May 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

SPLITNCV and graphs
by gatis.anee＠gmail.com 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi, How can I get SPLITNCV data to be drawn in seperate graphs not in one. For isntance I am going to track: value1 : a value2 : b value3 : c valuex : x (count of "values" will change randomly) then i will get following rrd files (each tracking one value) test,value1.rrd test,value2.rrd test,value3,rrd test,valuex,rrd and with following hobbitgraph definition [test] FNPATTERN test,value(.*).rrd TITLE test YAXIS TEST DEF:p at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:lanbda:AVERAGE LINE1:p at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ aa I am getting one graph with three(or more) lines, but I want to get three(or more) seperate graphs with one line each. Thanks! -- Gatis

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clear server:http recovered
by annaj＠hi.is 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi all. Can anybody explain how to configure the Xymon server not to send a recovered message when a status goes clear. I do not want to remove the clear status per se, I just want the clear status to behave as it should behave, that is UNKNOWN. If a status depends on other tests, would it be possible to send a message about that. I am using version 4.2.0. Has this issue been dealt with in later versions? See the following message that was sent as recovered: > clear Mon May 11 09:58:33 2009: Server timeout ; Server timeout ; > > &clear http://vidskipti.hi.is/ - Server timeout > -- Kindest Regards, Anna Jonna Ármannsdóttir, Unix System Aministration, Computing Services, University of Iceland.

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one hobbitd_rrd is missing / alarm with procs
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi ! I've got since several days an alarm for my hobit-server, because one hobbitd_rrd process is missing ... But if i make a "ps aux|grep hobbitd_rrd" on the server i see my two hobbitd-processes [it-hobbit] ps uax |grep hobbitd_rrd hobbit 7182 0.6 0.1 5384 2280 ? S May03 51:48 hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/logs/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --debug --rrddir=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/data/rrd hobbit 7183 0.4 0.0 6052 772 ? S May03 33:10 hobbitd_channel --channel=data --log=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/logs/rrd-data.log hobbitd_rrd --debug --extra-tests=mpstat,zonestat --extra-script=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/rrd_data.pl --rrddir=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/data/rrd hobbit 7186 1.9 0.3 10792 8132 ? D May03 162:20 hobbitd_rrd --debug --rrddir=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/data/rrd hobbit 7187 1.4 0.6 16240 13032 ? D May03 122:54 hobbitd_rrd --debug --extra-tests=mpstat,zonestat --extra-script=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/rrd_data.pl --rrddir=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/data/rrd The logfiles rrd-status.log & rrd-data.log are updated also well .. In my hobbit-client.cfg is written Page=Hobbit-Server PROC httpd 1 -1 yellow PROC %^hobbitd_history 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=Hobbit history" PROC %^hobbitd_rrd 2 -1 yellow "TEXT=Hobbit RRD" PROC hobbitd PROC hobbitlaunch This problem still exists after a restart for the hobbit-derver -- Any hints or advice how to debug this are welcome ! Cheers, Martin

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Fwd: wrong status of server side extention script in xymon-4.2.2..pl help...
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 09 May '09

09 May '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: pankaj dorlikar <pankaj.dorlikar at gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:08 PM Subject: wrong status of server side extention script in xymon-4.2.2 To: hobbit at hswn.dk hi, i am using xymon -4.2.2. I have written one extension script (server side script) for monitoring k3b service on each machine including server and clients also.On one of my clients and on server itself,the service is not running.on other two clients service is running. I am getting same green status on all clients as well as server stating k3b is running.when i checked on each client,server and 2 clients do not run this service.;but i am getting green for that also....wt is wrong? steps i fallowd are, In ~/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg added k3b] ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD $BBHOME/ext/k3b LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/k3b.log INTERVAL 5m in bb-hosts,added k3b for every host.. In ~/server/ext/k3b, added: #!/bin/sh BBHTAG=k3b # What we put in bb-hosts to trigger this test COLUMN=k3b # Name of the column, often same as tag in bb-hosts $BBHOME/bin/bbhostgrep $BBHTAG | while read L do set $L # To get one line of output from bbhostgrep HOSTIP="$1" MACHINEDOTS="$2" MACHINE=`echo $2 | $SED -e's/\./,/g'` MSG="$BBHTAG status for host $MACHINEDOTS" op=`ps -aef | grep k3b | grep -v grep|grep -v vim` /* some logic placed which will lead to results */ if test $op != "";then then COLOR=green else COLOR=red fi $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$COLUMN $COLOR `date` ${MSG} " done exit 0 ------------------ logs alos do not show anything except bb-hosts enties.. help me..abt how can i get correct status for all clients and serverm using server side xternal script Pankaj V. Dorlikar -- Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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wrong status of server side extention script in xymon-4.2.2
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 08 May '09

08 May '09

hi, i am using xymon -4.2.2. I have written one extension script (server side script) for monitoring k3b service on each machine including server and clients also.On one of my clients and on server itself,the service is not running.on other two clients service is running. I am getting same green status on all clients as well as server stating k3b is running.when i checked on each client,server and 2 clients do not run this service.;but i am getting green for that also....wt is wrong? steps i fallowd are, In ~/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg added k3b] ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD $BBHOME/ext/k3b LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/k3b.log INTERVAL 5m in bb-hosts,added k3b for every host.. In ~/server/ext/k3b, added: #!/bin/sh BBHTAG=k3b # What we put in bb-hosts to trigger this test COLUMN=k3b # Name of the column, often same as tag in bb-hosts $BBHOME/bin/bbhostgrep $BBHTAG | while read L do set $L # To get one line of output from bbhostgrep HOSTIP="$1" MACHINEDOTS="$2" MACHINE=`echo $2 | $SED -e's/\./,/g'` MSG="$BBHTAG status for host $MACHINEDOTS" op=`ps -aef | grep k3b | grep -v grep|grep -v vim` /* some logic placed which will lead to results */ if test $op != "";then then COLOR=green else COLOR=red fi $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$COLUMN $COLOR `date` ${MSG} " done exit 0 ------------------ logs alos do not show anything except bb-hosts enties.. help me..abt how can i get correct status for all clients and serverm using server side xternal script Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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Duration of a test
by vschultz＠cvf.fr 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hello all, Is it possible to set the duration of a test ? I mean that a program send a bb command to set a test to YELLOW to the hobbit server, i would like ths test goes GREEN automaticaly after 15 minutes. I see 2 solutions : 1) The client program send a duration with the notification 2) The server automaticaly reset the color of the test to GREEN after 15 mn of YELLOW (or RED) for a host Or maybe another way to do it ? Can someone help me or point me in the right direction ? Thank you, Regards, Vincent

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Questions on alerting module
by joe＠tmsusa.com 06 May '09

06 May '09

Some time ago, Henrik spoke of an alerting module implementation which can be distributed to multiple servers, but only one server sends the alerts. Does this exist yet in any available version of xymon? This alerting piece is the only thing remaining to be resolved, in order for us to migrate from bb 1.9e-btf+bbgen-3.5 to xymon. Thanks for any pointers to TFM to which you might refer me - Joe

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hobbit client
by gabrielescu＠gmail.com 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hi I hava a new hobbit client instalation. There are 2 folders: xymon and hobbit where should I put the new scripts? and where is defined bbhome? it seems somewhere in a config file it's hobbit instead of xymon or viceversa... Gabi

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using contchk.sh - 302 redirects
by flytip＠gmail.com 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hi Charles, My name is ernie :) from the UK I have been having problems with hobbit and url checks through redirects and your script looks like just the solution. regarding the use of the script contchk , I was wondering if you would have time to give me an example from maybe your bb-host file of how to include the contchk tag? My bb-host is laid out to specify categories and each category then has a list of hosts files that it can check for http and url check strings etc, so I wasn't sure if i should add the contchk;url;referrer;string to my bb-host or in the specific file that refers to the website and url that is being redirected. for example: *www.demo.com* lets say it is on a server called *ssnrig10227* and that category of sites is called *test* i would say: subpage tests test group-except netstat|http|wcontent test include test/ssnrig10227 Then I would have in a file at $BBHOME/etc/hobbit/test/ssnrig10227 10.xx.xx.xx ssnrig10227 # NAME:"PA - ssnrig10227 - 10.xx.xx.xx " http://www.demo.com cont;http://www.demo.com;Login hope that makes sense and thanks for the use of your work ernie

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Error compiling xymon-4.3.0-beta2 on Solaris 8
by john.r.rothlisberger＠accenture.com 06 May '09

06 May '09

I am not sure if I missed something but during the make it errors out. I believe I have all the required software installed. Ideas? ... gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DSunOS -I. -I/local/export/home/xymon/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -I/usr/local/include -I. -I../include -c -o misc.o misc.c In file included from /local/export/home/xymon/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include/libbbgen.h:42, from misc.c:34: /local/export/home/xymon/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include/../lib/eventlog.h:38: error: syntax error before numeric constant make[1]: *** [misc.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/local/export/home/xymon/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/lib' make: *** [lib-build] Error 2 Thanks, John _____________________________________________________________________ John R. Rothlisberger Accenture * Accenture Business Process Outsourcing * BSS Support Center Office: 312.693.3136 * Octel: 68/33136 * Fax: 312.652.3136 MSN: johnr3728 at hotmail.com AIM: johnr3728 _____________________________________________________________________ This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.

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