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Hobbit Status and Data Question
by geoff.hallford＠gmail.com 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Hi All, I am hoping someone can help with this or provide a link to an explanation, as I haven't been able to find the information in the archives or how-to's. I have a server that I am monitoring Citrix licensing usage on. Currently I am using a VBScript for this purpose that figures out the usage and then emails me of >90% used and >95% used. It uses the telnet and WshShell.SendKeys method to do this. Key Item: The business doesn't want the BBWin agent on this server. I want to be able to send the 'status' and 'data' to Hobbit and have hobbit: alert on it, and graph it. Can I do something as simple as a telnet session to the Hobbit server on 1984/tcp and send the info? What is the syntax for that and what commands does it accept (i.e. to close the session)? Thanks all for any help.

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Date problem in page generation
by olivier＠audry.fr 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

hello, since this morning in all web generated pages (with cgi) the date is 6 hours late. Idem in the history. Do you have any idea ? Thx for your help Olivier AUDRY

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bbproxy
by gwege＠infomanage.net 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Hey Guys, I want to send a copy of all incoming messages from my production hobbit server to a development snapshot server I setup for testing. If I disable hobbitd and enable bbproxy, will my production continue to function as is or will only forward incoming messages? Thanks!

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Increasing the maximum size of data a client can send
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Hi all, One of my clients is sending extremely large client packets. Specifically it has hundreds of LDAP connections and these are reported in the [ports] section, however I am not getting all of the data and the hobbitd process is reporting the following warning: Latest errormessages: Oversize status msg from 10.44.85.244 for dir0.lon.oss.colt.net:ports truncated (n=273337, limit=262144) Digging through the code I can find some references to an environment variable called "MAXMSG_CLIENT" which brings up two questions: 1. Can I set this so that I can allow for a larger client message? 2. Where should I set it to ensure that it takes effect? |\/|artin -- Martin Ward Network Systems Operations Specialist DDI: +44 (0) 20 7863 5218 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7863 5610 Mob: +44 (0) 7971 97 77 21 www.colt.net Data | Voice | Managed Services Help reduce your carbon footprint | Think before you print COLT Telecommunications, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London, EC3A 7QN UK Registered in England and Wales, registered number 02452736, VAT number GB 645 4205 50 ************************************************************************************* 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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Windows Cluster Monitoring Advice
by Padraig.Lennon＠pioneerinvestments.com 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Hi everyone, I have a requirement to monitor some 2 node Windows 2003 File Clusters . I would like to monitor them with BBWin but I have the following questions: * Should I install the bbwin client on both nodes and activate only one of the nodes for monitoring? With this setup I miss monitoring the local C/D drives on each node. * Is it possible to make bbwin a clustered application? (i.e. one that would failover using the MS clustering mechanism) * The cluster.exe supplied with the bbwin package only shows the cluster groups, not the individual items within the groups. Has anyone written any extended cluster checks that they would possibly share with me? If not I can write my own. I'm sure I can get this information with WMI. At the moment I setup the bbwin client on one of the nodes and then change the registry entry to use the cluster name (i.e I install on a node fileclus1n1 and change the registry key to fileclus1). Is this the correct way to setup the monitoring? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I realise the question should probably be on the BBWIN mailing list, but I thought I would have more chance of getting a reply on this list. Thanks in advance Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Engineer Production Services Pioneer Global Investments (Dublin) 5th Floor Georges Quay Plaza, Dublin 2 ext: 2081 Direct dial: 00353 1 480 2081

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dynamic hosts
by ljimber＠gmail.com 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Can someone point me to the docs on having hobbit server watch hobbit clients that have a dynamic IP's? Thanks, Lee

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remove-all-purple.ksh
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

here is another one I need to use frequently as a hb admin. bash-3.00$ cat remove-all-purple.ksh # !/usr/bin/ksh HBBB="/opt/hobbitserver42/bin/bb --debug" ${HBBB} 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard color=purple fields=hostname,testname" | while read L; do HOST=`echo $L | cut -d'|' -f1` TEST=`echo $L | cut -d'|' -f2` ${HBBB} 127.0.0.1 "drop $HOST $TEST" done bash-3.00$ T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real difference. Learn more. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause

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Monitor/Graph shared memory utilization
by jeffnewman75＠gmail.com 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Hi, I have an AIX box that I was wanting to monitor shared memory usage on, is this possible with hobbit? Thanks

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graphing
by forums＠triadbiz.rr.com 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

I have put together a script to monitor a service that we have. But I am wondering how do I go about tweaking the script to show multiple graphs on the same page being that NCV doesn't support it. I have added a patch for Split_ncv and I now have 4 separate rrd files in the data/rrd/host directory but was wondering if I need to try and modify the script to do the graphing itself or should I try and use the extra-rrd.pl if possible. Any help greatly appreciated? Here is a snippet of the script: #!/bin/bash COLUMN=startover RTA_COLOR=green #rtafile="/opt/hobbit/client/logs/twctools.log" #file=`echo $rtafile | awk '{split ($0, a, " "); print a[1]}'` #`cat $file | egrep "RSreq">/opt/hobbit/client/logs/rtastats` file="/usr/local/mystro/scripts/twctools/rtaStats/lastRtaUpdate" #file="/opt/hobbit/client/logs/rtastats" exec<$file while read line do RSreq=`cat $file | awk '{split ($0, a, "- "); print a[2]}'` RSreq=`echo $RSreq | awk '{split ($0, a, ", "); print a[1]}'` RSsuc=`cat $file | awk '{split ($0, a, "- "); print a[3]}'` RSsuc=`echo $RSsuc | awk '{split ($0, a, ", "); print a[1]}'` RSrun=`cat $file | awk '{split ($0, a, "- "); print a[4]}'` RSrun=`echo $RSrun | awk '{split ($0, a, ", "); print a[1]}'` SuccRt=`cat $file | awk '{split ($0, a, "- "); print a[7]}'` SuccRt=`echo $SuccRt | awk '{split ($0, a, ", "); print a[1]}'` done ###################################### # SETUP SCORE COLUMN COLOR ###################################### if [ $SuccRt -gt 85 ] then RTA_COLOR="green" MSG="Requested Start-Over Streams : $RSreq Started Start-Over Streams : $RSsuc Running Start-Over Streams : $RSrun Start-Over Success Rate : $SuccRt%" FIRST_LINE_MSG="Start-Over is Ok!" elif [ $SuccRt -lt 50 ] then RTA_COLOR="red" MSG="Requested Start-Over Streams : $RSreq Started Start-Over Streams : $RSsuc Running Start-Over Streams : $RSrun Start-Over Success Rate : $SuccRt%" FIRST_LINE_MSG="Start-Over is Down!!!" else RTA_COLOR="yellow" MSG="Requested Start-Over Streams : $RSreq Started Start-Over Streams : $RSsuc Running Start-Over Streams : $RSrun Start-Over Success Rate : $SuccRt%" FIRST_LINE_MSG="Start-Over is having a problem!" fi ###################################### # Tell Hobbit about it $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$COLUMN $RTA_COLOR `date` - $FIRST_LINE_MSG ${MSG} " exit thanks, -Josh

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Mail formats for alerts
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hi all, Having got the alerts working, I have been looking at the mail formats available. Since I will be configuring my alerts to use email I have not examined the script or SMS versions yet. The default TEXT format sends an email with all the info I need in it, but the errors at the top look like this: red Tue Jul 1 03:32:23 BST 2008 - Processes NOT ok &green /opt/InfoVista/Agent/jre/bin/java (found 1, req. between 1 and 1) &green /opt/InfoVista/Agent/bin/wrapper (found 1, req. between 1 and 1) &green /opt/InfoVista/VistaMart/bin/vmnotifier.sh (found 1, req. between 1 and 1) &red tnslsnr (found 2, req. between 1 and 1) &green oracleIVDB (found 25, req. between 1 and 99) &green ora_lgwr_IVDB (found 1, req. between 1 and 99) I get an alert on the first line and all the monitored processes on the second, so I have to pick and choose to find the one that's a problem (tnslsnr in this case). Being lazy<bs><bs><bs><bs> someone who wants to use technology to help them I would like any/all of the following: 1. Have the HTML page emailed to me in MIME format, so I can view it even if I don't have a permanent internet connection (format=HTML?) 2. Have the alert highlighted in the colour for their status, so at least I can see the error line quickly (format=MIME?) 3. Have the alerts displayed on per line, so at least I can more easily spot the alert text. Henrik, is this possible to do? Have you already done/planned this in the next version? I'm willing to have a poke at it myself but it may take some time. I am currently thinking that maybe I will need to write a script that will parse the data and generate a MIME-format email along the lines of 2. above... unless someone has already done this? What thoughts have you all? |\/|artin -- Martin Ward Network Systems Operations Specialist DDI: +44 (0) 20 7863 5218 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7863 5610 Mob: +44 (0) 7971 97 77 21 www.colt.net Data | Voice | Managed Services Help reduce your carbon footprint | Think before you print COLT Telecommunications, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London, EC3A 7QN UK Registered in England and Wales, registered number 02452736, VAT number GB 645 4205 50 ************************************************************************************* 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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