July 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Alternate view for Management
by hballinger＠heritage-healthcare.com 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Our support staff likes having our monitoring system setup & organized by logical category/type. However, management is more interested in a view that is organized by business impact. For example: IT Top Level View- Hosted Services Corporate Connectivity Corporate Servers Corporate Desktops Remote Laptops Facility Connectivity Facility Desktops Management Top Level View- Email (Subpage containing all dependent hosts/services) HRMS (same as above) Sales CRM i.e. a listing for each "service" provided - possibly even maintained below subpages for each business unit Management wants availability and impact by the specific service and business unit impacted (10,000 foot view showing all dependencies), while IT is interested in the detail of the cogs/gears that make it all work. Do I just create a second listing for all of the hosts on a separate page structure? Would this generate twice as many network tests for the hosts that are listed duplicate times? Any suggestions? Thanks!

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bbcombotest Links
by me2unix＠gmail.com 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, Could not find anyone answering this request yet.. Here's a fix to add links to the bbcomtest reports page : Just change line 455 of hobbitd/bbcombotest.c >From : sprintf(msgline, "&%s %s\n", colorname(vwalk->color), vwalk->symbol); To: sprintf(msgline, "<a href=\"/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=%s&SERVICE=%s\">&%s</a> %s\n", gethname(vwalk->symbol), gettname(vwalk->symbol) , colorname(vwalk->color), vwalk->symbol); recompile and have links on the color dots of the tested items within combotests. --Hezki ** - *To*: <hobbit (at) hswn.dk> - *Subject*: bbcombotest Links - *From*: "Aiello, Steve \(GE, Corporate, consultant\)" <steve.aiello(at) ge.com> - *Date*: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:43:21 -0500 - *Thread-index*: AcdbTzrE4X3/UsIMTSiBvQJbJOnunQ== - *Thread-topic*: bbcombotest Links ------------------------------ Hi all, I thought I saw this question asked before, but did see it in the mailling list. When using bbcombotests, is it possible to have the combotest report with hyperlinks to the actual tests ? If I see one of the statuses are red or yellow, my nature instict is to wonder why, and be able to drill down for details. thanks, Steve

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bb-services: regexes in expect string?
by AaronZink＠eharmony.com 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

I have this defined in bb-services: [smtp-transaction] send "helo hobbit.domain.com\r\nmail from: <test at domain.com>\r\nrcpt to: <test at anotherdomain.com>\r\nquit\r\n" expect "220-mx01.domain.com ESMTP\r\n220 ESMTP READY\r\n250 mx01.domain.com\r\n250 sender <test at domain.com> ok\r\n" port 25 and a host that uses it in bb-hosts. This works great, except that it's tied to the host mx01.domain.com in the expect string. Is it possible to use regexes in the expect string, such as expect "220-mx0[0|1].domain.com"? So far my attempts have been unsuccessful and the man pages don't seem to indicate if this is possible. Aaron Zink Manager, Corporate IT eHarmony.com 626.795.4814

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ipv6 support
by vadud3＠gmail.com 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

Does hobbit support ipv6 addressing? -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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Clientupdate problems
by rdeal＠jcvi.org 11 May '10

11 May '10

Does anyone have clientupdate working reliably for a large number of machines? I noticed a problem with clientupdate failing on our 4.2.0 server and tracked it down that once a few clients seem to request the update the server stops sending the file. The clients however happily update the clientversion.cfg and thus never attempt to get the file again. After upgrading to 4.2.3, the problem is the same. Anyone else see this? I have read some of the back forum messages and it sounds line several others have run up against this same problem but there doesn't seem to be a solution. Butch

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HP PA-RISC Hardware monitoring ?
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

Anyone know is there a module (bb or hb) to monitor HP hardware ? May be better question is what is the similar command for ipmitool or prtdiage in HP-UX ? T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Capture your memories in an online journal! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

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[hobbit] Troubleshooting Alerts -- Having Problems
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

Thanks Martin, Is there a way using the same method to cause the alert to activate. For example, I want a host to activate on disk% has reached 98%, and go ahead and send a test page to my cell phone so I can check the format. Thanks again....James -----Original Message----- From: Martin Flemming [mailto:martin.flemming at desy.de] Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:37 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Troubleshooting Alerts -- Having Problems > also sending out a test alert /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --debug --test hostip test cheers, martin On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, James Wade wrote: > Thanks, I'll test out the SMS Format. > > Can someone give me some pointers on checking the configuration > file and also sending out a test alert. I've looked through the > man page and tried a few things, but it didn't seem to work. > > Thanks...James > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob McBroom [mailto:mailinglist0 at skurfer.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:57 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Troubleshooting Alerts -- Having Problems > > On 2009-Apr-14, at 10:00 AM, James Wade wrote: > >> Also, We received Cell Phones in place of the pagers, and >> now when I send messages to the cell phones, the cell phone >> doesn't display it properly. It's to much data for the cell phones >> they gave us. They are Nokia 6085's. When I get a text it >> says 1 of 10..or .. missing text.. I'm guessing I'm going >> to have to filter all my Hobbit alerts now. > > There is a FORMAT option for alerts. In particular, you probably want > "FORMAT=SMS". See the hobbit-alerts.cfg man page and the example in > the alerts file itself. > > -- > Rob McBroom > <http://www.skurfer.com/> > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > Gruss Martin Flemming ______________________________________________________ Martin Flemming DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de ______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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bb-snapshot - apache error 500...
by Mathias.Carlsson＠systeam.se 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Hi! I've got a problem with apache2 giving me a 500 error when I try to run a snapshot report... I'm running on a Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit platform and XYmon 4.3.0 svn rev. 6177... The errorl in the web-browser is: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webmaster at localhost and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. ________________________________ Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4.1 with Suhosin-Patch Server at 192.9.210.146 Port 80 And the error.log says: [Mon Jun 22 11:37:00 2009] [error] [client 192.9.210.83] Premature end of script headers: bb-snapshot.sh, referer: http://192.168.210.146/xymon-cgi/bb-snapshot.sh Are there anybody who knows how to fix this?? ________________________________ Mathias Carlsson VMware | Storage | Networking | Security www.systeam.se<https://outlook.systeam.se/OWA/redir.aspx?C=86f815296451461cb0ec17a8f0b8266…> SYSteam Anderstorp * Stötabogatan 1* SE-334 24 Anderstorp T: +46 (0)371 - 58 85 29 * F: +46 (0)371 - 169 67 ________________________________ Detta meddelande innehåller information som kan vara av sekretesskaraktär eller på annat sätt hemlig och ägs av SYSteam Datakonsult i Anderstorp AB. Meddelandet är endast avsedd för personen till vilken den är adresserad. Om du inte är den avsedda mottagaren, har du ej tillåtelse att läsa, skriva, spara, kopiera, distribuera eller använda meddelandet eller del av meddelandet. Om du mottar meddelandet av misstag, var vänlig och meddela avsändaren omgående samt ta bort meddelandet och alla kopior av detsamma.

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Devmon causing core dumps
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi all Devmon was causing the hobbitd_rrd module to crash and burn. Now this could be a bug, but it could also be a PEBKAC. I am hoping somebody can assist either way. I added a Cisco 2851 to Hobbit, using devmon. Now here is the possible PEBKAC Since Devmon doesn't have templates for the 2851, I used the template for the Cisco 2811. (Network guru told me they are pretty much the same, except for a few extra bells and whistles on the 2851.) The data for the device started appearing in Hobbit, and all looked good. Devmon even created the rrd files for the new Cisco device. However, the hobbitd_rrd module started core dumping, and the Hobbit server page started displaying red for hobbitd_rrd with the crash detected message. See core data below. Took the new Cisco device out of Hobbit, and cores stopped, and life was good again. Is there a significant enough difference between the 2851 and the 2811 to cause this, or are we looking at a genuine bug? I am leaning towards a bug, because even if the collected data was complete rubbish, should it cause the module to core? Regards Vernon My Linux guy reckons this is the important stuff from the core. uname -a Linux las006 2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu May 22 09:01:47 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.2 (Tikanga) gdb -c core.8550 /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitd_rrd GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.5-37.el5_2.1rh) 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 "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/librrd.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/librrd.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libz.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libart_lgpl_2.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libart_lgpl_2.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib64/libm.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libm.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 Core was generated by `hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd --debug'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0x0000003db7a30155 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x0000003db7a30155 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000003db7a31bf0 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x00000000004119f3 in sigsegv_handler (signum=<value optimized out>) at sig.c:57 #3 <signal handler called> #4 0x0000003db7a77ac0 in strcat () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #5 0x000000000040462a in do_devmon_rrd (hostname=0x2ada311e2806 "PERIR205", testname=0x2ada311e280f "if_load", msg=<value optimized out>, tstamp=<value optimized out>) at rrd/do_devmon.c:87 #6 0x000000000040b656 in update_rrd (hostname=0x2ada311e2806 "PERIR205", testname=0x2ada311e280f "if_load", msg=0x2ada311e2842 "status PERIR205.if_load green Fri Oct 31 10:31:39 2008", tstamp=1225416699, sender=<value optimized out>, ldef=0xfeffffffffffff00) at do_rrd.c:372 #7 0x000000000040261d in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=0x7fff7a088318) at hobbitd_rrd.c:153 (gdb) NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments.

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xymonton monitors (hardware/samba)
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hi, unfortunatley the tar files are not accessible .. http://xymonton.trantor.org/doku.php/monitors:samba_servers http://xymonton.trantor.org/doku.php/monitors:hardware_sensors https://www.makelofine.org/xymon-plugins/hobbit-hardware-v0.1.tar.bz2 https://www.makelofine.org/xymon-plugins/hobbit-samba-v0.1.tar.bz2 .. i've got permission denied ... :-( by the way, is it possible to get a newsletter or something else, if there are new entries or pluggins available ? cheers, Martin

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