mike.Wood at kci1.com<mailto:Mike.Wood at kci1.com>> wrote: Hi All, Any idea what would / could cause gaps in graphing like in the attached picture? It happens periodically on various systems, but only on a few particular graphs (like CPU utilization). Thanks for looking! Mike Wood UNIX System Administrator Kinetic Concepts Inc. 5751 NW Parkway San Antonio, TX, 78249 E-mail: mike.wood at kci1.com<mailto:mike.wood at kci1.com> Office: (210) 255-6382 Mobile: (210) 825-5134 ***************************************************************************** "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<mailto:postmaster at kci1.com>." Kinetic Concepts, Inc. ****************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk<mailto: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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[hobbit] Variable / continuous ping / network test (intervals)
by Dan.McDonald＠austinenergy.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 18:14 +0000, SebA wrote: > Additionally (ideally): I would like to know results of continuous > pings. Rather than just sending a few pings every x minutes and > seeing the performance of those, it would be nice to have continuous, > or at least pings that are continuous for the duration specifed in the > new bb-hosts flag I have suggested above, e.g. at 5 or 10 second > intervals (so as not to overload routers or links), and to report the > results of these tests every x minutes (again, ideally, defined by the > new tag I have suggested above). I solve that particular problem by dumping all of my syslogs from all routers into a common syslog server, then watch for routing protocol state changes (EIGRP up or down). When I see a change down, I send a red message, and when I see an up, I send a green message. It's a little more complicated than that, since I have to maintain state for all of these tests over several years. The module I wrote is bb-eigrp, and it's on deadcat, but works fine with xymon -- Daniel J McDonald, CCIE #2495, CISSP #78281, CNX Austin Energy http://www.austinenergy.com

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