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Testing firewall/router with redundant connections
by david＠stenhouseconsulting.com 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

How should one configure the BBHOSTS file to track a firewall/router that has redundant connections? Should the host name contain an identifier string for the connection (i.e. RouterA.mydomain.com and RouterB.mydomain.com) even though it is the same physical device? David Gilmore Vice President 401.453.6900 x12 [cid:image001.jpg at 01C8D142.03D86860] ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.

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acknowledging an alert
by philwild＠gmail.com 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

hello hobbit admins, My c programming skills are poor at best. Can some one explain what this is doing? else p = msg->buf; if (sscanf(p, "%d %99s", &cookie, durstr) == 2) { log = find_cookie(abs(cookie)); This is from hobbitd.c I am trying to track down why I can't acknowledge an alert using the web interface. Every time I try, I get the following in hobbitd.log. The above test is failing and dropping me through to the error writing code. 2008-06-18 22:03:42 Bogus ack message from 10.1.50.4: 'hobbitdack 638622 10 test ' enable/disable works fine and the interface I am running from is defined as --maint-interface (removing this option has no effect). Cheers Phil -- Tel: 0400 466 952 Fax: 0433 123 226 email: philwild AT gmail.com

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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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vmware esx vdf
by gatis.anee＠gmail.com 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hi, Does anyone can help me to find out why hobbit server is not reacting on disk thresholds: clients side hobbitclient-linux.sh "df" is substituted with esx "vdf" to show vmfs volumes: $ sudo /usr/sbin/vdf | grep -vE "none|\/vmfs\/devices" | sed -e '/^[^ ][^ ]*$/{ N s/[ ]*\n[ ]*/ / }' Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 5036316 1400552 3379932 30% / /dev/sda1 101089 26731 69139 28% /boot /dev/sda6 2008108 92920 1813180 5% /var/log /vmfs/volumes/45d5a1ab-a762f091-bf2e-00145ebdbc9a 104595456 94534656 10060800 90% /vmfs/volumes/esx-lun1 /vmfs/volumes/45e3e8c9-816dfb02-6c98-00145ebdbc9a 104595456 84154368 20441088 80% /vmfs/volumes/esx-lun2 disk status page should be yellow, but it's not, it's still green (threshold is set to 85%) this is the original "df" from hobbitclient-linux.sh df -Pl -x none -x tmpfs -x shmfs -x unknown -x iso9660 | sed -e '/^[^ ][^ ]*$/{ > N > s/[ ]*\n[ ]*/ / > }' Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda2 5036316 1400552 3379932 30% / /dev/sda1 101089 26731 69139 28% /boot /dev/sda6 2008108 92916 1813184 5% /var/log both outputs looks similar

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Hobbit Graphing Question:
by JRichard＠SciQuest.com 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

All: I'm running Hobbit 4.2 I'm doing some custom graphs.I'm using the NCV module to collect the data. Some times they work and some times they don't. What I've found is that on first initialization is that the first column is dropped from the rrd. I've worked around this behavior by sending a bogus NAME:VALUE pair in my script. Then adding it to my hobbitserver.cfg like this: NCV_TcAl="bogus:GAUGE,runningcmds:GAUGE,completedcmds:GAUGE,mincmdtime:G AUGE,maxcmdtime:GAUGE,avgcmdtime:GAUGE,*:NONE" I have to send the following from my script: </PRE>  <PRE> Except for the bogus column all the RHS values are from variables. The Bogus value is hard wired to 0. Without the bogus definition on the NCV_TcAl variable, I lose the compltetecmds in the rrds and I just get the runningcmds... etc. The bogus data point doesn't cost much from a space perspective, but I am wondering if I'm just doing some thing wrong. Jim

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[hobbit] No disk and cpu status from Linux and Solaris clients
by humphb＠gmx.net 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Yes, the clients are listed in the ghost list. And now? I've build own clients for each architecture. For Debian Etch the hobbit-client package, for Suse9 and for Solaris I've build a own client nad fior the win-client bbwin. All excl. the bbwin based on version 4.2 incl. allinone Patch. humph >It sounds like the agents on your other clients are not reporting in >correctly. Check your ghost list. The tests you are getting status for >are network tests that are executed centrally, usually by the Hobbit >server. > >You have to build a client for each architecture. > >GLH >-----Original Message----- >From: Humph Rey [mailto:humphb (at) gmx.net] >Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:19 AM >To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk >Subject: [hobbit] No disk and cpu status from Linux and Solaris clients > >Hi, > >I'm running a hobbit server on OS X . It should monitor various OS X , >Linux and Solaris machines. From OS X clients I get all stats, from >Linux (Debian, Suse) and Solaris clients I get only conn, info, ssh and >trends . But there I get no disk or cpu stats. Any idea. > >humph -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger

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badconn ?
by forums＠triadbiz.rr.com 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

We had an issue with hobbit the other day where the disk went full. After clearing up the disk issue the server rebooted and ever since the reboot the "conn" column seems to be staying yellow for 20 min and then going red. But in our bb-hosts file we have it set "badconn:1:1:5". Anyone have any clues????? -Josh

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Multigraphs with custom SCV datasets
by jasonlfunk＠gmail.com 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Is it possible to use the multigraphs option with custom SCV datasets? I have a script that returns me 15 unique values from a server. I would like a graph of all of these, but placing them all on the same graph isn't helpful. I've read that using adding the multigraphs option to hobbitcgi.cfg will turn on this feature, but instead I get a 1 graph with all of my data plots and then links (hobbit graph ncv:moirad) below it. I was able to turn on the feature for non-custom scv datasets (such as inode) but can't get it to work for this. Here are the relevant parts of my configuration: hobbitserver.cfg -------------------------------- TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk, --cut-- ,moirad=ncv" hobbitcgi.cfg ------------------------------- CGI_SVC_OPTS="--env=/usr/pkg/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --no-svcid --history=top --multigraphs=disk,inode,moirad" hobbitgraphs.cfg ------------------------------ [moirad] TITLE Moira Server Stats YAXIS # DEF:nconnects=moirad.rrd:nconnects:AVERAGE DEF:nauths=moirad.rrd:nauths:AVERAGE DEF:nauthsv4=moirad.rrd:nauthsv4:AVERAGE DEF:nauthfails=moirad.rrd:nauthfails:AVERAGE ----- CUT ----- GPRINT:nqueries:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n GPRINT:nincrementals:LAST:Incrementals \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:nincrementals:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:nincrementals:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:nincrementals:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n Is what I am trying to do even possible? Jason Funk

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BBWin and Hobbit msgs log question.
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

HOBBIT SERVER: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R runnint Hobbit 4.2 BBWIN CLIENT: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790) running BBWin V.12 On the hobbit server I have the following event logs under msgs that are coming from the BBWin server. I am not sure how I can monitor these log messages. Full log eventlog_application information - 2008/06/16 09:52:34 - sshd (0) - The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sshd ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: sshd: PID 3320: Connection closed by 128.210.3.177. information - 2008/06/16 09:47:33 - sshd (0) - The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sshd ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: sshd: PID 3524: Connection closed by 128.210.3.177. What would I put in the hobbit server hobbit-clients.cfg file to make the msgs icon for the bbwin client turn yellow. I had tried LOG event_application information color=yellow But that did not work. 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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Someone needs to do this for hobbit
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

If they can do this for Nagios, certainly they can do it for hobbit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15rUkIJ25EE Jason Chambers IT Help Desk Associate GEOSOFT INC. freedom to explore T +1 416.369.0111 #344 F +1 416.369.9599 Visit our site at www.geosoft.com

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