November 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Xymon Digest, Vol 10, Issue 16
by s.watkins＠nhm.ac.uk 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

> ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:05:13 -0000 > From: "Neil Simmonds" <Neil.Simmonds at express-gifts.co.uk> > To: "Xymon Mailing List" <xymon at xymon.com> > Subject: [Xymon] Automated remedial actions > > Hi all, > > I've got a requirement to take a specific action on a unix server should we get a specific message in a log file. > > I'm not sure this is even possible in Xymon and I suspect I'll have to try and work out some way of doing it with a script. > > Perhaps an external script that will somehow check for the message, run the relevant command to fix it and report a warning > alert so that we know it has happened. > > If there is some better way of doing it through Xymon I'd really like to know how. Hi Neil, the Xymon setup I run currently monitors over 140 systems and the server sits on a linux box. If you go poking around the data/ directory you'll find all the gathered information from all the monitored systems. One of my scripts is currently monitoring the process list output of two different servers for the presence of a certain process. If the process is running on either of the systems then that is fine, report green. If the process is running on both systems OR it is not running on either system then that is bad, report red. Extending the functionality of Xymon using system scripts makes it just that much more useful, I think. This script is run by xymon, and the setup for it is done in the server/etc/tasks.cfg file , more info from http://www.xymon.com/xymon/help/manpages/man5/tasks.cfg.5.html You could also be able to run the scripts under cron, but then you would also have be careful that any files/datamanipulated by the script was done in a way that the xymon processes could still access it. Good luck, Steff Watkins -----

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IGNORE Scheduledtasks
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.com 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

You need to be a bit more descriptive of the problem. IGNORE is for event log messages. What errors are you getting? Malcolm ----- Original Message ----- From: Neus.Agudo at colt.net Sent: 11/18/11 06:46 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] IGNORE Scheduledtasks Morning everyone! I am trying to deal with a customer that has constant problems with a scheduled task in a Windows system, I've checked the .cfg files and it doesn't seem to be any file associated with scheduletasks, Do you know if there is any way to set an IGNORE for specific tasks? Thanks, Neus Agudo Technical Service Desk Analyst, COLT Service Level Management, ISU (Spain) [Colt Disclaimer] The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing abuse at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and Colt does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of Colt Technology Services, its subsidiaries, group companies or affiliates ("Colt") and any other party by email communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900 -- BBWin Development - The Windows client for Big Brother and Xymon http://bbwin.sourceforge.net http://xymon.sourceforge.net

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Install Xymon 4.2.2 on Solaris 10 Sparc
by sailesh.mohabeer＠mns.intnet.mu 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Dear All, After much effort I have been able to successfully install and configure xymon-4.2.2 on Solaris 10. 1. Please find below the package required:- apache-2.2.21-sol10-sparc-local libtool-2.4-sol10-sparc-local db-4.7.25.NC-sol10-sparc-local make-3.82-sol10-sparc-local expat-2.0.1-sol10-sparc-local openldap-2.4.24-sol10-sparc-local fontconfig-2.8.0-sol10-sparc-local openldap-2.4.26-sol10-sparc-local fping-2.4b2-sol10-sparc-local openssl-1.0.0e-sol10-sparc-local freetype-2.4.2-sol10-sparc-local pango-1.18.2-sol10-sparc-local ganglia-3.0.7-sol10-sparc-local pcre-8.20-sol10-sparc-local gcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local prngd-0.9.25-sol10-sparc-local glib-2.25.13-sol10-sparc-local render-0.8-sol10-sparc-local jpeg-8a-sol10-sparc-local renderproto-0.9.3-sol10-sparc-local jpeg2ps-1.9-sol10-sparc-local rrdtool-1.2.19-sol10-sparc-local jpeginfo-1.6.1-sol10-sparc-local sasl-2.1.25-sol10-sparc-local libart_lgpl-2.3.19-sol10-sparc-local tar-1.26-sol10-sparc-local libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local unrar-3.68-sol10-sparc-local libiconv-1.14-sol10-sparc-local xrender-0.8.3-sol10-sparc-local libintl-3.4.0-sol10-sparc-local xymon-4.2.2.tar libpng-1.2.44-sol10-sparc-local zlib-1.2.5-sol10-sparc-local 2. Entry on root profile. On Solaris 10, /etc/profile PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/uc b:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/lib The profile entry should be in that order. 3. After make & make install, use default apache2 web server on Solaris 10. It is installed on /etc/apache2. It can be started on Solaris 10 as mentioned below:- # svcadm enable svc:/network/http:apache2 Go to the ~/server/etc/ directory. more hobbit-apache.conf use the entry on this file to update the httpd.conf for your apache server. I am attaching mine httpd.conf for all of you to have an idea. 4. Next, for my case, I had to add my library path to start hobbit server. Please see my hobbit.sh file. #!/bin/sh LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib export LD_LIBRARY_PATH # Startup script for the Hobbit monitor # # This starts the "hobbitlaunch" tool, which in turn starts # all of the other Hobbit server programs. case "`uname -s`" in "SunOS") ID=/usr/xpg4/bin/id ;; *) ID=id ;; esac if test `$ID -un` != root then echo "Hobbit must be started as the root user" exit 1 fi case "$1" in "start") if test -s /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid then kill -0 `cat /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid` if test $? -eq 0 then echo "Hobbit appears to be running, doing restart" $0 stop else rm -f /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid fi fi /xymon/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/xymon/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg -- env=/xymon/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.log --pidfile=/var/l og/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid echo "Hobbit started" ;; "stop") if test -s /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid then kill -TERM `cat /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid` echo "Hobbit stopped" else echo "Hobbit is not running" fi rm -f /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid ;; "status") if test -s /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid then kill -0 `cat /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid` if test $? -eq 0 then echo "Hobbit (hobbitlaunch) running with PID `cat /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunc h.pid`" else echo "Hobbit not running, removing stale PID file" rm -f /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid fi else echo "Hobbit (hobbitlaunch) does not appear to be running" fi ;; "restart") if test -s /var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid then $0 stop sleep 10 $0 start else echo "hobbitlaunch does not appear to be running, starting it" $0 start fi ;; "reload") if test -s /var/log/xymon/hobbitd.pid then kill -HUP `cat /var/log/xymon/hobbitd.pid` else echo "hobbitd not running (no PID file)" fi ;; "rotate") for PIDFILE in /var/log/xymon/*.pid do kill -HUP `cat $PIDFILE` done ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 start|stop|restart|reload|status|rotate" break; esac exit 0 NB. Please check path as for me I had to modify it. 5. After starting hobbit server check for errors on /var/log/xymon path and /var/apache2/logs path. I had one more modification where I had to put the path for libraries on all scripts. The cgi-bin and the cgi-secure folder where all scripts are kept. Please vi all the scripts on both folder and add the library path. For me it was as below:- LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib; /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib export LD_LIBRARY_PATH For me this has work and I am able to monitor my servers. Now I want to monitor my oracle databases. Can anyone help me how to monitor my oracle database. Where to put the scripts for performace tuning, tablespace space etc. Regards, Sailesh

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IGNORE Scheduledtasks
by Neus.Agudo＠colt.net 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Morning everyone! I am trying to deal with a customer that has constant problems with a scheduled task in a Windows system, I've checked the .cfg files and it doesn't seem to be any file associated with scheduletasks, Do you know if there is any way to set an IGNORE for specific tasks? Thanks, Neus Agudo Technical Service Desk Analyst, COLT Service Level Management, ISU (Spain) [Colt Disclaimer] The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing abuse at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and Colt does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of Colt Technology Services, its subsidiaries, group companies or affiliates ("Colt") and any other party by email communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900

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Automated remedial actions
by Neil.Simmonds＠express-gifts.co.uk 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hi all, I've got a requirement to take a specific action on a unix server should we get a specific message in a log file. I'm not sure this is even possible in Xymon and I suspect I'll have to try and work out some way of doing it with a script. Perhaps an external script that will somehow check for the message, run the relevant command to fix it and report a warning alert so that we know it has happened. If there is some better way of doing it through Xymon I'd really like to know how. Thanks, Neil Simmonds Operations Analyst Operations Support Group Express Gifts Ltd. neil.simmonds at express-gifts.co.uk Tel :- 01254 303092 Fax :- 01254 303100 Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151. Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority ------------- NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or data included with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from their records. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this e-mail and any attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequences arising from it. Findel Plc reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its internal and external networks. If you have received this email in error please notify our IT helpdesk on +44(0) 1254 303030

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Quick Question
by jamison＠newasterisk.com 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

A simple question I hope you guys can answer. I used the xymoncmd command to drop a test on version 4.3.5, but now I need to add the test back. Adding the test back to hosts.cfg has not appeared to be fruitful, nor has just restarting Xymon. Is there something similar to the -drop- command for xymoncmd? I didn't find many help files on the utility. Thanks, Jamison Maxwell

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Help with graphs
by greg.shea＠emc.com 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Hi all, another long winded one I'm afraid :) >From one Perl script I test the status of 3 separate daemons, pretty up the output and forward that off to my Xymon 4.3.5 server. I want the service column StoraD with the command output, I don't want a graph on that page, and I do want all graphs in Trends. Below is the debug output and for the actual statuses I change the ':' to the HTML equivalent ' :', except for the data I want to graph which is in the hidden HTML tags . Great, data comes in fine, I use SPLITNCV because I want to graph each one individually, so 9 graphs total. For each graph I have 1 complete graph and 2 broken links boxes. When I right click and copy shortcut on all three boxes I get the following, and the only thing that's different is 'first=' either 1,5, or 9 Any help would be appreciated Thanks Greg Shea EMC Corporation http://yxmprdr02/xymon-cgi/showgraph.sh?host=gisfrksrdf01&service=StoraD&gr… http://yxmprdr02/xymon-cgi/showgraph.sh?host=gisfrksrdf01&service=StoraD&gr… http://yxmprdr02/xymon-cgi/showgraph.sh?host=gisfrksrdf01&service=StoraD&gr… [cid:image001.png at 01CCA45E.6537D260] excerpt from hosts.cfg 10.10.10.10 gisfrksrdf01 # TRENDS:*,StoraD:StoraD|StoraD1|StoraD2|StoraD3|StoraD4|StoraD5|StoraD6|StoraD7|StoraD8 excerpt from xymonserver.cfg TEST2RRD="... StoraD=ncv" GRAPHS="... StoraD::1" SPLITNCV_StoraD="pidTNC:DERIVE,pidNAC:GAUGE,pidTNR:DERIVE,gnsdTNC:DERIVE,gnsdNAC:GAUGE,gnsdTNR:DERIVE,rdfdTNC:DERIVE,rdfdNAC:GAUGE,rdfdTNR:DERIVE,*:NONE" excerpt from graphs.cfg [StoraD] TITLE SRDF storapid daemon YAXIS Total # Conn DEF:TNC=StoraD,pidTNC.rrd:lambda:AVERAGE LINE1:TNC#0000FF:TotalNumConn GPRINT:TNC:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:TNC:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:TNC:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:TNC:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n [StoraD1] TITLE SRDF storapid daemon YAXIS # Act Conn DEF:NAC=StoraD,pidNAC.rrd:lambda:AVERAGE LINE2:NAC#FF0000:NumActConn GPRINT:NAC:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:NAC:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:NAC:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:NAC:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n [StoraD2] TITLE SRDF storapid daemon YAXIS Total # Req DEF:TNR=StoraD,pidTNR.rrd:lambda:AVERAGE LINE3:TNR#00CC00:TotNumReq GPRINT:TNR:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:TNR:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:TNR:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:TNR:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n ... [StoraD8] debug output from script /apps/hobbit/client/bin/bb 0.0.0.0 "status gisfrksrdf01.StoraD green Tue Nov 15 16:15:07 EST 2011 - EMAS - =========================================================================== /usr/symcli/bin/stordaemon show storapid Daemon State : Running Daemon Start Time : Thu Sep 22 10:49:38 2011 Version : V7.3-1214 (0.1) Auto-Restart by Watchdog : Enabled Total Number of Connections : 746 Number of Active Connections : 26 Total Number of Requests : 19481043 Gatekeeper Management : Gatekeeper (GK) Management State : Running GK Management Total open GKs : 2 GK Management open GKs highwater : 9 Allow PPath Native Devs as GKs : N/A Total File Descriptors : 48 =========================================================================== /usr/symcli/bin/stordaemon show storgnsd Daemon State : Running Daemon Start Time : Mon Oct 17 08:49:28 2011 Version : V7.3-1214 (0.1) Auto-Restart by Watchdog : Enabled Total Number of Connections : 264 Number of Active Connections : 0 Total Number of Requests : 382 =========================================================================== /usr/symcli/bin/stordaemon show storrdfd Daemon State : Running Daemon Start Time : Thu Sep 22 11:04:06 2011 Version : V7.3-1214 (0.1) Auto-Restart by Watchdog : Enabled Total Number of Connections : 210 Number of Active Connections : 1 Total Number of Requests : 79133    "

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graphing.
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

We have a netcool machine that is getting events stuck in it, and we've written a client side script that is run by an automation inside the server. It puts out data like this: Process code of zero - green Events : 198 We want to graph this over time to see if we can see a trend. So I added it to the end of TEST2RRD TEST2RRD="...,xymond,nfmsgw=ncv" And at the end of the file I put NCV_nfmsgw="Events:GAUGE" I restarted xymon, just killing xymond_rrd didn't work for me. I got an rrd file, and it's looking fine: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">  <rrd> <version>0003</version> <step>300</step>  <lastupdate>1321402656</lastupdate>  <ds> <name> Events </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> <min>NaN</min> <max>NaN</max>  <last_ds>383</last_ds> <value>5.9748000000e+04</value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds>  <rra> ... So, now however, I'm lost on the actual graph creation. I don't understand the GPRINT lines at all, are they putting in legend or min/max history? Or is it defining the scale of the graph. And I'm not too sure about the DEF line either, what's the keyword AVERAGE saying there? The data is all integer, number of events, do I sti I basically just stole the lines from hobbitd since that's the same sort of data. [nfmsgw] TITLE NFMS Gateway Events YAXIS Unprocessed Events DEF:events=nfmsgw.rrd:Events:AVERAGE LINE2:events#00CCCC:Unprocessed Events GPRINT:events:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:events:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:events:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:events:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n Anybody have any help? Thanks, Paul. Paul Root - Engineer III Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink This communication is the property of CenturyLink 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.

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::1 suffixes in GRAPHS setting in xymonserver.cfg
by cs＠schug.net 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Hi list, I am currently struggling to find more detailed documentation on the GRAPHS setting in xymonserver.cfg. The manpage (or http://www.xymon.com/xymon/help/manpages/man5/xymonserver.cfg.5.html) is pretty sparse on that as I am curious what the effects of the "::1" suffixes are that are appended to some of the items, e.g. "if_load::1". I would appreciate any hints. Thanks in advance -cs

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Occasional RRD error message
by Chris.Morris＠rwe.com 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Sent this to the list last Thursday but it hasn't appeared ... Since upgrading to xymon 4.3.5, I occasionally see this message in the rrd-status.log :- 2011-11-10 00:45:53 Whoops ! Failed to send message (select(2) failed) 2011-11-10 00:45:53 -> Select failure while sending to Xymon daemon at x.x.x.x:1984 2011-11-10 00:45:53 -> Recipient 'x.x.x.x', timeout 15 2011-11-10 00:45:53 -> 1st line: 'config hosts.cfg' 2011-11-10 00:45:53 Cannot load hosts.cfg from xymond, code 6 2011-11-10 00:45:53 Failed to load from xymond, reverting to file-load What is the problem here? Regards, Chris Morris **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither the RWE Group of Companies nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************

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