February 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

maint mode from command line
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠elavon.com 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Hi, Is there a way to issue a command to put a list of servers into maint mode instead of having to select them from the GUI? I would like to maybe automate this with a cron job Thank kh ----------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sender accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and delete the e-mail from your computer. Elavon (formerly NOVA Information Systems)

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Metrics Report
by christopher_bodnar＠glic.com 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

I'm relatively new to Hobbit. I've successfully created a CPU metrics report for multiple hosts by modifying the URL, specifically by adding additional &HOST= entries and modifying the start and end times to target the report. This has worked successfully for CPU, but I would like to do the same thing for RAM. It doesn't seem to work, having multiple &HOST= entries if the service is =memory. The ideal result will be a report that just shows the "real" bar graph, not the swap bar graph, for each of the hosts I need. Anyone have some suggestions regarding this? Thank you, Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bodnar at glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you.

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msgcache hobbitfetch problems
by steinarms＠gmail.com 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

Hi, I'm having problems with "msgcache" on the client machines and "hobbitfetch" on the server machine. It works for a short period and then get's stuck and all my client side checks end up with status purple. Since I can't have my clients report straight back to the server I was forced to use hobbitfetch/msgcache. I'm using the latest version of xymon ( 4.3.0-beta2 ) Is there anyone that has faced similar problems and hopefully fixed it ? Best Regards, Steinar

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How Can I Change ping Frequency to every 30 Seconds?
by wiskbroom＠hotmail.com 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

All; I would like to modify ping to every 30 seconds over the next two weeks, I believe it is every 5 minutes as that is the frequency shown on my "conn" RRD graphs. Is this possible? Is it possible to change the frequency for just one host and not all of my hosts? Thank you! .vadim

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Alert on files out of sync?
by Tom.Moore＠sas.com 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

Greetings, I'm trying to figure out the best way for Xymon to alert when it detects that a httpd.conf file on two different webheads is different. Due to safety reasons we don't automate our web server config files, but rather use change control to keep them managed. I want to be able to see if someone modifies one config file on one server, but forgets to do it on the second one. I guess I could write a backend script to do it, but thought maybe there was a way to leverage the FILE monitor in hobbit-clients.cfg. TIA, Tom

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SOLUTION: TS - blackberry small web page for ACK
by d.tom.schmitt＠L-3com.com 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

In order to use: rename and make executable - ACK-CL.txt to ACK-CL.sh. mv ACK-CL.txt ACK-CL.sh chmod +x ACK-CL.sh I cannot send a '.sh' file as it will be removed automatically from the Email. I'm running 4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.x. Ralph Mitchell has found an un-documented option in 'bb' to allow you to use a command line script to ACKnowledge an alert. I have placed it into a short shell script. The comments make it easy to understand what is going on. Hope this helps others as it has me. Hope this option is included in the releases to come. We need to have the 'man bb' page updated. Thanks Ralph! 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-- From: Schmitt, D Tom @ CSW-SLC Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:28 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: TS - blackberry small web page for ACK I have an urgent requirement to be able to create a small web page for display on the blackberry. OK SOLUTION (if I can get it to work): I tried to use bb-ack.cgi but the documentation is not straight forward. I see that it has "Ack" as a hidden value for ACTION. FORM METHOD=GET and ACTION="&SCRIPT_NAME" What does script name get set to on a correct run? BETTER SOLUTION: I can create a simple small web page and pass the link to the blackberry to the person on-call. But I need to have a command line equivalent to the bb-ack.cgi to ACK the outage and supply the following variables. Same items on the bb-ack.cgi man page: bb-ack.cgi ACTION=action NUMBER=acknum DELAY=validity MESSAGE=text I have not found the correct command. I can DISABLE/ENABLE the device easily from 'bb' but I need to make an easy way to acknowledge the event from a smart phone (blackberry). 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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BBALPHAMSG size
by vadud3＠gmail.com 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

How do I increase the BBALPHAMSG on hobbit 4.2.2 ? I see there is a patch from Henrik for hobbit 4.2.0 in this email from Jan 2008 http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2008/01/msg00015.html Should I be able to apply the same patch to 4.2.2 ? -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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How do I add a files check?
by v-thwill＠microsoft.com 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

Hi, I am having a bit of trouble adding "files" checks to my hosts. I have done this sofar: 1) Added the "files" keywords to the appropriate host lines in bb-hosts. (is this needed at all?) 2) In the "hobbit-clients.cfg" I have added a section for host "name": HOST=name FILE /tmp/static_xymon_file yellow MTIME<5 3) I have added a line to my "linux" section in "client-local.cfg", so it now look like this (yes, client is running Linux): [linux] log:/var/log/messages:10240 ignore MARK file:/tmp/static_xymon_file If you manually change the url in my browser to "http://hobbit.server.tld/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=name&SERVICE=files" I am getting the expected "files" page, but my default Hobbit is not showing any "files" columns. What am I missing? Any input will be greatly appreciated, thanks! /Regards, Thomas Willert

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hobbit graphs
by doctor＠makelofine.org 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

I've strange behaviour on a xymon 4.2.3 server, some of my graphs are not shown. For example, the disks graphs are not all shown. I've 7 partitions, and I can see 2 graphs containing each one 3 partitions, but the 7st - of course the most important - is not graphed. A valid RRD file is generated, data are stored, and a link is provided instead of the image. This issue is in many graphs, very often for the 3rd graph. Any limitation for the number of values that can be handled in graphs ? Any hope it's corrected in 4.3.0 beta ?

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TS - blackberry small web page for ACK
by d.tom.schmitt＠L-3com.com 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

I have an urgent requirement to be able to create a small web page for display on the blackberry. OK SOLUTION (if I can get it to work): I tried to use bb-ack.cgi but the documentation is not straight forward. I see that it has "Ack" as a hidden value for ACTION. FORM METHOD=GET and ACTION="&SCRIPT_NAME" What does script name get set to on a correct run? BETTER SOLUTION: I can create a simple small web page and pass the link to the blackberry to the person on-call. But I need to have a command line equivalent to the bb-ack.cgi to ACK the outage and supply the following variables. Same items on the bb-ack.cgi man page: bb-ack.cgi ACTION=action NUMBER=acknum DELAY=validity MESSAGE=text I have not found the correct command. I can DISABLE/ENABLE the device easily from 'bb' but I need to make an easy way to acknowledge the event from a smart phone (blackberry). 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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