January 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Mailack delay problems
by johan.sjoberg＠deltamanagement.se 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hi. I think there is some problem with the mailack delay parameter in 4.3.0RC1. This night I got an alert, and I wanted to ack it from my mobile phone. I hit reply and added "delay=600" to the subject line. I can see in my sent folder that the subject is correct. But after an hour I got another SMS for the same service, so it seems like it did not accept the parameter correctly. E-mail subject: "Ang.: Hobbit [455503] hostname.removed.svcs red delay=600" Procmail.log: >From my at email Wed Jan 26 04:43:39 2011 Subject: Ang.: Hobbit [455503] hostname.removed.svcs Folder: /usr/local/xymon/server/bin/hobbit-mailack --env=/usr/local/ 12506 Acknowledge.log: 1296013419 455503 60 455503 np_filename_not_used hostname.removed.svcs red --_000_5D50DE4ACDBB4C018A9302A181625CBFdeltamanagementse_\nAcked by: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Johan_Sj=F6berg?= my at email Or is procmail the problem, since the delay=600 is not in the subject of the procmail.log? The hostname is quite long, which means the subject is long. Could that be a problem? By the way, does mailack now accept "Xymon [ackcode]" so I can change the subject of the alerts from Hobbit? /Johan

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dnsreg installation
by David.Raymond＠ca.ebarrette.com 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hi, I see one post on this, but it was modified by the user. I want to know how could I get it work. On xymon.com, it only show the script, I have done this part. I have also add in hobbitlaunch.cfg the part for dnsreg for each 5 min to verified if it work, after I want change it to 1day. But nothing appear. I have restart server few time. Maybe I do something wrong. Thx in advance to help me. David Raymond

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DISK IGNORE useage
by Munsch＠phillycarshare.org 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

I think I’m missing something. I have Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hdv1 3768053780 1056651192 2711402588 29% / none 131072 336 130736 1% /tmp and they’re both graphed. Except the /dev/hdv1 is the entire array and I don’t want to monitor that – just /tmp. (In our last episode, I got it to monitor /tmp by grep –v-ing for tempfs in the client’s DF line). However… if I add to the host’s config a DISK IGNORE /, then while the text (as above) only shows /tmp, I lose /tmp’s graph line and it only graphs root. I’ve tried including the IGNORE line both before and after a line for /tmp, with no effect. As soon as I add the IGNORE line, /tmp’s graph line vanishes on next update. ------------------------ Rob Munsch IT Administrator PhillyCarShare 215-495-1040 x131 www.phillycarshare.org Our Vision: A Philadelphia in which non-profit car sharing exceeds the convenience, flexibility, and affordability of car ownership.

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badtest option for non-network tests?
by Carl.Melgaard＠STAB.RM.DK 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hi, Is it possible to emulate the badtest-option for non-network-tests, like cpu/memory? For instance badcpu:2:2:3? Or is there another way to achieve this? Regards, Carl Melgaard

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looping background gradient
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Seems like the red background just keeps looping. Yellow and green works fine. Did I do something wrong? See attached. 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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new menu bar
by lebarber＠gmail.com 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Is there any way to configure the new menu bar so that it has a hierarchical structure. In my current Hobbit installation I have the menus set up so that I can navigate directly to any of the static pages in any of my pagesets by navigating down a menu. Is there some way to duplicate this with the new menu system? Thanks, Larry Barber

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Query about bad<tests>
by isolderj＠hotmail.com 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

as i understand it the following line <ipnumber> <hostname> # ssh spamd badSPAMD:2:3:5 should go "clear" after the second failure, "yellow" after three successive failures, and "red" after 5 successive failures But this does not seem to happen. Am I doing something wrong. Thanks

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performance alerts
by troy＠athabascau.ca 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Yes, I was hoping to use the built-in TCP tests and their TCP Connection times. Any idea on how to do that? Troy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Novosielski" <novosirj at umdnj.edu> To: xymon at xymon.com Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:03:52 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [xymon] performance alerts -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Are you sure that's necessary? I think that might be configurable built-in with the TCP tests. On 01/13/2011 01:59 PM, Root, Paul wrote: > write a script to ping, parse the output. Use bb (or xymon) to send the > test results, red if more than 100ms, green otherwise. Maybe a yellow in > there. > > > Paul Root > Lead Internet Systems Eng > Network Services > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Troy Adams [ mailto:troy at athabascau.ca ] > *Sent:* Thursday , January 13, 2011 12:50 PM > *To:* xymon at xymon.com > *Subject:* [xymon] performance alerts > > I'm trying to figure out how to get "bad performance" alerts. > > Here is my bb-hosts entry: > > 192.168.10.121 mbox1 # imaps > > I want to get an alert when the response time goes above 100 ms. > > Any thougths? > > > Troy > > > Troy Adams > Athabasca University > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This communication is the property of Qwest and may contain confidential or > privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly > prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication > in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy > all copies of the communication and any attachments. - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | novosirj at umdnj.edu - 973/ 972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/CST-Academic Svcs. - ADMC 450, Newark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk0vTJgACgkQmb+gadEcsb5mJACcCJNxRoE3wSnKXuIFlAP7ZhZh TRIAnjBhqPUg8Ys/zzftK81Z4c9kkIEl =yvKe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To unsubscribe from the xymon list, send an e-mail to xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com __ This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communications received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. ---

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4.3.0 RC1 menu bar
by david.gore＠verizonbusiness.com 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

Nice work on the Xymon menu bar! Looks great on the Chrome browser, it is a nice upgrade from beta3. It is more readable. Look nice on IE8 as well. ~David

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badtest option for ldap
by simobimou＠hotmail.com 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

Hi, It seems that the "badtest" option is not working for all the network tests, it works fine for the http but not for ldap.I'm using xymon 4.2.3Did any one manage to get it work for ldap ? Sincerely,

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