December 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

[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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"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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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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can from address be configured for xymon alerts?
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

hi, can "from " address be configured for xymon alerts?i want to send xymon alert mails from "xymon at monitor.mgmt.machines" address.But is is sending alerts from xymon(a)`hostname`.There is no flag/variable that accepts for from address.I dont want to change my servers sendmail configuration.I want to change configuraion from xymon side.Also i am getting dsn erros. I dont want to change hostname of the machine as it might take machine's name from /etc/hosts. What is the way to do that? -- ion. Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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