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Memory and CPU usage by a process
by vadud3＠gmail.com 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Anyone worked on collecting data and generating rrd and graph for a particular process? I am trying to collect it for all the java processes on one system, which is easy for solaris, and then generate rrd and create graph. With little perl scripts, as provided in rrdtool website, I can generate the rrds as well using the data but how do I tell hobbit server to do the graph? I want to do it all in the server may be by modifying the `ps' script on the client to show the `RSS' column Thanks -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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hobbitlaunch segfault / timewarp happend again
by hobbit＠alexkeller.de 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi Henrik, in january I reported a segfault with hobbitlaunch/timefunc.c. You quickly provided a patch... Now I'm having a new error - see core dump: /opt/hobbit/client# gdb bin/hobbitlaunch core GNU gdb 6.4-debian Copyright 2005 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 "i486-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `./bin/hobbitlaunch --config=./etc/clientlaunch.cfg --log=./logs/clientlaunch.lo'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #0 errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 42 time_t now = getcurrenttime(NULL); (gdb) bt #0 errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #1 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #2 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #3 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #4 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #5 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #6 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #7 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #8 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #9 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #10 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 [...] I can reproduce the error with "ntpdate" using a misconfigured ntp server (2 min in the past): 1. start hobbit client "runclient.sh start" 2. sync time with "ntpdate <misconfigured-time-server>" 3. get a core dump :-( Regards, Alexander

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no graphs from mpstat
by klomph＠nlr.nl 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

I'm trying to setup mpstat to monitor systems with multiple cpu's, but the graphs are not created. Can someone help me with this ? The information is send from the client to the server and in the rrd data directory I have a file called mpstat.CPU2.rrd but there are no values in the last ds (see example) <ds> <name> CPU </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> <max> 3.2000000000e+01 </max>  <last_ds> </last_ds> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_sec> 241 </unknown_sec> </ds> the contents of the hobbit_mpstat.hostname.send file is CPUs: 2 CPU0usr: 17.18 CPU0sys: 1.34 CPU0wt: 0.06 CPU0idl: 81.31 CPU1usr: 26.16 CPU1sys: 1.40 CPU1wt: 0.06 CPU1idl: 72.29 And I have copied the rrd_data.pl from the shire and can't find a typo in it. Any suggestions would be appriciated. Regards, Bert Klomp

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Hobbit Database
by htaute＠media24.com 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Hi We want to reinstall Hobbit on a new server but would like to keep the existing database as we have a long period of information that we would like to keep(backup) and extend on to. Were are the database/information stored on the current server and can we migrate it to a new server. Is there also a way to backup the data periodicly? Thanks Henri Taute Media24 Content Production Tel: +27 21 4062495 Fax: +27 21 4063143 Cell: +28 82 8276124 E-mail: htaute at media24.co.za ____________________________________________________________________________ This email and its contents are subject to an email legal notice that can be viewed at: http://www.naspers.com/email/disclaimer.html. Should you be unable to access the link provided, please email us for a copy at Helpdesk at Media24.com. Hierdie e-pos en sy inhoud is onderhewig aan 'n regskennisgewing oor elektroniese pos wat gelees kan word by http://www.naspers.com/epos/vrywaring.html. 'n Afskrif kan aangevra word by Helpdesk at Media24.com. ____________________________________________________________________________

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[hobbit] "Info" column slow on latest snapshot (20080422)
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Is anyone else experiencing a slow "info" page load with the 2008-04-22 snapshot? It takes about a minute to load. Also, I get this: Alerting: Alert configuration unavailable Admittedly, I just did an in-line install over the 4.2.0 release, so I don't know if it's just a matter of some configuration file weirdness.

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Monitoring FLEXnet License Manager
by annaj＠hi.is 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Would anybody be willing to share their experience in monitoring LEXnet License Manager with Hobbit? I have been doing that, by simply monitoring the network port of the service, and users complain that it is not enough. Allegedly, it seems to continue to listen to the assigned ports, but stops handing out Matlab (...) licenses to the users. For those that have absolutely no idea of what I am talking about, this is a license manager, that among other things, is used for Matlab, Abacus, Maple and other engineering software. It runs as a network daemon, usually on port 27000 or close to that. So before I start rummaging in the shire, and reviving the dead cat, I would like to know if anybody would share their experience on the subject? -- Kindest Regards, Anna Jonna Ármannsdóttir, %& A: Because people read from top to bottom. Unix System Aministration, Computing Services, %& Q: Why is top posting bad? University of Iceland.

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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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[hobbit] alternate page graphs custom menu
by jokketan＠hotmail.com 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

I had already tried the same thing but i don't succeed in getting hobbit to show the alternate templates for the current graphs. Even when i add the --templates=/wherever/you/want directive to this line in hobbitcgi.cnf ( i know this would change the main site also, it's just a test )# hobbitsvc.cgi options for a normal (current) status displayCGI_SVC_OPTS="--env=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --no-svcid --history=top"I also tried adding another variable ($ALT_OPTS) that i created myself in the .sh script that generates the page and then adding it to the bb-hostsvc.sh like this: . /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg exec /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS $ALT_OPTSWhich basically also does nothing...Can anyone shed some light on this??? Seems like i am missing something obvious...Thanks,Jonathan Van Liefde References: alternate page graphs custom menu From: Jonathan van liefde Prev by Date: Testing Hobbit Client Log "IGNORE" filters Next by Date: RE: [hobbit] Question Previous by thread: alternate page graphs custom menu Next by thread: Question about hobbit alert acknowledgement, delay of next alert time Index(es): DateThread To: <hobbit (at) hswn.dk>Subject: RE: [hobbit] alternate page graphs custom menuFrom: "Tom Moore" <Tom.Moore (at) sas.com>Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:42:04 -0400References: <BAY139-W17B66F209315AF69B9FFAAD4EE0 (at) phx.gbl>Thread-index: AcfS6INBn1czzAgURTOpkFRYPh5mBAAAJ72QThread-topic: [hobbit] alternate page graphs custom menu That's exactly the problem I am having and posted to the list a few weeks ago. It seems that the actual cgi scripts that run when you click on an item use the default header sets, rather than the ones specified by your --templates or --pageset settings with bbgen. The first page on the pageset does use the custom_header and custom_footer files, but if you click on an item like "cpu", it runs a cgi script which generates a new page using the default templates instead of your custom ones. For example, most of the items call "bb-hostsvc.sh". which is just a wrapper that takes arguments and runs . /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg exec /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS Now, optimally you should be able to put a custom $CGI_SVC_OPTS definition in whatever script generates your alternate pages, such that CGI_SVC_OPTS=--templates=/whatever/directory/with/your/new/templatefiles Unfortunately, even this doesn't seem to work. The key is to get your custom sub-pages to use custom templates for the graph pages and such that are dynamically generated by the CGI files. From: Jonathan van liefde [mailto:jokketan (at) hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 1:40 PMTo: hobbit (at) hswn.dkSubject: [hobbit] alternate page graphs custom menu Hi,My problem is the following:We are using the monitoring tool for a helpdesk, every member of the helpdesk has full access to every hobbit page.Local guys should have access to a limited area of the hobbit page.So i have build an alternate page set with all different sections and restricted access with a .htaccess file. This alternate page set uses a different set of headers and footers (without the menu) to prevent local guys from wandering off.But when they look at for example the conn graph for a given host, hobbit uses the bb_header and bb_footer which still has the menu in it.Is there any way to tell hobbit to use the alternate page set header and footer for the graphs of a host when they are accessed through the alternate page set?Thanks for your help,Jonathan Van Liefde.________________________________het ultieme online mailprogramma! Ontdek Windows Live Hotmail, <http://get.live.com/mail/overview> References: alternate page graphs custom menu From: Jonathan van liefde Prev by Date: Testing Hobbit Client Log "IGNORE" filters Next by Date: RE: [hobbit] Question Previous by thread: alternate page graphs custom menu Next by thread: Question about hobbit alert acknowledgement, delay of next alert time Index(es): DateThread _________________________________________________________________ Ontdek Windows Live Hotmail, het ultieme online mailprogramma! http://get.live.com/mail/overview

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MSGS from BBWin client goes purple
by ricardo＠redix.com.br 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Can someone help on this? We are having some trouble with BBWin. Our linux clients are configured in central mode, so all the configuration is made on the server. Now we have to watch some Windows clients, which are configured in local mode. The problem is with the "msgs". One specific client goes purple sometimes. But not the entire host, only msgs column. Procs, disk, memory, svcs and etc are all green, only msgs column goes purple. My BBWin.cfg is as follows <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <bbwin> <setting name="bbdisplay" value="ourbbdisplay:1984" /> ... <setting name="mode" value="local" /> <setting name="configclass" value="win32" /> ... <load name="msgs" value="msgs.dll"/> <load name="procs" value="procs.dll"/> <load name="stats" value="stats.dll"/> <load many others...> ... </bbwin> <cpu> ... </cpu> <disk> ... </disk> <externals> ... </externals> <memory> ... </memory> <msgs> <setting name="alwaysgreen" value="false" /> <setting name="delay" value="30m" /> <match logfile="System" type="error" alarmcolor="red" /> <match logfile="System" type="warning" alarmcolor="yellow" /> <match logfile="Application" type="error" alarmcolor="red" /> <match logfile="Application" type="warning" alarmcolor="yellow" /> <match logfile="Security" type="fail" /> <ignore logfile="Security" eventid="537" /> <ignore logfile="Application" eventid="17" /> </msgs> <procs> ... </procs> <svcs> ... </svcs> <uptime> ... </uptime> </configuration> Is there something wrong with the configuration? How can I find out why is it going purple? There's no "Client data" avaliable, maybe because it's running in "local mode"? Thanks. -- Ricardo Alberto Schütz - Consultor -------------------------------------------- Redix - Gestão em T.I. com Software Livre http://www.redix.com.br - contato at redix.com.br Tel. Coml.: +55 (47) 3323-7313 Tel. Cel.: +55 (47) 9186-9868 --------------------------------------------

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Failed to get a message, terminating
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

RUNNING: Linux host.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 Hobbit V4.2.0 with patches. In the hobbitclient.log file I am getting the following: 2008-04-01 13:49:26 Failed to get a message, terminating 2008-04-01 13:54:27 Failed to get a message, terminating 2008-04-01 13:59:28 Failed to get a message, terminating 2008-04-01 14:04:28 Failed to get a message, terminating I am trying to figure out what is causing this message. My display server has the entry for host in the list and seems to be giving the correct information. This is the first time I have installed hobbit on a linux machine so I could be missing something. I have searched the archives but nothing popped up that seemed to be relivant. 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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