February 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Suggestion: Break out hobbitlaunch config directives into a directory
by jcleaver＠soe.sony.com 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

This is something we do in our packages over here to allow easier patching and customization later on (and for packages to drop their own hobbitlaunch configurations in in a defined manner). Since Xymon will follow “directory” directives and include all files underneath it, it’s easy to follow the standard conf.d methodology here. Here’s some code from our RPM that does this automatically. It might not completely work for you, but its intent should be clear. Any chance we could get Xymon broken out like this in its default state? Regards, Japheth Cleaver jcleaver at soe.sony.com === snip === ############################################################################### # Break out our server's hobbitlaunch.cfg file into seperate files in # a directory (for better future package management) # # Exception: Rename hobbitd to _hobbitd so that it loads first # This way, if hobbitd *isn't* running (eg, on a bbproxy machine) # it will be noted first and all of the NEEDS blocks will work properly. # install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{serverName}/launch.d pushd %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{serverName}/launch.d/ %{__perl} -e "\$/='';while (<>) { \$_ .= <> while not (m#\n\[([\w+._-]+)\]#s || eof);open (FILE,'>',\$1); print FILE \$_; };" ../hobbitlaunch.cfg mv hobbitd _hobbitd popd echo "# # The hobbitlaunch.cfg file is loaded by hobbitlaunch. # It controls which of the Xymon modules to run, how often, and # with which parameters, options and environment variables. # directory launch.d/" > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{serverName}/hobbitlaunch.cfg ############################################################################### # Do the same for the client's clientlaunch.cfg file into separate files in # a directory (for better future package management) # install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{clientName}/launch.d pushd %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{clientName}/launch.d/ %{__perl} -e "\$/='';while (<>) { \$_ .= <> while not (m#\n\[([\w+._-]+)\]#s || eof);open (FILE,'>',\$1); print FILE \$_; };" ../clientlaunch.cfg popd echo "# # The clientlaunch.cfg file is loaded by "hobbitlaunch". # It controls which of the Hobbit client-side modules to run, # (both the main client "hobbitclient.sh" and any client-side # extensions); how often, and with which parameters, options # and environment variables. # # Note: On the Hobbit *server* itself, this file is normally # NOT used. Instead, both the client- and server-tasks # are controlled by the hobbitlaunch.cfg file. # directory launch.d/" > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{clientName}/clientlaunch.cfg === snip ===

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xymon issue need help
by bipul.kumar-tp＠aircel.co.in 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Sir, Please help me to configure the xymon server in solaris OS and I want to know it possible or not? I have seen your site www.xymon.com<http://www.xymon.com/> and very impressive with graph/SMS both are integrated. Please also suggest how to integrate graph/SMS in Solaris environment. Thanks & Regards Bipul Kumar 9711918688 ________________________________ This e-mail message and its attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipients. It may contain proprietary, confidential, privileged information or other information subject to legal restrictions. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this message or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: This e-mail message including attachment(s), if any, is believed to be free of any virus. However, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure for absence of viruses. Aircel shall not be held responsible nor does it accept any liability for any damage arising in any way from its use.

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Column for BBWIN CLIENT
by Jimmy.Aulestia＠telefonica.com.ec 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi, We have a hobbit server linux and windows client, I can see the default column (cpu, mem, disk, ..) of windows client in the hobbit server I need to make external scripts in the Windows client but I am not clear as to see the columns on the hobbit server I try to use as a guide in the script that comes BBWIN fsmon agent, gives no error message in logs bbwin, but does not display a column in the hobbit server. Please your help the basic steps that should be performed to visualize the output of a external script in the Windows client to a server hobbit. Thanks.

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Problems running on a Solaris Zone
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Has anyone see this problem. I've just compiled 4.3.0.0.beta2 on a Solaris 10 system. I'm running on a Sun T5120 series in a Solaris sparse zone. When I run the server, I get the following on the memory test. Fyi.. I don't have 4.2 peta bytes of memory :-) Has anyone seen similar problems. Running the client in the global zone works fine. Tue Feb 23 10:52:43 CST 2010 - Memory CRITICAL Memory Used Total Percentage Physical 4294966186M 26624M 4294967292% Swap 148M 26623M 0% Thanks.James

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weblogic specific checks
by steinarms＠gmail.com 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Anyone here done any Weblogic specific checks they are willing to share ? would be interesting to monitor the jvm / application state and or version active / jms persistent store status / memory usage ? preferably to be able to map it to application, jms server or other resources I created a groovy script that fetches jms queue information via jmx. ( MessageCurrent / Received / Bytes ) it calls bb and sends it's results. ( it's a bit ugly right now will clean it up and share it later ) Best Regards, Steinar M.

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DISK & MEMORY checks go red
by steinarms＠gmail.com 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Hi, I am running xymon 4-3-0-beta2 ( revision 6223 ). I am having problems with clients ( all running in dmz mode using msgcache ) where they sometimes show alert for disk and memory, and usually check shows usage as several hundred % which is obviously due to some error in the check. I have not found out why this happens. Anyone else with similar problems ? and maybe found a solution or a workaround ? Best Regards, Steinar M.

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CPU spikes
by gleonard＠progrexion.com 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Hi All, How would I ignore an elevated cpu unless it stayed elevated for 15 min? -Gavin Gavin Leonard [cid:image001.gif at 01CAB565.0A4B6CC0] 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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patch for lib/stackio.c
by cade.robinson＠gmail.com 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

I found that in bb-hosts you can not indent "include" lines. IE the lines can't start with white space. I found that in lib/stackio.c the buffer was not getting "sanitize"d: Index: lib/stackio.c =================================================================== --- lib/stackio.c (revision 6223) +++ lib/stackio.c (working copy) @@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ result = unlimfgets(buffer, fdhead->fd); if (result) { + sanitize_input(buffer, 0, 0); if ( (strncmp(STRBUF(buffer), "include ", 8) == 0) || (extraincl && (strncmp(STRBUF(buffer), extraincl, strlen(extraincl)) == 0)) ) { char *newfn, *eol;

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TS - Access to the ACKCODE after the notification but before restored to service
by d.tom.schmitt＠L-3com.com 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Hobbit [876756] Tom-Cisco-7940:conn CRITICAL (RED) ACKCODE Is there a report that you can run from 'bb' program that will give you the ACKCODE of a device that is still down? If a device is down for an extended period of time, I want to send out an escalation email and want to include the ACKCODE so that the manager/supervisor can respond immediately. Thanks, Tom Schmitt Senior IT Staff - R&D Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Phone (801) 594-3030 Cell (801) 231-7230 eFax (413) 480-6873 D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com \\\\||//// \ ~ ~ / | @ @ | --oOo---(_)---oOo--

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bug (?) in xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2
by doctor＠makelofine.org 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Hi, I switched my xymon server to 4.3.0-0.beta2 last week, and since this change I can see a buggy behaviour; Sometimes, I see in historical some green->red->green changes. When I click on the red button (URL is like : https://xymon_server/xymon-cgi/bb-histlog.sh?HOST=host&SERVICE=procs&TIMEBU…) , my webserver gives me the following error : "Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log." In the apache2 logs, I got the following error : "Premature end of script headers: bb-histlog.sh..." In dmesg, i've the following : "hobbitsvc.cgi[5715] general protection ip:7f76dbcde588 sp:7fffe4602980 error:0 in libc-2.7.so[7f76dbc69000+14a000]" I think it should be a bug, isn't it ?

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