February 2008 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

[hobbit] Availability Report not working
by azlobo73＠gmail.com 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Hello, Note: reference: "Availability Report not working" http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2008/01/msg00046.html I am a new user of Hobbit, using the 4.3.0-20080103 (feb 6 snapshot) for bbwin support. I have ran into the same problem with available reports and snapshots as referenced in this thread, but don't see a resolution in the archives for it. The demo site's reports and snapshots work, so I know it must be something on my end :-) I have found many solutions to questions I've had thus far including getting clients built for Mac OS X and getting up and running on Windows clients in addition to the Linux clients (as well as getting to know the config's), thanks to online docs, this list's archives, and to the active users of hobbit. I very much appreciated the help and guidance. However I've searched the mail archives and google but haven't found an answer to the following. Recap of problem/thread: When I try to run a report or a snapshot, I am redirected to the rep/##### location (very quickly I might add - I do not see the intermediary page such as with the demo site) and the location is empty. The script creates the folder, just doesn't create anything inside it and doesn't disclose any errors or indications why. When running the test script from the cmd-line as ref'ed in the mail thread (using sudo -u apache), same result, directory created owned by apache, but empty. I've checked permissions, tried setting selinux to permissive mode (CentOS 4.6) and disabling modsecurity and restarting apache to see if they're causing issues, but without luck. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Ben

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[hobbit] Client Data not showing up
by HS3082＠att.com 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Gary, I thought that I sent it to the list, sorry. The is what I get when I try to telnet to it: Trying 10.184.16.150... Connected to 10.184.16.150. Escape character is '^]'. Connection to 10.184.16.150 closed by foreign host. Thank you, Howard Snyder hs3082 at att.com SR Network Control Engineer Network Services 404-531-5325 This email, and any attachments, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. It is the property of Cingular Wireless and its Affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, any attachments thereto, and any use of the information contained is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me at 404.531.5325 and permanently delete the original and any copy thereof. For login requests and password resets, you will need to open a request on the “My Logins” website: https://nslogins.edc.cingular.net/login.cfm?CFID=13246&CFTOKEN=41726264 For OSS problems: DL-MNOC-OSS Adjunct DL-MNOC-OSS Siemens DL-MNOC-OSS Nortel DL-MNOC-OSS Nokia DL-MNOC-OSS Lucent DL-MNOC-OSS Ericsson -----Original Message----- From: Buchan Milne [mailto:bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:55 AM To: Snyder, Howard Subject: Re: [hobbit] Client Data not showing up On Thursday 07 February 2008 16:40:59 Snyder, Howard wrote: > I ran that command as a test only. I thought that the client automatically > sent raw data to the server and the hobbit-clients.cfg file told the server > what to display. Can you connect from the client to the server on port 1984? You can use the telnet command to test this, e.g.: telnet ip.of.bb.disp 1984 If you can't connect, *that* is your problem (but has nothing to do with the telnet daemon running or not). Please rather keep replies on the list.

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[hobbit] Client Data not showing up
by HS3082＠att.com 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Can anyone get to this site and copy and paste the responses? http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:HitrdwLxvGAJ:www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006… -----Original Message----- From: Buchan Milne [mailto:bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:55 AM To: Snyder, Howard Subject: Re: [hobbit] Client Data not showing up On Thursday 07 February 2008 16:40:59 Snyder, Howard wrote: > I ran that command as a test only. I thought that the client automatically > sent raw data to the server and the hobbit-clients.cfg file told the server > what to display. Can you connect from the client to the server on port 1984? You can use the telnet command to test this, e.g.: telnet ip.of.bb.disp 1984 If you can't connect, *that* is your problem (but has nothing to do with the telnet daemon running or not). Please rather keep replies on the list.

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urlplus.pl http/https monitoring extension script
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

I've partially completed the end-to-end transaction monitoring part of urlplus.pl. Currently, it only works with a 2-part test: content check initial page, submit content, content check resulting page. I haven't yet completed it beyond 2 pages. I've also been re-prioritized, so I'm not sure when I'll get around to getting it to work past 2 pages. But in any case, I've also cleaned up some of the code, making it a little more user-friendly to modify for their own needs. On Jan 28, 2008 10:54 AM, Gary Baluha <gumby3203 at gmail.com> wrote: > We are in the process of replacing several sitescope monitors with Hobbit, > and I have found some of the built-in Hobbit http checks inadequate. As a > result, I have been working on an extension script which at its core is > essentially a wrapper for curl. However, it provides for more robust > user-customization than is easily possible with Hobbit's built-in tests. It > is still a work-in-progress, but I believe it has matured enough to be worth > posting on The Shire. I wrote it using perl, but I have a feeling that some > point in the future it may need to be converted to C (mostly for the > speed). However, it seems to work pretty good for me now. > > The main feature I required from this script was the addition of a > per-host customizable timeout period. Some of the hosts I'm testing take up > to a minute to return back any data, and this is considered normal. > However, I didn't want to bump up the timeout for _all_ hosts. Admittedly, > this script uses an additional configuration file and doesn't completely > integrate with the bb-hosts file, but it works for me and helps keep the > bb-hosts file clean. I'd be interested in what other people think of this > script, which is the main reason I'm contributing it now. I have attached > it to this post (I haven't yet subscribed to theshire-developers, so I'm not > able to upload it myself yet). >

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Client Data not showing up
by HS3082＠att.com 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

I can't get any data from my client to the server. I think I know the problem but I do have 1 question. How is the data moved back and forth between the client and the server? telnet? ftp? The reason that I'm asking is, this is what I see when I run the command - bb {IP address} "pullclient": 2008-02-07 08:54:15 Could not connect to bbd@{IP address}:1984 - Connection refused 2008-02-07 08:54:15 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed If the data is moved via telnet, I have a problem. My company requires that I turn off telnet on all Solaris 10 boxes. Any ideas? Thank you,

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bbd Purple
by waynetg＠telkomsa.net 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Hi all I've decided to post this again without any "red herrings". bbd is purple and I have no idea what sent it that way. Any ideas? -- Cheers Wayne

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WLB VBS script
by cdalrymple＠scotlandonline.co.uk 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Hello I am in the process of migrating away from BBClient 3.01 to BBwin , and am very interested in the WLB monitoring , can you direct me to where I can download the script ? Thanks in advance Craig Dalrymple 2nd Line Support Scotland Online Gateway House, Luna Place, Technology Park, Dundee, DD2 1TP Email: cdalrymple at scotlandonline.co.uk <mailto:cdalrymple at scotlandonline.co.uk> Mobile: +44 (0)7876 147722 DDI : +44 (0)1382 429097 Fax: +44 (0)1382 429001 Scotland Online - Delivering critical web services To find out more about our products and services see http://www.scotlandonline.co.uk <http://www.scotlandonline.co.uk/> For Scotland's leading information website visit http://www.scotlandonline.com <http://www.scotlandonline.com/> Trace your Scottish family history at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk <http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/> This message is confidential and may contain privileged information. You should not disclose its contents to any other person. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender named above immediately. It is expressly declared that this e-mail does not constitute nor form part of a contract or unilateral obligation. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Scotland Online Limited shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. ______________________________________________________________________ Email Disclaimer This message is confidential and may contain privileged information. You should not disclose its contents to any other person. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender named above immediately. It is expressly declared that this e-mail does not constitute nor form part of a contract or unilateral obligation. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Scotland On Line Limited shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. ______________________________________________________________________ Company Registration No: SC161678 Registered Office: Gateway House, Luna Place, Dundee Technology Park, Dundee, DD2 1TP ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Scotland Online Email Security System. Powered by MessageLabs. ______________________________________________________________________

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Monitoring nonpaged memory
by Ken.Cooper＠Intelliverse.com 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

I have a server that the operations folks think is running out of nonpaged memory and crashing, I have been asked to monitor the nonpaged memory and produce a graph. I have look at the help pages and can not find anything on memory except, MEMPHYS MEMACT MEMSWAP. I have also checked deadcat.net. Am I missing something? Has anyone done this on a windows box, or any box for that matter? Thanks in advance for the help. Ken Cooper Sr. NOC Technician Phone|770.663.5079 ken.cooper at intelliverse.com

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monitor files,log msgs,
by santoshbabu_perumal＠platts.com 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

I have been trying to monitor files and messages.but no luck. On server side I have edited following files and given entries hobbit-client.cfg HOST=nj1db200pt FILE /home/monitor/test mtime>600 red DIR %^/var/log TRACK LOG /var/adm/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow Client-local.cfg [nj1db200pt] FILE /home/monitor/test mtime>600 red DIR %^/var/log TRACK LOG /var/adm/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow On Client side HOST=nj1db200pt FILE /home/monitor/test mtime>600 red DIR %^/var/log TRACK LOG /var/adm/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow Do I have to edit any other files. or I am doing something wrong. I can see any output. I can see only white icon.help me monitorl logs and messages Thanks Santhoshbabu Perumal Unix system Administrator System Engineering, GO & I The Mcgraw-Hill companies HTS East Windsor, NJ 609-371-6317 (Desk) 609-385-5016 (work cell) -------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is intended only for the recipient, and may be a confidential attorney-client communication or may otherwise 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, please be aware that any dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. reserves the right, subject to applicable local law, to monitor and review the content of any electronic message or information sent to or from McGraw-Hill employee e-mail addresses without informing the sender or recipient of the message. --------------------------------------------------------

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Configurable critical view priorities
by bgmilne＠staff.telkomsa.net 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

I note that ITIL recommends between 3 and 5 levels or priority. Our company uses 5. Levels 1-3 are severe enough to be displayed on a video wall. Levels 4 and 5 are for non-impacting issues. As we will soon be integrating with the system that displays on the video wall, I really need to be able to use priority levels besides 1-3 (or the production managers will kill me). So, it would be nice if NKEDITPRIOLIST could have a configurable limit. In the mean time I'll patch the hardcoded one in lib/headfoot.c: else if (strcmp(t_start, "NKEDITPRIOLIST") == 0) { int i; char *selstr; for (i=1; (i <= 3); i++) { selstr = ((i == nkeditprio) ? "SELECTED" : ""); fprintf(output, "<option value=\"%d\" %s>%d</option>\n", i, selstr, i); } } Regards, Buchan

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