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client-local.cfg ignore regexp
by ricardo＠redix.com.br 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hi, In hobbit-clients.cfg I had a problem with regular expressions above 555 characters, so I tried to put some keywords in the client-local.cfg this way... e.g.: [linux] log:/var/log/messages:10240 ignore %User.*printed\s\d+\spages|name\slookup\sfailed I tried with and without the % sign. None worked. Not even "ignore lookup" worked. And yes, I waited at least 2 poll periods. Searching old e-mails, one said it was needed to install a snapshot newer than may 16 2006. We are running version 4.2.0 downloaded from the official website with the latest all-in-one patch (2007-02-09). So it's not that old. -- 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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bb-prtdiag v4.11 released
by craig＠cookitservices.com 08 May '08

08 May '08

Just been posted to www.deadcat.net. # 4.11 - Removed extra "}" in the check_temp_status section # - Removed low temperature checks # - Rewrote sunfire Active Boards check # - Added Temperature and Fan checks for Ultra 25 # - Added install instructions for Hobbitmon (because of the extra "}" I am not 100% sure temperature checks in 4.10 were working correctly). Craig Cook

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hobbitfetch not reading data
by matthew.epp＠us.army.mil 07 May '08

07 May '08

Ok so I'm attempting to set up hobbitfetch for the first time with a few new clients. I've followed all the steps that should have gotten it working: 1. Enabled the msgcache on the client and verified connectivity on port 1984 from the server to the client. 2. Set the BBDISP to 127.0.0.1 on the client. 3. Added pulldata to the bb-hosts entry on the server and made sure the IP being used is a real and valid one. 4. Enabled the hobbitfetch process on the server. Everything appears to be running on both ends, but no data was coming back. So I enabled debug mode for hobbitfetch and msgcache on each end. hobbitfetch.log: ---------------- 2008-05-07 21:56:02 Queuing request 2 to 10.10.10.10:1984 for host.foo.bar: 'pullclient 1 ' 2008-05-07 21:56:02 Sent 13 bytes to 10.10.10.10:1984 (req 2) 2008-05-07 21:56:02 Done reading data from 10.10.10.10:1984 (req 2) 2008-05-07 21:56:02 Doing cleanup 2008-05-07 21:56:02 Next poll of host.foo.bar in 65 seconds 2008-05-07 21:56:02 Request completed: req 2, peer 10.10.10.10:1984, action was 2, type was 0 ---------------- Looks ok I guess, not sure what exact arguments pullclient is normally supposed to feed to the client though. And the msgcache.log: --------------------- 2008-05-07 21:52:44 New connection 2008-05-07 21:52:44 -> oksender 2008-05-07 21:52:44 <- oksender(1-a) 2008-05-07 21:52:44 Got pullclient request: pullclient 1 2008-05-07 21:52:44 Saved client response: --------------------- However in the hobbitclient.log I get the default version output as if the data being sent to the bb command isn't formatted right: Hobbit version 4.2.0 Usage: /cust/bb/client/bin/bb [--debug] [--proxy=http://ip.of.the.proxy:port/] RECIPIENT DATA RECIPIENT: IP-address, hostname or URL DATA: Message to send, or "-" to read from stdin If I try running the command: ./bb 127.0.0.1 "pullclient" on the client, or the same with the client's IP from the server, I get nothing. Now I found something when searching the mailing list: http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2007/07/msg00513.html So I applied this patch to my client just to see if that would help, but no dice. Are there any other things I can try, debug commands, etc?

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re-enabling disabled alerts
by eric.jacobs＠thomastechsolutions.com 07 May '08

07 May '08

Try as I might, I can't seem to get "msgs" re-enabled for a particular monitored server. I've used re-enable from "info" column to no avail. I even tried "disabling" msgs again and re-enabling. (Monitored server is NT4 box running BBWin). I checked on Hobbit server in disabled directory, and there is nothing there. Anything else I can try? Eric Jacobs

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Builds of Hobbit client for ancient operating systems?
by Doug.Linder＠sabic-ip.com 07 May '08

07 May '08

Hi All, I'm new to the list. I've been asked to see if there's any way to get the hobbit client on some of our... more elderly systems, such as HP-UX 10.10, 10.20, 11.00, and Solaris 6. None of these systems have gcc on them as far as I know, and installing gcc on systems that old is a major challenge just due to available disk space if nothing else (such as dependencies), so compiling copies myself would be a big undertaking. Does anyone maybe know of some dusty, forgotten corner of the net where Hobbit clients for those operating systems might be available? Or have one of those systems runing with gcc and be willing to compile a couple clients for me? Thanks, Doug --- Doug Linder UNIX Administrator Sabic (CompuCom), Pittsfield, MA

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[hobbit] hobbit client
by forums＠triadbiz.rr.com 07 May '08

07 May '08

No change at all. Here is what the hobbit-clients.cfg looks like: HOST=%gsonc-spg-vod-t* LOAD 17.0 22.0 DISK * 70 75 -Josh From: Galen Johnson [mailto:Galen.Johnson at sas.com] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 1:36 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit client Does anything happen when you change that threshhold to 70/75? Do you at least get the yellow/red icon? =G= From: Joshua Krause [mailto:forums at triadbiz.rr.com] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 1:04 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit client That is what I am trying to say, it is not being caught by DEFAULT so I tried to define it separately and it is still not working. Josh From: Johann Eggers [mailto:Johann.Eggers at teleatlas.com] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:58 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit client The disk threshold for this machine is catched in the DEFAULT section unless you define it for this host separately. -Johann _____ From: Galen Johnson [mailto:Galen.Johnson at sas.com] Sent: Montag, 5. Mai 2008 17:36 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit client Unless you have alert on yellow enabled, it won't alert until disk reaches 95% unless I'm missing something. =G= From: Joshua Krause [mailto:forums at triadbiz.rr.com] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:29 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] hobbit client I've got a group of servers running the hobbit client and my disk is not being alerted on. Here is a sample from the disk page in hobbit: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 7.9G 6.8G 749M 91% / /dev/sda1 99M 34M 60M 37% /boot /dev/sda3 24G 429M 22G 2% /export/home Status unchanged in 58 days,22 hours, 27 minutes Status message received from 172.31.129.185 Client <http://ops1/monitor-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=gsonc-spg-vod-t16-4> data available <http://ops1/monitor-cgi/hobbitgraph.sh?host=gsonc-spg-vod-t16-4&service=dis k&graph_width=576&graph_height=120&disp=gsonc%2dspg%2dvod%2dt16%2d4&nostale& color=green&action=menu> And here is what I have in the /opt/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-clients.cfg file: HOST=%gsonc-spg-ops-1 LOAD 9.0 15.0 PROC snmpd PROC snmptt PROC sec.pl PROC snmptrapd PROC mysqld HOST=%gsonc-spg-ops-2 PROC radiusd PROC mysqld HOST=%gsonc-spg-ops-3 PROC syslog-ng PROC mysqld HOST=%gsonc-spg-omea-1 PROC cron LOAD 7.0 10.0 HOST=%gsonc-spg-sunbox LOAD 11.5 12.5 MEMSWAP 85 95 HOST=%gsonc-spg-dncs FILE /export/home/dncs/mystro/bfs/Compass_OOB/rta.grp.z SIZE>1200 TRACK=rta LOAD 10.0 15.0 DISK / 95 98 DISK /cdrom IGNORE HOST=%gsonc-spg-mas* FILE /usr/local/mystro/conf/rtareports_headendinfo.properties MTIME=1128514608 TRACK=rta-reports MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 75 90 MEMACT 97 98 HOST=%gsonc-spg-rtc* LOAD 17.0 22.0 HOST=%gsonc-spg-vod-t* LOAD 17.0 22.0 HOST=%gsonc-spg-vodgs* LOAD 17.0 22.0 PROC cron DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 75 90 MEMACT 90 97 I highlighted in bold the group that deals with one of the servers in question. I should use the DEFAULT group for everything except load. And load is working right and the uptime reports back good also. So it is showing the alerting on uptime via the DEFAULTS and it is alerting on LOAD with the exception. So why is DISK not alerting out or even changing colors. I have tried these to variations but they didn't work either: HOST=%gsonc-spg-vod-t* LOAD 17.0 22.0 DISK / 90 95 HOST=%gsonc-spg-vod-t* LOAD 17.0 22.0 DISK * 90 95 And neither of those worked. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, Josh

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DOWNTIME and info column
by Dominique.Frise＠unil.ch 07 May '08

07 May '08

Hi, This was already reported long time ago (http://www.hobbitmon.com/hobbiton/2006/12/msg00240.html) and maybe I missed a patch/solution to this. The info column does not display the "Planned downtime" correctly: bb-hosts -------- DOWNTIME=ldap:*:0650:0700:Regeneration info column ----------- Planned downtime: ldap:*:0650:0700:Regeneration The info column should display ------------------------------ Planned downtime: ldap:All days:0650:0700:Regeneration Dominique UNIL - University of Lausanne

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Builds of Hobbit client for ancient operating systems
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 07 May '08

07 May '08

I built with HP C-ANSI-C and gnu make on 10.20 (hobbit 4.2). I don't remember if there were any hacks. You can get gmake here http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/downloads.html and I THINK its on a HP supplied too.

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Disabling alert nightly
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 06 May '08

06 May '08

I have a device that shuts down at 7:30pm and comes back up at 7:30am. What is the best way to disable this host every single night? I would like it to be marked as disabled during this time, but I definitely do not want the bb.html, bb2.html and bb.wml showing up red - red is bad! I also need it to stop sending email alerts. Would DOWNTIME= be what am I looking for? If so can someone explain how the day:starttime:endtime:cause[,day:starttime:endtime:cause] gets filled it? I need it to be every weekday in the evenings and nights as well as every weekend. Thanks in advance! -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer

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Difference between the actual memory and physical memory
by arun.thangappandi＠ge.com 06 May '08

06 May '08

Can any one let me know the difference between the actual memory and physical memory which is being monitored by hobbit? Thanks & Regards, Arunkumar

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