December 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Single test column.
by Neil.Simmonds＠express-gifts.co.uk 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hi all, I'm aware of such thing as NOCOLUMNS and noconn but I'd like to have an entry in my hosts.cfg for a server purely doing http tests The idea was to use the Xymon server itself (and have the full entry with all columns shown on another page) but even if I use NOCOLUMNS:cpu,disk,files,memory,msgs,ports,procs noconn I still have a large number of columns showing such as dm (devmon) and the vm columns for cpu/mem/disk as the Xymon server is on a VM. Is there anyway I can get it to just show the http test. This means that I would be able to add it to my Live Websites page so that the correct page would change colour in the case of an issue. At the moment it is reporting on my Monitoring Servers page so it is not immediately clear that this is a problem with the websites. 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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new apache performance graphs not working
by sholmes42＠mac.com 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Xymon 4.2.3. I'm really puzzled. I have been asked to add the apache performance graphs to a handfull of servers. I used the suggestion found on the 'tips' page under Help in the Xymon menu. Specifically: 1.2.3.4 my.server.com # conn ssh http://1.2.3.4 apache=http://1.2.3.4/server-status?auto TRENDS:*,apache:apache|apache1|apache2|apache3 The puzzle is it works for the first one we did as a test. Then I copied the relevant bb-hosts configuration tags (http, apache, TRENDS) from that host to another two with changes to hostnames. The app admin made the necessary changes to the apache server. The server-status request works from a browser on both of the servers in question (running the browser on the Xymon server). There are apache.rrd files in the data/rrd directory, and the graphs appear on the trends page, but in there is no data being graphed. Nothing but NaN in the values at the bottom of the graph. I stopped Xymon and removed one of the apache.rrd files and restarted Xymon and have now waited a sufficient amount of time and still nothing is showing up in the graphs. What am I missing? I know I'm about 2 days behind on sleep, but this should just work, especially since it worked on the first one we did. Thanks, Steve Purdue University -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. -Juan Ramon Jimenez, poet, Nobel Prize in literature (1881-1958) Truth never damages a cause that is just. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

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how to check current kernel version
by hobbit＠epperson.homelinux.net 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

On Fri, December 2, 2011 14:48, McGraw, Robert P wrote: > Xymon's "info" column for a host already reports > the uname -r value. For example, on hardy, the > info page shows > > OS: Linux hardy.math.purdue.edu 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5xen x86_64 > > Question: is Xymon able to let us specify > somewhere (client-local.cfg maybe?) what > the current kernel version *should* be, > so that when the current kernel is > supposed to be 2.6.18-274.7.1 then we > can have the info column go yellow or > red for hosts that haven't been booted to > that version yet? > If what you're after is essentially running kernel doesn't match kernel that will run on next boot, should be a fairly trivial ext script to compare contents of uname -r to grubby --default-kernel|sed "s/\/boot\/vmlinuz-//". That would be how to do it on Red Hat, looks like you'd also have to massage uname -r for hardy. Don't know if it's already been done.

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how to check current kernel version
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Xymon's "info" column for a host already reports the uname -r value. For example, on hardy, the info page shows OS: Linux hardy.math.purdue.edu 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5xen x86_64 Question: is Xymon able to let us specify somewhere (client-local.cfg maybe?) what the current kernel version *should* be, so that when the current kernel is supposed to be 2.6.18-274.7.1 then we can have the info column go yellow or red for hosts that haven't been booted to that version yet? _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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Close for 4.3.6?
by Tom.Moore＠sas.com 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

I see 4.3.6 was committed in the trunk, how close is it for release? I plan to do a major upgrade from 4.3.0 and didn't know if it was safe to use trunk instead of the 4.3.5 build off sourceforge. Thanks Tom

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Graphing a percentage
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Two things. 1. Drop the % sign. Rrd graphs numbers. 2. If you want to graph the other numbers, swap them around. Description : value Cheers V On 1 December 2011 01:08, Root, Paul <Paul.Root at centurylink.com> wrote: > > Hi, > We have a test watching our HP NA server and its attempts at taking > a snapshot of all the customer routers. And I'd like a graph of the > percentage of them up to date. > > The data looks something like this: > > Snapshot Frequency - Target: 1 day(s) > > 9940: Total Devices. (should be > 8000) > 138: Age of most recent attempt in minutes. > 0.7: Average age of attempts in days. > 1.3: Age of oldest attempt in days. > > Current : 69.0% > 6856 devices have current snapshot attempts. > 0.0% of devices (0) have no attempts (threshold: 5%). > yellow 31.0% of devices (3085) have past due attempts (threshold: 10%). > > > > I just changed it to give me the NCV for the percentage. However, I could > change the output to whatever to get the desired result. > > This is what I've defined so far: > > > xymonserver.cfg:TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tcp,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,files,procs=processes,ports,clock,lines,ops,stats,cifs,JVM,JMS,HitCache,Session,JDBCConn,ExecQueue,JTA,TblSpace,RollBack,MemReq,InvObj,snapmirr,snaplist,snapshot=ncv,if_load=devmon,temp=devmon,paging,mdc,mdchitpct,cics,dsa,getvis,maxuser,nparts,xymongen,xymonnet,xymonproxy,xymond,nfmsgw=ncv" > > > GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,files,processes,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,tcp.http,tcp,ncv,netstat,ifstat,mrtg::1,ports,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,clock,lines,ops,stats,cifs,JVM,JMS,HitCache,Session,JDBCConn,ExecQueue,JTA,TblSpace,RollBack,MemReq,InvObj,snapmirr,snaplist,snapshot,devmon::1,if_load::1,temp,paging,mdc,mdchitpct,cics,dsa,getvis,maxuser,nparts,xymongen,xymonnet,xymonproxy,xymond" > > NCV_snapshot="Current:GAUGE" > > > And I restarted the xymon server. But I'm not seeing an rrd file. > > Any ideas? > > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > -- "While it is futile to try to eliminate risk, and questionable to try to minimize it, it is essential that the risks taken be the right risks. " - Peter F. Drucker

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