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SSL Check
by david＠stenhouseconsulting.com 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

My hobbit server is using an SSL cert to encrypt logins. I have the HTTPS tag in the BB-HOSTS file and it does return the Certificate status. I have two windows boxes that are also using SSL to encrypt logins. BB-HOSTS file is again configured with HTTPS tag, however, I do not have the SSL column in the display. Did I miss something? David Gilmore Vice President 401.453.6900 x12 [cid:image001.jpg at 01C88441.786AE070] ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.

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BBWin help - msgs perl expressions
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi All, I'm not too sure how to write perl expressions, but I was wondering if someone can give me assistance. I get these alerts from BBWIN: red 2008-Mar-10 13:56:10 [xxx.geosoft.com] &red application: error - 2008/03/10 13:55:51 - MMReceiver (3506) - n/a "Possible SMTP attack. From 192.168.xxx.xxx - received 20 RSET requests" But want to write a perl expression to ignore all those messages even if the "received ## RSET requests" Can someone write me the code on how to go about doing this? I want to learn incase I have future needs for it. Thanks in advanced, Jason Chambers IT Help Desk Associate GEOSOFT INC. freedom to explore T +1 416.369.0111 #344 F +1 416.369.9599 Visit our site at www.geosoft.com

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Hobbitd_rrd extra-script stopped working
by tschenk＠pironet-ndh.com 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi all, I have a problem with rrds generated by an external script. With 4.2.0 it generated clean rrds, but with last weeks snapshot I only get sporadic entries with large gaps. Debug mode seems to show interrupts in parsing the input from the script. 2008-03-11 15:57:01 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 475497 @@status#475497/hostname|1205247421.042587|195.94.xx.xx||hostname|sap|12 05249221|green||green|1204643804|0||0||0|0 2008-03-11 15:57:01 startpos 405795, fillpos 407723, endpos 406804 2008-03-11 15:57:01 -> do_external(hostname, sap) 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Saving msg to file /opt/hobbit/server/tmp/rrd_msg_14081 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Calling helper script /opt/hobbit/server/ext/ext-rrd.sh hostname sap /opt/hobbit /server/tmp/rrd_msg_14081 2008-03-11 15:57:01 <- do_external(hostname, sap) 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Helper input 'DS:ds0:GAUGE:600:0:1' 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Helper input 'sapavail.rrd' 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Helper input '1' 2008-03-11 15:57:01 Flushing '/hostname/sapavail.rrd' with 1 updates pending, template 'ds0' 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Unlinking temp file 2008-03-11 15:57:01 get_hobbitd_message: Interrupted Any idea? Thanks, Thomas

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hobbit-perfdata usage
by emarganne＠be.tiauto.com 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hello all, I am currently testing Hobbit 4.3.0-0.20080103 and everything is working fine. But I do not have found a way to have the hobbit-perfdata feature work. When I click on the "show" button the browsers wants to trigger a download of the .sh wrapper. Could someone explain me how that work or if any newer release fixes the bug. Also the other new things are self explanatory that one is not. What is meant to do I can not find any documentation about it. Regards, Etienne Marganne. DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you are Not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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multigraphs disk1
by Dominique.Frise＠unil.ch 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi all, We have set GRAPHS=...,disk::15,... in order to be able to display a maximum of 15 file systems on the disk or trends column. Now on the trends columns, we would like to display a graph for "disk1" instead of "disk". We added "TRENDS:*,disk:disk1" in bb-hosts but this will only show up 4 (default) file systems per graph. How can we tell Hobbit to display 15 lines for the "disk1" graph? Dominique

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two independent hobbitserver and bbproxy
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi ! I've got one main hobbit-server "A" and want/must install/configure a second main Hobbit-Server "B" which is located in a dedicated subnet and is a separate Computer-Project .... The Server "B" should be a main-server because of my colleagues which are not very familiar with hobbit and don't want to work with my prodution-server ... Additional we want to make an separate backup of the data of Server "B" so the data should be availabel on Server "B" and Server "A" .... My question is how to configure the Server "B" to collect and display the data and additional send via proxy the data to Server "A" where i want to display them also and if possible collects also the data ? I've configured of many way's, but unfortunatley didn't find the right one ... In the mail-archive i've found many useful hints for the problematic of using of bbproxy ... but i think the ususal solution is not me the best one ... because of collecting data on both server and their independences .. http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2007/11/msg00492.html http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/04/msg00083.html http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/06/msg00434.html http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/04/msg00083.html http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/08/msg00816.html The normal bbproxy is running well .. Is there a possible to use Server A as DISPLAY-Sever and collect the data and simultaneously Server B is the Main Server for Display and collecting data ... or should i use a separate bbproxy-server in the dedicated Subnet which sends all data to Server A ... thanks & cheers martin ______________________________________________________ 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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Devmon Help, devmon now won't stay up
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hate to crosspost, but noticed there aren't a ton of people on the devmon mailing lists, so I am posting this to the hobbit list as well... I was thinking about having devmon try and graph our router's CPU usage, so per the GRAPHING doc I added  To the message file in the cpu directory for the 3750 template. Waited a few cycles, no graph updating, and the checked devmon.log and saw that it said Shutting down. So I removed it and restarted devmon, and now it keeps shutting down within 30 seconds of starting it up. I think it might have something to do with the fact that it started to add a larrd graph to the webpage but that larrd graph never populated. I don't get much from running devmon with a bunch of -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv or -debug. Anyone have any suggestions for me? Thanks, Taylor

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Stagering Test
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

I was wondering if there was a way to stager the Hobbit clients. I use a NFS mount with /home/hobbit for the client on each system. So, if I have my own test, they all kick-off about the same time. I'd prefer them to stager during the 5 minutes. Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks..James

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Waiting longer than one polling failure to alert
by mark.stoltzfus＠pmigroup.com 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

My apologies if this is covered in the docs or in past discussions, my google-fu hasn't come through for me on this one. We're running 4.1.2p1, and we have several troublesome hosts that, for whatever reason, are constantly experiencing periodic disconnects with the hobbit server. I'm not too concerned about the disconnects (we have some new firewalls that are probably to blame, and by all other indications, the hosts and services are fine), but we're constantly getting alerts. Is there any way to make hobbit alert on a host or service, only after it's failed two or three times in a row? Thanks in advance, Mark

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[hobbit] Sending Hobbit data from one server to another
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Here's the situation. I have one Hobbit server that is on our DMZ segment, and another that is on our internal LAN segment. There are several hosts that are monitored from the DMZ hobbit server, which are unreachable (due to network policy) by the internal hobbit server. What would be the best way (if any) to merge the status of the DMZ hobbit to the internal hobbit? That is, I would like to create a sub-page on the internal hobbit server that shows essentially a mirror of the hobbit status page for the DMZ server.

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