November 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

maint mode from command line
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠elavon.com 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Hi, Is there a way to issue a command to put a list of servers into maint mode instead of having to select them from the GUI? I would like to maybe automate this with a cron job Thank kh ----------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sender accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and delete the e-mail from your computer. Elavon (formerly NOVA Information Systems)

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bb-snapshot - apache error 500...
by Mathias.Carlsson＠systeam.se 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Hi! I've got a problem with apache2 giving me a 500 error when I try to run a snapshot report... I'm running on a Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit platform and XYmon 4.3.0 svn rev. 6177... The errorl in the web-browser is: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webmaster at localhost 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/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4.1 with Suhosin-Patch Server at 192.9.210.146 Port 80 And the error.log says: [Mon Jun 22 11:37:00 2009] [error] [client 192.9.210.83] Premature end of script headers: bb-snapshot.sh, referer: http://192.168.210.146/xymon-cgi/bb-snapshot.sh Are there anybody who knows how to fix this?? ________________________________ Mathias Carlsson VMware | Storage | Networking | Security www.systeam.se<https://outlook.systeam.se/OWA/redir.aspx?C=86f815296451461cb0ec17a8f0b8266…> SYSteam Anderstorp * Stötabogatan 1* SE-334 24 Anderstorp T: +46 (0)371 - 58 85 29 * F: +46 (0)371 - 169 67 ________________________________ Detta meddelande innehåller information som kan vara av sekretesskaraktär eller på annat sätt hemlig och ägs av SYSteam Datakonsult i Anderstorp AB. Meddelandet är endast avsedd för personen till vilken den är adresserad. Om du inte är den avsedda mottagaren, har du ej tillåtelse att läsa, skriva, spara, kopiera, distribuera eller använda meddelandet eller del av meddelandet. Om du mottar meddelandet av misstag, var vänlig och meddela avsändaren omgående samt ta bort meddelandet och alla kopior av detsamma.

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centralized configuration - external scripts
by camorae＠googlemail.com 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

Hi guys, just like we use the file hobbit-clients.cfg to manage DISK, CPU, PROCS etc. for each client, we would like to have a centralized configuration for the external scripts. So far I tested two things: 1) Server-side check: bb-hosts entry (for the external scripts), additional code entry in the external scripts (for bbhostgrep), etc. Problem: this seems to work only with "Network checks" which will be done from Server-side to check the clients, like advanced ftp/ping/ssh script etc. It doesnt work for scripts, wich have to run on the clients, like mysql checks. 2) ONHOST: the entry ONHOST in the hobbitlaunch.cfg. Problem: this is not working for me... i tought with this entry Hobbit would be able to issue an order to the client and then execute the command in the client, but when looking into the logfiles, i see that Hobbit have to find the external script on the Hobbit-Server (i think its the same result as in Problem 1). I tought it would work as a "bb-bbextab"... but the MAN Pages says it has to be configured on the server.... So guys, do i have another way to manage this external scripts (which have to be run on the clients) in the Hobbit-Server? TIA, Cayo

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How do you check the status from other column from scripts?
by Jimmy.Aulestia＠telefonica.com.ec 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

How can i check or query the values from a other column in a script? I wooul like to execute a script1 that create the COLUMN 1, this script1 use the status, maybe COLOR o hobbitgraph variable from a COLUMN2 Greetings, Jimmy Aulestia ADMINISTRACION 0&M PLATAFORMA DE VOZ Movil: 08 771 4041 Oficina: 099996503 / 2227700 - ext 6503 Jimmy.Aulestia at telefonica.com.ec <mailto:Jimmy.Aulestia at telefonica.com.ec>

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"Main View" Help Needed
by wiskbroom＠hotmail.com 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

I currently have 7 sites which I intend to monitor using xymon. I've already configured each site using "page site1group Site1", each including several "group-compress" statements that break down the site for additional items like "Windows Servers", "XP Desktops", "Windows-7 Desktops", "Netgear", "Linux Servers", etc. So far, it looks and works beautifully. What I'd like to do now is to create a separating break followed by additional "pages" labeled "Windows Servers", "XP Desktops", "Windows-7 Desktops", "Netgear", "Linux Servers", etc. The difference between what is contained in the "page" under "XP Desktops" on my "Main View" and Site1's "XP Desktops" are that the one under "Main View" would contain ALL of the firms "XP Desktops" and Site1 would contain only those. My question is, how do I create the separator, and how do I make the pages, grouped by function as I've stated? I know that I can just keep creating more pages, but I wish to have them separate and with a different title as well. Thanks, .vp

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xymonton down ???
by doctor＠makelofine.org 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

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FW: [hobbit] Hobbit 4.2 and IOSTAT on AIX - followup question
by Mike.Wood＠kci1.com 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Hi All, I have IOSTAT working on AIX (!), with only a minor issue. I'm graphing by VG aggregate data. I have the iostat-vg.rrd files for all of the volume groups. My test server graphs reads and writes, 4 VG to a graph. However, I'm left with 4 empty graph slots at the bottom. All VG's are accounted for. Any idea what might cause this problem? Mike Wood UNIX System Administrator Kinetic Concepts Inc. 5751 NW Parkway San Antonio, TX, 78249 E-mail: mike.wood at kci1.com Skype: mike.wood77 Office: (210) 255-6382 Mobile: (210) 825-5134 ***************************************************************************** "CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This transmission (including any accompanying attachments) is confidential, is intended only for the individual or entity named above, and is likely to contain privileged, proprietary and confidential information that is exempt from disclosure requests under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, use of or reliance upon any of the information contained in this transmission is strictly prohibited. Any inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure shall not compromise or waive the confidentiality of this transmission or any applicable attorney-client privilege. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us at postmaster at kci1.com." Kinetic Concepts, Inc. ******************************************************************************

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[hobbit] hobbit monitoring summary report
by bb4＠richter-it.net 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Hello, well you could do a ALLCLIENTS=`$HOBBITSERVERHOME/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard"|awk -F\| '{print $1}'|sort -u|wc -l` to get all clients that actually report to your server. As second step do a INSTCLIENTS=`$HOBBITSERVERHOME/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard test=cpu"|awk -F\| '{print $1}'|sort -u|wc -l` to get all clients that have client installed monitoring. I assume if a client is installed then it also reports a cpu status. Finally do CLIENTLESS=$((ALLCLIENTS-INSTCLIENTS)). However, clients polled via SNMP are also show the cpu status but have no client installed. But I hope to have helped you a bit. Cheers Torsten Hi, Is there better way of reporting this? Purpose: to report how many active client and client-less monitoring are done by hobbit. My method: 1. for client installed monitoring, count the number of /home/hobbit/data/rrd/*/vmstat.rrd that are recent (ie. newer than a date file created earlier, say 5am) 2. for client-less monitoring, count the number of latest /home/hobbit/data/histlogs/*/conn/ or /home/hobbit/data/histlogs/*/http/ (if both exist, then count only one) that are recent (see def. above). (some clients may not be pingable; multiple web pages on the same server should be counted only once). Thanks, Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free!

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Compile Issue with latest SVN version of 4.3.0
by iain＠shihad.org 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hey People, I have downloaded the latest SVN tarball and am having issues compiling xymon. The error I get is: In file included from do_rrd.c:546: rrd/do_net.c: In function ‘do_net_rrd’: rrd/do_net.c:123: error: ‘plusminuts’ undeclared (first use in this function) rrd/do_net.c:123: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once rrd/do_net.c:123: error: for each function it appears in.) rrd/do_net.c:131: error: ‘offset’ undeclared (first use in this function) I have rrdtoool-1.2.23-1 and I notice that this part of the function is not in the version that I am currently running. The code snippet that has the issue is: if ( offsetdirection && ((strcmp(offsetdirection, "+") == 0) || (strcmp(offsetdirection, "-") == 0)) && plusminuts && (strcmp(plusminus, "+/-") == 0) && secs && (strcmp(secs, "secs") == 0) ) { /* Looks sane */ sprintf(offsetval, "%s%s", offsetdirection, offset); } } if (offsetval) { sprintf(dataforntpstat, "offset=%s", offset); do_ntpstat_rrd(hostname, testname, classname, pagepaths, dataforntpstat, tstamp); } Any Ideas? If any more info needed please do not hesitate to ask Cheers Iain

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BBWin Central vs Local Configuration
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.co.uk 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hi, Does anyone know why the information displayed on Xymon is so different depending on whether you set BBWin to use centralised or local configuration? For example, services in central mode list all available services, whereas in local mode it only shows the ones you want to monitor - centralised mode also doesn't allow spaces in the service name. In centralised mode, it seems to be hit or miss whether it reports on events in the system log (some clients work, some don't), whereas in local mode it works fine. I think we may be sticking with local mode and finding a way to deploy configuration files for now. Thanks, Malcolm -- Technical copy-editor & proofreader KDE Proofreading Team KDE British English Translation Team http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=en_GB Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FriendlyAtheist GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01

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