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DOWNTIME and GROUP??
by shea_greg＠emc.com 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Hi all, I have a small group of servers that have regularly scheduled maintenance every Thursday and Saturday. They all have 3 sets of processes to be monitored with different blackout periods. So one set is 24x7, no blackout (simple), another set has a blackout period that starts earlier than the other (around 6PM), and the last set has a blackout period that starts later than the other (around 8PM). I thought about using GROUP to group all the early processes together and the same for the late processes. Now how do I specify a DOWNTIME entry in the bb-hosts file? From the bb-hosts man page DOWNTIME=[columns:]day:starttime:endtime:cause[,day:starttime:endtime:ca use]. If I put procs in the DOWNTIME columns, will Hobbit know to use the GROUP functions described in hobbit-alerts.cfg? Any help/insight would be appreciated Thanks -Grs- Gregory R Shea EMC Corporation

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snmp
by dns1407＠yahoo.com 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Hi All, Is there a simple way to monitor snmp devices with Hobbit ? Devmon is way to difficult and net-snmp also...I need a WebGui where i can put OID or import mibs that i want to monitor....anyone hnow how to???? thanks.... dns ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Hobbit client - FreeBSD 7
by s_aiello＠comcast.net 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Hi all, I have been requested recently to install FreeBSD clients. Version is: 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0. I have the client running, but see some issues with the trends. Disk & Memory trends are missing. Vmstat trends graph data incorrectly, since it expects the vmstat data in a different order. I was curious if anyone else monitors FreeBSD devices and if the problems I am seeing are related to the new 7.0 release. Or are these issues with older versions of FreeBSD 6.x or 5.x. Your feedback is appreciated, ~Steve

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Snapshot 23/3 hobbitd_rrd crashes
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

$ gdb bin/hobbitd_rrd tmp/core GNU gdb 5.3 Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "hppa2.0n-hp-hpux11.00"... Core was generated by `hobbitd_rrd'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. warning: The shared libraries were not privately mapped; setting a breakpoint in a shared library will not work until you rerun the program. warning: Can't find file hobbitd_larrd referenced in dld_list. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/librrd.sl.0...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libpng.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libpcre.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libz.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxti.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdld.2...done. #0 0xc020bad0 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.2 (gdb) bt #0 0xc020bad0 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #1 0xc01a655c in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #2 0xc01e69a8 in abort_C () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #3 0xc01e6a04 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #4 0x000236d0 in sigsegv_handler (signum=2063765022) at sig.c:58 #5 <signal handler called> #6 create_and_update_rrd (hostname=0x4002a8a2 "leopg9", testname=0x4002a8a9 "vmstat", classname=0x4002a8e6 "hp-ux", pagepaths=0x4002a8ec "Internal", creparams=0x400992b8, template=0x0) at do_rrd.c:331 #7 0x0000b798 in do_vmstat_rrd (hostname=0x4002a8a2 "leopg9", testname=0x4002a8a9 "vmstat", classname=0x4002a8e6 "hp-ux", pagepaths=0x4002a8ec "Internal", msg=0x4002a8f5 "status leopg9.vmstat green Sun Mar 23 06:54:13 MET 2008 <vm stat>\nhp-ux\n 1", tstamp=1206251653) at rrd/do_vmstat.c:445 #8 0x000104a8 in update_rrd (hostname=0x4002a8a2 "leopg9", testname=0x4002a8a9 "vmstat", msg=0x4002a8f5 "status leopg9.vmstat green Sun Mar 23 06:54:13 MET 2008 <vm stat>\nhp-ux\n 1", tstamp=1206251653, sender=0x4002a895 "192.168.0.2", ldef=0x40091c28, classname=0x4002a8e6 "hp-ux", pagepaths=0x4002a8ec "Internal") at do_rrd.c:547 #9 0x00004f2c in main (argc=1073916140, argv=0x7bfe1650) at hobbitd_rrd.c:352 (gdb) -- 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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Snapshot 22/3
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

gcc -g -O -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHPUX -I. -I /home/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/local/include -c -o hobbitd.o hobbitd.c hobbitd.c: In function `posttochannel': hobbitd.c:708: warning: dereferencing `void *' pointer hobbitd.c:708: error: invalid use of void expression -- 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] RE: [bbwin-users] [hobbit] BBWIN Client running on E xchange server issues?
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Rafal, I have passed you recommendation on to our Windows guys. Thanks for the input! .....Bruce _____ From: Rafal Roginela [mailto:Rafal.Roginela at AmeriCashLoans.net] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:45 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] RE: [bbwin-users] [hobbit] BBWIN Client running on Exchange server issues? HI Bruce, I'm running the client the same way on our Exchange 2003 servers too with no issues. The one thing to check is the configuration of the client and making sure that: A) you have minimal logging set in your local BBWin.cfg file "<setting name="logreportfailure" value="false" />" otherwise agent will post to event log B) I've included my config for the <msgs> section to show you how I mitigate the high level of reporting that can happen with Windows Event Viewer ESPECIALLY on an EXCHANGE SERVER: <setting name="alwaysgreen" value="false" /> <match logfile="System" type="error" delay="1h" alarmcolor="red" /> <match logfile="Application" type="error" delay="1h" alarmcolor="red" /> <match logfile="Application" eventid="9688" delay="1h" alarmcolor="red" /> <ignore logfile="System" eventid="1111" /> <ignore logfile="System" eventid="16" /> <ignore logfile="System" eventid="10020" /> <ignore logfile="System" eventid="5805" /> <ignore logfile="System" eventid="5723" /> <ignore logfile="System" eventid="12294" /> <ignore logfile="Application" eventid="3008" /> <ignore logfile="Application" eventid="1000" /> <ignore logfile="Application" eventid="56" /> <ignore logfile="Application" eventid="35" /> <ignore logfile="Application" eventid="3015" /> Setting up to watch the event log in Windows can be tricky because Windows can generate ALLLLOT of messages for a very small issue that is not worth noting except during a monthly check. As you can see this gives me visibility into errors only, as I regularly check over my logs for oddities in warnings. And I want you to know that this list does change as I adjust the servers and the environment. Good luck, please contact me if you need additional help. And sorry if I missed the question somehow.. :-) Thank you, Rafal Roginela _____ From: White, Bruce [mailto:bewhite at fellowes.com] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:26 PM To: 'Etienne Grignon'; hobbit at hswn.dk; BBWin mailing list Subject: [hobbit] RE: [bbwin-users] [hobbit] BBWIN Client running on Exchange server issues? Thanks for the response. We are running BBWIN 0.9 in local mode. All columns produced by BBWIN turn purple, in time. The last time BBWIN hung on our two servers 1 reported 340 out of 1400+ messages matched, the other report 748 out of 2589 matched. I am the Unix guy in the shop. I brought hobbit on-board. The windows guys will not run BBWIN on these servers again until I can prove it is not causing all their problems (i.e.. 748 system level error messages). .......Bruce _____ From: bbwin-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:bbwin-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Etienne Grignon Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 11:48 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk; BBWin mailing list Subject: Re: [bbwin-users] [hobbit] BBWIN Client running on Exchange server issues? Hello, 2008/3/18, Lárus Rafn Halldórsson <lalli at slepja.com <mailto:lalli at slepja.com> >: No need to reboot the machine... only kill the bbwin.exe in task manager and refresh services list. Then restart bbwin service. I am having this trouble with an Exchange server and the source is that its logging very much in the system log and that seems to piss off the bbwin client. Same issue with BBWIN 0.9 and 0.10.. have not tried 0.11 yet. This happens 2-3 times a week. Hope this helps, Larus BBWin should not have this behavior. I would need theses informations : Are you running BBWin with central or local mode ? Do you have some columns which turn to purple color ? Could you check the msgs columns to see how many events are reported ? Could you try to run BBWin for a week without these agents : stats.dll, msgs.dll (and filesystem.dll if you are running the central mode) to see if the behavior is the same or not ? Thank you in advance, -- Etienne GRIGNON ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this message may 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, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this message may 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, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------

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compile problem
by santoshbabu_perumal＠platts.com 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Hi, When I configure hobbit client getting following error ./configure --client Configuration script for Hobbit client This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Hobbit Checking your make-utility Hobbit normally keeps all of the client configuration files on the Hobbit server. If you prefer, it is possible to use a local client configuration file instead - if so, answer 'client' to the next question. NB: Local configuration requires the PCRE libs on each host. Server side client configuration, or client side [server] ? Checking for Large File Support ... ERROR: Compiler doesnt recognize the off_t C type. What userid will be running Hobbit [hobbit] ? I cannot complete hobbit client installation.when I execute make after confire getting following error make CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I`pwd`/include -DCLIENTONLY=1" LDFLAGS="" OSDEF="-DSunOS" RPATHOPT="" PCREINCDIR="" SSLFLAGS="" SSLINCDIR="" SSLLIBS="" NETLIBS="-lresolv -lsocket -lnsl" BBTOPDIR="/home/hobbit" BBLOGDIR="" BBHOSTNAME="" BBHOSTIP="127.0.0.1" BBHOSTOS="" LOCALCLIENT="no" make -C lib client make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/hobbit-4.2.0/lib' gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/tmp/hobbit-4.2.0/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -o test-endianness test-endianness.c test-endianness.c:15:20: string.h: No such file or directory In file included from test-endianness.c:16: /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:36:27: iso/stdio_iso.h: No such file or directory In file included from test-endianness.c:16: /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:194: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:229: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:230: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:236: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:244: error: syntax error before "size_t" /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:249: error: syntax error before "size_t" /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:258: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:260: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:269: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:270: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:271: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:272: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:274: error: syntax error before "FILE" /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:284: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:293: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:294: error: syntax error before "FILE" /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.4.6/include/stdio.h:295: error: syntax error before '*' token test-endianness.c:17:20: stdlib.h: No such file or directory test-endianness.c:18:20: unistd.h: No such file or directory test-endianness.c: In function `main': test-endianness.c:27: warning: implicit declaration of function `strcmp' test-endianness.c:33: warning: implicit declaration of function `memcpy' test-endianness.c:38: warning: implicit declaration of function `printf' test-endianness.c:50: warning: implicit declaration of function `fprintf' test-endianness.c:50: error: `stderr' undeclared (first use in this function) test-endianness.c:50: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once test-endianness.c:50: error: for each function it appears in.) test-endianness.c:53: warning: implicit declaration of function `fflush' test-endianness.c:53: error: `stdout' undeclared (first use in this function) make[1]: *** [test-endianness] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/hobbit-4.2.0/lib' make: *** [lib-client] Error 2 that would be great if anyone help me on this to resolve this problem Thanks Santhoshbabu Perumal Unix system Administrator System Engineering, GO & I The Mcgraw-Hill companies HTS East Windsor, NJ 609-371-6317 (Desk) 609-385-5016 (work cell) -------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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[bbwin-users] [hobbit] BBWIN Client running on Exchange serve r issues?
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Thanks for the response. We are running BBWIN 0.9 in local mode. All columns produced by BBWIN turn purple, in time. The last time BBWIN hung on our two servers 1 reported 340 out of 1400+ messages matched, the other report 748 out of 2589 matched. I am the Unix guy in the shop. I brought hobbit on-board. The windows guys will not run BBWIN on these servers again until I can prove it is not causing all their problems (i.e.. 748 system level error messages). .......Bruce _____ From: bbwin-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:bbwin-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Etienne Grignon Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 11:48 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk; BBWin mailing list Subject: Re: [bbwin-users] [hobbit] BBWIN Client running on Exchange server issues? Hello, 2008/3/18, Lárus Rafn Halldórsson <lalli at slepja.com <mailto:lalli at slepja.com> >: No need to reboot the machine... only kill the bbwin.exe in task manager and refresh services list. Then restart bbwin service. I am having this trouble with an Exchange server and the source is that its logging very much in the system log and that seems to piss off the bbwin client. Same issue with BBWIN 0.9 and 0.10.. have not tried 0.11 yet. This happens 2-3 times a week. Hope this helps, Larus BBWin should not have this behavior. I would need theses informations : Are you running BBWin with central or local mode ? Do you have some columns which turn to purple color ? Could you check the msgs columns to see how many events are reported ? Could you try to run BBWin for a week without these agents : stats.dll, msgs.dll (and filesystem.dll if you are running the central mode) to see if the behavior is the same or not ? Thank you in advance, -- Etienne GRIGNON ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this message may 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, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------

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[hobbit] Windows version of a fully functional bb command
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Etienne, I just tested it and it worked like a champ. Thanks! ......Bruce _____ From: Etienne Grignon [mailto:etienne.grignon at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:39 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Windows version of a fully functional bb command Hi, 2008/3/14, White, Bruce <bewhite at fellowes.com <mailto:bewhite at fellowes.com> >: Hi all, I know I saw a thread earlier about a fully functional bb for windows and that someone had ported the hobbit bb code to windows and got it working. I, for the life of me, can not now find that thread. I'm interested in a windows bb executable so I can write a quick DOS bat file that my windows guys can run to place a windows server into maintenance mode. Anybody have a windows bb executable and/or such a script? You can use the bbwincmd.exe utility which is installed with BBWin. It is a cmd command line utility to send messages to hobbit server almost like the original bb command and your don't need cygwin. Regards, -- Etienne GRIGNON ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this message may 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, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------

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BBWIN Client running on Exchange server issues?
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Anyone had problems running the BBWIN client on Windows running MS exchange? We have it installed and running on two different MS exchange servers (both running MS Exchange 2003, one on Win2K, the other Win2003) and for some reason the client hangs. If you try to stop the service, it stays in a "stopping" state and the only way to get it restarted is to cycle the machine. We are running BBWIN 0.9, but my windows guys are afraid to go to 0.11. Has anyone experienced this before? Will upgrading to 0.11 solve the issue? Thanks, Bruce ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this message may 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, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------

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