October 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

canceling acknowledgements
by lebarber＠gmail.com 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Is there some way to cancel an 'ack' after it has been issued? Thanks, Larry Barber

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how integrate xymonpdf into new xymon-menue
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 14 Jul '13

14 Jul '13

Hi ! I need an hint how to integrate the xymonpdf http://www.trantor.org/xymonton/doku.php/reports:xymonpdf or other entries into the new xymon-menue .. ... > * Edit '$BBHOME/server/www/menu/menu_items.js' and add two lines in > 'Reports' section like those ones (I put my scripts into $BBHOME/server/www/pdf) : > > ['Analysis PDF', '/xymon/pdf/analysis.php'], > ['Reports PDF', '/xymon/pdf/pdf.php'] didn't work ... because the menue_items.js is missing :-) i've added an entry in xymonmenu.cfg <a class="inner" href="$BBSERVERWWWURL/pdf/pdf.php">PDF Report</a> but without success :-( thanks & cheers Martin

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how to see graphs for last week/month for perticular test ?snapshot report
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

hi, i have 2 problems.. 1)i want to see last month cpu utilization graph for the perticular host,how can i see that? 2)when i want to see snapshot report for say date 2dec09 7:30am,front pages(bb-html etc) shows time stamp of 2dec09 7:0am,but when i click to see status of perticular test of perticular host,it shows me status of 29oct09 12:40pm.how to overcome it? -- Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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bb-roracle.ksh
by robert.herron＠gmail.com 13 Oct '11

13 Oct '11

Here is my bb-roracle.ksh v2.20 that I modified to work with HP-UX's KSH88 (/bin/ksh) shell. Robert Herron robert.herron at gmail.com On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:14 AM, <xymon-digest-help at xymon.com> wrote: > > From: Vernon Everett <everett.vernon at gmail.com> > To: xymon at xymon.com > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:14:34 +0800 > Subject: Re: [xymon] bb-roracle.ksh > See attached. > I don't recall what version of ksh I was using for this one, but I do recall it worked on the Sol8 and Sol10 default ksh. > (The default version doesn't support most of the string manipulation commands, which makes me think it's the older version) > > It did require two additional config files. > One, defined the tests to perform, and the other defined your list of databases. > Then you also had to make sure your tnsnames was available. > Instead of trying to set the path, I used to symbolically link it into the ~/client/etc/ directory. > > Give it a whirl, and see how you go. > Sorry I can't be more specific, but it's been some time since I last did database monitoring. > > Regards > Vernon > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Gore, David W <david.gore at verizonbusiness.com> wrote: >> >> Has anybody ported this script to ksh93? I made some changes to get it half running but perhaps someone has done a more thorough and complete job who knows the differences between the older and newer Korn shells? >> >> >> >> ~David Gore >> >> >

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AIX df command problem
by sholmes42＠mac.com 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

I am having a problem similar to one recently posted, but this is on an AIX host and is caused (I think) by a problem in the way xymon does df on AIX. The xymon version is 4.2.3 and the AIX OS version is 3.5 (I think, I'm a Solaris Admin). Anyway, I can find no way to force the df on AIX to use POSIX formatting AND to report only local file systems. Even if I could, I don't think I can override what xymon uses for df since the comments in the hobbitclient.cfg file say that the envariable definition is only there for compatibility and it is not used. The problem is that an NFS mount file system line in the df output is being parsed wrong and the number in the usage column is being used for the percent used (Available) so that is a huge number. Not only that, again similar to the previous problem, the file system name is being picked up as the contents of the last 3 fields in the output line, i.e. it is not /mnt/tsmupdates (which is what it should be) but "3020485 50% /tsm/updates", which, of course, prevents me from effectively ignoring that file system. I've tried using DISK %.*/mnt/.* IGNORE and that doesn't work. Does anyone have any suggestions? We have a big red page where we shouldn't have. Thanks, Steve -- The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people. -Helen Adams Keller, lecturer and author (1880-1968) Truth never damages a cause that is just. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

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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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monitoring network link aggregation (lag) using xymon
by akshar.bhosale＠gmail.com 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

hi, we have network link aggregation configured between two switches. How we can monitor the switches and traffic on each port port of the switches and Link Aggregation is working or not on the switches using xymon. Looking forward for your kind reply. -Akshar

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Thinking of updating my existing "Hobbit" install to latest "Xymon" 4.3.0... Any gotchas?
by spa＠syntec.co.uk 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Hello, I hear a new Xymon beta of 4.3.0 is not far away so I'm thinking of updating my existing "Hobbit" install (running old "Hobbit Monitor 4.3.0-0.20080929" from subversion) to latest "Xymon" 4.3.0 from subversion... Any there any known gotchas relating to: 1. updating an existing install (done that before, but it's been a while) 2. the name change from Hobbit to Xymon 3. changes that have been made between these two releases 4. anything else And what gotchas are there likely to be, what do I need to look out for, test, etc.? Is it wise to backup my existing install first (I'm guessing 'yes'), and if so, which parts do I need to back up and which parts can I skip backing up (since I expect all the history is rather large and if I don't need to back that up, that would be nice). If there are likely to be a lot of update issues, are there any plans to document the update process, and/or produce an update script to help the process? I don't want to spend a long time updating my Hobbit install, but I'm also aware that filing bug reports (or feature requests on features that don't quite work as they should in my book, but are not really bugs either) on a 2 year old version is less than ideal! Cheers, SebA

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Remove the "see" links at the end of mail alert
by meepmeep＠fantasya.org 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Hi I use xymon to monitor multiple servers and services. A friend ask me if I could monitor some of her process on another server with my beautiful tools ;) The only problem is that I don't want to him to be able to see my xymon web page because it contains a lots of confidential information (list of process running, etc.). So, I want him to only get the notification through email (X is up, X is down, etc.). But, in each email, Xymon add a 'see' link at the bottom : > See > http://server-hosting-xymon-server/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=Friend-Host… As I don't want him to know my secret url, is it possible to remove it from the email ? (I know it's not a real problem/bug, I could use a lot of different method, like using htaccess, installing his own xymon server, etc. but maybe something is already hidden on xymon option) Have a nice day. -- Nicolas G. / meepmeep [EuropNet.org Admin] * * "Procrastinators: Leaders of Tomorrow" * *

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XymonPSClient 64/32 bit and service runner issues
by david.baldwin＠ausport.gov.au 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

All, The Xymon powershell client is coming along, but I've run into some annoying issues which are little to do with powershell itself and was seeking some advice if anyone is more familiar with options available for Windows for running services and 32/64 bit environments. I was just testing on a 64-bit 2008 server, installed service from an interactive shell, created a reg key with servers list I want to use then started service. Problem was, it didn't find the reg keys. Turned out that XYMONPSCLIENT.EXE (ABC-SRVANY.EXE) is running in 32-bit mode, and despite the PDF doc suggesting it can run 64-bit apps, and that the explicit path for powershell.exe appears to be the 64-bit version, it started as 32-bit and couldn't find the reg key because it could only see HKLM:\SOFTWARE as the HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE subtree. I could put in logic to detect that and explicitly use WOW6432NODE even in 64-bit mode, but there's no reason to be running in 32-bit mode when it should be possible to run 64-bit when running as a service. I also have an issue with ABC-SRVANY.EXE, that if the child powershell process dies for whatever reason, the service process is still running but it doesn't seem to care, doesn't try to restart, doesn't exit (which would allow Windows service restart options to take effect), just sits there! Does anyone have any suggestions? If someone is able to write a basic (.Net-based?) .EXE service runner that just calls a powershell script and runs in 64-bit mode if it can, 32-bit otherwise that would seem ideal. All it would need to do is start the child process, handle service stop/start signals and manage the child process, and exit if the child dies. Doesn't sound hard, but I have no development environment for that available so don't really know where to start. Thanks, David. -- David Baldwin - IT Unit Australian Sports Commission www.ausport.gov.au Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830 PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616 david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep up to date with what's happening in Australian sport visit http://www.ausport.gov.au This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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