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Multigraphs not working for me
by Nicholas.Jackson＠chevron.com 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

I have added a client-side extended memory test, reporting data in NCV format... MemTotal : 7455892 MemFree : 1634780 Buffers : 249556 Cached : 4334324 SwapCached : 0 Active : 1228884 Inactive : 3888452 HighTotal : 0 HighFree : 0 LowTotal : 7455892 LowFree : 1634780 SwapTotal : 16386376 SwapFree : 16386376 Dirty : 76 Writeback : 0 Mapped : 617044 Slab : 647980 CommitLimit : 20114320 Committed_AS : 788512 PageTables : 14848 VmallocTotal : 536870911 VmallocUsed : 27668 VmallocChunk : 536843207 HugePages_Total : 0 HugePages_Free : 0 Hugepagesize : 2048 The rrd is created correctly and a graph shows up, but with this much info I need to split it among multiple graphs. However, when adding --multigraphs=exmem to hobbitcgi.cfg, the first graphs shows up and more links are added for graphs, but they are broken images and all the lines stay on the first graph. Is this a bug? Is there a patch available? Thanks Nicholas Jackson Chevron Energy Technology Company Technical Computing Nicholas.Jackson at chevron.com <mailto:nicholas.jackson at chevron.com>

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Is there a way to clone host definitions in bb-hosts?
by john.d.burk＠gmail.com 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

I'm using hobbit for monitoring a compute cluster of nearly 1000 identical hosts. I'm using includes in my bb-hosts to keep the file length down, but my included files are comprised of hundreds of hosts all identical except for the ipaddresses and hostnames. Surely there must be a way to template this, I just can't find it in the bb-hosts manpage... << bb-hosts >> ============================== 172.16.133.45 spork # bbd http://spork/ group Qube Supervisor 172.16.136.68 greenjeans # conn mysql RAID NOCOLUMNS:files,ports TRENDS:*,vmstat:vmstat|vmstat5,mysql:mysql|mysqlthreadsconnected|mysqlthreadrunqueue|mysqlopenfiles|mysqlopentables|mysqlopenedtables|mysqlrestrictiontablerowcount page farm Farm Hosts include clients.d/opteron include clients.d/rfl include clients.d/hp_blade ============================== Right now I'm doing this: << clients.d/hpblade >> ============================== subpage chassis01 bladeChassis 01 172.16.131.20 rn0101 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.21 rn0102 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.22 rn0103 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.23 rn0104 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.24 rn0105 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.25 rn0106 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.26 rn0107 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.27 rn0108 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.28 rn0109 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.29 rn0110 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.30 rn0111 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.31 rn0112 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.32 rn0113 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.33 rn0114 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.34 rn0115 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.35 rn0116 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports subpage chassis02 bladeChassis 02 172.16.131.60 rn0201 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.61 rn0202 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.62 rn0203 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports 172.16.131.63 rn0204 # NOPROPRED:+cpu NOPROPYELLOW:+memory NOCOLUMNS:files,ports and so on in mind-numbing repetition... ============================== I'd like to be able to define the tags in a template, and simply use that template. Does this mechanism exist in bb-host? That way if/when I need to change the tags for all my hosts, I only need to do it in one place, and not on every line in 3 different files. John Burk

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Hobbit 4.2.0 failing to start properly
by SM9614＠att.com 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

Things start, pages are generated (albeit incompletely), occasionally even some alerts get sent... but then everything dies, slowly. /var/log/hobbit >tail hobbitlaunch.log 2008-06-11 13:06:50 Setting up local listener 2008-06-11 13:06:50 Setting up signal handlers 2008-06-11 13:06:50 Setting up hobbitd channels 2008-06-11 13:06:50 FATAL: hobbitd sees clientcount 1, should be 0 Check for hanging hobbitd_channel processes or stale semaphores 2008-06-11 13:06:50 Cannot setup data channel 2008-06-11 13:06:50 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1 2008-06-11 13:06:50 Task bbnet terminated by signal 15 2008-06-11 13:06:50 Loading hostnames 2008-06-11 13:06:50 Loading saved state /var/log/hobbit >tail -n 8 page.log 2008-06-11 13:06:42 Could not get shm of size 262144: No such file or directory 2008-06-11 13:06:42 Channel not available 2008-06-11 13:06:47 Could not get shm of size 262144: No such file or directory 2008-06-11 13:06:47 Channel not available 2008-06-11 13:07:50 Could not get shm of size 262144: No such file or directory 2008-06-11 13:07:50 Channel not available 2008-06-11 13:07:58 Could not get shm of size 262144: No such file or directory 2008-06-11 13:07:58 Channel not available Help? Everything was working fine earlier... stephen

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Need information on Hobbit!
by srinivas.velaga＠its.nc.gov 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Dear Sir. We are in need of monitoring tool for my Novell eDirectory servers. We have about 15 edirectory servers and we want a tool to monitor those servers. Hence I have some questions on it. 1, Can we run these from workstation to monitor all the servers. 2, In each server, we want monitor things like server up/down, ports. Memory, disk space and so on. Can we monitor all those for each server. 3, Do we need to install this on each server, if so how this impacts on directory performance. 4, Does it show like green/red light when the server is up/down. It'd very nice of you if you could provide me this information. Thanks & Best Regards, Srini.

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include error
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

I am running hobbit 4.2 on SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R I was using m4 to build my bb-hosts file and so decided to move to the bb-hosts include tag. I made the changes and I am now getting WARNING: Cannot open include file '/local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-workstations ', line was:include /local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-workstations WARNING: Cannot open include file '/local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-sunrays ', line was:include /local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-sunrays WARNING: Cannot open include file '/local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-workstations ', line was:include /local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-workstations WARNING: Cannot open include file '/local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-sunrays ', line was:include /local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-sunrays These are my include lines in bb-hosts ##R##-zorn->[81] ##> grep include bb-hosts include /local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-workstations include /local/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts-sunrays ##R##-zorn->[82] ##> ls -al bb-hosts* -rw-r--r-- 1 bb bb 4262 Jun 11 11:03 bb-hosts -rw-r--r-- 1 bb bb 7972 Jun 11 10:59 bb-hosts-sunrays -rw-r--r-- 1 bb bb 5390 Jun 11 10:59 bb-hosts-workstations Can anyone see what I am getting the error? What am I over looking? 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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hobbit-nkview.cfg format
by lebarber＠gmail.com 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Does anybody know what each field in the hobbit-nkview.cfg file holds? Thanks, Larry Barber

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set from email address for hobbit alerts
by pkc_mls＠yahoo.fr 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Hi all, Is there a way in the hobbit-alert.cfg to set the mail source that will be used to send mail alerts ? thanks.

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[hobbit] Duplicating a host ?
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

No. You have the client configured on one interface. It talks out of that i/f and sends all the client data to the Hobbit server. The server is used to monitor the ports and applications that are configured to use the second interface on the client. So the Hobbit server does the checking for if SMTP is running by connecting to port 25 on the second i/f of the client. This means that you can only have services that can be checked remotely configured on the Hobbit server for the second interface. |\/| -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Gemmell [mailto:wayne at flashmedia.co.za] > Sent: 11 June 2008 11:54 > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Duplicating a host ? > > > On Wednesday 11 June 2008 12:37:48 Ward, Martin wrote: > > We do a simpler version of this in my company but we manage > it using > > different IP addresses. The client itself reports out through one > > interface and the network-accessible devices (mail, dns and > the like) > > are tested using a different IP address. You configure the two > > different IP addresses and different server names and you then have > > two separate Hobbit devices. > > Sorry for the hijacking but would you then need to have two > seperate client > processes running? > > -- > Regards > Wayne > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > ************************************************************************************* The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing security at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and COLT does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of COLT Telecommunications, its subsidiaries or affiliates ("COLT") and any other party by email Communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900.

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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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[hobbit] Duplicating a host ?
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

We do a simpler version of this in my company but we manage it using different IP addresses. The client itself reports out through one interface and the network-accessible devices (mail, dns and the like) are tested using a different IP address. You configure the two different IP addresses and different server names and you then have two separate Hobbit devices. |\/|artin -- -----Original Message----- From: xavier.pajona at steria.com [mailto:xavier.pajona at steria.com] Sent: 11 June 2008 10:46 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Duplicating a host ? Hi all, I have a little issue that maye you can help me with. I monitor a server, and for a specific reason, I need it to appear in two differents hobbit pages, but with different names and different process check. The reason is that I need to monitor quite a lot of process for that server, but I also need to create a combotest that includes the "procs" element of that same server, and for that combotest I want only a limited numer of procs to appear. I thought that using the CLIENT: tag in the bb-hosts would allow me to duplicate the host, but it doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have an idea on how to do this ? Thanks, Xavier Ce message est à l'attention exclusive des destinataires désignés. Il peut contenir des informations confidentielles. Si vous n'êtes pas destinataire du message, merci d'en avertir immédiatement l'expéditeur et de détruire ce message. Le contenu de ce message ne pourrait engager la responsabilité de Steria que s'il a été émis par une personne dûment habilitée agissant dans le strict cadre de ses fonctions et à des fins non étrangères à ses attributions. Bien que les meilleurs efforts soient faits pour maintenir cette transmission exempte de tout virus, l'expéditeur ne donne aucune garantie à cet égard et sa responsabilité ne saurait être engagée pour tout dommage résultant d'un virus transmis. This message is intended exclusively for the designated addressee. It may contain confidential material. If you are not the correct addressee, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the message. The content of this message will engage the responsibility of Steria only if it has been sent by an authorized person acting in the strict scope of his functions and for purposes that are related to his competence. Although reasonable efforts have been made to keep this transmission free from viruses, the sender will not be liable for damages caused by a transmitted virus. ************************************************************************************* The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing security at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and COLT does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of COLT Telecommunications, its subsidiaries or affiliates ("COLT") and any other party by email Communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900.

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