November 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

[hobbit] centralized configuration - external scripts
by olivier＠audry.fr 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

hello perhaps check this http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man1/clientupdate.1.html Please report your experience. I'll planned this for my 8k hosts one day I have time. Regards oau ----- Mail Original ----- De: "Cayo de Moraes" <camorae at googlemail.com> À: hobbit at hswn.dk Envoyé: Mercredi 18 Novembre 2009 08h10:00 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne Objet: [hobbit] centralized configuration - external scripts 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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alerting and time tag
by kkelly＠lifetouch.com 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

What would be the proper syntax to exclude a certain time period for an alert? I would like to have no alert every Sunday morning from 3am to 4am. And would it be possible to disable multiple time slots, like Tuesday and Thursday between 4pm to 6pm? Hobbit-alerts.cfg Host=* COLOR=red TIME=0:0300:400 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email _____________________________________________________________________

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directory vs. includes statement
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Hi ! I use in my bb-hosts (4.3.0-0.beta2) the directory-statement, because it's very simple to added various and new hosts/pages hobbitlcient-directives etc. ... into the system, only to push them in the includes-directory ... ;-) But now, i've got a problem with devmon, because it's only detected includes-statements ... Is it right, that i have to added each include-file into the bb-hosts-file or is there a similiar feature like wildcards or so on ... ? .. by the way it wouldn't be advancement .. :-( thanks & cheers Martin

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apt plugin alert
by rodolfo＠pilas.net 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

I am receiving an alert about: Packages not installed from apt repositories: linux-image-2.6.18-19-ovz-686 but I wish to ignore this alert because this pakage must be installed. Can you tell me how to avoid this allert or where to read about it? Thank you. Rodolfo Pilas

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Devmon setup
by gleonard＠progrexion.com 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

hey all, i have just built a new xymon box and am wondering if there is a good white doc out there on setting up devmon? -Gavin Gavin Leonard [cid:image001.gif at 01CA620B.B88B4E20] Director, Systems-Network Engineering T 801-828-1735 F 801-828-1704 E gleonard at progrexion.com<mailto:gleonard at progrexion.com> Research | Marketing | Sales Generation www.progrexion.com<http://www.progrexion.com/> This email and its contents are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this email and do not use or disclose the information within this email or its attachments. Thank you.

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METRIC-rpt: How do I get one graph per selected host in same page - Not combined
by Stephen.Mullin＠usa.net 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

I have a graph with 4 data elements, (CPU utilization ), and I want to gen a monthly report graphs, one each host, one page for customer. Metrics works great to get one graph per host, per page. multi-host always attempts to combines data into one graph. I've seen.. "just add comma hostname in the URL" which doesn't work for me for some reason. Is there a way another way to do this, what am I missing on this add comma hostname advice? -Steve

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Runtime longer than time limit
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠elavon.com 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi I get the following message when several hosts are down: "Runtime <VALUE> longer than time limit 180" I would like to extend that timer (180) but cannot find where that is set. Can someone guide me as to where that value is set? Thank you Kevin ----------------------------------------- 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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purple ssh status for some clients
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hi, we have a huge setup of xymon(nearly 300 clients and a server).Some of the clients ssh status is purple.it is not updating. History log says :2009-11-05 12:40:29 Will not update /opt/xymon/data/hist/a.b.c.d.ssh - color unchanged (purple)-hosts .bbhosts entry is also ok in hosts file,Wt could be wrong?how to troubleshoot it? -- Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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Problem with dns statistics
by ge.janssen＠gmail.com 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hello, A few weeks ago, I demoted a Domain Controller. (also a DNS server). I now have one domaincontroller/dnsserver left. Since that time, my dns-test is going crazy. Can someone give me some things to search for? Is there a debugging mode? Regards, Gé Janssen This is what I did so far: Message: Sat Nov 14 13:44:31 2009 bbtest-net version 4.2.3 SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.8h 28 May 2008 LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20412 Statistics: Hosts total : 69 Hosts with no tests : 3 Total test count : 138 Status messages : 146 Alert status msgs : 0 Transmissions : 2 DNS statistics: # hostnames resolved : 96 # succesful : 55 # failed : 0 # calls to dnsresolve : 100 TCP test statistics: # TCP tests total : 76 # HTTP tests : 51 # Simple TCP tests : 25 # Connection attempts : 76 # bytes written : 4750 # bytes read : 131325 Error output: WARNING: Runtime 472 longer than time limit (300) TIME SPENT Event Starttime Duration bbtest-net startup 688136.325220 - Service definitions loaded 688136.335612 0.010391 Tests loaded 688136.388859 0.053247 DNS lookups completed 688136.405850 0.016990 Test engine setup completed 688136.408265 0.002414 TCP tests completed 688148.416162 12.007897 PING test completed (56 hosts) 688155.166110 6.749947 PING test results sent 688155.166686 0.000576 Test result collection completed 688155.166715 0.000028 LDAP test engine setup completed 688155.166791 0.000076 LDAP tests executed 688158.171872 3.005081 LDAP tests result collection completed 688158.171874 0.000001 DNS tests executed 688608.219412 450.047537 Test results transmitted 688608.220740 0.001328 bbtest-net completed 688608.223019 0.002278 TIME TOTAL 471.897798 As you can see, the DNS Teests executed takes 450 seconds. There were 6 DNS failed, but they are resolved using "testip" in the BB-Hosts. Al the names in BB-Hosts are tested trough nslookup: # cat bb-hosts | grep ^[1234567890] | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -n 1 nslookup > /tmp/nslookup All hosts that did not resolv are "testip" My logging reports the folowing: venus:/var/log/xymon # ls -lt | head total 142284 -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 5071176 Nov 14 14:00 mdstat.log -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 1250464 Nov 14 14:00 bb-network.log -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 200413 Nov 14 13:37 history.log -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 15983 Nov 14 13:21 clientdata.log -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 23550 Nov 14 13:20 hobbitd.log -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 6 Nov 14 13:20 hobbitd.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 44973 Nov 14 13:20 hobbitlaunch.log -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 6 Nov 14 13:20 hobbitlaunch.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon users 130771523 Nov 14 13:20 rrd-data.log # vi bb-network.log history.log clientdata.log hobbitd.log hobbitlaunch.log 2009-11-14 13:44:31 WARNING: Runtime 472 longer than time limit (300) 2009-11-14 13:52:23 WARNING: Runtime 472 longer than time limit (300) 2009-11-14 14:00:15 WARNING: Runtime 472 longer than time limit (300) "bb-network.log" 8544L, 1250464C 2009-11-14 13:37:59 Will not update /opt/monitor/xymon/data/hist/earth.who - color unchanged (clear) 2009-11-14 13:37:59 Will not update /opt/monitor/xymon/data/hist/earth.msgs - color unchanged (clear) 2009-11-14 13:37:59 Will not update /opt/monitor/xymon/data/hist/earth.memory - color unchanged (clear) "history.log" 1891L, 200413C 2009-11-14 13:20:37 Tried to down BOARDBUSY: Invalid argument 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 381 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 382 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 394 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 395 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 408 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 409 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 422 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 423 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 439 2009-11-14 13:21:01 Unknown token 'IGNORE' ignored at line 440 clientdata.log (Hmmm, seems like I have some config problems using IGNORE.....) 2009-11-06 14:39:26 Setup complete 2009-11-13 08:28:02 Setup complete 2009-11-14 13:20:47 Setup complete "hobbitd.log" 311L, 23550C 2009-11-14 13:20:47 hobbitlaunch starting 2009-11-14 13:20:47 Loading tasklist configuration from /opt/monitor/xymon//server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg 2009-11-14 13:20:47 Loading hostnames 2009-11-14 13:20:47 Loading saved state 2009-11-14 13:20:47 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2009-11-14 13:20:47 Setting up signal handlers 2009-11-14 13:20:47 Setting up hobbitd channels 2009-11-14 13:20:47 Setting up logfiles "hobbitlaunch.log" 820L, 44973C Status unchanged in 8 days,1 hours, 35 minutes

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BBWin Help Needed
by wiskbroom＠hotmail.com 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hello; Just for the record, I've posted this onto the BBWin list, but that list appears to have very little responses in the past for other questions asked. I've just installed BBWin after removing an old BBNT client, and wow, what a major difference, I love it. While reviewing the data contained in the "svcs" and "procs" of my Windows box, I was wondering if it would be at all possible to transmit and/or display: 1. The usernames of the person running the processes shown under "procs"? 2. The username of the person who kicked off the processes shown as running/started under "svcs"? I've scoured the config file but was unable to see any mention of this in their. Thanks again, .vp

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