April 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

to test the non-existence of a dir
by doctor＠makelofine.org 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hi, Xymon allow me to test the non existence of file or directory. But I'd like a more complex test. In my case, I don't want any directory named _FIXED_PART_anything in a whole tree. Example : I've /toto/_FIXED_PART_1 -> test is red /toto/a/sub/directory/_FIXED_PART_hello_world -> test is red So, is there a "normal" way to use "files" test included in xymon ? Regards, Damien

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Hobbit Email Alert Subject
by merlin_rbs＠hotmail.com 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hi, I hope I havent missed this somewhere on the forum and that someone can help. I have hobbit 4.2.0 running on Fedora Core 6 and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, monitoring around 400 Servers in our Production and Corporate environments. I setup a number of different groups in hobbit-alerts.cfg and am sending out alerts based on the department responsible and priority. The problem or issue some of the departments / admins have is when they receive alert emails on there blackberries. The email subject is truncated according to the blackberry screen size or font size. They have asked me if it is possible to format the message subject so that they can respond more efficiently without having to scroll through the entire email. As and example: Current alert email subject: Hobbit [604196] SERVER:disk CRITICAL (RED) What I would like the subject to be: SERVER:disk CRITICAL (RED) Hobbit [604196] This may seem a trivial or unimportant, but depending on the event we could receive up to 100 alerts messages from the fallout. It would be handy to scroll through the emails checking the subject without having to open them. Thanks for any help you can provide on this. Regards, Ryan _________________________________________________________________ View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/

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4.3.0-beta1 and "Trends Period Update"
by dominique.frise＠unil.ch 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hi, Beside our 4.2.0 production server we set up a test server with Xymon 4.3.0-beta1 software. Since then, we noticed two problems: 1. The hobbit-holidays.cfg is not installed (this has been already reported) 2. The -very nice- "Trends Period Update" does not work for hostnames where "NAME:hostname" is used. In those cases, the whole name is passed to the wrapper resulting in "No such host" Example for host sila : NAME:"sila [Serval Prod.]" ~xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?backdays=2&backhours=0&backmins=0&backsecs=0&HOST=sila+[Serval+Prod.]&SERVICE=trends&Go=Update Dominique

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CPU alerting
by James.Roberts＠hants.gov.uk 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

If there a way of alerting on CPU utilization? I.e. when the cpu is 90% busy? James Roberts IT Consultant - IT Services Hampshire County Council Room 415,Elizabeth II Court, The Castle, Winchester, Hants SO23 8US Internal HPSN: (200) 5037 Tel: +44 (0)1962 845037 Fax: +44 (0)1962 847434 james.roberts at hants.gov.uk Web: WWW.Hants.Gov.UK

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Xymon 4.3.0-beta1: hobbit-hostgraphs.cgi: core dump
by dominique.frise＠unil.ch 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hi, Running Xymon on Solaris 10 i386. We get "Internal Server error" with the Metrics Report. Here below the results of debugging: [bb at iris etc]$ . /soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg;/soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/bin/hobbit-hostgraphs.cgi $CGI_HOSTGRAPHS_OPTS --debug Content-type: text/html 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Trying header/footer file '/soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/web/hostgraphs_header' <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Xymon - Metrics Report</TITLE> ... ... <SELECT NAME=hostname MULTIPLE SIZE=15> 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Transport setup is: 2009-03-31 15:17:15 bbdportnumber = 1984 2009-03-31 15:17:15 bbdispproxyhost = NONE 2009-03-31 15:17:15 bbdispproxyport = 0 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Recipient listed as '130.223.27.150' 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Standard BB protocol on port 1984 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Will connect to address 130.223.27.150 port 1984 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Connect status is 0 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Sent 56 bytes 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Read 8192 bytes 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Read 1287 bytes 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Closing connection 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Opening file /soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Opening file /soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/etc//bb-hosts.acadSys 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Opening file /soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/etc//bb-hosts.adminSys 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Recipient listed as '130.223.27.150' 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Standard BB protocol on port 1984 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Will connect to address 130.223.27.150 port 1984 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Connect status is 0 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Sent 8 bytes 2009-03-31 15:17:15 Closing connection Segmentation Fault (core dumped) [bb at iris etc]$ gdb ../bin/hobbit-hostgraphs.cgi core GNU gdb 6.6 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-pc-solaris2.8"... warning: core file may not match specified executable file. Reading symbols from /opt/csw/lib/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /opt/csw/lib/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/librt.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/librt.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.1 Reading symbols from /opt/csw/lib/libncurses.so.5...done. Loaded symbols for /opt/csw/lib/i386/libncurses.so.5 Reading symbols from /opt/csw/lib/libz.so...done. Loaded symbols for /opt/csw/lib/i386/libz.so Reading symbols from /opt/csw/lib/libbz2.so.1.0...done. Loaded symbols for /opt/csw/lib/i386/libbz2.so.1.0 Reading symbols from /opt/csw/lib/libreadline.so.5...done. Loaded symbols for /opt/csw/lib/i386/libreadline.so.5 Reading symbols from /lib/libaio.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libaio.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libmd.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libmd.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/ld.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld.so.1 Core was generated by `/soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/bin/hobbit-hostgraphs.cgi --env=/soft/pub/BB/hobbit/'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0x0805f31a in addtobuffer (buf=0x0, newtext=0x0) at strfunc.c:121 121 strbuf_addtobuffer(buf, newtext, strlen(newtext)); (gdb) bt #0 0x0805f31a in addtobuffer (buf=0x0, newtext=0x0) at strfunc.c:121 #1 0x0805de2b in sendmessage (msg=0x80647a7 "schedule", recipient=0x0, timeout=15, response=0x809cc18) at sendmsg.c:485 #2 0x0805645d in fetch_board () at headfoot.c:441 #3 0x0805807c in output_parsed (output=0x8077e68, templatedata=0x8078f36 "\t </SELECT>\n\n\t <SELECT NAME=testname MULTIPLE SIZE=15>\n\t <option value=\"ALL\" SELECTED>ALL</option>\n\t <option value=\"cpu\">CPU load (Windows/Unix)</option>\n\t <option value=\"la1\">CPU utilization (Un"..., bgcolor=2, selectedtime=1238505435) at headfoot.c:710 #4 0x08058cd8 in showform (output=0x8077e68, headertemplate=0x8063c6d "hostgraphs", formtemplate=0x8063c78 "hostgraphs_form", color=2, seltime=1238505435, pretext=0x0, posttext=0x0) at headfoot.c:1444 #5 0x080541c7 in main (argc=0, argv=0x8047900) at hobbit-hostgraphs.c:223 (gdb) Does anyone have an idea of what could be wrong? Thanks. Dominique

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hobbit problem with bbtest
by hrempel＠bgchemie.de 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hello everybody, Since 7 month I use hobbit to observe the availability of our VSE, VM and Linux systems running on IBM z9. The hobbit-server 4.2.0 is running in sles10 sp2 on this IBM z9. Everything worked well until last friday. In the Current Staus screen the icons for bbd, bbtest, http and the complete conn column changed from green to purple (no report). After a system reboot everything seems to be ok again because all icons were green. But after some time the problem was back, the icons for bbd, bbtest, http and the complete conn column changed from green to purple (no report). When I log on to hobbit and run 'bbtest-net' manually all purple icons change to green except the bbtest icon (still purple). After a while the already mentioned icon will change to purple again. So it looks to me that bbtest-net will not restart after the interval of 5 min. I have reduced the number of observed hosts from 20 to 10 and inserted --concurrency=N in the hobbitlaunch.cfg. But the problem still exists. Here is a part of my hobbitlaunch.cfg # "bbnet" runs the bbtest-net tool to perform the network based tests - i.e. http, smtp, ssh, dns and # all of the various network protocols we need to test. [bbnet] ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse --concurrency=N LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log INTERVAL 5m These are my running hobbit processes lx100:/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc # ps afx|grep hobbit|grep -v grep 14314 ? Ss 0:04 /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg --env=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid 14315 ? S 0:13 \_ hobbitd --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.pid --restart=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 --store-clientlogs=!msgs 14316 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=stachg --log=/var/log/hobbit/history.log hobbitd_history 14317 ? S 0:00 | \_ hobbitd_history 14318 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=clichg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hostdata.log hobbitd_hostdata 14319 ? S 0:00 | \_ hobbitd_hostdata 14320 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=page --log=/var/log/hobbit/page.log hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 14322 ? S 0:01 | \_ hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 14321 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd --extra-script=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/zvmvse.sh --extra-tests=procs 14323 ? S 0:05 | \_ hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd --extra-script=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/zvmvse.sh --extra-tests=procs 14324 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=data --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-data.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd 14325 ? S 0:01 | \_ hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd 14326 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=/var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log hobbitd_client 14327 ? S 0:02 | \_ hobbitd_client 13039 ? S 0:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 1>/usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.localhost.13022 2>&1; mv /usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.localhost.13022 /usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.localhost lx100:/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc # I cannot see any errormessage. There is enough space in the filesystem. Is it necessary to create a crontab entry to start bbtest-net every 5 min? My colleagues promissed me, that they have nothing changed. I have no idea what happended. Every hint is appreciated. kind regards Horst Rempel

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RRD Step Value
by MFisher＠hra.com 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Hey, Is there a way to change the default step time from 300 seconds (5 min) to some other value in the RRD creation process?

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Ack events sent to multiple BBDISP (issue with bback.cgi and cookies)
by nico＠crysto.org 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi,

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Installing Hobit Client in HPUX
by Davis.Jacob＠McKesson.com 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hi, A quick introduction, I am Davis Jacob a member of the System Engineering team. I am getting a problem when trying to install the client in HPUX machine. When I untar the client version, I get this message; tar -xvf hobbit_hpux.tar x ./etc/rc.config.d/hobbit-client, 880 bytes, 2 tape blocks x ./sbin/init.d/hobbit-client, 3497 bytes, 7 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/bb, 82172 bytes, 161 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/bbcmd, 69884 bytes, 137 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/bbhostgrep, 86268 bytes, 169 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/bbhostshow, 69884 bytes, 137 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-aix.sh, 1452 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-darwin.sh, 1164 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-freebsd.sh, 1462 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-hp-ux.sh, 1565 bytes, 4 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-linux.sh, 1363 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-netbsd.sh, 1399 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-openbsd.sh, 1396 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-osf1.sh, 1346 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-sunos.sh, 1652 bytes, 4 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh, 1387 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch, 78076 bytes, 153 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hpux-meminfo, 20732 bytes, 41 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg, 349 bytes, 1 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg, 1783 bytes, 4 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/runclient.sh, 2962 bytes, 6 tape blocks x ./usr/local/var/run/hobbitclient-runtime.cfg, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks But I don't see any installable in it. The HPUX version running is B.11.11 Can you please help me with this. Thanks in advance, Davis

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badsmtp not working for yellow / unexpected response string?
by knielsen＠knielsen-hq.org 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hi, I am using Hobbit 4.2.0 (Ubuntu Hardy package) to monitor a few hosts. I occasionally get yellow alarm on an "smtp" test, like this: Thu Apr 2 12:02:14 2009 smtp NOT ok Service smtp on mail.askmonty.org is not OK : Unexpected service response Seconds: 0.138234 They seem sporadic (they next test 30 seconds later it is ok again), and I don't really know how to fix it, so I would like to use the badTEST feature to only get an alert if it stays bad for at least 3 attempts: 195.218.93.115 mail.askmonty.org # smtp badsmtp:1:3:5 Now, this works as I expect if the smtp service goes RED: the test goes clear after one attempt, then yellow, and only red after 5 failed attempts. However, it does not seem to work for the above yellow warning; the test goes to yellow immediately upon the first failed test. I checked the docs on badTEST (http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/bb-hosts.5.html) but it was not 100% clear to me whether this is expected behaviour or not? Is there a way to make badTEST work for yellow alarms like the one above, as well as red? Is it a bug? Thanks, - Kristian.

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