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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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Checkpoint High Availability Monitoring
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 05 May '08

05 May '08

Hi, once again ;) I would like to monitor the HA cluster between 2 Checkpoint Firewall. Several time a month, the cluster failed down, sound like one of the numerous Ethernet card seems to be off during a couple of second, thus the HA cluster switch to safe mode. I would like to detect this nasty state from the Hobbit server to broadcast an alarm. I don't know how the 2 Firewalls exchange health information (maybe via Heartbeat). Anyone already figure out how to monitor this issue? Thanks by advance, LMJ

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Depends feature
by David.Stuffle＠adesa.com 02 May '08

02 May '08

I'm using the "depends" feature heavily for HTTP tests and it is doing some weird things. When a HTTP test fails, the status turns clear saying the depended on test has failed, but it has not failed. But then the status turns red, then clear, then red, then clear... See the history below. Each clear status increases by 5 seconds. And I am positive that the depended on test has not failed. Mon Apr 21 20:24:37 2008 0:04:36 Mon Apr 21 20:24:11 2008 0:00:26 Mon Apr 21 20:19:30 2008 0:04:41 Mon Apr 21 20:19:09 2008 0:00:21 Mon Apr 21 20:14:23 2008 0:04:46 Mon Apr 21 20:14:07 2008 0:00:16 Mon Apr 21 20:09:16 2008 0:04:51 Mon Apr 21 20:09:06 2008 0:00:10 Mon Apr 21 20:04:09 2008 0:04:57 Mon Apr 21 20:04:04 2008 0:00:05 Mon Apr 21 20:00:04 2008 0:04:00 Syntax is like this: 0.0.0.0 http-a-chryslerfirst # noconn http://www.chryslerfirst.com=192.168.254.94 depends=(http:was-b-chryslerfirst/http,was-c-chryslerfirst/http) Anyone experience the same thing or have any idea how to troubleshoot? Using 20080103 snapshot. Thanks! D. Stuffle

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admin-senders
by matthew.epp＠us.army.mil 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Are enable/disable commands included in the information forwarded by a proxy as per the admin-senders parameter? I have one main server that receives events from a proxied secondary, all data comes through normally, but when I blue something out on the secondary, the command does not get automatically applied to the master. If this is not the case, has anyone attempted to implement such a system? Also, has anyone attempted setting up a multi-master environment, where each server would run a proxy on port 1984, forwarding to every other server on their display port 1985 (to avoid infinite looping of data)? If so, any problems encountered?

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What's the syntax to display multiple graphs on a status page?
by john.d.burk＠gmail.com 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

All data is in the same rrd file. The 2nd graph [mysqlrunningthreads] works if I swap out its name for the working [mysql] graph. Is this possible, or is it one graph per status page, and only show multiples on the trends page? The trends page for the mysql server is getting pretty long. john burk

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Todays (20080430) snapshot
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '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 -o bbhostgrep bbhostgrep.o .. /lib/libhobbit.a -L/usr/local/lib -lz -lnsl /usr/ccs/bin/ld: Unsatisfied symbols: SSL_write (code) SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file (code) SSL_get_error (code) process_receive (code) SSL_CTX_ctrl (code) ERR_print_errors_fp (code) SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file (code) SSLv23_client_method (code) SSL_load_error_strings (code) SSL_shutdown (code) SSL_read (code) SSL_CTX_check_private_key (code) SSL_do_handshake (code) SSL_CTX_new (code) SSL_free (code) SSL_library_init (code) collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [bbhostgrep] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hobbit/snapshot/common' make: *** [common-build] Error 2 $ -- Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "I am not young enough to know everything." -- Oscar Wilde

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All stock Hobbit tests work on remote host, except for 'clock'
by john.d.burk＠gmail.com 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

it works on the localhost, but not on the (only monitoring 1 for now) remote host. Every item in the remote host's clock.rrd is 'nan'. Any hints where to start looking? john burk

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Newbie question: have (looks like) valid rrd data, can't get the graph to appear in the status page
by john.d.burk＠gmail.com 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Can someone see what I'm missing? I get a 'hobbit graph ncv:mysl' link in the mysql status and trends pages, but no graph. here's the data as it appears in the status page: (ignore the low values for ThreadsCreated and OpenedTables, these are values over the last sample interval - could probably have done this with a DERIVE rrd dataType - I do the calcs in my collection script) ===================================== QueriesPerSecAvg:5177 QueriesPerSec:1851 ThreadsConnected:396 ThreadsCreated:0 OpenFiles:19751 OpenTables:12500 OpenedTables:0 ===================================== here's my block from hobbitgraph.cfg: ===================================== [mysql] TITLE MySQL Queries Per Second YAXIS # DEF:qpsavg=mysql.rrd:QueriesPerSecAvg:GAUGE DEF:qps=mysql.rrd:QueriesPerSec:GAUGE LINE2:qpsavg#0C0C0C:QpsAvg LINE2:qps#C0C0C0:Qps GPRINT:qpsavg:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:qpsavg:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:qpsavg:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:qpsavg:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n GPRINT:qps:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:qps:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:qps:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:qps:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n ===================================== hobbitserver.cfg: ===================================== TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tcp,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,files,procs=processes,ports,clock,lines,mysql=ncv" NCV_mysql="*:GAUGE" GRAPHS="la,vmstat,memory,processes,inode,qtree,files,users,disk,iostat,tcp.http,tcp,ncv,netstat,ifstat,mrtg::1,ports,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,clock,lines,mysql" ===================================== bb-hosts.cfg ===================================== xx.xx.xx.xx greenjeans # conn mysql TRENDS:*,!tcp,!netstat2 ===================================== here's the output of "rrdtool info ../../data/rrd/greenjeans/mysql.rrd" ===================================== filename = "../../data/rrd/greenjeans/mysql.rrd" rrd_version = "0003" step = 300 last_update = 1209502058 ds[QueriesPerSecAvg].type = "GAUGE" ds[QueriesPerSecAvg].minimal_heartbeat = 600 ds[QueriesPerSecAvg].min = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[QueriesPerSecAvg].max = NaN ds[QueriesPerSecAvg].last_ds = "5186" ds[QueriesPerSecAvg].value = 8.1958000000e+05 ds[QueriesPerSecAvg].unknown_sec = 0 ds[QueriesPerSec].type = "GAUGE" ds[QueriesPerSec].minimal_heartbeat = 600 ds[QueriesPerSec].min = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[QueriesPerSec].max = NaN ds[QueriesPerSec].last_ds = "1386" ds[QueriesPerSec].value = 2.5088800000e+05 ds[QueriesPerSec].unknown_sec = 0 ds[ThreadsConnected].type = "GAUGE" ds[ThreadsConnected].minimal_heartbeat = 600 ds[ThreadsConnected].min = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[ThreadsConnected].max = NaN ds[ThreadsConnected].last_ds = "374" ds[ThreadsConnected].value = 6.0887000000e+04 ds[ThreadsConnected].unknown_sec = 0 ds[ThreadsCreated].type = "GAUGE" ds[ThreadsCreated].minimal_heartbeat = 600 ds[ThreadsCreated].min = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[ThreadsCreated].max = NaN ds[ThreadsCreated].last_ds = "0" ds[ThreadsCreated].value = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[ThreadsCreated].unknown_sec = 0 ds[OpenFiles].type = "GAUGE" ds[OpenFiles].minimal_heartbeat = 600 ds[OpenFiles].min = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[OpenFiles].max = NaN ds[OpenFiles].last_ds = "19685" ds[OpenFiles].value = 3.1083160000e+06 ds[OpenFiles].unknown_sec = 0 ds[OpenTables].type = "GAUGE" ds[OpenTables].minimal_heartbeat = 600 ds[OpenTables].min = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[OpenTables].max = NaN ds[OpenTables].last_ds = "12500" ds[OpenTables].value = 1.9750000000e+06 ds[OpenTables].unknown_sec = 0 ds[OpenedTables].type = "GAUGE" ds[OpenedTables].minimal_heartbeat = 600 ds[OpenedTables].min = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[OpenedTables].max = NaN ds[OpenedTables].last_ds = "0" ds[OpenedTables].value = 7.8000000000e+01 ds[OpenedTables].unknown_sec = 0 rra[0].cf = "AVERAGE" rra[0].rows = 576 rra[0].pdp_per_row = 1 rra[0].xff = 5.0000000000e-01 rra[0].cdp_prep[0].value = NaN rra[0].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[0].cdp_prep[1].value = NaN rra[0].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[0].cdp_prep[2].value = NaN rra[0].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[0].cdp_prep[3].value = NaN rra[0].cdp_prep[3].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[0].cdp_prep[4].value = NaN rra[0].cdp_prep[4].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[0].cdp_prep[5].value = NaN rra[0].cdp_prep[5].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[0].cdp_prep[6].value = NaN rra[0].cdp_prep[6].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[1].cf = "AVERAGE" rra[1].rows = 576 rra[1].pdp_per_row = 6 rra[1].xff = 5.0000000000e-01 rra[1].cdp_prep[0].value = 1.5580810000e+04 rra[1].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[1].cdp_prep[1].value = 4.7480566667e+03 rra[1].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[1].cdp_prep[2].value = 4.0307553957e+02 rra[1].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 2 rra[1].cdp_prep[3].value = 0.0000000000e+00 rra[1].cdp_prep[3].unknown_datapoints = 2 rra[1].cdp_prep[4].value = 1.9674374101e+04 rra[1].cdp_prep[4].unknown_datapoints = 2 rra[1].cdp_prep[5].value = 1.2499100719e+04 rra[1].cdp_prep[5].unknown_datapoints = 2 rra[1].cdp_prep[6].value = 1.0107913669e+00 rra[1].cdp_prep[6].unknown_datapoints = 2 rra[2].cf = "AVERAGE" rra[2].rows = 576 rra[2].pdp_per_row = 24 rra[2].xff = 5.0000000000e-01 rra[2].cdp_prep[0].value = 4.6847800000e+04 rra[2].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[2].cdp_prep[1].value = 1.3392856667e+04 rra[2].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0 rra[2].cdp_prep[2].value = 1.6543988729e+03 rra[2].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 5 rra[2].cdp_prep[3].value = 5.0000000000e-02 rra[2].cdp_prep[3].unknown_datapoints = 5 rra[2].cdp_prep[4].value = 7.8531830767e+04 rra[2].cdp_prep[4].unknown_datapoints = 5 rra[2].cdp_prep[5].value = 4.9999100719e+04 rra[2].cdp_prep[5].unknown_datapoints = 5 rra[2].cdp_prep[6].value = 1.4874580336e+00 rra[2].cdp_prep[6].unknown_datapoints = 5 rra[3].cf = "AVERAGE" rra[3].rows = 576 rra[3].pdp_per_row = 288 rra[3].xff = 5.0000000000e-01 rra[3].cdp_prep[0].value = 1.7319647667e+05 rra[3].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 216 rra[3].cdp_prep[1].value = 5.8770938095e+04 rra[3].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 216 rra[3].cdp_prep[2].value = 1.0685098873e+04 rra[3].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 221 rra[3].cdp_prep[3].value = 7.9333333333e-01 rra[3].cdp_prep[3].unknown_datapoints = 221 rra[3].cdp_prep[4].value = 5.4433304886e+05 rra[3].cdp_prep[4].unknown_datapoints = 221 rra[3].cdp_prep[5].value = 3.4992956739e+05 rra[3].cdp_prep[5].unknown_datapoints = 221 rra[3].cdp_prep[6].value = 1.1470791367e+01 rra[3].cdp_prep[6].unknown_datapoints = 221 ===================================== john burk

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CLIENT vs. NAME
by eric.jacobs＠thomastechsolutions.com 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Long time ago, servers were set up with "wrong" name. To correct hobbit display "NAME" variable was used in bb-hosts file for these servers. But I notice that email alerts are sent out with "wrong" name. If I used correct name in entry and used "CLIENT" variable to list name that would be seen by Hobbit server, would email alerts go out with correct name? And, if I make that change now, does that screw up any of the old saved data?

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