March 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Xymon push
by Galen.Johnson＠sas.com 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Has anyone documented a successful implantation of using the Xymon server to push config changes and new clients? =G=

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bbwin / localization
by doctor＠makelofine.org 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi, I'm running a windows 2k3 server french edition, and bbwin is running on it. It reports ports status using localized french caracters (é, à ...) So, how may I configure my monitoring system to deal with it ? Do I have to change the way windows answer commands ? Or do I have to configure something in bbwin or xymon server (4.2.3 running on debian) Tks for your help

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SMS alert on reboot
by Jarrod.Hodder＠pmg.net.au 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hey Guys, I am trying to find a way I can get a SMS notification to be sent out when a computer has been rebooted. My SMS gateway is working fine. The indepth report on the CPU says that the machine has been rebooted, but the status of the CPU never goes off green. How do I set it up to tell me when it has been rebooted when the status doesn't change? Cheers Jarrod Hodder

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monitoring services
by johan＠matrix-data.co.uk 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

I must be missing something very basic here, but I cannot get hobbit to monitor a specific service on some Windows 2003 servers. In bb-hosts I use the PAGE directive to split up Linux and Windows servers. In hobbit-clients.cfg I want to check just the Windows servers for a service called fstats.exe: PAGE=Windows PROC fstats.exe But this just doesn't work. I'm 100% sure that is the name of the service, and I already do something similar (albeit not on the same network) to monitor sqlservr.exe on some Windows servers but from another hobbit server. Any ideas what I'm missing? Thanks.

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xymon 4.3.0 and Devmon
by gleonard＠progrexion.com 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Will I still need to use devmon with 4.3 or is there something like it included? -Gavin

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File Monitoring (MTIME & SIZE)
by MFisher＠hra.com 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi All, I am trying to monitor files which should NOT be modified. If have the SIZE and MTIME parameter setup as follows: HOST=testhost.test.com FILE /etc/passwd TYPE=file OWNER=0 GROUP=0 MODE=644 SIZE=123456 MTIME>86400 red This basically means that if the file is modified within the last 24 hours, or if the SIZE is different than 123456 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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Upgrading Hobbit 4.2 to xymon 4.3.2...
by FRamaekers＠ailife.com 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Has anyone performed this upgrade? I'm concerned about the name change and directory/file name changes. I have a production system but no test system to test the upgrade. TIA, Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr. Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76710 _____________________________________________________ This message contains information which is privileged and confidential and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please destroy it immediately and notify us at PrivacyAct at ailife.com.

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XYMON Connection test
by mv652＠softhome.net 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi, I am just getting started with the Xymon 4.2.3, and am very pleased with that the trending and graphing I've been looking for comes pre-built ready and working immediately after install. I have a couple questions that I wouldn't mind to be answered though... In the "conn" section of each host, the Y-Axis is in seconds, however the results seem odd as they are showing in milliseconds rather than microseconds. testing from the command line, the results are all under 500us. I opted to use hobbitping, but can move to fping if that may be the problem. Thanks, Mario

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ntp check
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠elavon.com 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

I was hoping to get some insight about the ntp test. I am now getting intermittent failure alerts on random servers but there does not seem to be an actual time problem Can somebody tell me exactly what the ntp test on hobbit does? thank you kh

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md5_calc error when running make
by paulduff＠tpg.com.au 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

Hi, once again I have hit a problem with running make. I finaly solved my clock_gettime issue to have this one thrown up. I am now seeing an md5_calc issue. Below is the output from make. bbmons01 /prod/tmp/xymon-4.3.0-beta1:> make CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I`pwd`/include -I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="" OSDEF="-DSunOS" RPATHOPT="-Wl,-R/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib -Wl,-R/usr/lib" PCREINCDIR="-I/usr/local/include" SSLFLAGS="-DHAVE_OPENSSL=1" SSLINCDIR="-I/usr/local/include " SSLLIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lssl -lcrypto" NETLIBS="-lresolv -lsocket -lnsl" LIBRTDEF=""-lrt"" BBTOPDIR="/prod/vendor/xymon" BBLOGDIR="/var/log/xymon" BBHOSTNAME="bbmons01.ap.vzbi.com" BBHOSTIP="203.166.64.245" BBHOSTOS="sunos" make -C lib all make[1]: Entering directory `/prod/tmp/xymon-4.3.0-beta1/lib' gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/prod/tmp/xymon-4.3.0-beta1/include -I/usr/local/include -I. -I../include -DSTANDALONE -o loadhosts loadhosts.c ./libbbgen.a -lrt loadhosts.c: In function `bbh_find_item': loadhosts.c:228: warning: return discards qualifiers from pointer target type loadhosts.c: In function `bbh_item_id': loadhosts.c:619: warning: return discards qualifiers from pointer target type Undefined first referenced symbol in file md5_calc /usr/lib/librt.so ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to loadhosts collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [loadhosts] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/prod/tmp/xymon-4.3.0-beta1/lib' make: *** [lib-build] Error 2 bbmons01 /prod/tmp/xymon-4.3.0-beta1:> Any help would be great. Regards Paul

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