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[hobbit] contchk.sh (submission)
by jonescr＠cisco.com 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Gary Baluha wrote: > On Jan 30, 2008 1:22 PM, Charles Jones <jonescr at cisco.com > <mailto:jonescr at cisco.com>> wrote: > > ...I remembered I was using this script when I saw Gary > Baluha's urlplus.pl. > > Incidentally, I cannot use urlplus, as it makes use of bbhostgrep, > which > I discovered fails if your bb-host entries are too long. > > > Hmm, I haven't run into bb-host entries that long. Can you give an > example of one of them? I'd be interested in seeing if my script can > be tweaked to work around that issue. Upon re-testing, it looks like the actual reason for the failure was that by default bbhostgrep only finds space-delimited tags, and so to find a tag that is tagname=text or tagname;text;text, you must use a wildcard - "bbhostgrep tagname*". This is actually in the man page and I guess I just didn't read it thoroughly before :) > > Incidentally, I'm working on another release of urlplus that adds form > submission checking, as well as being able to handle multiple-step > form submissions (submit something to one webpage, check the result > and submit on that new webpage, etc). I'm also cleaning up the > commenting and rearranging a few things in the code to make it easier > to modify (including a hard-coded value that I moved to a > user-modifiable constant. I think Henrik has plans to implement something similar, you basically need to be able to dynamically and temporarily store cookies and possibly spoof referrer.

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pcre compile error
by santoshbabu_perumal＠platts.com 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

HI All, Anybody come across following error while compile pcre on solairs pcrecpp.cc: In method `bool pcrecpp::RE::Rewrite(string *, const pcrecpp::StringPiece &, const pcrecpp::StringPiece &, int *, int) const': pcrecpp.cc:586: no matching function for call to `basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<fal se,0> >::push_back (char)' pcrecpp.cc:593: no matching function for call to `basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<fal se,0> >::push_back (int &)' make: *** [pcrecpp.lo] Error 1 how could be the issue.how to get rid of this error. Thanks Santhosh.p -------------------------------------------------------- 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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[hobbit] Custom graphs
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Jeremy, Try adding another column to one of the tests: Humidity : 21.0 Test : 19.0 I had a problem where I was feeding in four values, the fourth one would never appear in the rrd file. I figure out that it needed a newline when I sent the status message: `cat $line` " I just put the quote on the line below the cat. When I had it on the same line: `cat $line`" , it didn't read in the fourth value. I'm just wondering if because you only have one value, the new line isn't sent and so it's not creating an rrd file. By adding a value below Humidity or Test, you could check for it. The other thing I did when I created my test was to restart Hobbit Server. James _____ From: Jeremy Ruffer [mailto:jruffer at hss.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:16 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Custom graphs I'm obviously missing something here. I have an external test that creates columns Humidity and Temperature as follows: Fri Feb 1 11:01:39 GMT 2008 Humidity : 21.0 and Fri Feb 1 11:01:39 GMT 2008 Temperature : 24.7 I have added the columns in hobbitserver.cfg TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tcp,di g=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sendmail,ma ilq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,fil es,procs=processes,ports,clock,lines,Temperature=ncv,Humidity=ncv" GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,files,processes,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,tcp.h ttp,tcp,ncv,netstat,ifstat,mrtg::1,ports,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sen dmail,mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,clock,li nes,Temperature,Humidity" NCV_Temperature="Temperature:GAUGE" NCV_Humidity="Humidity:GAUGE" I did wonder if it was the decimal point so I took it out but that didn't make any difference. The rrd files aren't being created. What have I missed? Jeremy This message, and any associated files, are intended only for the use of the message recipient and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitute a trade secret. If you are not the message recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the message and then deleting it from your computer. HSS Hire Service Group Limited may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and staff training. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of jruffer at hss.com and do not necessarily represent those of the company. HSS Hire Service Group is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 2103564. Registered office: 25 Willow Lane, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4TS, United Kingdom.

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Problems with hanging hobbit page
by magnus＠carlebjork.se 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Hi, I'm currently testing a hobbit installation using 2 hobbit servers (4.3.0-0.20080103) and some bbwin clients (0.10). I'm using the centralized mode, pushing configuration files to the clients from the server(s), which works fine. I have a problem with the hobbit status page though; when the page is re-loaded automatically, it hangs mid-way on diferent places different times. If I press F5 to reload the page, it loads all of the page without problem. I have examined the apache log files and client browser log but could not find a cause. Have anyone here experienced the same issue? Another question; I have set up the client configuration files identically on both servers (under etc/bbwin). How does that work? How do the server / client know which server to get the configuration files from? (it works fine, I'm just curious). Regards, Peter

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FW: [hobbit] Future of Hobbit - Getting added to distro repos
by Colin.Coe＠woodside.com.au 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

> -----Original Message----- > From: Buchan Milne [mailto:bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net] > Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2008 5:50 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Cc: Coe, Colin C. (Unix Engineer) > Subject: Re: FW: [hobbit] Future of Hobbit - Getting added to > distro repos > > On Thursday 31 January 2008 02:36:41 Coe, Colin C. (Unix > Engineer) wrote: > > Hi all > > > > The rrdtool RPMs are in the Fedora 7/8 Everything repos. This means > > that the _might_ find their way into RHEL6 providing > rrdtool (and all > > its components) are compatible with RedHat. > > > > It's unlikely hobbit would go into RHEL until it's been in > Fedora and > > I've had a quick look at the hobbit README and seen that > there are four > > components that are not GPLed, this may or may not be a problem for > > RedHat's lawyers. This post > > > (http://www.archivum.info/fedora-extras-list at redhat.com/2005-0 5/msg00099 > > .html) requested a review of hobbit for inclusion in Fedora > but looks > > like no one took up the challenge. > > > > Anyway, I've raised tickets 1801320 and 1801322 with RedHat to have > > rrdtool and hobbit included in RHEL5. > > > > I have some experience creating/maintaining RPMs so I'll put my name > > forward for consideration in the interim. > > I'd recommend you take a look at my Mandriva package first: > > http://svn.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/packages/cooker/hob bit/current/ > > The packages basically have no valid errors from rpmlint, or > duplicate files > in distro checks etc (some of which can be seen on my page on > one of the > 3rd-party package checking tools for Mandriva - > http://youri.zarb.org/demo/mandriva/bgmilne at mandriva.org/rpmch > eck.html note > the absence of Hobbit). > > Regards, > Buchan I've had a look at your SPEC file. It doesn't build cleanly under RHEL due to the Mandrivia specific macros. Can you make it more generic so as to support other RPM based distros? CC 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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Setting up second network tester
by eric.jacobs＠thomastechsolutions.com 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

"Henrik Stoerner" <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote in message news:20080131204358.GA12845 at hswn.dk... > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 03:29:43PM -0500, Eric Jacobs wrote: >> My Hobbit server does the display, network testing and alerting. Using >> the >> default 5 minute interval for network tests. Some have complained that >> connectivity tests to certain routers should happen more frequently. But, >> as >> far as I can see, network testing interval is an all or nothing variable. >> So >> I'm thinking of setting up second network tester and using NET variable >> in >> bb-hosts to have the particular routers in question tested by second >> network >> tester, running its tests more frequently. >> >> Preamble done - now, how do I go about setting up second network tester? >> Configuring another server and disabling all unnecessary tasks in >> hobbitlaunch.cfg? If so, which will I need for the tester to work >> properly? > > You don't have to setup a different Hobbit server, if your current > server has enough capacity to run the network tests. E.g. use this > script "netchecks.sh": > > #!/bin/sh > > BBLOCATION=$1 bbtest-net --report=bbnet-$1 --ping --checkresponse > exit 0 > > Then in your hobbitlaunch.cfg you have two (or more) entries: > > [net-std] > ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg > CMD netchecks.sh standard > LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log > INTERVAL 5m > > [net-frequent] > ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg > CMD netchecks.sh frequent > LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log > INTERVAL 1m > > This runs two sets of network tests - one with 5 minute intervals, > the other with 1 minute intervals. Then in bb-hosts, flag each host with > "NET:standard" or "NET:frequent". > > > Regards, > Henrik > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > Thanks - Looks like an excellent solution for now. But I would still like to learn how to set up a second network tester. Due to recent merger and other situations, it looks like we will be adding a large number of machines to be monitored and I worry about capacity eric

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Custom graphs
by jruffer＠hss.com 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

I'm obviously missing something here. I have an external test that creates columns Humidity and Temperature as follows: Fri Feb 1 11:01:39 GMT 2008 Humidity : 21.0 and Fri Feb 1 11:01:39 GMT 2008 Temperature : 24.7 I have added the columns in hobbitserver.cfg TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tc p,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sen dmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy ,hobbitd,files,procs=processes,ports,clock,lines,Temperature=ncv,Humidit y=ncv" GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,files,processes,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,t cp.http,tcp,ncv,netstat,ifstat,mrtg::1,ports,temperature,ntpstat,apache, bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobb itd,clock,lines,Temperature,Humidity" NCV_Temperature="Temperature:GAUGE" NCV_Humidity="Humidity:GAUGE" I did wonder if it was the decimal point so I took it out but that didn't make any difference. The rrd files aren't being created. What have I missed? Jeremy This message, and any associated files, are intended only for the use of the message recipient and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitute a trade secret. If you are not the message recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the message and then deleting it from your computer. HSS Hire Service Group Limited may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and staff training. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of jruffer at hss.com and do not necessarily represent those of the company. HSS Hire Service Group is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 2103564. Registered office: 25 Willow Lane, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4TS, United Kingdom.

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Ext module for monitoring HPUX fiber HBA cards
by Mark.Deiss＠acs-inc.com 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Before I go off and re-invent the wheel, was wondering if anyone has developed an ext module for checking performance on fiber HBA cards on HPUX platforms. Still trying to figure out what all would be of interest besides the I/O rate (how close to saturating the PCI bus backplane). Checked on deadcat and searching with various buzz words did not find anything of interest. Figure would be generating a list of fiber devices (Tachyons in particular) and feeding them through tdutil command with "devstat all" arguments. HP support recommended using tddiag which can be overkill even with some of the options specified. I know there are some ext modules for monitoring performance on the fiber switches. I was monitoring on Brocade switches but we have switched over to Cisco switches and I no longer have access to the switches. I also want to monitor health at the PCI backplane to HBA card interface.

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[hobbit] Future of Hobbit
by bgmilne＠staff.telkomsa.net 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

On Wednesday 30 January 2008 23:43:06 Henrik Stoerner wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 10:06:09AM -0500, s_aiello at comcast.net wrote: > > On Wednesday 30 January 2008, Henrik Stoerner wrote: > > > This assumes you want to keep on using bb-hosts as the source of your > > > layout - I don't think that is a good idea. > > > > The only reason I would assume the need to continue to use the bb-host > > file as the source of layout, is because the Hobbit alert & threshold > > 'PAGE=' specifications do. > > Correct, but the PAGE setting for alerts and client-thresholds does not > have to be obtained from bb-hosts ... It is really just a way to > classify a group of hosts as having "something" in common, and this can > easily be done in a different configuration file format. > > Off the top of my head, it might even make sense to turn this entire > concept upside-down: Instead of using a layout-definition to group hosts > together in the alert/client config, we could use a *host* > classification to define which hosts should be put on a given webpage. Well, in my opinion, it is more important to be able to group hosts by configuration, rather than by layout, but maybe it would be better not to enforce a static layout. For example, which servers you want to worry about changes (e.g. when you're on standby you may want to see everything, when you're not you may just want to look at specific servers), differs between different people. So, while a default layout is fine, I would like an interface that allows the user to save some layout profiles. However, monitoring configuration has to be split from layout, must be extensible enough, and bindings created for common languages used for extensions, so that configuration for any extension can be done easily and consistently. Grouping and/or inheritance must be consistent between configuration types. At present, you can group thresholds easily, and alerts easily (but independently of thresholds), but client-side configuration (e.g. log files to monitor) you can't. So, something flexible enough to allow test configuration to inherit from one group, client configuration to inherit from another group, thresholds to inherit from another group, and can be overridden on a per-host per-test bases would be nice ... but hopefully not that flexible that we get to the Nagios situation. > > And again, I am not a huge fan of XML, but it seems that it would be a > > good option to migrate toward (from bb-hosts). That way if people did > > want to write a new GUI for Hobbit it would not be difficult. It would > > also be possible to add new fields, without affecting core Hobbit > > functionality. i.e. writing a version of BBMap for hobbit. > > > > But again, I remember in a previous post your (and other maillist > > members) reluctance to use XML for any configuration. So it almost seems > > like a catch22. > > Well, I never said it would be easy :-) You are right, there are > inherent conflicts between the different goals here. I am not a big fan > for of XML configuration files (Hobbit doesn't have any, because I > haven't bothered to go find a decent XML parsing library), but is IS a > de-facto standard and there are lots of tools for handling such files. Yes, it is a de-facto standard for information transfer between different applications, but as a user-interface it is very poor ... > But I'd still like to weigh the pros and cons of using XML. Right now, I > am not convinced. > > > So as I see it, ideally need a layout config that: > > 1. Simple to define layout. > > 2. Open to custom field definiton additions. > > 3. Open to allow for 3rd party GUI development. > > These 3 I agree with. > > > 4. Doesn't break core hobbit functionality. > > This is something we can control ourselves. So don't let that stop you. IMHO, some of the things relating to "core functionality" may need to be broken to be improved. For example, some Nagios fans complain all the time that the TCP checks aren't comprehensive enough (and writing new extensions that e.g. check pop3 with a user account and confirm that the mailbox list can be retrieved, for multiple virtual ISPs where the pop3 services run on different ports on the backend servers is impossible because there's no sane way to configure them). Well, those are my thoughts so far on configuration. Regards, Buchan

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[hobbit] Setting up second network tester
by bgmilne＠staff.telkomsa.net 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

On Thursday 31 January 2008 22:29:43 Eric Jacobs wrote: > My Hobbit server does the display, network testing and alerting. Using the > default 5 minute interval for network tests. Some have complained that > connectivity tests to certain routers should happen more frequently. But, > as far as I can see, network testing interval is an all or nothing > variable. So I'm thinking of setting up second network tester and using NET > variable in bb-hosts to have the particular routers in question tested by > second network tester, running its tests more frequently. > > Preamble done - now, how do I go about setting up second network tester? > Configuring another server and disabling all unnecessary tasks in > hobbitlaunch.cfg? If so, which will I need for the tester to work properly? Just the bbnet and bbretest tasks (and, maybe hobbitfetch if applicable), and the hobbitclient task if you want the second network tester to report as a client. Regards, Buchan

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