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[hobbit] host-specific settings
by Chris.Morris＠RWEsystemsUK.com 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

You need to put the server specific entry(ies) BEFORE the default settings. _____ From: Johan Booysen [mailto:johan at matrix-data.co.uk] Sent: 08 August 2008 11:34 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] host-specific settings I'm new to hobbit monitor, and trying to set up host-specific settings in hobbit-clients.cfg on the hobbit server. At the moment I want to do a simple test, so that default settings apply to all clients except for server1 for which I want to use other disk space parameters: In hobbit-clients.cfg I have: DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 HOST=server1 DISK * 95 99 However, server1 still applies the default settings for DISK. I've reloaded the hobbit service so it rereads its config files, but after about 30 minutes the changes still don't seem to have taken effect. I've followed the instructions on the hobbit-config.html help page, but think I may be missing something. Any advice on this? Thanks. ********************************************************************** This e-mail including any attachments is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute advice except to the addressee if expressly stated in this email. For the avoidance of doubt the contents of this email and any attachments are subject to contract and are not intended to and will not constitute a legally binding contract or any part of a legally binding contract. The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential. It is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify postmaster at RWEsystemsUK.com and permanently delete the email and any attachments immediately from your system. You should not retain, copy or use this email or any attachment for any purpose, nor disclose all or any part of the contents to any other person. Thank you for your co-operation. Neither RWE IT UK Ltd nor any of the other companies in the RWE Group from whom this e-mail originates accept any responsibility for losses or damage as a result of any viruses and it is your responsibility to check attachments (if any) for viruses. RWE IT UK Ltd Registered office: Mistral, Westlea Campus, Chelmsford Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 7EZ. Registered in England and Wales: company number 6052966. *******************************************

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spilt pages into sections
by bb4＠richter-it.net 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Hi, is it possible to split a web page generated by Hobbit into sections? At the moment we get a layout like this: Pages hosted locally -------------------- Project1 Project2 . . . What I want to do is something like this: Projects for cutomer A ---------------------- Project1 Project2 Projects for customer B ----------------------- Project3 Project4 . . . I know that I can change the text "Pages hosted locally" by changing the variable MKBBLOCAL respectively MKBBSUBLOCAL. At the moment I don't want to use alternate pagesets for this because I only need this for 1 or 2 subpages within the normal page layout. Or is it possible to generate alternate pagesets as a subpage of the normal layout? But this leaves the question if it is possible to split these subpages into sections. Regards Torsten

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Need help in hobbit monitor
by santoshbabu_perumal＠platts.com 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

HI All, We are monitoring about 100 hosts using hobbit monitor. it was working fine. but from yesterday onwards I see purple icons for cpu,disk,memory on the webpage. What caused this problem? How can I get this resolved? Some questions:- 1) What is the difference between client side client installation (. /configure -client selection client during installtion) and server side client installation (selection server option during installation) 2) For some hosts I don't see CPU, disk, memory status on webpage I do see only conn,ssh.how do I get all the status on the webpage 3) by default I see files,msgs,ports and procs status are white color. if I don't want to monitor files,msgs,ports and procs how do I get rid of those entries showing on the webpage.basicall I want to see only conn,cpu,disk,info,memory,ssh and trends. Please get back to me on this?..Thanks in advance. Thanks Santhoshbabu Perumal Unix system Administrator System Engineering, GO & I The Mcgraw-Hill companies HTS East Windsor, NJ 609-371-6317 (Desk) 609-385-5016 (work cell) -------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is intended only for the recipient, and may be a confidential attorney-client communication or may otherwise be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please be aware that any dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. reserves the right, subject to applicable local law, to monitor and review the content of any electronic message or information sent to or from McGraw-Hill employee e-mail addresses without informing the sender or recipient of the message. --------------------------------------------------------

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Moving hobbit community to sourceforge ?
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

This trending graph doesn't really reflect the hobbit community activities. http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/index.php?group_id=128058&ugn=hobbitmon Should we migrate our discussion (email list) to sourceforge.net one ? http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=128058&abmode=1 tj

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host-specific settings
by johan＠matrix-data.co.uk 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

I'm new to hobbit monitor, and trying to set up host-specific settings in hobbit-clients.cfg on the hobbit server. At the moment I want to do a simple test, so that default settings apply to all clients except for server1 for which I want to use other disk space parameters: In hobbit-clients.cfg I have: DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 HOST=server1 DISK * 95 99 However, server1 still applies the default settings for DISK. I've reloaded the hobbit service so it rereads its config files, but after about 30 minutes the changes still don't seem to have taken effect. I've followed the instructions on the hobbit-config.html help page, but think I may be missing something. Any advice on this? Thanks.

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File checks
by James.Roberts＠hants.gov.uk 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

I am getting so annoyed... Have added this line in the defaults section of localclient.cfg FILE /etc/hosts YELLOW noexist And have added [hostname] file:/etc/hosts Into client-local.cfg.. And although /etc/hosts exists I am still showing green??? The client data shows.. [file:/etc/hosts] type:100000 (file) mode:664 (-rw-rw-r--) linkcount:1 owner:0 (root) group:0 (system) size:183979 clock:1218100844 (2008/08/07-10:20:44) atime:1218100839 (2008/08/07-10:20:39) ctime:1213367146 (2008/06/13-15:25:46) mtime:1213367146 (2008/06/13-15:25:46) So why isnt my alert going yellow?

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bb query "host.status" not working
by omar＠basis.is 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi. It's possible I've stumbled uppon a bug. I'm using a snapshot version, two or three days old. Upgraded from 4.2.0. My problem is that I get no response from running 'bb 127.0.0.1 "query host.conn"'. This was working before and is working on other older instances I'm running elsewhere. Following is what I've done to debug so far, do you have any suggestions? Maybe I'm doing something wrong here? This is the version I'm currently using: pmonitor02 bin # ./bb --help Hobbit version 4.3.0-0.20080403 This is what I get from the command with debuging: pmonitor02 ~ # bb 127.0.0.1 --debug "query huginn.conn" 2008-07-10 11:48:50 Transport setup is: 2008-07-10 11:48:50 bbdportnumber = 1984 2008-07-10 11:48:50 bbdispproxyhost = NONE 2008-07-10 11:48:50 bbdispproxyport = 0 2008-07-10 11:48:50 Recipient listed as '127.0.0.1' 2008-07-10 11:48:50 Hobbit protocol on port 1984 2008-07-10 11:48:50 Will connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 1984 2008-07-10 11:48:50 Connect status is 0 2008-07-10 11:48:50 Closing connection Here is the log for hobbitd running in debug mode at the same time. Notice the "query hug" line: 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> do_message/1 (169 bytes): status+6 sapp04,skyrr,median,local.id green fim júl 10 11:48:50 GMT 2008 idd test 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> update_statistics 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- update_statistics 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> get_hts 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- get_hts 2008-07-10 11:48:50 ->handle_status 2008-07-10 11:48:50 posting to stachg channel: host=sapp04.skyrr.median.local, test=id 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> posttochannel 2008-07-10 11:48:50 Posting message 5 to 1 readers 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- posttochannel 2008-07-10 11:48:50 posting to status channel 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> posttochannel 2008-07-10 11:48:50 Posting message 5 to 1 readers 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- posttochannel 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <-handle_status 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- do_message/1 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> do_message/1 (9 bytes): query hug 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> update_statistics 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- update_statistics 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> get_hts 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> log_ghost 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- log_ghost 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- get_hts 2008-07-10 11:48:50 -> oksender 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- oksender(1-a) 2008-07-10 11:48:50 <- do_message/1 Hobbitdboard successfully returns info for the host: pmonitor02 ~ # bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard" | grep huginn.conn huginn|conn|green|OrdAstLe|1213505936|1215688713|1215690513|0|0|10.26.2.16|-1|green  Thu Jul 10 11:18:08 2008 conn ok Cheers, Omar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIdfz9O5lNk+Yy9cgRAtgSAJ9a17KnGiQuIY4ExUUvYYZtptw7jACfZoP9 9DoLP7dBpJzDNmeDjg5aNBs= =asXk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[hobbit] Don't make the pie higher!
by hobbit＠epperson.homelinux.net 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

On Thu, August 7, 2008 03:40, Lennon, Padraig wrote: > How about itsysmon? > > The domain itsysmon.com seems to be available... > > Just my 2c > > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hobbit User in Richmond [mailto:hobbit at epperson.homelinux.net] > Sent: 06 August 2008 17:05 > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: RE: [hobbit] Don't make the pie higher! > > On Wed, August 6, 2008 09:40, Ward, Martin wrote: >> Vernon? You've really got to get outside more.... >> > > Sounds like he's been getting waaaay out there, to me. > > I've never taken to any of the mythos that have guardians for only the > cardinal compass points. The Zuni had it probably had it right, with > coverage for the four directions, but also the eagle protecting from > above > and the mole from below. > Excuse me, but this thread has been delightfully hijacked into fringe looniness. No lucid top-poster should be trying to steer it back on topic!

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History not working any more
by hobbit＠fl1ger.de 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Moin! On my server that suffere a disk overflow the hobbit history is not working any more. While I do see the events in the event log and in the hobbit data directory, I can not see the events when using the history button of the test page. The latest events there always show the date when the file system overflow happened. Any ideas how to fix this or how to look further into it? TIA and so long -Ralf --- Ralf Weber e: hobbit at fl1ger.de

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Migrate hobbit data
by James.Roberts＠hants.gov.uk 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

I am planning to move my hobbit server install to a new server... If it possible to migrate all the data from the old install to the new one? James Roberts IT Consultant - IT Services Hampshire County Council Room 415,Elizabeth II Court, The Castle, Winchester, Hants SO23 8US Internal HPSN: (200) 5037 Tel: +44 (0)1962 845037 Fax: +44 (0)1962 847434 james.roberts at hants.gov.uk Web: WWW.Hants.Gov.UK

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