February 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

HHTPS test through a HTTP proxy
by arun.thangappandi＠ge.com 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

I'm trying to monitor a HTTPS URL through a HTTP proxy with this in my bb-hosts : http://xx.xx.xx.xx:80/https://www.host.com <http://xx.xx.xx.xx/https:/www.host.com> I am getting error that server : Squi not implemented. Please help me how to resolve the same. Regards, -Arun

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entropy going yellow
by dhaycurrie＠leisurefitness.com 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

The entropy check on my xymon server keeps going yellow saying that the kernel entropy pool is low. However I am not completely sure what it is (I did look for info online) or how to fix the check so it does not go yellow (increase the entropy? Clear it ?) If anyone can give me a hand I would appreciate it.

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bbtest-net crashing
by emarganne＠be.tiauto.com 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

Hello, A few days ago we experimented a total loss of service from Hobbit. The bbtest-net process keeps on crashing; we tried first to isolate the line from the bb-host file but it did not work, instability went back after a short period of stability. We have two Hobbit servers instance being clones and they failed the same way. Trying some debugging we searched the mailing for similar problems to see if someone had a solution but the -no-ares swith solution found did not make it. The issue seams to come from a C library but I am not very sure. Following the result from gdb on the core created by the bbtest-net: GNU gdb 6.6 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i586-suse-linux"... Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libldap.so.199...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libldap.so.199 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/liblber.so.199...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/liblber.so.199 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2 Core was generated by `bbtest-net --debug --test-untagged --dns-timeout=10 --timeout=10 --concurrency='. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x401a75c1 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #2 0x401a8ea5 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #3 0x0805b933 in xstrdup (s=0x0) at memory.c:175 #4 0x080514d7 in setup_ssl (item=0x8379aa8) at contest.c:626 #5 0x08052816 in do_tcp_tests (timeout=10, concurrency=40) at contest.c:998 #6 0x08050005 in main (argc=6, argv=0xbfffc454) at bbtest-net.c:2133 If you need any other information, let me know. Thank you for any help, Etienne Marganne.

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"unknown DS name" question.
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

I have an xymon script that was producing the following web information. From this information I was plotting "Delta Pages Printed". Data and graph was working great until..... Here is the old web data. Printer Counter = 1869893 Total Pages Printed Since 2010/02/17/18/18/32 = 2810 Delta Pages Printed = 0 I needed to enter another line in the web data and now it looks like: Printer Counter = 1869893 Printer Cartridge Counter = 10803 Total Pages Printed Since 2010/02/17/18/18/32 = 2810 Delta Pages Printed = 0 I added the "Printer Cartridge Counter =" but I still only wanting to graph the "Delta Pages Printed". Rrd-status.log is now giving the following messages: 2010-02-22 15:48:25 RRD error updating /local/xymon/data/rrd/lp.math.purdue.edu/Prn.rrd from 128.210.33.225: unknown DS name 'PrinterCartridgeCou' And if I go to the data/rrd/lp.math.purdue.edu and run "rrdtool dump Prn.rrd" it in fact does not have a ds 'PrinterCartridgeCou' My question is how do I update the current Prn.rrd? Thanks Robert _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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[hobbit] Route/Netstat Crashing and/or Ipconfig Not Working = Purple results
by fjb047＠motorola.com 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

Folks, Just wanted to close the loop on this one. We changed a few of the servers from Central to local mode and ran them for a few weeks. We did not have a single crash or issue. We then converted the rest of the Citrix boxes over to use local and still no crashing. Thanks again for all your time/help (esp you Malcolm). Jb -----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Hunter [mailto:malcolm.hunter at gmx.co.uk] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:03 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: RE: [hobbit] Route/Netstat Crashing and/or Ipconfig Not Working = Purple results > Are you running BBWin in local or central mode? > > > > Do you have any external scripts running besides the defaults? > > > > BBWin shouldn't be executing ipconfig or netstat BBWin does shell out and call ipconfig and netstat. However, I could only find netstat.tmp being generated in %TEMP%. I think it runs these in both central and local modes. Malcolm -- Technical copy-editor & proofreader KDE Proofreading Team KDE British English Translation Team http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=en_GB Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FriendlyAtheist Preisknaller: GMX DSL Flatrate für nur 16,99 Euro/mtl.! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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HP Array Monitoring
by nfranken＠theunlimitedworld.co.za 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

Hi People. We have had some drives in our raid array fail over the last two weeks. The problem is that we weren't monitoring the array via Xymon and only picked it up when we were physically at the server. I just wanted to check if there is a way to monitor HP raid array via Xymon. These are windows boxes running big brother client. Regards Neil

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run bb-hostsvc.sh from command line
by pkc_mls＠yahoo.fr 21 Feb '10

21 Feb '10

Hi all, As far as I can remember, there is a way to run the script bb-hostsvc.sh directly from command line after setting a specific var in the shell. Could anyone please remind me of the var to set ? thanks.

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Xymon Export Compliance Question
by Jason.F.Rockwell＠conocophillips.com 20 Feb '10

20 Feb '10

All, Doe anyone know where I can find a Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) for Xymon? Thanks, Jason Rockwell ConocoPhillips Technical Unix Services Mail: Jason.F.Rockwell at conocophillips.com<mailto:Jason.F.Rockwell at conocophillips.com> Office: (281)293-3969

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dual identity client
by doctor＠makelofine.org 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Hi, I'm running xymon client 4.3.0-beta2 on a host called TOTO, i also installed xymon server 4.3.0-beta2on TOTO. All my xymon clients report their statuses to TOTO and TATA (a host running xymon client 4.2.2/ and xymon server 4.3.0-beta2). Since I installed xymon server 4.3.0-beta2 on TOTO , TOTO's xymon client reports itselfs alternatively as "TOTO" and "TATA" . I searched very hardly what should be the reason. I can't find any "TATA" in the TOTO's xymon client directory. Any idead ?

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dropped hosts comes back
by pkc_mls＠yahoo.fr 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Hi all, I have an issue with a hobbit/xymon installation on a debian stable machine. (installation was done with the debian package, so the version is 4.3.0.0 beta2). Even if I drop a complete host with the bb drop command, and this host is not in the bb-hosts file, the tests are still performed. I also removed the files in the data directory for this host, but it comes back. The bb hobbitboard shows the hosts. How can I get rid of my old hosts/tests ? thanks.

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