January 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Confused history
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

I had a host that I'm certain was having issues. I got paged alerts (email) saying the conn test was down. On the bb2 page it has a <24h change green smilie. Clicking on the details of the conn test read it was changed about 50 minutes ago. However, clicking on the history suggests no problems in 13 days. Can anyone explain what is going on here? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." --- Albert Einstein

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[hobbit] Xymon client install fail on Solaris9
by fredbo＠club-internet.fr 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

Hi, First "maybe" you could try (better result for me) with gmake instead of make then, I put this parameter to pass a similar error : vi build/Makefile.rules to add this line : LIBRTDEF="-lrt" I am under Sol10 sparc Regards, Fred. Hi I have installed xymon-4.3.0-beta2 on a freebsd server and it isworking happily. When I am installing the xymon client on a Solaris 9machine the error I get is as follows: I have looked at the forums and known issues page but not one of the recommendations seem to work. ****************************************** bash-2.05# make MAKE="make"CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I.-I`pwd`/include -DCLIENTONLY=1" LDFLAGS="" `pwd`/build/genconfig.sh Checking for socklen_t Checking for snprintf Checking for vsnprintf Checking for rpc/rpcent.h Checking for sys/select.h Checking for u_int32_t typedef Checking for PATH_MAX definition Checking for SHUT_RD/WR/RDWR definitions Checking for strtoll() config.h created CC="gcc"CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I.-I`pwd`/include -DCLIENTONLY=1" LDFLAGS="" OSDEF="-DSunOS"RPATHOPT="-Wl,-R" PCREINCDIR="" SSLFLAGS="" SSLINCDIR="" SSLLIBS=""NETLIBS="-lresolv -lsocket -lnsl" LIBRTDEF=""BBTOPDIR="/export/home/xymon" BBLOGDIR="" BBHOSTNAME=""BBHOSTIP="192.168.1.68" BBHOSTOS="" LOCALCLIENT="no" make -C lib client make[1]: Entering directory `/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/lib' gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -o test-endianness test-endianness.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o osdefs.o osdefs.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o cgiurls.o cgiurls.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -DCLIENTONLY -c -o color-client.o color.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o digest.o digest.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o encoding.o encoding.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -DBBTOPDIR=\"/export/home/xymon\" -DBBLOGDIR=\"\" -DBBHOSTNAME=\"\" -DBBHOSTIP=\"192.168.1.68\" -DBBHOSTOS=\"\" -DBUILD_HOME=\"/export/home/xymon/client\" -c -o environ-client.o environ.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o errormsg.o errormsg.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o holidays.o holidays.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o ipaccess.o ipaccess.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o loadhosts.o loadhosts.c 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 gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o md5.o md5.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o memory.o memory.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o misc.o misc.c In file included from /export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include/libbbgen.h:42, from misc.c:34: /export/home/chrisw/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 `/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/lib' make: *** [lib-client] Error 2 ****************************************** Thank you

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Usefulness for xymonconfigsync?
by wiskbroom＠hotmail.com 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

I've seen this link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xymonconfigsync/ Could some of you please share what are some of the ways in which you are using this? Thank you, and I am sorry if this has been answered before, I've not found it. I am trying to establish an active/standby setup and am running into issues which I hope this might help with. .vadim

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xymon pluggin not working on server
by dhaycurrie＠leisurefitness.com 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

I had a problem with xymon server (lost power while upgrading to Ubuntu9.10) and I had to re-install from scratch the OS. That part was easy enough, but I tried to keep all the history data, and I copied the folders into the new install. Today I realized that the folders have not been updated since I rebuilt the server because of wrong permissions, so I changed the owner to hobbit:hobbit as the other folders have, and the permission to 755. In my Ubuntu install the files are located in /var/lib/hobbit The folders I did this are: hist, histlogs, hostdata, rrd. I discover this today trying to figure out why the client is not working on the server. Fixing the permissions, fix my history reports (though I will have 36 days of no reports), but still the client information for the xymon server is not showing up, and neither are the extra scripts. With the client information I mean CPU, Disk, memory, apt. It looks like if the client was not reporting to the server (which should be localhost). I could not find how to check it out. I know how to configure BBWin since most of my network computers are Windows, but don't know much about the linux client, and it has always worked from the default install for me. Thanks David Hay Currie IT Manager Leisure Fitness <http://www.leisurefitness.com/>

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Cisco public password Protected - OT/Devmon Question
by wiskbroom＠hotmail.com 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Hello; I am looking into using devmon, seems simple enough, but my "public" community is password protected. Where and how shall I add my password for public? It's mostly the same for all of my devices. Thank you, .vadmim

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How to IGNORE=all AND Trigger only on selected in client-local.cfg log:logfile??
by TRBrand＠cvs.com 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

I would like to minimize the amount of data getting sent up from some of my log files by filtering out everything I'm not interested in - which is basically everything except a few records. I tried the following: log:/cvsrx/cvsDB/mysqld.err:2048 trigger .*(InnoDB: Error|InnoDB: Starting crash recovery|InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally).* ignore .* and log:/cvsrx/cvsDB/mysqld.err:0 trigger .*(InnoDB: Error|InnoDB: Starting crash recovery|InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally).* Neither of the above was completely successful - I am still getting 'extra' data or not getting the lines matching the trigger . Any suggestions? Thomas Brand | CVS Caremark |Rx Systems Admin|Office: 401-770-4932 |1 CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895 Mail Stop 34040C | TRBrand at cvs.com <mailto:TRBrand at cvs.com> 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. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication and any attachments may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments.

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ignoring alarming ports
by gleonard＠progrexion.com 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

HI All, we have figured out how to get xymon monitoring snmp devices such as our cisco cores... the problem is any port not plugged in is alarming.. is there a way to tell xymon not to monitor ports that are not being used? -Gavin Gavin Leonard [cid:image001.gif at 01CA92C4.2B2F83E0] Director, Systems-Network Engineering T 801-828-1735 F 801-828-1704 E gleonard at progrexion.com<mailto:gleonard at progrexion.com> Research | Marketing | Sales Generation www.progrexion.com<http://www.progrexion.com/> This email and its contents are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this email and do not use or disclose the information within this email or its attachments. Thank you.

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Citrix Monitoring Anyone?
by wiskbroom＠hotmail.com 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Greetings All! I am designing my Xymon setup, and in reading some of the material I've discovered that Xymon is capable of a limited view of Citrix, that limit being the ability to see only the number of users connected. Has anyone been able to also add the ability to see who is logged on, the date/time of their login as well? Of course, any other info too would be great to have. Thank you! .vadim

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Different icon set for Hobbit?
by franchu.garcia＠gmail.com 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Hi all, I'm looking for alternate icon sets for Hobbit -- specially for light backgrounds. Is there any repositories for alternate icon sets? Best regards

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Xymon client install fail on Solaris9
by christopher.s1ckle＠gmail.com 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Hi I have installed xymon-4.3.0-beta2 on a freebsd server and it is working happily. When I am installing the xymon client on a Solaris 9 machine the error I get is as follows: I have looked at the forums and known issues page but not one of the recommendations seem to work. ****************************** ************ bash-2.05# make MAKE="make" CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I`pwd`/include -DCLIENTONLY=1" LDFLAGS="" `pwd`/build/genconfig.sh Checking for socklen_t Checking for snprintf Checking for vsnprintf Checking for rpc/rpcent.h Checking for sys/select.h Checking for u_int32_t typedef Checking for PATH_MAX definition Checking for SHUT_RD/WR/RDWR definitions Checking for strtoll() config.h created CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I`pwd`/include -DCLIENTONLY=1" LDFLAGS="" OSDEF="-DSunOS" RPATHOPT="-Wl,-R" PCREINCDIR="" SSLFLAGS="" SSLINCDIR="" SSLLIBS="" NETLIBS="-lresolv -lsocket -lnsl" LIBRTDEF="" BBTOPDIR="/export/home/xymon" BBLOGDIR="" BBHOSTNAME="" BBHOSTIP="192.168.1.68" BBHOSTOS="" LOCALCLIENT="no" make -C lib client make[1]: Entering directory `/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/lib' gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -o test-endianness test-endianness.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o osdefs.o osdefs.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o cgiurls.o cgiurls.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -DCLIENTONLY -c -o color-client.o color.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o digest.o digest.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o encoding.o encoding.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -DBBTOPDIR=\"/export/home/xymon\" -DBBLOGDIR=\"\" -DBBHOSTNAME=\"\" -DBBHOSTIP=\"192.168.1.68\" -DBBHOSTOS=\"\" -DBUILD_HOME=\"/export/home/xymon/client\" -c -o environ-client.o environ.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o errormsg.o errormsg.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o holidays.o holidays.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o ipaccess.o ipaccess.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o loadhosts.o loadhosts.c 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 gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o md5.o md5.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o memory.o memory.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -I. -I../include -c -o misc.o misc.c In file included from /export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/include/libbbgen.h:42, from misc.c:34: /export/home/chrisw/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 `/export/home/chrisw/xymon-4.3.0-beta2/lib' make: *** [lib-client] Error 2 ****************************************** Thank you

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