November 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Xymon RPM package
by colin.coe＠gmail.com 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi all Looking through the RPM .spec file I see that the server and client packages conflict. Can the Xymon client be run on the Xymon server with RPMs built with the supplied .spec file? Thanks CC -- RHCE#805007969328369

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Problem with a custom test
by colin.coe＠gmail.com 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi all I have this entry in clientlaunch.cfg on all my Xymon clients: --- [rhncfg] ENVFILE /etc/xymon/client/hobbitclient.cfg CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/ext/rhncfg.sh INTERVAL 60m --- The problem I'm having is the client status for this test turns purple after approx 30 minutes. I know the script is working correctly. If I reduce INTERVAL to 30 minutes or under, the test doesn't go purple, but the remote server administrators are not happy with the amount of connections this test generates so 60m is not minimum I'm allowed. Any ideas? CC -- RHCE#805007969328369

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Monitoring Exchange 2010 - imaps/pop3s alarms
by hobbit＠elyograg.org 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

I have recently migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. Several times a day, I get alarms for imaps and pop3s, which are resolved less than a minute later. The graph (http://www.elyograg.org/pop3s.png) shows hourly spikes in reponse time. The alarms are not every hour, but when they do happen, they correspond to the spikes. The email from xymon looks like this. Note the "seconds" value, which is extremely low. Anytime there's an alarm, the value is low like this. ---- Service pop3s on server.example.com is not OK : Service unavailable (connect timeout) Seconds: 0.003435 ---- There have been no complaints from people who use the service, and believe me, I'd hear about it if there was a problem. The non-SSL versions are not alarming. I just noticed that the graph for pop3 has two entries - pop3 and pop3s. From what I can tell, it checks TLS on the standard test. The pop3s graph on the pop3 entry looks identical to the pop3s graph I've included here, except it's red instead of blue. I suspect that it's related to the throttling policies in Exchange 2010, but I don't know what to change. I don't want to open the default throttling policy way up, but I did change the anonymous connection limit from 1 to 5. Has anyone else had this problem and found a way to solve it? Thanks, Shawn

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clarification on depends= host.cfg tag
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Hey There, I just wanted to know if this legitimate. Depends=*:GUS-VPN/conn Basically, I want to make sure all tests on this host is based on if the VPN link is live to the site first. Jason Chambers IT Help Desk Associate GEOSOFT INC. freedom to explore T +1 416.369.0111 #344 F +1 416.369.9599 Visit our site at www.geosoft.com

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xymon-snmpcollect
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Is there some documentation for this command/configuration ? cheers, Martin

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talk to xymond on another port ?
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi ! i want to communicate with the xymond on my server, where a xymonproxy is also running .. The proxy is running with bbproxy --servers=IP.NUM.BER:1985,IP.NUM.BER:1984 So, the xymond is running on port 1985, and the xymonproxy on 1984 Normaly i can make follows e.g.: remote /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/bb IP.NUM.BER "hobbitdboard fields=hostname" or local /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard fields=hostname" But whats the right command for a request to xymond on a different Port ? Thanks & cheers Martin

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best way to determine if the Xymon server just started?
by david.gore＠verizonbusiness.com 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

I have several server side scripts that give me results I would rather not have soon after a Xymon server restart. What is the best way to determine if Xymon just started? I could poke around a bit, just wondered if someone already had some ideas already implemented. I will do something like exit 1 If xymon just started, otherwise continue. ~David

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ESX 4.1
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Is it safe to assume that if I do not want to monitor the usage of each VM against the ESX server, all I need would be the VMA and the Xymon client from the link below and I can get at least an idea of the resources being used on the ESX server itself, or do I really need to have VMX? I really don't like the idea of purchasing a license from an unknown guy for VMX. Seems really sketchy to me. Jason Chambers IT Help Desk Associate GEOSOFT INC. freedom to explore T +1 416.369.0111 #344 F +1 416.369.9599 Visit our site at www.geosoft.com -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Eckert [mailto:thomas.eckert at IT-Eckert.de] Sent: October-25-10 1:50 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [xymon] ESX 4.1 As Vernon wrote to the list in reply to your post installing a xymon-/hobbit-client on the ESX-host is not sufficient for monitoring the ESX. The reason for this is a) the service-console is just a VM by itself, so there is no way to monitor the cpu- and memory-consumption of the "bare-metal" b) the service-console will not be available in post v4.1 ESX-versions (at least that's announced by VMware) Personally I havn't looked into SNMP because I had several reports by people running small to mid-sized ESX installations that it's both unreliable and reporting incorrect values. "Vmware-Monitor for Xmyon (VMX)" takes the offical approach recommended by VMware (and is thus _fully_ supported and not in conflict with support-contracts, ...): the virtual management assistant vMA (a pre-built virtual machine with management-tools available from VMware): http://www.vmware.com/go/vma4 collects the data. Data-processing is done by a small daemon that generates the status-messages for Xymon. Super-short outline how to get your ESX-monitoring up and running with VMX: 1. fetch the vMA from VMware from above url and install it. 2. install a xymon-client on the vMA, rpm available from http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/rhel5/xymon/x86_64/ 3. install VMX on vMA (client-extension script) and on the xymon-server (for data-processing and graphing) In particular you do not have to install anything on the ESX-hosts. For more details I've attached the VMX-documentation for your convenience. All the best, Thomas On 10/24/2010 10:06 PM, Dave Garaway wrote: > Thanks for the reply. Is there any tricks to getting the client install and running on the ESX hosts? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vernon Everett" <everett.vernon at gmail.com> > To: xymon at xymon.com > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 6:34:32 PM > Subject: Re: [xymon] ESX 4.1 > > Hi Dave > > This question pops up every few months or so. I even asked it myself once upon a time. > The short, but unfortunately incorrect answer is that you can install the Red Hat client in the service console. It is after all, a Linux variant. > However, this monitors only the service console, which is itself, only a VM, so it gives you almost nothing about the general health of the system as a whole. > > You can install the Xymon client into each VM, in which case, you simply use the appropriate client for the installed OS. But again, this will only give an indication of the health of the VM, not the entire host server. > > At one point, when called upon to monitor ESX, I started trying to do some interesting stuff with SNMP using Devmon, but I moved on to a different project, so I never completed it. > I did however post to the list what I had managed to do, and hoped > somebody else would have picked up where I left off. As far as I am > aware, nobody did. :-( NOTE : I am more than happy to be proven wrong on this point. :-) Scan the list for postings from me from about 12 to 18 months ago. It might come up with something which may prove useful. > > Unless somebody takes the time to come up with an ESX specific client, or does some magic with SNMP, your only hope is to install clients into every VM. > > Regards > Vernon > > > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Dave Garaway < dave at dgaraway.com > wrote: > > > > > Does anyone have a good way to monitor ESX hosts and the VMs that are running on them? > > > To unsubscribe from the xymon list, send an e-mail to > xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com > > -- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- | IT-Beratung Eckert | Hartkirchweg 54 | fon: +49 (0)761/ 594 9898 | Thomas Eckert | 79111 Freiburg i.Br. | fax: +49 (0)761/ 594 9899 | | Germany | http://www.it-eckert.de/

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Remove e-mail from list
by gabriel＠redix.com.br 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hello, How to remove my e-mail address from xymon's mail list? Att, Gabriel Girardi Huber RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer LPIC-1 Certified Professional Redix - Gestão em TI Tel. Coml.: +55 (47) 3 323-7313 - http://www.redix.com.br

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xymongrep yielding no result?
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Everytime I run xymongrep, it's not finding any data for anything I'm searching for. Everything seems fine in my hosts.cfg file. Suggestions? Jason Chambers IT Help Desk Associate GEOSOFT INC. freedom to explore T +1 416.369.0111 #344 F +1 416.369.9599 Visit our site at www.geosoft.com

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