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sending particular alert message to particular users
by canghel＠cjh.org 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Hello, This is how my hobbit-client.cfg and hobbit-alerts.cfg look and I would like to send the first LOG to some users and the second LOG to different users. How do I send an alert based on a warning expression? Hobbit-client.cfg HOST=myhost.org LOG /var/log/messages %failure*|%failed*|%error*|%Warning* COLOR=red LOG /var/log/www_server_4881.log %exceeded* COLOR=red Hobbit-alerts.cfg HOST=myhost.org MAIL user at something.org SERVICE=msgs REPEAT=30m COLOR=red RECOVERED Any help, suggestion will be appreciated Thanks, Camelia Anghel canghel at cjh.org

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[hobbit] sending particular alert message to particular users
by canghel＠cjh.org 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Does anyone have such a unix script? I would not want to reinvent the wheel if I can modify it... Thanks, Camelia -----Original Message----- From: Greg Hubbard [mailto:glh.forums at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:38 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] sending particular alert message to particular users I don't think you can do this via the standard alerts function (because all log messages are grouped into the one "msg" test). However, you might be able to do what you want if you call a script and have the script examine the message content and then send the email to the proper user. GLH On 9/10/09, Camelia Anghel <canghel at cjh.org> wrote: Hello, This is how my hobbit-client.cfg and hobbit-alerts.cfg look and I would like to send the first LOG to some users and the second LOG to different users. How do I send an alert based on a warning expression? Hobbit-client.cfg HOST=myhost.org <http://myhost.org/> LOG /var/log/messages %failure*|%failed*|%error*|%Warning* COLOR=red LOG /var/log/www_server_4881.log %exceeded* COLOR=red Hobbit-alerts.cfg HOST=myhost.org <http://myhost.org/> MAIL user at something.org SERVICE=msgs REPEAT=30m COLOR=red RECOVERED Any help, suggestion will be appreciated Thanks, Camelia Anghel canghel at cjh.org -- Disclaimer: 1) all opinions are my own, 2) I may be completely wrong, 3) my advice is worth at least as much as what you are paying for it, or your money cheerfully refunded.

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memcached monitoring script
by tsg＠bluekiwi-software.com 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Hello all, I'm using your script for some weeks now but no graph displays. I simply follow your directives (add a line in hobbitserver.cfg, add a graph definition into hobbitgraph.cfg) and as a result I have a simple line "hobbit graph ncv:mcache" with a magnifier near it. The rrd database is filling up and looks good : <rrd> <version> 0003 </version> <step> 300 </step>  <lastupdate> 1252575866 </lastupdate>  <ds> <name> reqs </name> <type> DERIVE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> NaN </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> 1174372 </last_ds> <value> 1.1526666667e+03 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> hitratio </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> NaN </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 1.9418000000e+04 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> conn </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> NaN </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 1.3300000000e+03 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> storage </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> NaN </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 5.3200000000e+02 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds> Everything seems fine but no graph is showing up. Please help ! Thanks. Sincerly, ThomaS

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Bbgen error
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Hi All I seem to be getting a large number of these errors on the bbgen status page But it's intermittant. Lasts about a minute. Been happening forever, doesn't seem to cause an issue, just an annoyance. Nothing of note in the logs either. Has anybody seen this before? Any ideas how to fix it? Statistics: Hosts : 579 Status messages : 13514 Purple messages : 0 Pages : 1 Error output: Cannot rename bb.html.tmp to bb.html - error 2 Cheers Vernon 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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4.2.3-RC1 - terminated by signal 6
by csimmons＠ApproSystems.com 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

I searched the mailinglist and forums and couldn't find a resolution to this... This is a new server, new install of everything. FreeBSD 7.2 Xymon 4.2.3-RC1 Here is the issue... It looks like it starts off fine, then immediately states "status-board not available" ==> /var/log/xymon/hobbitd.log <== 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Setup complete ==> /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.log <== 2009-09-09 14:39:24 hobbitlaunch starting 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Loading tasklist configuration from /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Loading hostnames 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Loading saved state 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/local/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Setting up signal handlers 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Setting up hobbitd channels 2009-09-09 14:39:24 Setting up logfiles ==> /var/log/xymon/bb-display.log <== 2009-09-09 14:39:29 hobbitd status-board not available Then.... ==> /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.log <== 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Task hobbitd terminated by signal 6 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Loading hostnames 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Loading saved state 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/local/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Setting up signal handlers 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Setting up hobbitd channels 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Setting up logfiles ==> /var/log/xymon/hobbitd.log <== 2009-09-09 14:40:29 Setup complete This will repeat over and over; here is the core dump noc1# gdb ~xymon/server/bin/hobbitd hobbitd.core GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD] Copyright 2004 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-marcel-freebsd"... Core was generated by `hobbitd'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.7...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.7 Reading symbols from /libexec/ld-elf.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 #0 0x2819ee17 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.7 (gdb) Any information would be helpful! Thanks, Clint

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Remove Ports column
by tainted.soul69＠googlemail.com 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hi there, Can anyone explain how you remove a column from Hobbit. The ports and files column is not needed and I would like to remove them? Thanks in advance, Regards Shaun

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[hobbit] BBALPHAMSG max size?
by david.gore＠verizonbusiness.com 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

BBALPHAMSG has a max size of 4096. Here are my MSG settings: ../etc/hobbitserver.cfg:MAXMSG_STATUS=2048 # maximum size of a "status" message in kB, default: 256 ../etc/hobbitserver.cfg:MAXMSG_CLIENT=2048 # maximum size of a "client" message in kB, default: 512 ../etc/hobbitserver.cfg:MAXMSG_DATA=2048 # maximum size of a "data" message in kB, default: 256 Do those MSG settings have anything at all to do with BBALPHAMSG? I am thinking no. I need more from BBALPHAMSG because I am parsing the variable for the red and yellow alarms. If you have a fairly long 'procs' list for instance and your red or yellow alarm are near the bottom of the list, you will not be able to extract the alarming procs. Is my only choice to increase the limit in the source and recompile? Anyone else run into this problem and solve it? David Gore (v965-3670) Network Management Systems (NMS) IMPACT Transport Team Lead - SCSA, SCNA Page: 1-800-PAG-eMCI pin 1406090 Vnet: 965-3676

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monitoring for ddn and bluearc storage
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hi ! Got somebody experiences with monitoring of ddn or bluearc storage ? http://www.ddn.com/ http://www.bluearc.com/ Probably with snmp .. think so .. Thanks & cheers Martin p.s. send the same mail to the devmonlist

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Can´t receive client data
by thorben.advena＠zdv.uni-tuebingen.de 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hi, i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to configure Xymon. My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to recieve data ? That would be devastating. I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for my problem. Kind regards Thorben Advena <http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=thMx..&search=reuse> -- ----------------------------------------------------- Thorben Advena Zentrale Systeme Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung Universität Tübingen Wächterstraße 76 D-72074 Tübingen Tel: +497071 29-70284 Fax: +497071 29-5912 Email: thorben.advena at zdv.uni-tuebingen.de

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[hobbit] Graphs not woring
by lars＠baad-jensen.dk 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hi Denver Thank you very much. I never thoucht that it was firefox that was the problem :-( Of course it should have been my first try. It works now Regards Lars __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4406 (20090908) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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