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History File Management
by david.ritch＠gmail.com 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

I recently installed hobbit to monitor nodes in a cluster. It's a very good product - thanks to all who have worked on it! I noticed after a while, that the hobbit home directory was growing in an apparently boundless fashion. On further investigation, I discovered that on one server, my history files had grown to several gigabytes. After a while, this growth becomes unsustainable. Am I doing something wrong? How do others manage the growth of hobbit history and log files? I'm not referring to those in /var/log/hobbit - that's easy to handle with logrotate. I'm concerned about the directories associated with each client under the server data directory. Thanks! David

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Secondary ping?
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Heres the problem my hobbit server can ping HostA and HostB but SOMETIMES HostA and HostB cannot ping each other . Besides a client side script, anyone think of a way to do this and take advantage of hobbit functionality. BBNET? route ? something else?

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Latest stable snapshot?
by david＠basis.is 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Hi all, We manage several systems and use hobbit for monitoring all of them. I was hoping someone might be able to tell me what is the current recommended version to be running? 4.2.0 is getting very old and does not include a large number of features we like. One of our systems was updated to a snapshot at some point, which is generally working okay but still has some problems (history viewer crashes occasionally, but can always be resolved by simply refreshing the page). I'd now like to find a stable 4.3 release that we can deploy instead of that. From what I've gathered the snapshots are not generated anymore. The SVN seems to be generally very unstable from what I've seen (I've tested two checkouts in the last few days and both have kind-of worked but had more severe crashing issues with the viewers than the current snapshot). I'm also a bit confused by the fact that the SVN does not seem to match the snapshots. One of our systems (which is working very well) has a snapshot which identifies itself as 4.3.0-0.20080327. The source for that snapshot is lost at our end. Looking through the SVN the versions which have that string in include/version.h are versions 5614 through 5626. None of these revisions compile as the file hobbitd/client/hmdc.c does not exist but is referenced in the build! Was there an out-of-tree patch made for the snapshot release? Anyway, any pointers or advice from others running 4.3 snapshots would be greatly appreciated. :) Kind regards, Davíð Steinn Geirsson Basis ehf.

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Status re. renaming and my health-issue
by henrik＠hswn.dk 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

To start with the eye-problems I've had, I am scheduled for surgery on Wednesday (Aug. 27). It's a relatively simple operation - I'll be out of the hospital the same day - but I cannot use my eyes normally for a few weeks after the operation. Meaning that I am not allowed to read, work with a computer, or drive a car for 2-4 weeks. So I'll be completely off-line during that period. Sorry, but that's the way it is. Now to the grand renaming debate. The last time I mentioned that I had another candidate, but I was waiting to see if the domain names were going to expire. Alas, they did not. The name I had in mind was "Sysdar", being short for "Systems Radar" - but phonetically also rather neat, since it brings in memories of "Big Sister" and hence "Big Brother". It didn't quite work out. That doesn't mean I'll scratch that idea completely - it's still a good name, and there are no trademark registrations or anything else indicating that the name is used at all, so we could just work it out with a different domain name (e.g. sysdar.eu or sysdar.dk). My favourite right now is G-lance. I've noted that HP has the "GlancePlus" software, but I hope that won't be a problem due to the explicit dash and therefore the very different pronounciation. "hobbitmon" and "hobbeat" are outsiders. I'd have to get an OK for those from the Tolkien lawyers, and I am a bit sceptical about them accepting either. Also, I think they are OK names for people who know what Hobbit is about - but they have no meaning what so ever to new users (or PHB's). Nothing's going to change (obviously) for the next few weeks, so feel free to voice opinions and/or come up with good ideas until then. Regards, Henrik

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Qustion regarding movement of history information.
by cbruhn2＠csc.com 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

To hobbit mail list, I have made a configuration alteration in my hobbit setup. Previously I had a screen layout like : SERVERS t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 SERV1 x x x x x SERV2 x x x x x Where t4 and t5 where some test done on Oracle Now we would like to have a layout as: SERVERS t1 t2 t3 SERV1 x x x SERV2 x x x ORACLE_SERVERS t4 t5 SERV1_ORA1 x x SERV2_ORA1 x x where the new server name is a combination of the server name and the ORACLE_SID. I have no problems doing this by just adding a new server-group in bb-hosts and then let the tests t4 and t5 send to the new defined hosts. My question now is, if there is a way to get the history information from server SERV1 t4 to move to the history of SERV_ORA1 t4 so we still have the old history information. We have not deleted the SERV1 t4 t5 and SERV2 t4 t5 so the history can still be seen by clicking the x-button, but as there is no more info sent to these servers/tests I would like them not to be displayed from the SERV1 and SERV2 line. If there was a way to merge, this info I would like to know. We know we can rename a test with bb but as far as I know you can't move between servers Med venlig hilsen Carl Bruhn Systemkonsulent CSC Consulting Group A/S Oldenburg Allé 1 DK-2630 Taastrup Tel: direkte 3614 5224 Tel: mobil 2923 5224 Tel: CSC Consulting Group 3614 5200 Fax:CSC Consulting Group 3614 5390 cbruhn2 at csc.com Company website http://www.csc.dk ------------------------------------------- There's more to life than Oracle....... Unix for instance. CSC Consulting Group A/S Registered Office: Retortvej 8, 1780 Copenhagen V, Denmark Registered in Denmark No: 26031362 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. ----------------------------------------------------------------

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configuration of bbwin clients in Hobbit
by annaj＠hi.is 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

I want to monitor the size of the logfiles on windows servers. I want to put a line in hobbit-clients.cfg like this: FILE /var/log/messages SIZE>0 MTIME<604800 yellow Does anybody have a clue about the name and paths of logfiles in Windows XP. in client local i want to put this: [win32] log:/var/log/messages:10240 Any clue, anybody? -- 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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NCV graph problem
by sebl.mlist＠gmail.com 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, I have a problem making NCV graph. I have a test which send something like "Total: x" (where x is an integer). The test returns these values : 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0. On the graph I have 0, 0, 0.163, 1, 1, 1, 0.837 and I don't understanf why.. I'm quite new to hobbit's graph, is that an avegare value or something ? If so, is there a way to graph only what the script returns ? Thanks in advance.

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moving historical data from Big Brother to Hobbit
by jm54601＠yahoo.com 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

When I copy over the historical data from Big Brother to Hobbit, I get clears for all the conn tests. Can I just rename the HOST.fping files to HOST.conn?

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[PATCH] Fix zlib check on RHEL5
by david＠basis.is 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

I attached here a very small patch to fix the zlib check on RedHat Enterprise Linux 5. For some reason zlib.h does not define ZLIB_VER_MAJOR and ZLIB_VER_MINOR. -- Davíð Steinn Geirsson Basis ehf. david at basis.is / (+354) 575-0419

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AW: AW: [hobbit] Tracking file sizes
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

I never got any resolution on this . I really like this feature to work. We problems with our passwd file going bad. I guess can try a checksum on it and other file tests. Be nice to know when it happens. Strange it work on Solaris 8 system but not 9 and 10. Detlef Stracke wrote: > I have a fresh OS with a new hobbit Installation. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Von:* michael nemeth [mailto:michael.nemeth at lmco.com] > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 20:46 > *An:* hobbit at hswn.dk > *Betreff:* Re: AW: [hobbit] Tracking file sizes > > Ive been try to get this to work. Actually it work on another hobbit > server. > So I took the source from this server and copied to the non working > one and rebuilt. > STILL not working. So I tried upgrading libraries; STILL not working. > > I come to the conclusion that some files are not updated correctly > when you installed to > a old installation you would like to update. I can't see it > being corrupted data. > > Also another thing that works on one system and not the other is my > nvc graphs don't appear > in only trends. > > Where you doing a fresh install? Or updating a previous install? > Detlef Stracke wrote: >> I have the same Problem. My operatingsystem is Solaris 10 with hobbit 4.2. The file size is 9577 Byte and "rrdtool dump <file.rrd>" says 41132902203488 >> >> >> >> <ds> >> <name> size </name> >> <type> GAUGE </type> >> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> >> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> >> <max> NaN </max> >> >>  >> <last_ds> 41132902203488 </last_ds> >> <value> 3.8664928071e+15 </value> >> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> >> </ds> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: michael nemeth [mailto:michael.nemeth at lmco.com] >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2008 11:47 >> An: hobbit at hswn.dk >> Betreff: Re: [hobbit] Tracking file sizes >> >> Just TRACK? I Yes still wrong. >> Hubbard, Greg L wrote: >> >>> Aren't you just supposed to say "track"? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: michael nemeth [mailto:michael.nemeth at lmco.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:28 PM >>> To: hobbit at hswn.dk >>> Subject: [hobbit] Tracking file sizes >>> >>> First: Sol9 sparc 4.2 with latest allinone patch >>> >>> in hobbit-client.cfg >>> FILE /etc/ypfiles/passwd TRACK=passwd >>> >>> in client-local.cfg >>> file:/etc/ypfiles/passwd >>> >>> size of file is 66758 >>> >>> But the graph show way out sizes!: >>> cur:286723427454063.0 >>> >>> Search thought the archive I found someone with the same problem but >>> they never got answer. >>> >>> Any Ideas whats wrong? >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >

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