November 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Devmon template IBM BladeCenter H
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi all Anybody got a Devmon template for an IBM BladeCenter? (Or part thereof) Even more OID info will help. Regards Vernon NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments.

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[hobbit] Garbled http test.
by mmoldvan＠csc.com 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

What is the destination web site intended to look like? Is it all just plain HTML, is it replying with some fancy HTTP Headers, or maybe launching a Java app? My suggestion would be to install FireBug under Firefox (http://getfirebug.com) if you don't have it already, and analyze the HTTP Request/Reply and headers that come back from that URL. Also, is there anything in your Xymon logs or syslog/messages on the Xymon server? Might be some clue there as to what's going on ... Good luck, Matt. Unix System Administrator Computer Science Corporation General Dynamics Land Systems 38500 Mound Rd. Sterling Heights, MI. 48310 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. Larry Barber <lebarber at gmail.com> 11/03/2009 09:24 AM Please respond to hobbit at hswn.dk To hobbit at hswn.dk cc Subject Re: [hobbit] Garbled http test. No its just a plain http test, no SSL is involved. Although where the below is showing question marks I'm seeing various random characters. Thanks, Larry Barber On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Mike Eggleston <mikeegg1 at mac.com> wrote: On Tue, 03 Nov 2009, Larry Barber might have said: > For the http test on just one of my hosts, on a red condition, I'm getting a > garbled display: > > Mon Nov 2 18:57:24 2009: ???????????$ ??????4 ???????????$ ??? ??? > > [image: red] http://xrdmr1s1.ess.usda.gov:9060/ibm/console - > ???????????$ ??????4 ???????????$ ??? ??? > > > ???????????$ ??????4 ???????????$ ??? ??? > Seconds: 0.18 > > > Note that it is the Hobbit generated error message that is confused. > Has anybody else seen something like this? > Any idea what is causing it? > > Thanks, > Larry Barber Is that SSL? Mike To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk This is an e-mail from General Dynamics Land Systems. It is for the intended recipient only and may contain confidential and privileged information. No one else may read, print, store, copy, forward or act in reliance on it or its attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, please return this message to the sender and delete the message and any attachments from your computer. Your cooperation is appreciated.

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hobbit/xymon delete column the 100th ;-)
by u.weber＠uweber.de 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Hello Henrik, I've a really trivial question and I hope so you can help me. I've send columns in UPERCASE by mistake. Then I delete all this columns with .bb IP "drop HOST TEST". All data was deleted on the hobbit/xymon-Server , also in ./hist and ./histlogs and so on. Now I would like send the columns at lowercase. I do this, however on the display I can see again the columns in UPERCASE. What can I do? Regards Uwe

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[hobbit] New Big Brother interface
by m.hofstra＠detamboer.nl 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

> ________________________________ > > From: josh at imaginenetworksllc.com > > Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:58:27 -0500 > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > > Subject: [hobbit] New Big Brother interface > > > > Has anyone seen this? This is just crazy... > > > > http://www.bb4.com/bb4-screenshot-tour/index.html > > > > Please don't ever let Xymon go down this road. > > How about this one ? at > http://xymon.dlinkddns.com/hobbit/ext3/examples/desktop/ > It provide interface for old Tigra menu system and new UI by > EXTJS RIA framework. That last one doesn't seem to add anything useful with the modified GUI... kind of silly. The bb4.com one however isn't all that bad, take page 8 for example, that gives me lots of info that may be very useful (page faults/second, cache hits/second), I can't find that stuff on my hobbit server atm (and certainly not in such a orderly fashion on only one page). It's the core functionality I really care about. As long as the GUI isn't stopping me from doing usefull stuff (for example, not allowing me to edit config files manually anymore or adding custom scripts), I don't see the problem. That said, I am however happy to stick with xymon. If bb4 has a nice feature, just nick the idea and do it the xymon way!:) -Marijn

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Critical Systems - Setup
by d.tom.schmitt＠L-3com.com 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

I am running Xymon-4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.3. When I login to Administration à Edit Critical Systems and enter the following values: HOST: Linksys-118 TEST: conn I fill in 'Resolver group:' and 'Instructions:' Then click 'Update record' button On my old system the line 'Last update by:' is updated. On my new system, nothing changes and no entry is created when you search for it. Do I have permissions incorrect on some file? Where are these entries stored? Thanks, Tom Schmitt Senior IT Staff - R&D Phone (801) 594-3030 Cell (801) 231-7230 D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com \\\\|||//// \ ~ ~ / | @ @ | --oOo---(_)---oOo--

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Reprocessing all data
by palann＠gmail.com 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Hi, This is a newbie question but how do I go about reprocessing all data? As I understand if xymon is monitor syslog, entries will gradually fade away in the monitor. That makes me believe there is an internal clock in xymon telling it to check all data since last check date. I tried to rename "data" directories erasing previous histories but that just give me a error. Can I set that internal clock to NULL or some date? I can also reprocess all data by blowing away and re-installing xymon. - David

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Garbled http test.
by lebarber＠gmail.com 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

For the http test on just one of my hosts, on a red condition, I'm getting a garbled display: Mon Nov 2 18:57:24 2009: Ϫ��$��4Ϫ��$�� [image: red] http://xrdmr1s1.ess.usda.gov:9060/ibm/console - Ϫ��$��4Ϫ��$�� Ϫ��$��4Ϫ��$�� Seconds: 0.18 Note that it is the Hobbit generated error message that is confused. Has anybody else seen something like this? Any idea what is causing it? Thanks, Larry Barber

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Funky TOP output
by ejacobs＠thomaspublishing.com 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Xymon 4.2.3 client running on RHE4 (update 3). When I click on CPU I get the output of top, but it is wrong (Load average may be correct, but list of processes running is not). I checked the data being built in tmp directory on client, and it is wrong there also, so I am sure it has something to do with client. Eric Jacobs Infrastructure and Operations Information Technology Group Phone:215-682-5354 Email:ejacobs at thomaspublishing.com

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Alerting on UP / DOWN
by d.tom.schmitt＠L-3com.com 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

I am running Xymon-4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.3. When I create a bash shell script to be used from the hobbit-alerts.cfg file, I only receive one alert for going DOWN and one for RECOVERY. Is this by design? Do you only get multiple alerts for down if you request them? REPEAT=30m I have monitor2 watching monitor1 and if connectivity fails, it assumes the responsibilities of monitor1 until monitor1 is available. The script watches for events DOWN (1st time) and RECOVER to move the appropriate files for alerting. I have both systems monitoring but only one alerting. The files are kept current by using RSYNC between the two systems. This also creates a backup of each system on the opposite system for a re-build. The seconds question is then, if I want to have an escalation to the next level up, do I have to use the same HOST entry or do I create a separate one? HOST=monitor1.csw.l-3com.com SERVICE=conn RECOVERED DURATION>9m MAIL D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com COLOR=red REPEAT=4d SCRIPT /home/xymon/SCRIPTS/takeover.sh 911 2nd entry for escalation: HOST=monitor1.csw.l-3com.com SERVICE=conn RECOVERED DURATION>1h MAIL The.Boss at L-3Com.com COLOR=red REPEAT=4d Thanks, Tom Schmitt Senior IT Staff - R&D Phone (801) 594-3030 Cell (801) 231-7230 D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com \\\\||//// \ ~ ~ / | @ @ | --oOo---(_)---oOo--

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Marek MODRZYNSKI is out of the office.
by marek.modrzynski＠itc.alstom.com 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

I will be out of the office starting 2009-11-02 and will not return until 2009-11-05. I will not be available in the office tommorow and the day after ie: 16-17 Sept 2009. Will be back on Friday 18.09.2009

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