October 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

RE bb-hosts layout
by Jim.Wadell＠bp.com 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Wadell, Jim S (SAIC) wrote: In my bb-hosts file (developed long ago), I had the same machine on several pages page comp Computer-Room 10.1.1.1 bigiron 10.1.1.2 tiny page data Database-Server 10.1.1.1 bigiron # noping page dns Dns-Servers 10.1.1.2 tiny # noping xymon complains about duplicate entries, and gets confused about updateing the RRD's. I am having trouble trying to figure out how to make this configuration work correctly. Thanks Jim try instead: page comp Computer-Room 10.1.1.1 bigiron 10.1.1.2 tiny page data Database-Server 0.0.0.0 bigiron # noconn page dns Dns-Servers 0.0.0.0 tiny # noconn Cheers Iain Thanks, That fixed log messages about duplicate servers, but the rrd-data and status logs indicate that the system is trying to update the rrd files multiple times. Any fix for this? Jim

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OK to drop IE6 support in 4.3.0 ?
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

That is 6% of the world. The people using Xymon are less then 6% I'm sure. XP is the oldest OS anyone should be using which means you can use IE 8 or 9. I say don't break 6 but don't do much of anything to make it work. On Oct 22, 2010 5:29 AM, "Vernon Everett" <everett.vernon at gmail.com> wrote:

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split-ncv not working in xymon 4.3.0-beta2
by david.gore＠verizonbusiness.com 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Is this going to be included as a fix in beta3? http://xymon.com/archive/2009/07/msg00241.html I only ask because occasionally, I have to recompile and reinstall xymon when various dependencies are upgraded and I quite often forget to make this change and then I get complaints. 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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Depends and route
by isolderj＠hotmail.com 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Can someone tell me if these work or not. It's a good idea but i would like to know I can use them. James

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How do I IGNORE CPU alerts for specific hosts?
by willowbrookmagic＠hotmail.com 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

I have alerts setup for a specific page in Xymon. There are certain host that go Red and green throughout the day whichs sends out alerts. The Wintel team is aware of the issue. I would like to create an expection for these specific hosts not to send out notification. I tried this based on documention i found but its not working. IGNORE HOST=$CPU_EXCEPTION SERVICE=cpu $NOTIFICATION_GROUP Thanks

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depends-like test for processes
by colin.coe＠gmail.com 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hi all I'm trying to do a depends-like test for processes. What I'd like is ensure that process foo is running on one of four hosts, if the process is running on more than one host or on none, a red flag should be raised. Has anyone done this previously? Thanks CC -- RHCE#805007969328369

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devmon or mrtg which is good for network devices monitoring
by rigved.sharma123＠gmail.com 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hi, sorry for the earlier mail..i want to know which one is good for xymon for network devices monitoring..devmon/mrtg. Please help. Rigved ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <xymon-owner at xymon.com> Date: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 1:38 AM Subject: Returned post for xymon at xymon.com To: rigved.sharma123 at gmail.com Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the xymon at xymon.com mailing list. I'm working for my owner, who can be reached at xymon-owner at xymon.com. I'm sorry, your message (enclosed) was not accepted by the moderator. If the moderator has made any comments, they are shown below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: rigved sharma <rigved.sharma123 at gmail.com> To: xymon at xymon.com Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:08:37 +0530 Subject: devmon/mrtg which is good

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Graphing issue with data that only changes once every 24 hours
by pmeech＠gmail.com 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hi All, I've been working on a VS backup solution which I have implemented using proftpd with mySQL, ftpmail (perl script) and quotas on Debian. Essentially whenever a client uploads data, ftpmail reads the transfer log from a fifo, and I've edited the perl script to send status messages through to Xymon. The solution is provided as only being used for backups and the client software sends in its own logs to our Xymon server. This is a differential backup and the client software handles the deletion of aged backup files. All is working robustly on this front and in Xymon I collect the following data for graphing: usage : 83.09 allowance : 100.00 These figures are currently sent in MB (I need to write a percentile calculation), but only once every 24 hours. This all falls over when it comes to trying to graph the data in Xymon as it is not a constant feed of data every 300 seconds like other tests. From the rrdtool documentation it seems like the data I am presenting is unsuitable for graphing in the normal method. I've tried just about every data type and I only get a line drawn when data is received (else the graph drops out on every step without data). I realise I could run a client test on the VS that runs du on each chrooted FTP folder every 5 minutes, but this seems like an unnecessary load when the data changes with the 24 hour frequency and it scales horribly. Also throwing out ~100 status messages for ~100 different clients every few minutes to one server (say if I was to only run the test every 24 hours and repeat the data sent every 5 minutes) may be a little unreliable. Possibly changing the xymon client on the VS to a server and running everything locally would be the way to go; but still load wise this isn't great when compared to the methodology of only sending data on upload - though functional I guess. Is there a way of providing a custom step in rrdtool for a single test from Xymon? Has anyone got any other ideas of how I might graph this? Am I missing something obvious? Cheers, Phil

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HTML e-mails to this list are silently dropped?
by jmartin23＠csc.com 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Return Receipt Your [xymon] HTML e-mails to this list are silently dropped? document: was jmartin23 at csc.com received by: at: 10/18/2010 08:13:56 AM GDT

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test... ignore if this reaches the list
by jmartin23＠csc.com 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Return Receipt Your [xymon] test... ignore if this reaches the list document: was jmartin23 at csc.com received by: at: 10/18/2010 08:13:11 AM GDT

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