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[hobbit] How do you check the status from other column from scripts?
by mmoldvan＠csc.com 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

I recently found the bb command with the hobbitdboard to work pretty well for grabbing info on a specific test and specific host: # ./bbcmd # bb 136.180.70.203 'hobbitdboard <full_host_name_as_in_bb-hosts>.conn' <full_host_name_as_in_bb-hosts>|conn|green|OrdAstLe|1258268784|1260293536|1260295336|0|0|136.180.70.203|-1|green  Tue Dec 8 12:31:25 2009 conn ok // notice the single quotes for the DATA area, as the "bb" command only takes two arguments, you have to encase these in quotes Getting that command to run in a script is a little more complex and required me to do an su to the xymon user ... CMD='/usr/lib64/xymon/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "drop '${HOSTNAME}'"' echo ${CMD} su - xymon -c "${CMD}" Some other useful stuff is in there too, check out http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man1/bb.1.html. Hope that helps. Unix System Administrator Computer Science Corporation General Dynamics Land Systems 38500 Mound Rd. Sterling Heights, MI. 48310 Desk: (586) 825-8294 Oracle IM: moldvanm 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. [hobbit] How do you check the status from other column from scripts? Aulestia Jimmy to: hobbit 11/26/2009 08:36 PM Please respond to hobbit 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 En Telefónica-Movistar nos sentimos orgullosos de ser la Mejor Empresa para Trabajar en el Ecuador - Ranking Great Place To Work 2008

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[hobbit] RE: How to set LFS on Solaris10 server
by canghel＠cjh.org 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

If I type mount this is what I see. There is a "panic" # mount / on /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 read/write/setuid/devices/intr/largefiles/logging/xattr/onerror=panic/de v=1d80008 on Wed Dec 9 12:23:15 2009 Also in the Makefile the LFSDEF is not set up # Large File Support settings LFSDEF = Camelia -----Original Message----- From: Eric Meddaugh [mailto:etmsys at rit.edu] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:09 AM To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' Subject: [hobbit] RE: How to set LFS on Solaris10 server It should already be enabled. man largefile The application has to be largefile aware. In older Solaris version you used to need a "largefiles" in the vfstab, however that's not the case anymore as it's the default. Type "mount" and you should see it as an option. ---Eric _____ From: Camelia Anghel [mailto:canghel at cjh.org] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:06 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] How to set LFS on Solaris10 server Hello, I've installed xymon-4.2.2 on a Sparc Solaris10 64 bit server. I would like to enable large file system. I wonder if I can get a link/hint that will point in the right direction. Thanks, Camelia

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How to set LFS on Solaris10 server
by canghel＠cjh.org 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hello, I've installed xymon-4.2.2 on a Sparc Solaris10 64 bit server. I would like to enable large file system. I wonder if I can get a link/hint that will point in the right direction. Thanks, Camelia

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Issue with MAILC env variable?
by Tom.Moore＠sas.com 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Actually.. I think I've narrowed it down to this in the hobbitlaunch.cfg file ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg When it's parsing that it gives the error for the MAILC option. The server itself seems to send out emails fine with the syntax on alerts. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Moore Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:12 PM To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' Subject: Issue with MAILC env variable? I'm trying to use the -r option in "nail" to change the from address headers. It works fine if I just have an email address, however if I use the (Name) nomenclature the hobbitd bombs with this error: /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg: line 97: syntax error near unexpected token `(' /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg: line 97: `MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)"" Env is this: MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)"" MAIL="$MAILC -s" >From the command line this works fine as well: /usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)" myemail at something.com Is there something in Xymon that is interpreting the parenthesis? I've even tried to escape them with \ to no avail. Thx, Tom

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monitoring solaris client
by am.srini＠gmail.com 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hi, I just installed on a solaris box (SunOS pluto 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250), I have edited ~/etc/hobbitclient.cfg and given xymon server IP and on Xymon server ~/server/etc/bb-hosts and added this sun box ip address and hostname. I can only see conn, info, trends data. others such as cpu, disk, memory, msgs are all empty. Am I missing something basic here or any config changes I had to take care. bash-3.00# MAKE=gmake ./configure.client Configuration script for Hobbit client This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Hobbit Checking your make-utility Hobbit normally keeps all of the client configuration files on the Hobbit server. If you prefer, it is possible to use a local client configuration file instead - if so, answer 'client' to the next question. NB: Local configuration requires the PCRE libs on each host. Server side client configuration, or client side [server] ? client Checking for the PCRE libraries Checking for PCRE ... Found PCRE include files in /opt/sfw/include Found PCRE libraries in /opt/sfw/lib Checking for Large File Support ... ERROR: LFS support check failed for standard file support What userid will be running Hobbit [hobbit] ? xymon Found passwd entry for user xymon:x:60040:1::/export/home/xymon:/bin/bash Where do you want the Hobbit installation [/export/home/xymon] ? OK, will configure to use /export/home/xymon as the Hobbit toplevel directory What is the IP-address of your Hobbit server [127.0.0.1] ? xxx.xxx.xx.x6 Using SunOS Makefile settings Created Makefile with the necessary information to build Hobbit Some defaults are used, so do look at the Makefile before continuing. Configuration complete - now run gmake (GNU make) to build the tools bash-3.00# bash-3.00# gmake bash-3.00# gmake install bash-3.00# vi etc/hobbitclient.cfg "etc/hobbitclient.cfg" 52 lines, 1690 characters # Environment settings for the Hobbit client. BBDISP="xxx.xxx.xx.xx9" # IP address of the Hobbit server bash-3.00# ./runclient.sh start Hobbit client for sunos started on pluto -bash-3.00# vi /export/home/xymon/server/etc/bb-hosts xxx.xxx.xx.x6 APT-NCC-NSW-rhoSpluto Let me know what all other information I can provide. Thanks all for your help, Srinu

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How to create multiple custum test under one column
by thorsten.erdmann＠daimler.com 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hi, I want to do some application tests on several servers. All these test should be under one column named "app". Every test is unique for one server. So test "app" on "server1" is different from "app" on server2. All these test run remotely on the hobbit server, not on the destination servers. For now I wrote a test-script for every test and define a unique testname for the bbhost file for every test-script. In the script I reported to the "app" column. Works fine, but I have to include every test-script in the hobbitlaunch file and so all these tests run simultaneously, resulting in a big number of processes on the hobbit server. So I think of writing _one_ testscript for the "app" test and let this script decide which subscript should be run for each host. So all the different tests would be run under one master test script and so I hopefully get only one process. BBHTAG=app # What we put in bb-hosts to trigger this test COLUMN=app # Name of the column, often same as tag in bb-hosts TEMPFILE_OUTPUT=$BBTMP/$BBHTAG.output.tmp TEMPFILE=$BBTMP/$BBHTAG.tmp $BBHOME/bin/bbhostgrep $BBHTAG | while read L do echo "found hosts: $L" rm $TEMPFILEOUTPUT >/dev/null 2>&1 set $L # To get one line of output from bbhostgrep HOSTIP="$1" MACHINEDOTS="$2" MACHINE=`echo $2 | $SED -e's/\./,/g'` COLOR=green echo "Application test on $MACHINEDOTS" > $TEMPFILE if "$MACHINE" == "server1" . apptest_server1.sh fi if "$MACHINE" == "server2" . apptest_server2.sh fi MSG=`cat $TEMPFILE_OUTPUT | fold -s -w 100` if [ $DEBUG = TRUE ] then echo "status $MACHINE.$COLUMN $COLOR `date` $MSG" else $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$COLUMN $COLOR `date` $MSG" fi rm $TEMPFILE_OUTPUT >/dev/null 2>&1 done exit 0 What do you think of this method? Maybe you have a better idea? Thank you Thorsten Erdmann If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that you have received this e-mail in error, and delete it. We thank you for your cooperation.

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Marek MODRZYNSKI is out of the office.
by marek.modrzynski＠itc.alstom.com 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

I will be out of the office starting 2009-12-10 and will not return until 2009-12-14.

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Issue with MAILC env variable?
by Tom.Moore＠sas.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

I'm trying to use the -r option in "nail" to change the from address headers. It works fine if I just have an email address, however if I use the (Name) nomenclature the hobbitd bombs with this error: /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg: line 97: syntax error near unexpected token `(' /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg: line 97: `MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)"" Env is this: MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)"" MAIL="$MAILC -s" >From the command line this works fine as well: /usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)" myemail at something.com Is there something in Xymon that is interpreting the parenthesis? I've even tried to escape them with \ to no avail. Thx, Tom

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auto reload of client task list
by ken＠minktech.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi All, I am running Xymon 4.3.0-0.20090209 on SLES11 i586l. It was installed via self built rpms. Everything seems to be working expect for one minor problem. When I make a change to clientlaunch.cfg, the client does re-read it, but does not change it's task list. I turned on debugging in the client and see output confirming that the client has seem the change and re-read the config. It just doesn't alter the task list. If I stop and start the client, the changes take effect, which rules out syntax errors or similar problems. Any ideas on where to look? Ken

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REPORTTIME bb-replog only criticals
by rower.master＠gmail.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi Henrik, I'm using the REPORTTIME tag and the Availability report considers the "* "red" and "clear" status counts as downtime" as described on the documentation. I need to change the code to consider the only the red, I've looked at bb-replog.c and bb-rep.c and did not figured out how to do it. Could please give me a hint? Thanks in advance, Mario Panza. When REPORTTIME is specified, the availability calculation happens like this: * Only measurements done during the given time period is used for the calculation. * "blue" time reduces the length of the report interval, so if you are generating a report for a 10-hour period and there are 20 minutes of "blue" time, then the availability calculation will consider the reporting period to be 580 minutes (10 hours minus 20 minutes). This allows you to have scheduled downtime during the REPORTTIME interval without hurting your availability; this is (I believe) the whole idea of the downtime being "planned". * "red" and "clear" status counts as downtime; "yellow" and "green" count as uptime. "purple" time is ignored. The availability calculation correctly handles status changes that cross into/out of a REPORTTIME interval. If no REPORTTIME is given, the standard 24x7 calculation is used.

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