June 2008 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Raid 5 and 6 array monitoring
by pkrash＠exegy.com 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Morning (or evening depending on where you are)! I did a preliminary search of the hobbit archives and didn't find what I was looking for (maybe due to sleep deprivation). Have request to monitor several multi Terabyte raids with critical data anmd be able to identify which disk(s) are complaining. LSI and Highpoint controllers Are in use. Mfg's software does not specify which disk, w/o running gui. I am trying to implement robotic arm that will change disks w/o intervention based on hobbit alerts. Any ideas? OS running on clients: linux kernel 2.6.24 Thanks in advance! PKrash Paul Krash, system administrator, Exegy, Inc.; 314-218-3602 x 666 This e-mail and any documents accompanying it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information belonging to Exegy, Inc. Such information may be protected from disclosure by law. The information is intended for use by only the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender by e-mail or phone regarding instructions for return or destruction and do not use or disclose the content to others.

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HowTo monitor log files
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, I'm trying to monitor LOG files on a Linux OS via the Hobbit client monitor 4.2.0. I have some issue : file information are not send back to the server. I've checked the ML & the conf file : # ************ IMPORTANT *************** # To monitor a logfile, you *MUST* configure both client-local.cfg # and hobbit-clients.cfg. If you configure only the client-local.cfg # file, the client will collect the log data and you can view it in # the "client data" display, but it will not affect the color of the # "msgs" status. On the other hand, if you configure only the # hobbit-clients.cfg file, then there will be no log data to inspect, # and you will not see any updates of the "msgs" status either. BTW, client-local.cfg & hobbit-clients.cfg does not exist anymore ;). Anyway, I put this on my client side localclient.cfg file : # FILE Check FILE /var/log/messages SIZE>0 MTIME<1200 yellow FILE /var/log/messages red "timed out!" FILE /var/log/messages red "abort!" # LOG LOG %/var/log/messages %(I/O|read).error COLOR=red ll /var/log/messages -rw-r----- 1 root adm 5530 May 29 16:25 /var/log/messages Hobbit is in the "adm" group, it can read the file. So why my Hobbit server keep saying "No files checked" ? Thanks by advance!

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[hobbit] bbmrtg.pl
by gwege＠infomanage.net 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

*bump* Anyone? From: Gregory Wege [mailto:gwege at infomanage.net] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:25 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] bbmrtg.pl Hey guys, I'm trying to setup bbmrtg.pl on my server, using the latest version of mrtg and rrdtool. I've read the perdoc and configured everything accordingly but whenever I run the script from the command line I get the following error: bbmrtg.pl: MRTG file -> </opt/hobbit/data/rrd/hostname/hostname_1.rrd> is invalid Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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cupsd
by stoner-lists＠comcast.net 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

For those who want to monitor a cups print server, here's a definition you can put in your bb-services file: [cupsd] send "GET /printers\r\n" expect "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" port 631 Alternatively, you could just use http://host:631/printers in your bb-hosts file. The cupsd is, for monitoring purposes, a web server. -Jeff "Fun with Users #1: ln -s /dev/random /etc/motd"

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getting a list of all machines of a specific OS
by vpolyakov＠vmsinfo.com 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Is there a way to get a list of all machines in Hobbit sorted by OS? as in, here is a full list of Linux boxes, here's a full list of Solaris boxes, etc. The OS details are in the info column, so I'm assuming there's a way i'm currently doing this via this: (in $HOBBITROOT/data/hostdata) for i in `ls` do file=`ls -ltr $i | tail -1 | awk '{print $9 }'` echo "$i `cat $i/$file | grep -i 'red hat'`" done this is ugly and horrible, though (although functional). any "correct" ways of doing the same thing?

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Bertrand ORCIBAL/EXT/TLSE/GPA/CHEM/Corp est absent(e).
by bertrand.orcibal＠gpn.fr 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Je serai absent(e) du 04/06/2008 au 05/06/2008. Veuiilez contacter : L'Equipe Exploitation Tel : 05.34.50.21.00 E-mail : Exploit-DSI at grande-paroisse.com

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Custom script to monitor Flex License Manager
by annaj＠hi.is 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Thanks for the comments and hints, on my quest to monitor the Flex LM. If the Hobbit Custom Graph for Flex LM is good enough, it will be posted, preferably at the Shire or on this list. It is mostly ready, I just need to fix a small problem, with the graphs. The problem is that there are too many lines on only one graph. I would like to have a number of graphs, each wit at most 5 lines. I have searched this list, and the Hobbit wiki book. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/ I did not succed in finding how to get Hobbit to create multiple graphs. Below is the relevant part of hobbitgraph.cfg that I am using now. *Please note that all the data is stored in a single file. flexlm.rrd. [flexlm] TITLE License counts YAXIS # DEF:matlab=flexlm.rrd:MATLAB:AVERAGE LINE2:matlab#FF0000:Matlab COMMENT:\n GPRINT:matlab:LAST:Matlab \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:matlab:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:matlab:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:matlab:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:simulink=flexlm.rrd:SIMULINK:AVERAGE LINE2:simulink#CC3333:Simulink COMMENT:\n GPRINT:simulink:LAST:Simulink \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:simulink:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:simulink:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:simulink:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:commtlb=flexlm.rrd:CommunicationToolb:AVERAGE LINE2:commtlb#66CC66:Communication Toolb COMMENT:\n GPRINT:commtlb:LAST:Communication Toolb \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:commtlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:commtlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:commtlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:ctrltlb=flexlm.rrd:ControlToolbox:AVERAGE LINE2:ctrltlb#6666CC:Control Toolbox COMMENT:\n GPRINT:ctrltlb:LAST:Control Toolbox \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:ctrltlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:ctrltlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:ctrltlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:fintlb=flexlm.rrd:FinancialToolbox:AVERAGE LINE2:fintlb#00FF00:Financial Toolbox COMMENT:\n GPRINT:fintlb:LAST:Financial Toolbox \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:fintlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:fintlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:fintlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:fztlb=flexlm.rrd:FuzzyToolbox:AVERAGE LINE2:fztlb#66FF66:Fuzzy Toolbox COMMENT:\n GPRINT:fztlb:LAST:Fuzzy Toolbox \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:fztlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:fztlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:fztlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:imgtlb=flexlm.rrd:ImageToolbox:AVERAGE LINE2:imgtlb#0000FF:Image Toolbox COMMENT:\n GPRINT:imgtlb:LAST:Image Toolbox \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:imgtlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:imgtlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:imgtlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:compiler=flexlm.rrd:Compiler:AVERAGE LINE2:compiler#6666FF:Compiler COMMENT:\n GPRINT:compiler:LAST:Compiler \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:compiler:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:compiler:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:compiler:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:neuralnettlb=flexlm.rrd:NeuralNetworkTool:AVERAGE LINE2:neuralnettlb#FFFF00:Neural Network Tool COMMENT:\n GPRINT:neuralnettlb:LAST:Neural Network Tool \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:neuralnettlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:neuralnettlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:neuralnettlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:opttlb=flexlm.rrd:OptimizationToolbo:AVERAGE LINE2:opttlb#00FFFF:Optimization Toolbo COMMENT:\n GPRINT:opttlb:LAST:Optimization Toolbo \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:opttlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:opttlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:opttlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:distributedtlb=flexlm.rrd:DistribComputingT:AVERAGE LINE2:distributedtlb#CC66CC:Distrib Computing T COMMENT:\n GPRINT:distributedtlb:LAST:Distrib Computing T \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:distributedtlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:distributedtlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:distributedtlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:pdetlb=flexlm.rrd:PDEToolbox:AVERAGE LINE2:pdetlb#CCCC66:PDE Toolbox COMMENT:\n GPRINT:pdetlb:LAST:PDE Toolbox \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:pdetlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:pdetlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:pdetlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:signaltlb=flexlm.rrd:SignalToolbox:AVERAGE LINE2:signaltlb#66CCCC:Signal Toolbox COMMENT:\n GPRINT:signaltlb:LAST:Signal Toolbox \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:signaltlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:signaltlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:signaltlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:simulctrl=flexlm.rrd:SimulinkControlDe:AVERAGE LINE2:simulctrl#CCCC00:Simulink Control COMMENT:\n GPRINT:simulctrl:LAST:Simulink Control \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:simulctrl:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:simulctrl:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:simulctrl:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:stattlb=flexlm.rrd:StatisticsToolbox:AVERAGE LINE2:stattlb#999966:Statistics Toolbox COMMENT:\n GPRINT:stattlb:LAST:Statistics Toolbox \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:stattlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:stattlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:stattlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:symboltlb=flexlm.rrd:SymbolicToolbox:AVERAGE LINE2:symboltlb#FFCC00:Symbolic Toolbox COMMENT:\n GPRINT:symboltlb:LAST:Symbolic Toolbox \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:symboltlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:symboltlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:symboltlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n DEF:idtlb=flexlm.rrd:IdentificationTool:AVERAGE LINE2:idtlb#FF00FF:Identification Tool COMMENT:\n GPRINT:idtlb:LAST:Identification Tool \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:idtlb:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:idtlb:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:idtlb:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n -- 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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HPUX and procs column
by Doug.Linder＠sabic-ip.com 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

I just started doing some process monitoring in Hobbit. It's working fine on all platforms except HP/UX. On HP/UX systems the status goes to Warning immediately, and when you get the details it says: yellow Expected string COMMAND not found in ps output header UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 0 0 0 Jul 5 ? 04:10 swapper root 1 0 0 Jul 5 ? 35:35 init I checked and sure enough, HP/UX seems to use "CMD" as the header for the ps column that the other operating systems call "COMMAND", so it isn't checking the processes right. Is that string somewhere in hobbit that I can change, like a script, or would it be compiled into the binary? --- 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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[hobbit] BBWin : DMZ mode fetch
by mailinglist.benoit＠gmail.com 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Thank fo you answer Etienne : ) > > It doesn't work for BBWin for the moment because it is not yet > implemented. BBWin is still late on some features compared to the Unix > hobbit client. > > > Best regards, > > > -- > Etienne GRIGNON > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > -- <mailinglist.benoit - at - gmail!com>

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Would like to tell me how to show history line in picture for Hobbit ?
by tangyongtangyong＠gmail.com 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hello! Hobbit is a good tool software for monitoring servers, applications and networks, very much! Would like to tell me how to show history line in picture? Thank You very much! Tang Yong 2008-06-03

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