May 2008 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Mailing list problems - hopefully resolved now
by henrik＠hswn.dk 28 May '08

28 May '08

my server hosting the Hobbit mailing list had developed a disk/filesystem problem affecting the list of subscribers to the mailing list. This held up processing of mails sent to the list, which is why you haven't received any mails from the list the past couple of days. It should be fixed now, although I had to re-create the subscriber list from the log of subscribe/unsubscribe events over the past 3 years. I believe I got that right, but if You find yourself suddenly getting mails from the list after you have unsubscribed, please accept my apologies in advance - and unsubscribe either by mailing me, or by mailing the automatic list manager at hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk Regards, Henrik

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ghostlist
by philwild＠gmail.com 28 May '08

28 May '08

Hi Henrik Sorry to ask this directly, hopefully you can help me. I have asked this of the group a couple of times but have not had a suitable answer back. I am trying to use the output received from hobbitd when issuing the bb ghostlist command. The command reports correctly, but after modifying the bb-hosts file, ghostlist continues to report ghosts. I need to do a full restart of hobbit to get hobbitd reporting correctly. I started digging through the source tonight but I have to admit that I just can't understand C well enough. hobbitd knows the bb-hosts file has been updated because the host appears on the webpage, but ghostlist still reports it incorrectly. Is a restart the only way to resolve this? Could I HUP a process to fix it? Many thanks Phil -- Tel: 0400 466 952 Fax: 0433 123 226 email: philwild AT gmail.com

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hobbitmon.com page down?
by jonescr＠cisco.com 27 May '08

27 May '08

FYI I can't get to either hobbitmon.com or hswn.dk. -Charles

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Duplicate messages in list digest
by robert.herron＠gmail.com 27 May '08

27 May '08

I'm subscribed in digest mode. Duplicate messages are being sent in the digest. This started on Friday. Anyone else seeing this? I included a truncated copy of the last digest I received. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <hobbit-digest-help at hswn.dk> Date: Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:08 AM Subject: hobbit Digest 27 May 2008 13:08:02 -0000 Issue 1079 To: hobbit at hswn.dk hobbit Digest 27 May 2008 13:08:02 -0000 Issue 1079 Topics (messages 19420 through 19443): Error compiling todays snapshot (27/5) 19420 by: Lars Ebeling 19429 by: Lars Ebeling monitor of Lustre-Filesystem 19421 by: Martin Flemming 19426 by: Martin Flemming 19430 by: Martin Flemming <SNIP> Re: Random hobbit newbie questions 19425 by: Johan Björklund 19434 by: Johan Björklund <SNIP> Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: <hobbit-digest-subscribe at hswn.dk> To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: <hobbit-digest-unsubscribe at hswn.dk> To post to the list, e-mail: <hobbit at hswn.dk> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lars Ebeling" <lars.ebeling at leopg9.no-ip.org> To: "hobbit" <hobbit at hswn.dk> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 06:35:55 +0200 Subject: Error compiling todays snapshot (27/5) Probably known problems but: gcc -g -O -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHPUX -I. -I /home/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/local/include -c -o loaddata.o loaddata.c loaddata.c: In function `load_state': loaddata.c:418: warning: passing arg 4 of `sendmessage' from incompatible pointe r type loaddata.c:418: error: too many arguments to function `sendmessage' loaddata.c:422: warning: passing arg 4 of `sendmessage' from incompatible pointe r type loaddata.c:422: error: too many arguments to function `sendmessage' make[1]: *** [loaddata.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hobbit/snapshot/bbdisplay' make: *** [bbdisplay-build] Error 2 -- Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "I am not young enough to know everything." -- Oscar Wilde ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lars Ebeling" <lars.ebeling at leopg9.no-ip.org> To: "hobbit" <hobbit at hswn.dk> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 06:35:55 +0200 Subject: Error compiling todays snapshot (27/5) Probably known problems but: gcc -g -O -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHPUX -I. -I /home/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/local/include -c -o loaddata.o loaddata.c loaddata.c: In function `load_state': loaddata.c:418: warning: passing arg 4 of `sendmessage' from incompatible pointe r type loaddata.c:418: error: too many arguments to function `sendmessage' loaddata.c:422: warning: passing arg 4 of `sendmessage' from incompatible pointe r type loaddata.c:422: error: too many arguments to function `sendmessage' make[1]: *** [loaddata.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hobbit/snapshot/bbdisplay' make: *** [bbdisplay-build] Error 2 -- Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "I am not young enough to know everything." -- Oscar Wilde ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martin Flemming <martin.flemming at desy.de> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:19:45 +0200 (CEST) Subject: monitor of Lustre-Filesystem Hi ! Got somebody a client or server-monitor-script for the Lustre-Filesystem or give me hint what can i do ? Thanks & Cheers Martin ______________________________________________________ Martin Flemming DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de ______________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martin Flemming <martin.flemming at desy.de> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:19:45 +0200 (CEST) Subject: monitor of Lustre-Filesystem Hi ! Got somebody a client or server-monitor-script for the Lustre-Filesystem or give me hint what can i do ? Thanks & Cheers Martin ______________________________________________________ Martin Flemming DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de ______________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martin Flemming <martin.flemming at desy.de> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:19:45 +0200 (CEST) Subject: monitor of Lustre-Filesystem Hi ! Got somebody a client or server-monitor-script for the Lustre-Filesystem or give me hint what can i do ? Thanks & Cheers Martin ______________________________________________________ Martin Flemming DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de ______________________________________________________ <SNIP> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Johan Björklund <the at whero.net> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 10:09:19 +0200 Subject: Re: [hobbit] Random hobbit newbie questions On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 18:49 CEST, "Linder, Doug (SABIC Innovative Plastics, consultant)" < Doug.Linder at sabic-ip.com> wrote: > Is there a difference between MEMSWAP and SWAP? If not, why is it > listed twice in the defaults? If so, what is the difference? As far as I have read the documentation you can use either keyword. SWAP is just three letters shorter than MEMSWAP (according to documentation you can use either MEMPHYS, PHYS, MEMACT, ACT, MEMSWAP and SWAP). > Unfortunately I can't find any details about what the default names of > the "classes named by the operating system" are, so I don't know which > strings to put after "CLASS=" in my hobbit-clients.cfg file. Is there a > list somewhere? CLASS is up to you to define. You could use it to classify and group togehter simlar systems in i.e. hobbit-clients.cfg (the most practical place to use this flag). On the clients define CLASS=webfront and in your hobbit-clients.cfg write this: CLASS=webfront PROC java PROC httpd 10 You could achive the same thing using regexp, like: HOST=%web(1-9).mydomain.com PROC java PROC httpd 10 Which soultion you use depends more on what you feels are the most practiacal solution. > 3) There are a couple columns in the default configuration that I don't > want, like "files". On the page in question, the status icon for every > system is "clear" (white). I want to use the "drop" option to the bb > command to do this. I issued this command for every host on the page in > question: You've got many suggestions already, but I have one more solution: update your clientdata channel, this is what my channel looks like: [clientdata] ENVFILE /home/hobbitd/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/clientdata.log hobbitd_client --no-clear-msgs --no-clear-files --no-clear-ports This tells hobbitd_client to not generate CLEAR status if no test data is defined for MSGS, FILES or PORTS. All of the above implies that you use central configuration. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Johan Björklund <the at whero.net> http://whero.net/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. I TURN UP ONLY ONCE. | (Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchet) +-------------------------------- ------ ----- ---- --- -- - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Johan Björklund <the at whero.net> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 10:09:19 +0200 Subject: Re: [hobbit] Random hobbit newbie questions On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 18:49 CEST, "Linder, Doug (SABIC Innovative Plastics, consultant)" < Doug.Linder at sabic-ip.com> wrote: > Is there a difference between MEMSWAP and SWAP? If not, why is it > listed twice in the defaults? If so, what is the difference? As far as I have read the documentation you can use either keyword. SWAP is just three letters shorter than MEMSWAP (according to documentation you can use either MEMPHYS, PHYS, MEMACT, ACT, MEMSWAP and SWAP). > Unfortunately I can't find any details about what the default names of > the "classes named by the operating system" are, so I don't know which > strings to put after "CLASS=" in my hobbit-clients.cfg file. Is there a > list somewhere? CLASS is up to you to define. You could use it to classify and group togehter simlar systems in i.e. hobbit-clients.cfg (the most practical place to use this flag). On the clients define CLASS=webfront and in your hobbit-clients.cfg write this: CLASS=webfront PROC java PROC httpd 10 You could achive the same thing using regexp, like: HOST=%web(1-9).mydomain.com PROC java PROC httpd 10 Which soultion you use depends more on what you feels are the most practiacal solution. > 3) There are a couple columns in the default configuration that I don't > want, like "files". On the page in question, the status icon for every > system is "clear" (white). I want to use the "drop" option to the bb > command to do this. I issued this command for every host on the page in > question: You've got many suggestions already, but I have one more solution: update your clientdata channel, this is what my channel looks like: [clientdata] ENVFILE /home/hobbitd/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/clientdata.log hobbitd_client --no-clear-msgs --no-clear-files --no-clear-ports This tells hobbitd_client to not generate CLEAR status if no test data is defined for MSGS, FILES or PORTS. All of the above implies that you use central configuration. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Johan Björklund <the at whero.net> http://whero.net/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. I TURN UP ONLY ONCE. | (Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchet) +-------------------------------- ------ ----- ---- --- -- -

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alerts config questions
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 27 May '08

27 May '08

Are there any known issues with the hobbit-alerts.cfg handling of colors? I ask because I set up some rules and specified COLOR=red, yet when the service I am testing on goes yellow, we are receiving email alerts. I only want to receive the alert for the critical case, not the warning case. Any ideas?

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monitor of Lustre-Filesystem
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hi ! Got somebody a client or server-monitor-script for the Lustre-Filesystem or give me hint what can i do ? Thanks & Cheers Martin ______________________________________________________ Martin Flemming DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de ______________________________________________________

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Random hobbit newbie questions
by Doug.Linder＠sabic-ip.com 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hi Everyone, I'm relatively new to Hobbit. I like it a lot, but I do have a few random questions. I've been reading the documentation a lot and haven't found the answers, so I hope the answers don't turn out to be "see the man page". :) I have to say I really like the documentation to Hobbit. At first glance it seems a bit short, but on reading it I find that it manages to be packed with information which is written in a nice concise, efficient, jargon-free, and human-readable way. The comments in the config files are also excellent, although sometimes the information in there is slightly different from what's in the documentation page for that file - sometimes there's info in one place that isn't in the other. I wish more documentation in the IT field were written like this. My only suggestion is that it would be helpful for us new folks to have some kind of general overview that describes (or better yet, shows in a flowchart) how data flows between client, server, the various tests, the web server, how the various config files fit in, and so on. The information is currently in there but it takes a good bit of reading and experimenting before you really start to "get it". Questions: 1) In the hobbit-clients.cfg file, I this is in the comments: # Defaults: MEMPHYS warnlevel=100 paniclevel=101 (i.e. it will never go red) # MEMSWAP warnlevel=50 paniclevel=80 # MEMACT warnlevel=90 paniclevel=97 # Note: The words "PHYS", "ACT" and "SWAP" are also recognized. And then later on, there is this bit: # These are the built-in defaults. # SWAP 20 40 # MEMSWAP 50 80 Is there a difference between MEMSWAP and SWAP? If not, why is it listed twice in the defaults? If so, what is the difference? 2) In the documentation page for hobbit-clients.cfg, there is this statement: "CLASS=classname - Rule match by the client class-name. You specify the class-name for a host when starting the client through the "--class=NAME" option to the runclient.sh script. If no class is specified, the host by default goes into a class named by the operating system." Unfortunately I can't find any details about what the default names of the "classes named by the operating system" are, so I don't know which strings to put after "CLASS=" in my hobbit-clients.cfg file. Is there a list somewhere? 3) There are a couple columns in the default configuration that I don't want, like "files". On the page in question, the status icon for every system is "clear" (white). I want to use the "drop" option to the bb command to do this. I issued this command for every host on the page in question: bb localhost "drop <hostname> files" That works for a minute or two. On the next page refresh, almost all of the hosts have the column empty (just a dash), but a few of them are back to "clear" already. After one or two refreshes, all the systems are back at clear status. How can I get hobbit to drop the column forever, permanently, completely, without leaving old history files around and stuff? Thanks for any tips! --- Doug Linder UNIX Systems Administrator CompuCom Systems, Inc. SABIC Innovative Plastics T: 413 448 7563 D: *838 7563 E: doug.linder at sabic-ip.com <mailto:doug.linderrdoug.linder at sabic-ip.com>

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Error compiling todays snapshot (27/5)
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 27 May '08

27 May '08

Probably known problems but: gcc -g -O -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHPUX -I. -I /home/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/local/include -c -o loaddata.o loaddata.c loaddata.c: In function `load_state': loaddata.c:418: warning: passing arg 4 of `sendmessage' from incompatible pointe r type loaddata.c:418: error: too many arguments to function `sendmessage' loaddata.c:422: warning: passing arg 4 of `sendmessage' from incompatible pointe r type loaddata.c:422: error: too many arguments to function `sendmessage' make[1]: *** [loaddata.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hobbit/snapshot/bbdisplay' make: *** [bbdisplay-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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http response time
by ralphmitchell＠gmail.com 26 May '08

26 May '08

I've just been asked if it's possible to alert on the response time recorded in the built-in http test. Anybody know?? I don't see anything in the manual pages that would suggest it can be done. Thanks, Ralph Mitchell

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using NCV
by forums＠triadbiz.rr.com 26 May '08

26 May '08

I am currently using ncv to graph some of my cisco switches temperature. And would like to use it to graph some of my DC Power Plant and UPS Temps. The cisco switch columns are called temps and the dc power plant and upss columns are called temp. The cisco switches are working but the dc power plants and upss arent. I have put 2 entries into the hobbit-server.cfg: TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tcp,di g=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sendmail,ma ilq,nmailq=ma q,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,files,procs=proces ses,ports,clock,lines,if_load=devmon,temp=ncv,temps=ncv,processor=ncv" NCV_temps="TEMP:GAUGE" NCV_temp="*:GAUGE" And here is what my hobbitgraph.cfg looks like: [temp] TITLE Temperature YAXIS Celsius DEF:in at RRDIDX@=temp.rrd:TEMP:AVERAGE AREA:in at RRDIDX@#00CC00:@RRDPARAM@ Temperature GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:LAST: %5.1lf %s (cur) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:MAX: %5.1lf %s (max) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:MIN: %5.1lf %s (min) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %5.1lf %s (avg)\n [temps] TITLE Temperature YAXIS Celsius DEF:in at RRDIDX@=temps.rrd:TEMP:AVERAGE AREA:in at RRDIDX@#00CC00:@RRDPARAM@ Temperature GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:LAST: %5.1lf %s (cur) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:MAX: %5.1lf %s (max) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:MIN: %5.1lf %s (min) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %5.1lf %s (avg)\n And here is what I have in my DC Power Plant message file for devmon:  {temp.color} Interal Temperature: {temp}Â°C ({tempF}Â°F) And here is what I have in my UPSs message file for devmon:  {battTempA.color} Battery Temperature: {battTempA}Â°C ({battTempAF}Â°F) {battTempB.color} Transformer Temperature: {battTempB}Â°C ({battTempBF}Â°F) I dont know if that is the proper way to use ncv for multiple values Any ideas on why it isnt graphing. -Josh

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