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[hobbit] windows question
by rebecca_henderson＠link.freedom.com 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Thanks! I think the best way to do this would be to let the client schedule the reboot, like cron or something and just use the no response to ping email serve as the notification. Thank you for you input. It is very appreciated. Becki -----Original Message----- From: hobbit at hswn.dk [mailto:hobbit at hswn.dk] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 1:49 PM To: Rebecca Henderson; hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] windows question Importance: Low Becki, Hobbit was developed under the "monitor and inform, but do nothing else" school of thought. It cannot schedule a reboot. However, you might be able to build something that would reboot a remote system and link it to the alert system if you think that is wise. What you would do is have the alert system run a custom script, and that custom script can do anything in your power. But, frankly, this is generally considered A Bad Idea in most circles. GLH -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 3:43 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] windows question I agree with you but my situation is I'm replacing a system that does monitor and schedule tasks so I'm trying to meet the needs of the windows community. An example of this would be HP-Openview ... Monitor, run tasks, email page etc.... I'm sure there is a way. Thank you for the reply. -----Original Message----- From: hobbit at hswn.dk [mailto:hobbit at hswn.dk] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 1:32 PM To: Rebecca Henderson; hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] windows question Importance: Low I don't know the answer to that question, but I don't think a monitoring system is the proper tool to use for taking action. Jim Smith ======================================================================== === From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 3:27 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] windows question Is it possible to schedule a windows reboot command through hobbit? See below C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe/r/f I need to run this command on a few servers every night and send emails to operations, "email" which I finally got working J Any information would be appreciated. Thanks! Becki NOTICE: This email contains confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). If an addressing error has misdirected the email, please notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer system. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] email and page alerts
by rebecca_henderson＠link.freedom.com 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

:-) thank you! -----Original Message----- From: hobbit at hswn.dk [mailto:hobbit at hswn.dk] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:29 AM To: Rebecca Henderson; hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] email and page alerts Importance: Low Hi Becki, I have not played with alerts yet, that's in my list of things to do, but I did have the following link stored away: [ http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.html ]http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.html and, more importantly for you, the following text: If you want to test how your alert configuration handles a specific host, you can run hobbitd_alert in test mode - you give it a hostname and servicename as input, and it will go through the configuration and tell you which rules match and who gets an alert. osiris:~ $ cd server/ osiris:~/server $ ./bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test osiris.hswn.dk cpu Matching host:service:page 'osiris.hswn.dk:cpu:' against rule line 109:Matched *** Match with 'HOST=*' *** Matching host:service:page 'osiris.hswn.dk:cpu:' against rule line 110:Matched *** Match with 'MAIL henrik at sample.com REPEAT=2 RECOVERED COLOR=red' *** Mail alert with command 'mail -s "BB [12345] osiris.hswn.dk:cpu is RED" [ mailto:henrik at sample.com' ]henrik at sample.com' This may help you diagnose the problem. Good luck, |\/|artin -- -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com] Sent: 15 February 2008 18:10 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] email and page alerts Hello, I'm in need of some help with the email and page part of hobbit. My file monitor went red and nothing happened? I'm new at this so please be patient. Can you help me understand this.. , here is my hobbit server hobbit-alerts.cfg HOST=sys1 BBHOSTSVC=every_service MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com REPEAT=05 RECOVERED MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com DURATION>10 COLOR=red GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PROCESS MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=APPS_TEAM_PROCESS MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=APPS_TEAM_PARTITION MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT This is my hobbit server hobbit-clients.cfg HOST=sys1 UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 55 65 GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MEMPHYS 100 101 GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 PROC defunct 0 0 red LOG /var/log/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow LOG /var/log/maillog WARNING COLOR=yellow #LOG /var/opt/hobbitclient42/log/clientlaunch.log WARNING COLOR=yellow #LOG /var/opt/hobbitclient42/log/hobbitclient.log WARNING FILE /etc/passwd SIZE>0 OWNERID=root COLOR=yellow Thank you in advance, Becki ************************************************************************ ************* The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing security at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and COLT does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of COLT Telecommunications, its subsidiaries or affiliates ("COLT") and any other party by email Communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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'hobbitping -Ae' failed - program not suid root?
by graeme＠shea.com.au 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hi all, I have been trying to install the admin scripts (0.3) and now have an alarm for bbtest and a white dot for conn on the hobbit server itself. The conn test (Ping) to the other servers at the site are normal. Everything else seems normal. The error message is Error output: Execution of 'hobbitping -Ae' failed - program not suid root? 2008-02-18 20:28:13 Cannot get RAW socket: Operation not permitted I'm running version 4.2 on Ubuntu 7.1. Could someone point me in the right direction? Many thanks Graeme

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[hobbit] Page Display
by Chris.Morris＠RWEsystemsUK.com 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

It's actually the MKBBLOCAL, MKBBREMOTE and MKBBSUBLOCAL parameters in ~/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg > -----Original Message----- > From: Kauffman, Tom [SMTP:KauffmanT at nibco.com] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 3:15 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: RE: [hobbit] Page Display > > It's in bb-hosts, and does NOT require a hobbit restart: > > > > title <H3> Production Application Groups </H3> > > page prd-r3 <H4><I>SAP/R-3</I></H4> > > group-compress <H3><I>SAP/R-3</I></H3> > > include hosts/whq-stuff/prd-r3 > > page prd-bi <H4><I>SAP/BI</I></H4> > > group-compress <H3><I>SAP/BI</I></H3> > > include hosts/whq-stuff/prd-bi > > page prd-mail <H4><I>Mail</I></H4> > > group-compress <H3><I>Mail</I></H3> > > include hosts/whq-stuff/prd-mail > > page prd-print <H4><I>Print Servers</I></H4> > > group-compress <H3><I>Print Servers</I></H3> > > include hosts/whq-stuff/prd-print > > page prd-portal <H4><I>Portals</I></H4> > > group-compress <H3><I>Portals</I></H3> > > include hosts/whq-stuff/prd-portal > > group-compress <H3><I>Web Access</I></H3> > > 10.8.50.18 whq-intranet # noconn > > group-compress <H3><I>Trex Servers</I></H3> > > 10.8.224.8 green # noconn > > 10.8.224.7 judith # noconn > > group-compress <H3><I>R3 Servers</I></H3> > > 10.8.224.15 amazon # noconn > > 10.8.224.26 orinoco # noconn > > # > > page prd-fgps <H4><I>EDI/FGPS Scanning</I></H4> > > group-compress <H3><I>EDI/FGPS Servers</I></H3> > > include hosts/whq-stuff/prd-fgps > > > > Production Application Groups > > _____ > > SAP/R-3 > > << File: image001.gif >> > https://hobbit.nibco.com/hobbit/prd-r3/prd-r3.html> > > > > SAP/BI > > green <https://hobbit.nibco.com/hobbit/prd-bi/prd-bi.html> > > > > Mail > > green <https://hobbit.nibco.com/hobbit/prd-mail/prd-mail.html> > > Print Servers > > green <https://hobbit.nibco.com/hobbit/prd-print/prd-print.html> > > > > Portals > > << File: image002.gif >> > https://hobbit.nibco.com/hobbit/prd-portal/prd-portal.html> > > > > EDI/FGPS Scanning > > yellow <https://hobbit.nibco.com/hobbit/prd-fgps/prd-fgps.html> > > > > > > Tom > > > > _____ > > From: Charles Jones [mailto:jonescr at cisco.com] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:48 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Page Display > > > > It's in the hobbitserver.cfg file. After you change it, you must restart > the hobbit server. > > -Charles > > Snyder, Howard wrote: > > Is there a way to rename the page titles? > > > > > Pages Hosted Locally > > _____ > > Hobbit Server > > green <http://10.184.16.150/hobbit/Hobbit_Server/Hobbit_Server.html> > > > > MNOC Workstations > > << File: image003.gif >> > http://10.184.16.150/hobbit/MNOC_Workstations/MNOC_Workstations.html> > > MNOC Citrix Farm > > << File: image004.gif >> > http://10.184.16.150/hobbit/Citrix_Farm/Citrix_Farm.html> > > > > MNOC Servers > > red <http://10.184.16.150/hobbit/MNOC_Servers/MNOC_Servers.html> > > Test-Servers from BB > > green > <http://10.184.16.150/hobbit/Test_Servers_from_BBServer/Test_Servers_from_ > BBServer.html> > > > > OSS SE Servers > > green <http://10.184.16.150/hobbit/OSS_SE_Servers/OSS_SE_Servers.html> > > > > > > > > > > > > I want to rename "Pages Hosted Locally" to something more fitting of my > environment. > > > > > > Thank you, > > Howard Snyder > > hs3082 at att.com <mailto:hs3082 at att.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the > exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. 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msgs display question
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

When I click on the a button under the "msgs" the page shows the following DATE TIME..... No Entries in /var/adm/messages Full Log /var/adm/messages Logs Logs Logs What is the difference between the "No Entries" and the "Full Log"? Thanks Robert _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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[hobbit] email and page alerts
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hi Becki, I have not played with alerts yet, that's in my list of things to do, but I did have the following link stored away: http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.html and, more importantly for you, the following text: If you want to test how your alert configuration handles a specific host, you can run hobbitd_alert in test mode - you give it a hostname and servicename as input, and it will go through the configuration and tell you which rules match and who gets an alert. osiris:~ $ cd server/ osiris:~/server $ ./bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test osiris.hswn.dk cpu Matching host:service:page 'osiris.hswn.dk:cpu:' against rule line 109:Matched *** Match with 'HOST=*' *** Matching host:service:page 'osiris.hswn.dk:cpu:' against rule line 110:Matched *** Match with 'MAIL henrik at sample.com REPEAT=2 RECOVERED COLOR=red' *** Mail alert with command 'mail -s "BB [12345] osiris.hswn.dk:cpu is RED" henrik at sample.com' This may help you diagnose the problem. Good luck, |\/|artin -- -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com] Sent: 15 February 2008 18:10 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] email and page alerts Hello, I'm in need of some help with the email and page part of hobbit. My file monitor went red and nothing happened? I'm new at this so please be patient. Can you help me understand this.. , here is my hobbit server hobbit-alerts.cfg HOST=sys1 BBHOSTSVC=every_service MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com REPEAT=05 RECOVERED MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com DURATION>10 COLOR=red GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PROCESS MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=APPS_TEAM_PROCESS MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=APPS_TEAM_PARTITION MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT This is my hobbit server hobbit-clients.cfg HOST=sys1 UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 55 65 GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MEMPHYS 100 101 GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 PROC defunct 0 0 red LOG /var/log/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow LOG /var/log/maillog WARNING COLOR=yellow #LOG /var/opt/hobbitclient42/log/clientlaunch.log WARNING COLOR=yellow #LOG /var/opt/hobbitclient42/log/hobbitclient.log WARNING FILE /etc/passwd SIZE>0 OWNERID=root COLOR=yellow Thank you in advance, Becki ************************************************************************************* The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing security at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and COLT does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of COLT Telecommunications, its subsidiaries or affiliates ("COLT") and any other party by email Communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900.

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Request For Comment: Hobbit in High Availability
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

I am planning to turn an existing hobbit site into High availability architecture. please see my notes at hobbit wiki site at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Administration_G…. We already have discussions about this subject on this mail list.

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email and page alerts
by rebecca_henderson＠link.freedom.com 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Hello, I'm in need of some help with the email and page part of hobbit. My file monitor went red and nothing happened? I'm new at this so please be patient. Can you help me understand this.. , here is my hobbit server hobbit-alerts.cfg HOST=sys1 BBHOSTSVC=every_service MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com REPEAT=05 RECOVERED MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com DURATION>10 COLOR=red GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PROCESS MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MAIL rebecca_henderson at link.freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=APPS_TEAM_PROCESS MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=APPS_TEAM_PARTITION MAIL rebecca_henderson at freedom.com FORMAT=TEXT This is my hobbit server hobbit-clients.cfg HOST=sys1 UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 55 65 GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MEMPHYS 100 101 GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 PROC defunct 0 0 red LOG /var/log/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow LOG /var/log/maillog WARNING COLOR=yellow #LOG /var/opt/hobbitclient42/log/clientlaunch.log WARNING COLOR=yellow #LOG /var/opt/hobbitclient42/log/hobbitclient.log WARNING FILE /etc/passwd SIZE>0 OWNERID=root COLOR=yellow Thank you in advance, Becki

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question about hobbit
by im.number.nine＠gmail.com 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Yes i did, is that a problem? Regards, Adam _________________________________________________________________ Purple means they are not being updated. Did you change the hostname of your Hobbit server in the bb-hosts file ? Regards, Henrik

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Question about Hobbit
by im.number.nine＠gmail.com 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Iv'e got a question about Hobbit, The helpfile says : By default, Hobbit will always check if the host is up and running by trying to "ping" it. This results in a *conn* column on the Hobbit webpage for this host, showing if the ping-test succeeded. If you have a host that does not respond to ping - e.g. because there is a firewall that filters out such requests - then you can disable the ping-test by putting a "noconn" keyword on the line in bb-hosts. But this doesn't work! My line is: 0.0.0.0 (website) # noconn http://(website<http://%28website/> ) But the connection icon stays red. Also the icons fomr the Hobbit server itself are truning purple? How can i switch them back to green?? I can't find this in the manual. -- Regards, Adam Tetz

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