November 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Perl script to monitor EMC Celerra in Xymon
by s.seitz＠netz-haut.de 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hi, since I need to integrate EMC VNX (which are obviously re-branded celerra's) in the next few weeks, I appreciate your script. I'll give it a try, but I'm not really happy with ssh-ing into the SP's. I can't help, but hobbit/xymon user shouldn't own a sshkey for nasadmin... Have you tried to get your results via SNMP ? I haven't checked the available OID's yet, but I expect all necessary values. At least sysDescr.0 is found SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: VNX5300 - Flare 5.31.0.0.5.509 Am Freitag, den 11.11.2011, 16:07 -0500 schrieb Elizabeth Schwartz: Here's my first crack at a script to test EMC storage in xymon. I plan to expand it to take a list of exceptions to customize disk full alerts for different volumes. I think it needs more error checking and a way to check xymon env variables and get them from the client dir if they aren't set. But so far it works. Comments very welcome. It's my first real perl script. http://www.well.com/~betsys/storage.1.pl _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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E-mail notifications
by rroginela＠AmeriCashLoans.net 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hi, Have a quick question/observation for the gurus... Currently migrating my Hobbit 4.2.0 to 4.3.5. And something I noticed is that my e-mail alerts do not happen as frequently on the new box. Here is the situation: Host goes down at 10:15:00 - email sent Host comes up at 10:16:00 - recovery email sent And it is very regular like this on the old box no matter how many times it happens. On the new box it does not happen all the time I looked at the host history and I see that it went down and came back up but I never got an e-mail. Any place I can look to troubleshoot the source (xymon, postfix, etc) Or maybe something else I should check? The reason I'm noticing is that I have some hosts being conn tested on both the old and new box and I had flapping going on yesterday and the new box was very lax about e-mailing alerts so I'm afraid that I may have misconfigured something. Let me know what other info I can provide but here is the basics: Old: Centos 5 using sendmail for the smtp New: Centos 6 using postfix for the smtp I replicated the alerts.cfg the same as the old server to make sure all is as same as possible Thank you, Rafal Roginela Network Engineer <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#999999" size="-1"> This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. (3.8)</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#009900" size="-1"> Please consider the environment before printing this email. </font>

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Perl script to monitor EMC Celerra in Xymon
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Here's my first crack at a script to test EMC storage in xymon. I plan to expand it to take a list of exceptions to customize disk full alerts for different volumes. I think it needs more error checking and a way to check xymon env variables and get them from the client dir if they aren't set. But so far it works. Comments very welcome. It's my first real perl script. http://www.well.com/~betsys/storage.1.pl

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Custom graph interval
by ger.maguire＠arra.ie 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hi, I have a custom script that is working fine and graphing with no problems when I have the test launch interval set to 5m but if I change this to 10 or 15m then the graph stops updating, attached below is my graphs.cfg entry. Can someone assist me in the correct setting I need to look at for changing this correctly to update at 10 or 15 minute intervals ? Thanks. [sfap] TITLE fap utilisation YAXIS % DEF:hsfapgdef=sfap.rrd:hsfapg:AVERAGE DEF:msfapgdef=sfap.rrd:msfapg:AVERAGE LINE2:hsfapgdef#00CCCC:hourly fap LINE2:msfapgdef#FF0000:monthly fap COMMENT:\n GPRINT:hsfapgdef:LAST:hourly fap \: %3.1lf (cur) GPRINT:hsfapgdef:MAX: \: %3.1lf (max) GPRINT:hsfapgdef:MIN: \: %3.1lf (min) GPRINT:hsfapgdef:AVERAGE: \: %3.1lf (avg)\n GPRINT:msfapgdef:LAST:monthly fap \: %3.1lf (cur) GPRINT:msfapgdef:MAX: \: %3.1lf (max) GPRINT:msfapgdef:MIN: \: %3.1lf (min) GPRINT:msfapgdef:AVERAGE: \: %3.1lf (avg)\n

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Can xymon do an ISP speed test
by paul＠shadowsoft.com 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

I have a need to know if my bandwidth has degraded. I have 3 bonded t1's and if one goes out, I have no way to know (other than walk up and look at the lights on the providers router) until people start complaining. Is there any kind of plugin for xymon that periodically will do a speed test? Thanks Paul Jordan

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Can't compile appfeed
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

I have 4.3.4 on CentOS 5.7, and plugging in the new web sub-directory, I get this: $ make appfeed cc appfeed.c -o appfeed appfeed.c:21:22: error: libxymon.h: No such file or directory appfeed.c: In function 'parse_query': appfeed.c:37: error: 'cgidata_t' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:37: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once appfeed.c:37: error: for each function it appears in.) appfeed.c:37: error: 'cgidata' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:38: error: 'cwalk' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c: In function 'main': appfeed.c:84: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast appfeed.c:89: error: 'sendreturn_t' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:89: error: 'sres' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:103: error: 'debug' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:120: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'malloc' appfeed.c:125: error: 'XYMON_TIMEOUT' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:126: error: 'XYMONSEND_OK' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:133: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast appfeed.c:159: error: 'critconf_t' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:159: error: 'cfg' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:164: error: 'CRITCONF_TIMEFILTER' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:171: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast appfeed.c:172: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:174: error: 'WEB_ACC_VIEW' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:178: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:179: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:180: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:181: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:182: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:183: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:184: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:185: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression appfeed.c:186: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression make: *** [appfeed] Error 1 So I tried to specifically tell it of include locations: ptroot stnxym1:~/src/xymon/xymon-4.3.4/web $ cc -I ../include -I ../lib appfeed.c -o appfeed appfeed.c: In function 'main': appfeed.c:174: error: 'WEB_ACC_VIEW' undeclared (first use in this function) appfeed.c:174: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once appfeed.c:174: error: for each function it appears in.) I don't see WEB_ACC_VIEW anywhere. Any help? 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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XymonQV v0.2.0 with support for appfeed.sh
by Rense＠multiscan.nl 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

I'm using 4.3.5 and the app was working for me without the appfeed.sh files in my Xymon. At first I had problems with the app because I'm running Xymon from a sub directory (http://ip/xymon:82/) so it was searching for http://ip:82/xymon/xymon-cgi/ instead of http://ip:82/xymon-cgi/ but that was an easy fix in apache by using a redirect. Now I dropped the files in my Xymon after building them and the app starts giving the error circular connection from appfeed.sh and it can't update anymore. If I type the url http://ip:82/xymon-cgi/appfeed.sh it does show me the feed. Any thoughts? Regards, Rense Roskam -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] Namens Henrik Størner Verzonden: woensdag 9 november 2011 22:48 Aan: xymon at xymon.com Onderwerp: Re: [Xymon] XymonQV v0.2.0 with support for appfeed.sh > Does it require 4.3.5? I'm on 4.3.4. No, you can drop it onto any 4.3.x installation. Just copy the appfeed.cgi to ~xymon/server/bin/ and the appfeed*.sh to your cgi-bin directory. Regards, Henrik _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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Occasional RRD error message
by Chris.Morris＠rwe.com 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

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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Special network test scheduling (was: http test question)
by henrik＠hswn.dk 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:40:02 -0500, Taylor Lewick <tlewick at tradebotsystems.com> wrote: > Hi all. Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is performed? > > I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an > occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once or > twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25. I know its easy to > control the timing of when the alert is sent. But can I limit when the > test is run? Short of creating an ext-script, not sure how I do that in > xymon. There is, but it is a bit of work. 1) Change the XYMONNETWORK setting in xymonserver.cfg to "standard". 2) Either add the "--test-untagged" option to your xymonnet command in tasks.cfg, or add "NET:standard" to all of your normal hosts. 3) Add a "NET:morningcheck" to the host(s) that have this particular schedule. You now have a setup where the normal network checks will test all servers, except the ones with the special schedule. So, to run the morning check on the special hosts, create an extension script with this: #!/bin/sh XYMONNETWORK=morningcheck export XYMONNETWORK exec xymonnet $* Put this in ~xymon/server/ext/morningcheck and make that file executable. Then configure tasks.cfg to run this at the specific times you want. In tasks.cfg, add this: [morningcheck0745] CMD $XYMONHOME/ext/morningcheck --validity=60 [... any other xymonnet options ...] CRONDATE 45 7 * * * [morningcheck0815] CMD $XYMONHOME/ext/morningcheck --validity=1440 [... any other xymonnet options ...] CRONDATA 15 8 * * * The --validity options are to make sure the checks don't go purple, since you won't be updating the status every 5 minutes. The same technique can be used if you want to run checks with different intervals, e.g. if you have hosts that must be checked more often than once every 5 minutes. Regards, Henrik

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xymon on Google plus Page ?
by tjyang2001＠gmail.com 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Now that G+ Page is opened, should we create one for Xymon Users ? Any volunteer from this group can step up for this task ? Regards tj -- T.J. Yang

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