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NFS and shared clientlaunch.cfg files
by dunne＠accuweather.com 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Greetings fellow Hobbit-ers, I was recently tasked with monitoring 100+ solaris systems. Feeling undaunted I reached into my trusty IT toolbox and pulled out one of my favorite tools, Hobbit. What I encountered is as followed. The systems utilize NFS mounted directories. I installed the client files into /usr/local/ hobbit/client and voila! they were available to all of my systems. The issue that I encountered was that I wished to run different external scripts per client, but with a "shared" clientlaunch file I could not see how to do this. (This is where I cringe as I suspect that my solution is rather naive) What I would up doing is modifying the runclient.sh file as reflected below: ~/client hobbit$ diff runclient.sh runclient.ren 79c79 < $0 --hostname="$MACHINEDOTS" stop --- > $0 stop 83c83 < $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/etc/ clientlaunch.cfg --log=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.log --pidfile= $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.$MACHINEDOTS.pid --- > $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/etc/ $MACHINEDOTS.clientlaunch.cfg --log=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/ $MACHINEDOTS.clientlaunch.log --pidfile=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch. $MACHINEDOTS.pid 102c102 < $0 --hostname="$MACHINEDOTS" stop --- > $0 stop 107c107 < $0 --hostname="$MACHINEDOTS" --os="$BBOSTYPE" start --- > $0 start My questions are as followed. Has anyone encountered this specific issue before, and if so how did you address it? Does my, admittedly inelegant, solution pose any issues in relation to long term use? I searched the list and was unable to find anything specific to my issue. Thanks in advance for reading this missive. Best regards, Mike

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cupsd
by stoner-lists＠comcast.net 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

For those who want to monitor a cups print server, here's a definition you can put in your bb-services file: [cupsd] send "GET /printers\r\n" expect "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" port 631 Alternatively, you could just use http://host:631/printers in your bb-hosts file. The cupsd is, for monitoring purposes, a web server. -Jeff "Fun with Users #1: ln -s /dev/random /etc/motd"

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Greetings and a question...
by baugust＠stanford.edu 15 May '08

15 May '08

First off, I love Hobbit. A lot. I've been running it as a test in our department for almost 9 months now and I have convinced the boss to not renew the contract for our proprietary monitoring package (from a certain other Scandinavian country) in favor of using Hobbit. I just need to see if I can put donations on my corporate card. :) But I do have one last question after all of that effusion. Is anyone out there running dbcheck.pl and had this error: "Wed Jan 23 10:21:40 2008:ERROR on sid_name: Timeout connecting to DBI:Oracle:sid_name!" I know it isn't a network problem because the hobbit user can connect using sqlplus just fine and the oratns check is OK. The required Perl modules installed OK... I think. (no, sid_name is not our SID, name has been changed to protect the innocent) Thanks! -- --Ben Benjamin P. August System Administrator - VPUE Stanford University

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Hobbit to IPPhone
by jonescr＠cisco.com 05 May '08

05 May '08

I just cobbled together a script that puts a hobbit display on a Cisco IPPhone (7960). The display is pretty spartan since we only have half a dozen lines to put text on :) The script is run out of cron on my linux workstation, and requires access to an http server, and knowing your phones login and password (same as your user login to call manager). If anyone is interested in this script I will post it here or send it to the Shire. I just did it mainly for fun, but with some effort you could easily even acknowledge alerts right from your phone :) -Charles

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[hobbit] strange graph behavior - random machines & graphs
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

I'm almost certain now that this is a problem when Hobbit/rrdtool doesn't receive data when it is expecting it. In short, it seems that when a lack of data occurs, instead of assigning NaN or 0, this huge number is inserted into rrd database instead. I'm still not sure where this number is generated from, though.

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zonestat : where are graphs ?
by ndorfsman＠gmail.com 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Hi, I've read the question on the list...but can't find the answer. zonestat seems to work on client....but there's nothing on server ? I've followed the doc for installation...is there something to add in bbhosts ?

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[hobbit] Hobbitd_client on server is crashing
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Solved it (possible bug?): The hostname of the server was configured as tac0.lon.ws.colt.net when I installed the Hobbit client however the machine was rebooted last week and for reasons I have yet to figure out its hostname was reset to tac0. It seems that this caused the program to crash (though it doesn't make sense to me). I found that the name had been changed so I changed it back and immediately the Hobbit server registered it is up and running again! |\/|artin -- -----Original Message----- From: Ward, Martin [mailto:Martin.Ward at colt.net] Sent: 28 March 2008 14:13 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Hobbitd_client on server is crashing Hi All, I am running Hobbit 4.2.0 on a number of Sun servers and recently the hobbitd_client daemon has been crashing and leaving core files around. I ran gdb according to http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/known-issues.html#bugreport <http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/known-issues.html#bugreport> and it came back with: hobbit at hbt0:/opt/hobbit/server>gdb bin/hobbitd_client tmp/core GNU gdb 6.6 ... Core was generated by `hobbitd_client'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0xfee25687 in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 (gdb) bt #0 0xfee25687 in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 #1 0xfee22dee in thr_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 #2 0xfedd11bb in raise () from /lib/libc.so.1 #3 0xfedb15d9 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.1 #4 0x08067172 in sigsegv_handler (signum=11) at sig.c:57 #5 0xfee24a4f in __sighndlr () from /lib/libc.so.1 #6 0xfee1ae72 in call_user_handler () from /lib/libc.so.1 #7 <signal handler called> #8 0x08063ef9 in get_ostype (osname=0x806c28d "") at misc.c:43 #9 0x0805b320 in main (argc=1, argv=0x80464ac) at hobbitd_client.c:1766 The really bizarre thing is that it only crashes when one particular machine connects to it and sends data. Other Hobbit clients connect in and transfer thir core data over with no issues, it's only this one Sun Ultra 60 that causes a problem. Any ideas where I might start looking? |\/|artin -- Martin Ward Network Systems Operations Specialist DDI: +44 (0) 20 7863 5218 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7863 5610 Mob: +44 (0) 7971 97 77 21 www.colt.net <file://www.colt.net> Data | Voice | Managed Services Help reduce your carbon footprint | Think before you print COLT Telecommunications, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London, EC3A 7QN UK Registered in England and Wales, registered number 02452736, VAT number GB 645 4205 50 ************************************************************************ ************* 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. ************************************************************************************* 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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Hobbit windows client sample file
by NMaharaj＠tcta.co.za 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Hi Guys, I have just upgraded my windows clients to version 11 and need a sample copy of bbwin.cfg if someone is willing to share. Thanks

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[hobbit] graphics for tablespaces with dbcheck.pl
by bertrand.orcibal＠gpn.fr 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Hello, I have implemented dbcheck.pl and it's great. In "trend" column i have graphics for Oracle Sessions/Users and Pin/Hit Cache. Somebody has you it implemented a follow-up of the tablespaces ? Have you définition for config. files hobbitserver.cfg, hobbitgraph.cfg, .. Best regards.

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metrics reports and Solaris 10 systems
by katherine.hosch＠navy.mil 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Greetings; I have a question about how the systems on the metrics pull-down are selected. I have about 20 systems and domains running Solaris 10 with multiple containers on each global system. Both the globals and the containers run hobbit clients. But when I try to run a metrics report, I only see a small selection of systems in the pull-down. How can I see all the globals and all the containers? Thanks very much! ************************* Katherine Hosch, Contractor SPAWAR Systems Center New Orleans Privacy Act - 1974 as amended applies. This e-mail may contain information which must be protected IAW DOD 5400.11R, and is For Official Use Only (FOUO). If this information is received in error, please contact sender at once. *************************

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