March 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

how to see graphs for last week/month for perticular test ?snapshot report
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

hi, i have 2 problems.. 1)i want to see last month cpu utilization graph for the perticular host,how can i see that? 2)when i want to see snapshot report for say date 2dec09 7:30am,front pages(bb-html etc) shows time stamp of 2dec09 7:0am,but when i click to see status of perticular test of perticular host,it shows me status of 29oct09 12:40pm.how to overcome it? -- Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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Alternate view for Management
by hballinger＠heritage-healthcare.com 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Our support staff likes having our monitoring system setup & organized by logical category/type. However, management is more interested in a view that is organized by business impact. For example: IT Top Level View- Hosted Services Corporate Connectivity Corporate Servers Corporate Desktops Remote Laptops Facility Connectivity Facility Desktops Management Top Level View- Email (Subpage containing all dependent hosts/services) HRMS (same as above) Sales CRM i.e. a listing for each "service" provided - possibly even maintained below subpages for each business unit Management wants availability and impact by the specific service and business unit impacted (10,000 foot view showing all dependencies), while IT is interested in the detail of the cogs/gears that make it all work. Do I just create a second listing for all of the hosts on a separate page structure? Would this generate twice as many network tests for the hosts that are listed duplicate times? Any suggestions? Thanks!

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bbcombotest Links
by me2unix＠gmail.com 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, Could not find anyone answering this request yet.. Here's a fix to add links to the bbcomtest reports page : Just change line 455 of hobbitd/bbcombotest.c >From : sprintf(msgline, "&%s %s\n", colorname(vwalk->color), vwalk->symbol); To: sprintf(msgline, "<a href=\"/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=%s&SERVICE=%s\">&%s</a> %s\n", gethname(vwalk->symbol), gettname(vwalk->symbol) , colorname(vwalk->color), vwalk->symbol); recompile and have links on the color dots of the tested items within combotests. --Hezki ** - *To*: <hobbit (at) hswn.dk> - *Subject*: bbcombotest Links - *From*: "Aiello, Steve $GE, Corporate, consultant$" <steve.aiello(at) ge.com> - *Date*: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:43:21 -0500 - *Thread-index*: AcdbTzrE4X3/UsIMTSiBvQJbJOnunQ== - *Thread-topic*: bbcombotest Links ------------------------------ Hi all, I thought I saw this question asked before, but did see it in the mailling list. When using bbcombotests, is it possible to have the combotest report with hyperlinks to the actual tests ? If I see one of the statuses are red or yellow, my nature instict is to wonder why, and be able to drill down for details. thanks, Steve

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Memory report faulty
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Hi all Another contract, another emial address. :-) Hope you all had a good festive season. Quick question. Was there ever a resolution to this issue? http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2009/03/msg00036.html Searched the archive, and couldn't find one. To recap, this was where memory reports something bizzare, like this > Memory Used Total Percentage > red Physical 4294961768M 8192M 4294967229% > green Swap 1600M 8191M 19% Regards Vernon

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bb-services: regexes in expect string?
by AaronZink＠eharmony.com 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

I have this defined in bb-services: [smtp-transaction] send "helo hobbit.domain.com\r\nmail from: <test at domain.com>\r\nrcpt to: <test at anotherdomain.com>\r\nquit\r\n" expect "220-mx01.domain.com ESMTP\r\n220 ESMTP READY\r\n250 mx01.domain.com\r\n250 sender <test at domain.com> ok\r\n" port 25 and a host that uses it in bb-hosts. This works great, except that it's tied to the host mx01.domain.com in the expect string. Is it possible to use regexes in the expect string, such as expect "220-mx0[0|1].domain.com"? So far my attempts have been unsuccessful and the man pages don't seem to indicate if this is possible. Aaron Zink Manager, Corporate IT eHarmony.com 626.795.4814

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[hobbit] xynagios for RHEL ?
by bb4＠richter-it.net 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Hi Martin, I just took a quick peek into the file and it is a perl script that says in the description: <xynagios> runs a Nagios check, and reports its output in a way compatible with the Xymon (Hobbit, BB) monitoring system. The Xymon test name is taken from the plugin output if it starts with test_name <OK|WARNING|CRITICAL|ERROR|UNKNOWN>. Otherwise, the basename of the plugin filename is used. A check prefix is removed for brevity. So it seems you can run Nagios tests in XYmon with this script. And since this is a perl script you might only need some additional modules that can be found in the Debian package libsysadm-install-perl and maybe there is a similar package for Red Hat too. HTH Torsten Hi ! Can somebody give me an hint or description, how the pluggin xynagios is to use ? Helper software: * xynagios: adaptor for running Nagios plugins with Xymon I've found it in the debian-packes http://packages.debian.org/de/sid/hobbit-plugins And is there a version for RHEL or is that equal ? Thanks & Cheers martin To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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rrd history chart disappears under conn, memory and disk after 24 hours
by w17682＠motorola.com 25 Jul '10

25 Jul '10

Hi, I switch to version 4.2.3 and I haven't see the same issue. Thanks. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:45 PM, ZHONGYU CHEN <w17682 at motorola.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I installed and configured xymon-4.3.0-beta2. Everything looks fine. But > there is one strange thing beyond my understood. The rrd history chart > disappears under tests/columns of conn, disk and memory after running 24 > hours. But I can see these charts under column trends. No time effect to the > tests/columns of cpu and my custom tests. These rrd charts will stay there > as far as time goes. > > If I add a new client, I can see these rrd charts under conn, disk and > memory during the first 24 hours (or the first day). > > Anyone sees the same phenomenon? Did I miss something in configuration? > > Thank you in advance. > > -- > Zhongyu Chen >

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[hobbit] Help: No graphs in xymon
by udonthi＠cisco.com 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

That is correct. -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:51 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Help: No graphs in xymon So you're saying no host in the conn column has a graph? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Usha Donthi <udonthi at cisco.com> wrote: > I am very new to Xymon so bear with me. > > I am looking into a problem on Xymon 4.2.2. on linux with no luck. > > Looking for some hints on how to proceed. > > > > Graphs show up only in trends column but not in its own column. > > This is not a custom graph that I am trying to create but the standard setup > by > > Xymon installation e.g., cpu, memory, disk etc. Only cpu has a graph but not > any other > > Columns. When I look in rrd directory I see la.rrd ( for cpu ) and multiple > rrd for disk > > disk,tmp.rrd, disk,var.rrd, disk,root.rrd. So I see 3 magnifying glass on > disk page with > > no graphs to go with it. > > > > Any help appreciated, > > > > Usha Donthi > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Running client scripts from alerts???
by Mathias.Carlsson＠systeam.se 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

Hi! Are there any way to make XYmon run scripts on clients depending on alerts? I'm monitoring a bunch of services on windows 2003/2008 servers running bbwin, and I would like to run different scripts depending on which service is failing. Instead of just restarting the service, I would like to run a script to take care of the real reason of the failure. Are there any way to do this with XYmon? ________________________________ Mathias Carlsson

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Disk test, NFS and FTP queries
by lserena＠gmail.com 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Hello List, I'm rather familiar with BigBrother but new to Xymon. My Xymon server 4.2.3 runs on CentOS and my monitored nodes are a mix of Solaris, Windows, Cisco, and NetApp hosts. Q1. Is there a way to avoid the Solaris 10 virtual filesystems (i.e./etc/dfs/sharetab) from being listed/graphed in the disk test? (possibly via conf setting on the Xymon client, rather than on the server) Also, the web page shows seven filesystems, whereas the RRD graphs show nine of them... (those 7 plus /devices and /var/run). How do I get rid of them? Q2. I manage to monitor NFS mounted filesystems (from a NetApp filer) via an external script from deadcat.net, but is there a way to get them show up in the disk test/column? This way I get to: a. save a column ;-) b. have all the filesystems shown under one roof c. have NFS filesystems automagically graphed Q3. Is there a functionality similar to the BB www/notes html files, and a template that matches the current xymon fonts/style? Or, where can I add custom info about my monitored nodes? I.e. serial numbers, helpdesk contacts, etc... Q4. I have had to enable ftp on one Solaris 10 box to allow it to just ftp itself (don't ask!), and therefore I configured /etc/hosts.allow as follows: [actarus]$ grep ftp /etc/hosts.allow in.ftpd: actarus [actarus]$ Now, on the bb-hosts on the Xymon server, if I put: 10.11.12.13 actarus # http://actarus/ ssh !telnet !ftp !smtp it gets RED, telling me that FTP is up and if I put 10.11.12.13 actarus # http://actarus/ ssh !telnet ftp !smtp# it gets YELLOW with the following message: Service ftp on actarus is not OK : Unexpected service response In fact, if I ftp actarus from the Xymon server cli, I get: $ ftp actarus Connected to actarus.boing.com. 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection ftp> quit $ Is there a way around this? Thank in advance for your help Loris

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