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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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[hobbit] hobbit linux client issue
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

That would be great. The only issue I can see with binary is in the future I would have to rely on someone else to supply updated binaries ----- Original Message ----- From: Buchan Milne <bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net> To: hobbit at hswn.dk <hobbit at hswn.dk> Cc: Taylor Lewick Sent: Mon Mar 10 07:09:28 2008 Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit linux client issue On Saturday 08 March 2008 04:38:29 Taylor Lewick wrote: > I should really do my homework a little more before posting. > > I compiled hobbit on a 64 bit machine, and I was trying to install the > client on a 32 bit machine... Weak! > > > > I guess I'll have to compile the hobbit source twice, once for 32 bit > and once for 64 bit, or compile it just on 32 bit as that client should > work on 64 bit machines as well... BTW, this is another reason to use OS packages .... FYI, you could get away compiling just 32bit, and running the 32bit on x86_64, but the other way around will not work. If you are interested, I would be willing to look at ensuring that my Hobbit packages (shipped in Mandriva, I rebuild and use them on RHEL and Solaris) build fine on SuSE, and could even consider providing binaries ... Regards, Buchan

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All hosts network traffic graph page
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Is there a simple way to setup a view via a report or link in hobbit so that I can display all of the hosts network traffic graphs? Kind of like an mrtg style view. That way if we see bandwidth spike on our switch we can pull up this page and get a quick view of which hosts are talking a lot? Thanks, Taylor

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Time to merge bbwin into hobbit
by Padraig.Lennon＠pioneerinvestments.com 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

I'm going to ask a question I've been thinking about for a while... Is it about time that bbwin is bundled into the hobbit project as the "official" hobbit windows client? By this I mean providing the bbwin application with the complete hobbit server/client package? I think that Etienne has done amazing work over the last few months in integrating the client with the hobbit centralised server setup. I don't for a minute want to take away from the bbwin project that Etienne is coordinating, but does it not make more sense to merge the two projects? Just a question... Please don't shoot me down for asking... Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Engineer Production Services Pioneer Global Investments (Dublin) 5th Floor Georges Quay Plaza, Dublin 2 ext: 2081 Direct dial: 00353 1 480 2081

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[hobbit] hobbit linux client issue
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Wait a second then why can I run the runclient script which is in home ----- Original Message ----- From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Fri Mar 07 16:42:59 2008 Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit linux client issue Rob, have you come across that one before or was that the most amazing guess ever? On 3/7/08, Taylor Lewick <tlewick at tradebotsystems.com> wrote: Doh! Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor at gmail.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Fri Mar 07 16:32:01 2008 Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit linux client issue On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Taylor Lewick <tlewick at tradebotsystems.com> wrote: > Im installing the hobbit linux client on some Suse 10.1 test machines. > I just tarred up the client directory from hobbit server and installed > it to /home/hobbit/client on the target machines > > If I try to start the client using ./runclient.sh start as user hobbit > or root, I get the following error: > > ./runclient.sh: line 83: /home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch: cannot > execute binary file > > Permissions on hobbitlaunch are fine, any ideas? You've mounted /home with the noexec option. -- Please keep list traffic on the list. Rob MacGregor Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer

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[hobbit] All hosts network traffic graph page
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Okay thanks all of our servers are on eth0 or eth1 so I can graph both and if one isn't active then no big deal ----- Original Message ----- From: Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> To: hobbit at hswn.dk <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Mon Mar 10 05:18:46 2008 Subject: Re: [hobbit] All hosts network traffic graph page On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 09:35:49PM -0600, Taylor Lewick wrote: > Is there a simple way to setup a view via a report or link in hobbit so > that I can display all of the hosts network traffic graphs? > > Kind of like an mrtg style view. That way if we see bandwidth spike on > our switch we can pull up this page and get a quick view of which hosts > are talking a lot? Tricky, because network interface names vary from one host to another. What you can do is to create a multi-graph definition in hobbitgraph.cfg that picks out the exact NIC graph you want. Copy the existing "ifstat" definition, and make a new "eth0-multi" graph where the FNPATTERN refers only to the interface graph you want - i.e. instead of the "ifstat.(.+).rrd" pattern you refer to the exact "ifstat.INTERFACE.rrd" file matching the name of your NIC. E.g. for "eth0": [eth0-multi] FNPATTERN ifstat.eth0.rrd TITLE Network Traffic YAXIS Bits/second DEF:inbytes at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:bytesReceived:AVERAGE CDEF:in at RRDIDX@=inbytes at RRDIDX@,8,* DEF:outbytes at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:bytesSent:AVERAGE CDEF:out at RRDIDX@=outbytes at RRDIDX@,8,* LINE2:in at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ inbound GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:LAST: \: %10.1lf (cur) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:MAX: \: %10.1lf (max) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:MIN: \: %10.1lf (min) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: \: %10.1lf (avg)\n LINE2:out at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ outbound GPRINT:out at RRDIDX@:LAST: \: %10.1lf (cur) GPRINT:out at RRDIDX@:MAX: \: %10.1lf (max) GPRINT:out at RRDIDX@:MIN: \: %10.1lf (min) GPRINT:out at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: \: %10.1lf (avg)\n Then you can create a new metric on the "Metrics Report" page by adding a new "<option>" ... in the ~hobbit/server/web/hostgraphs_form : Find the "<SELECT" tag and add an option for the "eth0" graph: <SELECT NAME=testname MULTIPLE SIZE=15> <option value="ALL" SELECTED>ALL</option> ... other current options ... <option value="eth0">Network I/O eth0</option> Note that in hobbitgraph.cfg the name is "eth0-multi", but in the hostgraphs_form it is just "eth0". The "-multi" is added automatically. You should then be able to view the eth0 I/O from the Metrics report page. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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BUG : Hobbit Netapp.pl plugin issue
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello guys, This is just a bug report if it could help someone or even better, fixed for the next leap year ;) Here is the "/var/log/hobbit/bb-filer.log" output : Day '29' out of range 1..28 at /home/users/hobbit/application/server/ext/Hobbit_fd_lib.pm line 807 Day '29' out of range 1..28 at /home/users/hobbit/application/server/ext/Hobbit_fd_lib.pm line 807 Day '29' out of range 1..28 at /home/users/hobbit/application/server/ext/Hobbit_fd_lib.pm line 807 I'm wondering how to fix it for the next time. Thanks

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ntpdate question
by Dirk.Kastens＠uni-osnabrueck.de 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

Hi, before updating our hobbit server to version 4.2.0, I tested the ntp configuration with the bb-ntp-1_4.sh script on the client nodes. When I now configure the server to use the ntp network test instead, I realize that this doesn't work with most of our RedHat clients. I get the response ntpdate -u -q -p 2 a.b.c.d server a.b.c.d, stratum 0, offset 0.000000, delay 0.00000 29 Aug 10:53:26 ntpdate[3509]: no server suitable for synchronization found The network test works with all AIX clients and with older RedHat clients. The manual page of ntpdate on a RedHat machine says, that "the ntpdate program is to be retired from this distribution". Is there another way of testing the ntp synchronisation from the server side or do I still have to use the bb-ntp.sh script? Best wishes, Dirk Kastens

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snmp
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

Hi, I would like to have an examle of the snmp configuration file: hobbit-snmphosts.cfg-- Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

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[hobbit] hobbit linux client issue
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Doh! Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor at gmail.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Fri Mar 07 16:32:01 2008 Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit linux client issue On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Taylor Lewick <tlewick at tradebotsystems.com> wrote: > Im installing the hobbit linux client on some Suse 10.1 test machines. > I just tarred up the client directory from hobbit server and installed > it to /home/hobbit/client on the target machines > > If I try to start the client using ./runclient.sh start as user hobbit > or root, I get the following error: > > ./runclient.sh: line 83: /home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch: cannot > execute binary file > > Permissions on hobbitlaunch are fine, any ideas? You've mounted /home with the noexec option. -- Please keep list traffic on the list. Rob MacGregor Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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