February 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

MTIME - File Monitoring
by MFisher＠hra.com 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Hi, I am trying to monitor files which should NOT be modified. If have the MTIME parameter setup as follows: FILE /etc/passwd TYPE=file OWNER=0 GROUP=0 MODE=644 MTIME>86400 red This basically means that if the file is modified within the last 24 hours, it should go red... It never goes to any other status other than green. I also have the /etc/passwd entry in the clients-local.cfg file as well\ Any Ideas?

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[trunk] minor pb with hobbitd_rrd and mysql (ncv) ?
by obeau79＠gmail.com 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Hi, I'm graphing mysql with NCV. works fine with 4.2.0 In trunk, i'm missing most of the data on the graph because hobbitd_rrd doesnt seem to be getting the right feed (i suppose): i'm getting 2 kings of logs in rrd-status.log 2009-02-02 23:19:43 RRD error updating /data/hobbit/data/rrd/host1/mysql.rrd from 127.0.0.1: tmplt contains more DS definitions than RRD 2009-02-02 23:19:43 RRD error updating /data/hobbit/data/rrd/host2/mysql.rrd from 127.0.0.1: expected 2 data source readings (got 4) from 1233613183:18022:2:25317:1:... i stopped hobbit (waited for rrd to flush on disk), removed those rrd file, and fired hobbit. mysql.rrd gets created with 2 DS (whitch is what's expected from my NCV definition), but after a few minutes, this same log comes back.. -> i dont understand why the update is having more DS than the create are those log anything to worry about ? 2009-02-02 23:13:42 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 7774, expected 7747 2009-02-02 23:13:42 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 7794, expected 7777 Olivier

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[hobbit] Newbie windows client problem with powershell script
by JEloff＠media24.com 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Thanks Graeme That was spot on. I check the output file from powershell with dos editor and it had funny characters in. I changed the script to output the file in ASCII format and it is working perfectly now. Thanks a lot for help!! Johan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email and its contents are subject to an email legal notice that can be viewed at: http://www.naspers.com/email/disclaimer.html. Should you be unable to access the link provided, please email us for a copy at Helpdesk at Media24.com. Hierdie e-pos en sy inhoud is onderhewig aan 'n regskennisgewing oor elektroniese pos wat gelees kan word by http://www.naspers.com/epos/vrywaring.html. 'n Afskrif kan aangevra word by Helpdesk at Media24.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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conn test
by Christian.Rehberger＠oclc.org 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Hi all, I want to set an alarm when the connection time of the conn test to a server exceeds i.e. 50 ms. Is there a possibility for this? Thanx Chris -- Christian Rehberger Internal IT / Technical Services Consultant · OCLC GmbH Grünwalder Weg 28g · 82041 Oberhaching · Germany t +49-(0)89-61308 333 · f +49-(0)89-61308 399 e christian.rehberger at oclc.org · w http://www.oclcpica.org OCLC GmbH Geschäftsführer: Christine Magin-Weeger, Norbert Weinberger Sitz der Gesellschaft: Oberhaching, HRB München: 113261

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Newbie windows client problem with powershell script
by JEloff＠media24.com 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hi I am very new to Hobbit and thus do not know its ins and outs very much. My server is running and is reporting perfectly and I have several windows clients reporting to it 100% I have a problem with a powershell script that I wrote and I don't know where to start looking. To sum it up, the script just counts the files in some folders and if the count is above the threshold set, output a text file to the bbwin\tmp folder with the status red and then the file count. The file doesn't have an extension and the script does work perfectly and repots the file count correctly. My problem is that the windows client does remove the file as if importing / sending it to hobbit but nothing appears in the web console with regards to status etc. When I copy the text from the file, manually create a text file (without extension) and paste the exact same text in there it's also removed but then the web console is updated with the status etc. so the text in the file is perfect I assume then. I can only think that powershell creates the file in some weird way that hobbit doesn't like. Where can I check on the client or server what actually happens to the file or what is wrong with it when hobbit "imports" it? Regards Johan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email and its contents are subject to an email legal notice that can be viewed at: http://www.naspers.com/email/disclaimer.html. Should you be unable to access the link provided, please email us for a copy at Helpdesk at Media24.com. Hierdie e-pos en sy inhoud is onderhewig aan 'n regskennisgewing oor elektroniese pos wat gelees kan word by http://www.naspers.com/epos/vrywaring.html. 'n Afskrif kan aangevra word by Helpdesk at Media24.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Distro
by nfranken＠theunlimitedworld.co.za 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hi Guys I tested XyMon on Ubuntu 7.1 and it was not too difficult to install. We are now ready to deploy XyMon into production so I am looking at which Distribution XyMon is the easiest to install and maintain. Getting things to run on Ubuntu was not a major issue but if there is a easier distro I would like to use it for now. Any suggestions? Regards Neil

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[hobbit] configure procs ports and files and msg
by mosimodo＠gmail.com 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

hello again i´ve been configuring the potrs procs etc monitors. but It doesn´t work. at hobbit-clients HOST=santander.xx.es PROC "%/usr/lib/autofs/automountd" 1 1 red PROC cron #PROC /usr/sbin/cron 0 0 COLOR=red HOST=soria.xx.es LOG /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log [error] COLOR=red HOST=radiasrv.xx_dom.es DISK /FIXED/C 60 65 HOST=cadiz.xx.es DISK /orarecovery 96 100 LOAD 8.0 14.0 #HOST=barcino.xx_dom.es # DISK /FIXED/D 97 100 HOST=barcino.xx_dom.es DISK * 97 100 HOST=sevilla.xx.es DISK /ora9dbf 95 100 HOST=lleida.xx.es DISK /prog 45 50 DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 and at client-local.cfg #log:/usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log:10240 [santander.xx.es] log:/var/log/messages:10240 dir:/export/home/hobbit IO cannot imagun what i swrong. Some idea? I have hobbit 4.2 clients and older clients , a mix. someone could send me an example of configuration? Please some help! i´ll be working on it . regards! 2009/1/29 Jose Mª Erquiaga <mosimodo at gmail.com>: > THANKS VERY MUCH!!! > ill work on it right now > regards > > 2009/1/28 Mogens Busk <mob at rcf.dk>: >> You need to make configuration in /hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-client.cfg and >> /hobbit/server/etc/client-local.cfg >> >> You can see how it is done in the demo site: >> http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit-cgi/viewconf.sh?clientlocal >> http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit-cgi/viewconf.sh?client >> >> 2009/1/28 Jose Mª Erquiaga <mosimodo at gmail.com> >>> >>> Hi >>> I cannot find how to configure that monitors >>> im using hobbit , and the status of this monitors is clear. >>> but if you click on them They show information , >>> for example clicking in procs it shows all the process. >>> but msg dont show anything but the message " >>> >>> System logs at Wed Jan 28 10:13:06 CET 2009 : No log data available >>> >>> The client did not report any logfile data >>> " >>> >>> the same with files . >>> >>> Some idea???? >>> regards!!! >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to >>> hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> mvh mogens busk >> mob at rcf.dk >> >

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[hobbit] remote/commandline Acknowledge Alerts
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Thanks, Henrik ! indeed, that works (of course :-) ) , and have never tested before (sorry), and i talked with my mailmaster about the ack's via e-mail, and will tested it the next days ... By the way, is there also the possibility to disable/enable Alarms from remote site like the hobbit-enadis.cgi it does ? thanks & cheers, martin On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Henrik StÃ¸rner wrote: > In <Pine.LNX.4.64.0901231454510.15648 at pal32.desy.de> martin.flemming at desy.de writes: > >> I've got some colleagues who don't want >> to use the Webinterface to disable/enable Alerts or >> send Acknowledge Alerts for 30 or 50 machines at once ..... > > Do you have "--no-pin" on the CGI_ACK_OPTS setting in hobbitcgi.cfg ? > That would let them ack multiple alerts from one webpage. > >> so, is there any chance to do that, >> remote ( with wget or curl .. maybe ..) >> or per commandline on the hobbitserver ? > > You can send an ack with the "bb" tool > > bb IP.OF.HOBBIT.SERVER "hobbitdack 123 60 PSU replacement henrik" > > would send an ack for the event with ID 123, valid for > 60 minuter. The text for the ack is the remainder of the command. > But you need to know the ID for each event (it's included in > the alert e-mail). > > There's also the hobbit-mailack utility, which lets them send > ack's via e-mail. > > > Henrik > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > >

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Can Hobbit Generate a List of Systems with Low Utilization?
by John.Browning＠sas.com 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hi All, I was wondering if it was possible to have hobbit (I'm still currently running 4.2.0 as production) automatically generate a list of systems that have low utilization and or zero user logins over a certain amount of time. Nothing Fancy, just a raw list of systems. In the past we have used the metrics report but this becomes tedious for myself and managers since we currently have so many systems being monitored (1000+). The metrics reports can be used after the fact that we know a system/group of systems isn't being used. Thanks! -------------------------------------------- John Browning UNIX Systems Administrator R&D DataCenter www.sas.com<http://www.sas.com/> SAS(r) ... THE POWER TO KNOW(r)

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[hobbit] Hobbit Generating Defunct Processes
by massimo.morsiani＠gilbarco.com 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hi all, I have exactly the same issue on our IBM machines with AIX 5.3 (oslevel -r: 5300-08). I'm using Stef's hobbit/xymon client downloaded from http://www.docum.org/foswiki/bin/view/Xymon/Aix5HobbitClient . Does anyone find proper patch we have to apply? Regards. Massimo Morsiani Information Technology Dept. ------ Gilbarco S.r.l. via de' Cattani, 220/G 50145 Firenze, Italy tel: +39-055-30941 fax: +39-055-318603 email: massimo.morsiani at gilbarco.com web: http://www.gilbarco.it <http://www.gilbarco.it/> ________________________________ From: Ginny Jaworski [mailto:Ginny.Jaworski at marist.edu] Sent: giovedì 29 gennaio 2009 23.15 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit Generating Defunct Processes I have Hobbit running on a IBM P6 lpar, with AIX 5.3 installed. It seems about every 3-4 minutes a 'defunct' process is started by hobbit. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing Hobbit, and rebooting the server. The defunct processes are still being generated. Does anyone have any idea on what is causing this? Thanks for your help. Here's a sample of the ps output: 50307 Z hobbit 331868 0 0 38 rt 0:00 <defunct> 50307 Z hobbit 344096 0 0 38 rt 0:00 <defunct> 50307 Z hobbit 348368 0 0 38 rt 0:00 <defunct> 50307 Z hobbit 372982 0 0 38 rt 0:00 <defunct> 50307 Z hobbit 376944 0 0 38 rt 0:00 <defunct> 50307 Z hobbit 385200 0 0 38 rt 0:00 <defunct> 50307 Z hobbit 389226 0 0 38 rt 0:00 <defunct> 50307 Z hobbit 393276 0 0 38 rt 0:00 <defunct> Ginny Jaworski Please be advised that this email may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy or re-transmit this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify us by email by replying to the sender and by telephone (call us collect at +1 202-828-0850) and delete this message and any attachments. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance. In addition, Danaher and its subsidiaries disclaim that the content of this email constitutes an offer to enter into, or the acceptance of, any contract or agreement or any amendment thereto; provided that the foregoing disclaimer does not invalidate the binding effect of any digital or other electronic reproduction of a manual signature that is included in any attachment to this email.

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