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http network test
by ralphmitchell＠gmail.com 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

I've got a few instances of a.b.c.d www.server.com # http://www.server.com/ and the http column shows up just fine, including the time the test took and a nice graph. The question I was just asked is, is it possible to specify "max response time", so that if the time shown is greater than N seconds I get a red flag?? I don't see a way to set that in the man pages for either bb-hosts or hobbit-client.cfg. Thanks, Ralph Mitchell

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Memory and CPU usage by a process
by vadud3＠gmail.com 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '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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[hobbit] hobbitlaunch segfault / timewarp happend again
by dddugan＠iastate.edu 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

I recently brought up a new client that has trouble keeping accurate time...so I began encountering this time warp issue. As pointed out by Henrik in January, it is definitely an infinite loop where errprintf() calls getcurrenttime() to get its timestamp. The attached patch modifies the functions in errormsg.c to use time() instead of getcurrenttime(). That avoids any recursion-infinite loop problems, and logs or prints errors with the system's actual time instead of a Hobbit-adjusted-for-sanity time. In the absence of accurate time, I think it would be best to log in the system's time so that you can correlate Hobbit logs with other system logs. Working for me so far, but use at your own risk. Comments? Cheers. Darin Dugan dddugan at iastate.edu -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Keller [mailto:hobbit at alexkeller.de] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:22 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbitlaunch segfault / timewarp happend again Hi, unfortunately nobody answered to my posting, so I did a quick'n dirty hack to prevent timewarp segfaults in hobbitlaunch. Just comment out the errprintf-statement in lib/timefunc.c: if (timewarphappened) { /* * Tell the world about it. * Must do this AFTER changing timewarp and lastresult, * or we will start an endless loop triggering a stack * overflow because errprintf() calls getcurrenttime(). */ /* * **** prevent segfault: do not log time warp. **** * errprintf("Time warp detected: Adjusting returned clock by %d seconds\n", timewarp); */ } This is not a real solution, but it works for me. Maybe there is somebody out, who can fix this issue properly :-) Regards Alexander > 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 To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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ping intervals
by gleonard＠progrexion.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

I have some servers that it is critical that I know they are down within at the most a minute to two minutes... hobbit polls every 5min if I remember right? How do I decrease the polling intervals so I can catch these connection problems quicker? Thanks in advance... Gavin Leonard [cid:image001.gif at 01C8B6EA.EB59EA00] Director, Systems-Network Engineering T 801-828-1735 F 801-828-1704 E gleonard at progrexion.com<mailto:gleonard at progrexion.com> Research | Marketing | Sales Generation www.progrexion.com<http://www.progrexion.com/> This email and its contents are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this email and do not use or disclose the information within this email or its attachments. Thank you.

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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] "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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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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