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hpux-meminfo.c patch
by jasonajfredricksen＠gmail.com 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

This patch for hpux-meminfo.c may help due to 11iv3 page sizes 4096 ,8192 ,16384 ,65536. from: man 5 base_pagesize running xymon 4.2.3 l diff then the modified source: 15d14 < #include <unistd.h> 24,25d22 < unsigned long pgsizecnf; < int d=0; 31,48c28,29 < pgsizecnf = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE); < switch(pgsizecnf) { < case 4096: < d = 256; < break; < case 8192: < d = 128; < break; < case 16384: < d = 64; < break; < case 65536: < d = 16; < break; < default: < exit (1); < } < printf("Total:%ld\n", sbuf.physical_memory/d); --- > > printf("Total:%ld\n", sbuf.physical_memory/256); 50a32 > /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Hobbit memory information tool for HP-UX. */ /* This tool retrieves information about the total and free RAM. */ /* */ /* Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Henrik Storner <henrik at hswn.dk> */ /* */ /* This program is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), */ /* version 2. See the file "COPYING" for details. */ /* */ /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ static char rcsid[] = "$Id: hpux-meminfo.c,v 1.4 2006-05-03 21:12:33 henrik Exp $"; #include <sys/pstat.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct pst_static sbuf; struct pst_dynamic dbuf; unsigned long pgsizekb; unsigned long kpages; unsigned long pgsizecnf; int d=0; pstat_getstatic(&sbuf, sizeof(sbuf), 1, 0); pstat_getdynamic(&dbuf, sizeof(dbuf), 1, 0); pgsizekb = sbuf.page_size / 1024; kpages = dbuf.psd_free / 1024; pgsizecnf = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE); switch(pgsizecnf) { case 4096: d = 256; break; case 8192: d = 128; break; case 16384: d = 64; break; case 65536: d = 16; break; default: exit (1); } printf("Total:%ld\n", sbuf.physical_memory/d); printf("Free:%lu\n", pgsizekb*kpages); } Jason A.J. Fredricksen

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Limiting Access
by bb＠buglecreek.com 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Hello, We have been using BB for several years and are ready to upgrade everything to a new monitoring system. We would really like to use Xymon. We have several different groups that will need to use the system in different ways. We were curious what solutions people may have come up with to limit access to certain tests or hosts. For instance, we have a group that will simply monitor certain hosts and make judgments on who to call based on status, these systems would be a subset of all the systems . They have no real technical knowledge and do not need to see all the systems. We may have a group of admins that need to see a certain set of hosts, but not every host since they have no real technical responsibility for certain systems. Also, we have a lot of custom scripts that monitor security related items (locked accounts, brute force attempts etc), we would want only a certain group (security group) to be able to access those tests. Not being very familiar with Xymon yet, we were wondering if there was a way to accomplish this. If not natively in Xymon, maybe via Apache? Any suggestions on how to proceed?

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Reversing the effects of a 'bb 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME TEST"' command
by jbhoren＠alaska.edu 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

!@#$% I've never been good a dealing with the aftermath of purple alerts, and always end-up using brute-force to remove all hostname references in $XYMON/data. But this time I really screwed-up and ran bb 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME TEST" for the purple-affected hosts... and now I can't get 'em back! I need help/suggestions/advice TIA! -- JONATHAN B. HOREN ARSC/LSI Systems Administrator WRRB/008-001 T: (907) 450-8694 E: jbhoren at alaska.edu *"After Tuesday, even the calendar says W T F!!"*

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Suggestion: make config or make init targets
by spa＠syntec.co.uk 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Hi, It would be nice if there was a way to install particularly the init script automatically. For example, on Redhat, one has to (copied and pasted from another page - I did something similar for the version I got from subversion, where I was just compiling and installing the client): # cp -p /usr/local/src/xymon-4.2.3/rpm/hobbit-init.d /etc/rc.d/init.d/xymon # chown root:root /etc/rc.d/init.d/xymon # chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/xymon # chkconfig xymon on One has to also edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/xymon change the DAEMON to point to one's actual path (which the configure script already has). The above steps need to be done for xymon-client too. Then you need to copy /path/to/source/xymon-client.default to /etc/default/xymon-client. You need to edit it and add the Xymon server IP address, which again, you already entered in the configure script... There are several steps here which could be automated, and it would make installing the client on machines quicker and less error prone, and many of us have to do this on many machines. I suggest the above could be accomplished with a "make config" or "make init" target from the source directory, logged in as root. If you are using e.g. Debian instead of Redhat, this would be automatically detected and the debian init scripts would be installed instead. Unfortunately, I'm no shell script wizz and can't really do this myself. Kind regards, Sebastian A

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soap error
by marco.avvisano＠regione.toscana.it 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Il 03/03/2011 14.37, Ralph Mitchell ha scritto: > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Marco Avvisano > <marco.avvisano at regione.toscana.it > <mailto:marco.avvisano at regione.toscana.it>> wrote: > > > > Il 03/03/2011 13.57, Ralph Mitchell ha scritto: >> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Marco Avvisano >> <marco.avvisano at regione.toscana.it >> <mailto:marco.avvisano at regione.toscana.it>> wrote: >> >> Sorry, write in italian .. >> >> I solved changing xml, but not work if use https: >> >> soap=webtest;https:/cert.pem@/my.server/MonitoredService/MonitorService;file:/opt/xymon/server/xml/MonitoredService.xml; >> >> >> error message is: >> >> >> Bad Request >> >> Your browser sent a request that this server could not >> understand. >> Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port. >> Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please. >> >> >> I got the above message recently too. In my case it was because >> I had compiled Xymon without openssl. It didn't have the >> necessary libraries to be able to setup the secure connection. >> >> Ralph Mitchell > thanks, I checked and actually miss those libraries: > > /opt/xymon/server/bin/xymonnet --version > > xymonnet version 4.3.0-0.20110123.rc1 > > > > In Fedora 14 I get: > > $ /home/xymon/server/bin/xymonnet --version > xymonnet version 4.3.0-0.20110123.rc1 > SSL library : OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011 > LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20423 > > I had to install the openssl-devel rpm to get the openssl headers and > whatever else comes in the devel package. You'll need to remove the > Makefile, then rerun ./configure, do 'make clean' then recompile and > reinstall. > > Ralph Mitchell > Solved recompiling xymon after i have installed openssl-devel and openldap-devel thanks Ralph for your suggestions Marco

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Reversing the effects of a 'bb 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME TEST"' command
by jbhoren＠alaska.edu 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Jonathan B. Horen <jbhoren at alaska.edu>wrote: > >> !@#$% >> >> I've never been good a dealing with the aftermath of purple alerts, and >> always end-up using brute-force to remove all hostname references in >> $XYMON/data. But this time I really screwed-up and ran >> >> bb 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME TEST" >> >> for the purple-affected hosts... and now I can't get 'em back! >> > > I could be wrong, but I think you're pretty much done, as far as the old > information goes. Actually, I'm not sure about the RRDs. However, whatever > was purple will come back just as soon as the next report is delivered. If > you want to put the dots back up manually, try this: > > bb 127.0.0.1 "status hostname,domain,com.stuff green" > > to send a green status for the "stuff" column. Those are commas in the > hostname, because back in the day BB used the period to separate the test > name from the host name. Give it 30 mins and it'll go purple all on its > own... :) > > You could follow up with: > > bb 127.0.0.1 "disable hostname,domain,com.stuff -1 wups, broke it" > > to send "disable until OK", so those pesky purple dots stay away. > I guess I didn't express myself correctly. I need the tests to restart, not to have a green status-LED place-holder. At this point, I've: - stopped xymon on the server - stopped xymon on the three affected clients - copied all of $XYMON/data/{hist,hostdata,hostlogs,rrd} from my last backup to $XYMON/data - started xymon on the server - started xymon on the three affected clients No joy. The LEDs for cpu, disk, files, memory, msgs, ports, and procs on the three affected hosts remain missing. On each of the affected clients, $XYMON/tmp/{hobbit_vmstat.biotech.nnn,msg.biotech.txt) exist and are updated regularly (@5-minute intervals). So, what's wrong on the server? Why isn't the information being generated-and-displayed on bb.html? What am I missing? -- JONATHAN B. HOREN ARSC/LSI Systems Administrator WRRB/008-001 T: (907) 450-8694 E: jbhoren at alaska.edu *"After Tuesday, even the calendar says W T F!!"*

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how to use bbgen --ignorecolumns=bbd
by maynard.suarez＠dch.cantv.com.ve 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

hi i use #bbcmd #bbgen --ignorecolumns=bbd that ignore of my main page of hobbit the column bbd but this column reappear after 2 minutes. How i do to that stay ignore?????? -- Maynard J. Suarez M. Analista de Operaciones 7x24 Telf: 0800-2100027 email: operadores at dch.cantv.com.ve Centro de Datos EL Hatillo-GDCCE Cantv "No imprima este correo si no es necesario, cuide el planeta"

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BBWin False positive - data on two lines
by willowbrookmagic＠hotmail.com 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hello everyone! We are using BBWin_0.12 we have been recieving some false positives as it pertains to data showing up a second line. This may have to do with the unexpected CR\LF we have seen this with disk and also svcs here are some examples: Disk Error: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted Summary(Total\Avail) C 71644780 35248592 36396188 49% /FIXED/C 68.33gb\34.72gb E 430023744 42237568 387786176 9% /FIXED/E 410.10gb\369.84gb F 114334528 15872192 98462336 13% /FIXED/F 109.38gb\93.92gb G ] 114334528 537728 113796800 0% /FIXED/G 109.38gb\108.53gb I 57167232 2588352 54578880 4% /FIXED/I 54.53gb\52.51gb and SVCS Error: Cisco_CallManager automatic started Cisco CallManager Cisco_CTIManager automatic started Cisco CTIManager Cisco_CTL_Provider automatic started Cisco CTL Provider Cisco_DCD_Controller_Service automatic started Cisco DCD Controller Service Cisco_Extended_Functions automatic started Cisco Extended Functions Cisco_IP_Voice_Media_Streaming_App automatic started Cisco IP Voice Media Streaming App Cisco_Messaging_Interface automatic starte] Cisco Messaging Interface Cisco_MOH_Audio_T ansl]tor automatic started Cisco MOH Audio Translator Cisco_RIS_Data_Collector automatic started Cisco RIS Data Collector Cisco_Serviceability_Reporter automatic started Cisco Serviceability Reporter Cisco_Telephony_Call_Dispatcher automatic started Cisco Telephony Call Dispatcher Cisco_Tftp automatic started Cisco Tftp CiscoTomcat automatic started Cisco Tomcat Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

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hpux-meminfo.c patch
by bgmilne＠staff.telkomsa.net 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

----- henrik at hswn.dk wrote: > Hi Jason, > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:15:14 -0600, Jason Fredricksen > <jasonajfredricksen at gmail.com> wrote: > > This patch for hpux-meminfo.c may help due to 11iv3 page sizes > 4096 > ,8192 > > ,16384 ,65536. > > I was sent another solution back in December which replaces the > hpux-meminfo > utility with a bit of shell scripting: > > FREE=`/usr/sbin/swapinfo |grep ^memory |awk {'print $4'}` > FREEREPORT=`echo $FREE / 1024 |/usr/bin/bc` > TOTAL=`/usr/sbin/swapinfo |grep ^memory |awk {'print $2'}` > TOTALREPORT=`echo $TOTAL / 1024 |/usr/bin/bc` > echo Total:$TOTALREPORT > echo Free:$FREEREPORT I am not sure of the features of awk on HP-UX, but on Linux, you can do all the processing with a single invocation of awk and swapinfo: /usr/sbin/swapinfo | awk '/^memory/ {tot=$2/1024;free=$4/1024} END {printf "Total: %d\nFree: %d\n",tot,free}' It would be useful to know if this version works on HP-UX. Regards, Buchan

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.default. host and CLASS and NOPROP tags
by brian＠majeska.com 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

I'd like to use the CLASS and NOPROP tags in the .default. hosts entry, it doesn't seem to be working for me. Can anyone confirm if they have this working for them? or if I've made an obvious mistake? 0.0.0.0 .default. # CLASS:group1 NOPROPRED=disk 1.2.3.4 server1.example.com # The man page says both of these tags should work, and I've gotten others to work like TRENDS and HIDEHTTP, just running into issues with CLASS and NOPROP* I'm running Xymon: 4.3 RC1 though I tested the same settings on 4.2.x and it doesn't work there either. Thanks -- Brian Majeska

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