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hobbit-client.cfg DISK IGNORE question
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Below is an entry in hobbit-client.cfg. Can I IGNORE certain filesystems and the use the wildcard asterisk to mean all the rest? HOST=hostx.math.purdue.edu UP 30m LOAD 6.0 10.0 DISK /etc/svc/volatile IGNORE DISK /var/run IGNORE DISK /export/fssnap/users IGNORE DISK * 90 95 PROC in.dhcpd 1 4 PROC in.telnetd 0 0 PROC httpd 1 -1 PROC hobbitd PROC mathlm 1 1 PROC sendmail 2 10 PROC sshd 1 -1 PROC syslogd 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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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 procs monitoring not work for me.
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Linux peano.math.purdue.edu 2.6.9-67.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Nov 30 11:57:43 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux running HOBBIT V4.2.0 This is my first linux hobbit configuration and for the most part things seem to be working ok. One problem that I am having is that "procs" does not seem to be monitoring my list of PROCS listed in hobbit-client.cfg. Below is the Linux host that is listed in hobbit-client.cfg. HOST=hostx.math.purdue.edu UP 30m LOAD 6.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 PROC in.telnetd 0 0 PROC dhcpd 1 1 PROC sendmail 0 0 PROC sshd 1 -1 PROC syslogd 1 1 If I click on the "procs" icon for hostx I do get the ps listing as follows and I also get "Process NOT ok". Tue Apr 1 15:29:21 EDT 2008 - Processes NOT ok clear No process checks defined PID PPID USER STARTED S PRI %CPU TIME %MEM RSZ VSZ CMD 1 0 root Mar 11 S 23 0.0 00:00:04 0.0 548 4756 init [5] 2 1 root Mar 11 S 139 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [migration/0] 3 1 root Mar 11 S 5 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [ksoftirqd/0] 4 1 root Mar 11 S 139 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [migration/1] 5 1 root Mar 11 S 5 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [ksoftirqd/1] 6 1 root Mar 11 S 139 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [migration/2] 7 1 root Mar 11 S 5 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [ksoftirqd/2] Since I seem to be getting the ps I assume that the server is getting the necessary data to monitor the listed PROCS. Any ideas why the monitoring is not working? Any suggestions on how I can track down the problem? 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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What happens to client data after handoff?
by mjtice＠gmail.com 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

I'm trying to trace why my rrd file isn't being created. Maybe it has something to do with the output of my script? If I run the following command it shows the transmission is successful. root at tice:/home/hobbit# /home/hobbit/client/bin/bb --debug 127.0.0.1 "data tice.blocked `cat /blocks.txt`" 2008-04-01 11:07:18 Transport setup is: 2008-04-01 11:07:18 bbdportnumber = 1984 2008-04-01 11:07:18 bbdispproxyhost = NONE 2008-04-01 11:07:18 bbdispproxyport = 0 2008-04-01 11:07:18 Recipient listed as '127.0.0.1' 2008-04-01 11:07:18 Standard BB protocol on port 1984 2008-04-01 11:07:18 Will connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 1984 2008-04-01 11:07:18 Connect status is 0 2008-04-01 11:07:18 Sent 38 bytes 2008-04-01 11:07:18 Closing connection If I look into the hobbit logs it's not showing anything useful (in fact, the logs aren't even updated after the command is run). So my question is, after the transmission of the data to the server, what happens? Also, there is plenty of documentation out there on how to format a custom STATUS message, but I can't find anything for a custom DATA message (e.g. do I leave the $COLOR in the command, etc.?). How should DATA messages be configured? Any help would be appreciated. Matt

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procs graph not graphing
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R with Hobbit 4.2.0 I have been running hobbit v4.2.0 for several months now and just noticed that procs heading nothing is being graphed. What is the graph at the bottom of the procs page suppose to show? I assume it is the number of processes Is there some parameter that needs to be set for this to graph? 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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One page per host not a page per service
by wesley.townley＠unlv.edu 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

I think I missed something in the man pages, Is it possible to only get one page per host not one per service (so if a host goes down then all services page out)? here is a snippet from my hobbit-alert.cfg: PAGE=Vista/VPS COLOR=red $UNIXPROD REPEAT=20 RECOVERED $PAGEBOSS PAGE=Vista/VTS COLOR=red TIME=W:0700:2100 $UNIXTEST PAGE=Vista/WLB COLOR=red $UNIXPROD $PAGEBOSS $UNIXPROD=SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/smsplus $UNIX DURATION>3 REPEAT=20 RECOVERED $UNIXTEST=SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/smsplus $UNIX DURATION>3 REPEAT=20 RECOVERED $PAGEBOSS=SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/smsplus $BOSS DURATION>60 REPEAT=20 RECOVERED Thanks, Wes Wesley Townley Systems Administrator University of Nevada, Las Vegas wesley.townley at unlv.edu

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Connections never going yellow?
by Rafal.Roginela＠AmeriCashLoans.net 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Hi all, Thank you for all the help in the past with the questions I've had. All is working well and I have good confidence in my implementation of this tool. However since I am a convert from BigBrother (Free version) there is a difference that I hope we can find a way to emulate. The background: We have approx 60 locations sitting out in the US connecting back to HQ via commodity DSL using VPN. Naturally we have some packet loss on those connections periodically, especially when printing within Citrix or when it is busy with data going back and forth. The issue: What used to happen with BB is that when there was a skipped ping out of 3 an orange condition would trigger not red. What happens with Hobbit is that now I never get a yellow but rather get a RED and then a Green within seconds of each other instead of a yellow. Here is the "FPING" line from my server config: FPING="$BBHOME/bin/hobbitping --max-pps=10000000 --responses=5" I was had changed this "--responses=5" in hopes that it would produce the same results but it does not. And I do ping my sites every minute no matter what to test them. Overall the BBtest statistics report that I have a total of 83 host pinged and the most time it ever took for "Time Total" on the graph is approx 18 seconds and that happened once. Most times it is approx 5 seconds. Is there a set of switches or some other way to get the same behavior from Hobbit that I had with BB. Thank You for all the help in the past and thank you in advance! Rafal Roginela Network Engineer

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