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hobbit, file and bbwin question
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Is anyone in the hobbit world using BBWin in central mode to monitor the status of a file on the Window side and reporting back to a UNIX hobbit server? If so I could really use your help. MYSETUP CLIENT Hostname: mailrelay.math.purdue.edu OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790) BBWin: BBWin V.12 SERVER Hostname: zorn.math.purdue.edu OS: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R On the server I have the following two files client-local.cfg [mailrelay.math.purdue.edu] file:c:\testbbwin hobbit-clients.cfg HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu UP 30m LOAD 40.0 70.0 DISK * 90 95 FILE c:\testbbwin red MTIME<600 On the BBwin client my clientlocal.cfg file has file:c:\testbbwin file:c:\testbbwin does not seem to add any information in the msg.mailrelay file. QUESTIONS: I do get any information in the msg.mailrelay file about the file:c:\testbbwin. Is the code built in BBWin to capture the file: information to add to the msg.mailrelay file or is this something that I have to write? Can you provide your files so I can see an example. I really need to monitor a file on the Window side and this would be a great help. I also I am not a window type guy. We run as few window machines as possible and only where necessary. 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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Todays snapshot (10/6) coredumps
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

I get "Status unavailable" on all test. At least those I tested $ gdb ./bin/bbtest-net ./tmp/core GNU gdb 5.3 Copyright 2002 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 "hppa2.0n-hp-hpux11.00"... Core was generated by `bbtest-net'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. warning: The shared libraries were not privately mapped; setting a breakpoint in a shared library will not work until you rerun the program. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libldap-2.3.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libkrb5.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libk5crypto.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcom_err.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libgss.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/liblber-2.3.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libssl.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libcrypto.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libpcre.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libz.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxti.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.2...done. ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdld.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnss_nis.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnss_files.1...done. #0 0xc020bad0 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.2 (gdb) bt #0 0xc020bad0 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #1 0xc01a655c in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #2 0xc01e69a8 in abort_C () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #3 0xc01e6a04 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #4 0x0001f610 in sigsegv_handler (signum=2063765022) at sig.c:58 #5 <signal handler called> #6 sendtobbd (recipient=0x40009e78 "192.168.0.2", message=0x40012658 "combo\nstatus+30 skorpan.conn green  Tue Jun 10 04:38:17 2008 conn ok \n\nService conn on skorpan is OK (up)\n\ n\n&green 89.150.192.60 is alive (7.14 ms)\n\n\n", timeout=15, response=0x0) at sendmsg.c:465 #7 0x0001ea74 in sendtomany (onercpt=0x40009e60 "192.168.0.2", morercpts=0x7bfe0691 "", msg=0x40012658 "combo\nstatus+30 skorpan.conn green <!-- [flags:OrdAstLe] -- > Tue Jun 10 04:38:17 2008 conn ok \n\nService conn on skorpan is OK (up)\n\n\n& green 89.150.192.60 is alive (7.14 ms)\n\n\n", timeout=15, response=0x0) at sendmsg.c:832 #8 0x0001ecb8 in sendmessage ( msg=0x40012658 "combo\nstatus+30 skorpan.conn green <!-- [flags:OrdAstLe] -- > Tue Jun 10 04:38:17 2008 conn ok \n\nService conn on skorpan is OK (up)\n\n\n& green 89.150.192.60 is alive (7.14 ms)\n\n\n", recipient=0x40009e60 "192.168.0.2", timeout=15, response=0x0) at sendmsg.c:910 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #9 0x0001f014 in combo_flush () at sendmsg.c:1003 #10 0x7b031468 in ?? () #11 0xc01a655c in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.2 Cannot access memory at address 0xffffffab (gdb) $ file core core: core file from 'hobbit_snmpcol' - received SIGSEGV $ gdb ./bin/hobbit_snmpcollect ./core GNU gdb 5.3 Copyright 2002 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 "hppa2.0n-hp-hpux11.00"... Core was generated by `hobbit_snmpcol'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. warning: The shared libraries were not privately mapped; setting a breakpoint in a shared library will not work until you rerun the program. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libnetsnmp.sl.16...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libgen.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libelf.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libz.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libssl.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libcrypto.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxti.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdld.2...done. #0 sendtobbd (recipient=0x4000e328 "192.168.0.2", message=0x4007aac0 "client/snmpcollect leopg9.snmpcollect snmp\n\n\n[hrsyste m]\nInterval=300\nActiveIP=192.168.0.2\n\n\tUptime = 157:15:16:50.80\n\tCurrentT ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- ime = 2008-6-10,4:32:54.0,+2:0\n\tNumUsers = 1\n\tNumProcesses = 123\n\tMaxProce "..., timeout=15, response=0x0) at sendmsg.c:465 465 postsendstate = ((response->respstr || response->respfd) ? TALK_ RECEIVE : TALK_DONE); (gdb) bt #0 sendtobbd (recipient=0x4000e328 "192.168.0.2", message=0x4007aac0 "client/snmpcollect leopg9.snmpcollect snmp\n\n\n[hrsyste m]\nInterval=300\nActiveIP=192.168.0.2\n\n\tUptime = 157:15:16:50.80\n\tCurrentT ime = 2008-6-10,4:32:54.0,+2:0\n\tNumUsers = 1\n\tNumProcesses = 123\n\tMaxProce "..., timeout=15, response=0x0) at sendmsg.c:465 #1 0x0000c2a4 in sendtomany (onercpt=0x4000e2c0 "192.168.0.2", morercpts=0x7bfe04dc "", msg=0x4007aac0 "client/snmpcollect leopg9.snmpcollect snmp\n\n\n[hrsystem]\n Interval=300\nActiveIP=192.168.0.2\n\n\tUptime = 157:15:16:50.80\n\tCurrentTime = 2008-6-10,4:32:54.0,+2:0\n\tNumUsers = 1\n\tNumProcesses = 123\n\tMaxProce"... , timeout=15, response=0x0) at sendmsg.c:832 #2 0x0000c4e0 in sendmessage ( msg=0x4007aac0 "client/snmpcollect leopg9.snmpcollect snmp\n\n\n[hrsystem]\n Interval=300\nActiveIP=192.168.0.2\n\n\tUptime = 157:15:16:50.80\n\tCurrentTime = 2008-6-10,4:32:54.0,+2:0\n\tNumUsers = 1\n\tNumProcesses = 123\n\tMaxProce"... , recipient=0x4000e2c0 "192.168.0.2", timeout=15, response=0x0) at sendmsg.c:910 #3 0x0000564c in sendresult () at hobbit_snmpcollect.c:920 #4 0x00005a40 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7bfe1644) at hobbit_snmpcollect.c:1095 (gdb) cat /var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log 008-06-10 04:12:58 hobbitlaunch starting 008-06-10 04:12:58 Loading tasklist configuration from /home/hobbit/server/etc/ obbitlaunch.cfg 008-06-10 04:12:58 Loading hostnames 008-06-10 04:12:59 Loading saved state 008-06-10 04:12:59 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 008-06-10 04:12:59 Setting up local listener 008-06-10 04:13:02 Setting up signal handlers 008-06-10 04:13:02 Setting up hobbitd channels 008-06-10 04:13:02 Setting up logfiles 008-06-10 04:13:11 Task snmp terminated by signal 11 008-06-10 04:13:11 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:13:29 Task bbnet terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:14:07 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:15:06 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:16:09 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:17:12 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:18:12 Task snmp terminated by signal 11 008-06-10 04:18:16 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:18:20 Task bbnet terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:22:42 hobbitlaunch starting 008-06-10 04:22:42 Loading tasklist configuration from /home/hobbit/server/etc/ obbitlaunch.cfg 008-06-10 04:22:42 Loading hostnames 008-06-10 04:22:42 Loading saved state 008-06-10 04:22:43 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 008-06-10 04:22:43 Setting up local listener 008-06-10 04:22:43 Setting up signal handlers 008-06-10 04:22:43 Setting up hobbitd channels 008-06-10 04:22:43 Setting up logfiles 008-06-10 04:22:47 Task snmp terminated by signal 11 008-06-10 04:22:53 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:23:02 Task bbnet terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:23:51 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:24:55 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:25:58 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:27:01 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:27:56 Task snmp terminated by signal 11 008-06-10 04:28:02 Task bbnet terminated by signal 6 008-06-10 04:28:04 Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 $ cat /var/log/hobbit/bb-retest.log /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 14754 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 14940 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 14960 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 14975 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 14991 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15139 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15277 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15298 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15318 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15461 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15657 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15682 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15705 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15724 Abort(coredump) /home/hobbit/server/ext/bbretest-net.sh[10]: 15876 Abort(coredump) $ cat /var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log 2008-06-10 04:13:25 Peer not up, flushing message queue 2008-06-10 04:18:23 Peer at 0.0.0.0:0 failed: Broken pipe 2008-06-10 04:22:06 Peer not up, flushing message queue 2008-06-10 04:23:05 Peer not up, flushing message queue 2008-06-10 04:28:06 Peer at 0.0.0.0:0 failed: Broken pipe -- Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "I am not young enough to know everything." -- Oscar Wilde

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[hobbit] hobbit ghost reports
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hi Phil. I have found a small typo in the code that may or may not be the cause of your woes, my last email to this group detailed it: > Further to my last email, I believe I have found the problem/bug/typo. > The following pathnames/lines are from my installed file locations but you should be able to search/find them in your installed locations: > In /opt/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg, line 47 looks like: CGI_GHOSTS_OPT="--env=/opt/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg" > and in /opt/hobbit/cgi-bin/hobbit-ghosts.sh, line 6 the end of the line looks like: bin/hobbit-ghosts.cgi $CGI_GHOSTS_OPTS > Changing hobbitcgi.cfg to: > CGI_GHOSTS_OPTS= > Makes it work correctly. Having made this change I found that the list of ghost servers was indeed valid. I also found that manually editing the bb-hosts file, adding one of the ghosts to the end of it (as you might do via a script if you have the "Unknown hosts" listed at the end) and waiting about five minutes did cause that machine to be added into the main Hobbit pages and be removed from the Ghosts list. I am running Hobbit 4.2.0 on a Solaris 10 server, nothing special. HTH |\/|artin -- -----Original Message----- From: Phil Wild [mailto:philwild at gmail.com] Sent: 02 June 2008 16:15 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit ghost reports Let me know if you get this working... I have been unsuccessful in using the ghostlist report using bb. It is not consistent. ghostlist does not stop reporting on hosts after they have been added to bb-hosts. There has not been a clear answer as to why from the list. Do a search of the mailing list to see my experiences. Cheers Phil 2008/6/2 Val Polyakov <vpolyakov at vmsinfo.com>: nevermind, found my answer: bb 127.0.0.1 "ghostlist" Val Polyakov wrote: > where does hobbit store ghost reports, if anywhere? > > my goal is to have a shell/perl script scan the file (if there's one) daily > for the presence of ghost reports and modify bb-hosts to insert these > machines into an "uncategorized", or some such, section of hobbit > > is there such a file to scan for this in? > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk -- Tel: 0400 466 952 Fax: 0433 123 226 email: philwild AT gmail.com ************************************************************************************* 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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weird bug
by lebarber＠gmail.com 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

I have a server named "blue" (I don't have veto power over the names.) Whenever I try to get the "info" for this server, I get an internal server error. The URL that generates the error is: https://meriadoc.ocio.ad.usda.gov/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=BLUE&SERVIC…. The returned page is: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, xxxxxx at yyyyyy and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. ------------------------------ Apache Server at meriadoc.ocio.ad.usda.gov Port 443 Any ideas? Thanks, Larry Barber

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Multiple NCV graphs on a page
by forums＠triadbiz.rr.com 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

I was wondering if this is possible when using the SPLITNCV tag. I see that there are disk, disk1, and so forth for some other tests that show up on trends. Is this possible to do for a custom script that is using the SPLITNCV tag to create multiple rrd's. Is this possible? -Josh

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[Devmon] Periodic DEVMON lockup
by mprice＠sgt-inc.com 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

A lot of us have this problem, I think its a known-bug. We just setup a crontab to restart once an hour. Let us know if you figure it out, michael On 6/9/08 9:18 AM, "Kauffman, Tom" <KauffmanT at nibco.com> wrote: > > > Devmon is hanging for me, on average once per day. No error messages anywhere > that I can see, no entries in the log, nothing. > > All the processes are present. > > The 'fix' is to kill the master, wait for all the child processes and the > master to exit, and restart. I now have a hobbit extension script checking the > last dm status and killing devmon if the update was over 4 minutes old. > > What can I do to get a better handle on the error? > > Tom Kauffman > NIBCO INC > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the > exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not > the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in > reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please > notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message > and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive > attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this > message. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Devmon-support mailing list > Devmon-support at lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/devmon-support >

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Monitoring Solution
by Rafal.Roginela＠AmeriCashLoans.net 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hi all, Need some advice please and maybe a walkthrough if someone has already done this. Here is what I am trying to accomplish: I have my own company and I want to use Hobbit to monitor my clients system. I want to use a small factor pc for this and I found one that is small and requires little power although still offers the familiarity of a standard PC (Shuttle K45). What I need help with is settling on a Linux distro that is somewhat compact and easy to get working with Hobbit. I will be limited to a small HD (by small I mean <40 GB ;-) and 512 Mb of RAM. I'm looking to build a rock solid install that can be replicated in it's base form and then customized a little here and there to suit the needs for that particular clients and I'm talking Small business maybe 2 servers (all windows at the moment) at most and some network devices for uptime(printers and such). Any help would be very appreciated. Also if you think that hobbit may be overkill for this job and have a better suggestion then I'm open to that too. Thank You Rafal Roginela

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some RRD graphs not drawn
by bb4＠richter-it.net 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hi there, I'm experiencing a problem with the rrd graphs of the disk space. I'm running Hobbit 4.2.0 with the allinone patch on Debian Etch as server and the clients are BB 1.9c. I have 2 Linux servers running with Veritas Cluster and reporting to the Hobbit server. When I click on the disk icon of the first client everything is displayed correctly. I have all the mount points on top of the page and below them all mount points are displayed as graphs. On the second machine some of these graphs are missing although they are displayed in the list on top and the RRD files are generated correctly. Regards Torsten

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Getting bbwin central config mode on Debian Etch
by hobbit＠elyograg.org 07 Jun '08

07 Jun '08

Background information: We have an install of Big Brother BTF, an install I inherited when I took the job a few years ago. Recently I discovered the unfortunate fact that we're not covered by the BTF license, so we are exploring other options. Hobbit seems to be our best option. I am using another server to build up a Hobbit configuration. I installed it from the source tarball because I couldn't get the bbwin central config patch to apply against the debian source package. I started looking into the Hobbit 4.3 snapshots, but I haven't been able to get them to build using 'debian/rules binary'. Just a few minutes ago I got an idea. I unpacked the pristine 4.2.0 source, applied the allinone patch, applied the bbwin patch, and then ran 'debian/rules binary'. This successfully built packages. First question - will these packages built from patched 4.2.0 work properly? Second question - anything I can do to get the Hobbit 4.3 snapshot (2008/06/05) to build? Error output from my attempt to build debian packages below: gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DLINUX -I. -I/usr/src/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/include -I./c-ares -c -o dns.o dns.c In file included from /usr/src/hobbit/snapshot/include/libbbgen.h:76, from dns.c:24: /usr/src/hobbit/snapshot/include/../lib/sendmsg.h:36: error: redeclaration of enumerator âns_c_noneâ /usr/include/arpa/nameser.h:325: error: previous definition of âns_c_noneâ was here make[2]: *** [dns.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/hobbit/snapshot/bbnet' make[1]: *** [bbnet-build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/hobbit/snapshot' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2

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Windows
by Mark.Markovich＠navy.mil 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

I like what I see with Hobbit. Unfortunately I have moved from a Windows /Linux network environment to Windows environment where I need a windows network monitor. Are there any plans to monitor windows systems? Keep up the good work. Have a great weekend and stay cool. v/r Mark M

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