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Can't drop HTTP POST test?
by novosirj＠umdnj.edu 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Xymoners, I have tried the following thrice now: bin/bb localhost "drop host.umdnj.edu.login" ...login is the name of my post test. I can see the files in the data directory: ./hist/host,umdnj,edu.login ./histlogs/host_umdnj_edu/login ...anyone have any advice here? Do I have to call it by some other name because I've named my POST test "login"? I tried dropping "post" also -- no dice. Or have I found a bug maybe? - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |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/ iEYEARECAAYFAk265VUACgkQmb+gadEcsb7q6ACeNykYC8cmmZWR7IsuDedD7QlF dDoAoJXpYZ1SRiFmpiuf+L9L/703I6aK =wYHm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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xgetenv: Cannot find value for variable
by razvan.bugulescu＠sic.montp.cnrs.fr 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Hello, I have a little problem with the topic title, i have somes hosts to monitor; they are all in hobbit-client.cfg and i'd like to have one file for one host. So what I did was to cut each host part from hobbit-client.cfg and put them in /etc/hobbit/hobbitclient.d/ with host1.cfg filename host2.cfg ect... and let only the DEFAULT part in hobbit-client.cfg The problem is that when i restart the hobbit daemon, i had these messages: 2011-04-28 17:37:32 xgetenv: Cannot find value for variable 2011-04-28 17:37:32 xgetenv: Cannot find value for variable 2011-04-28 17:37:32 xgetenv: Cannot find value for variable without the variable name... and the only thing i did was just separate each host config. and the /var/run/hobbit/hobbitclient-include.cfg file contain the files which are in /etc/hobbit/hobbitclient.d/ folder ... so i really don't understand where the problem could be.... Some details: xymon is running under debian 6.0 and its version is 4.3.0~beta2.dfsg-6+squeeze1 Thanks for your help

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advice windows (desktop) complement (+sound)
by soopal＠ice.go.cr 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Hi all: I have a windows PC with 42" LCD monitor... for Xymon webpage display. A firefox browser show a pertinent webpage but I want that I case of alarm this machine make Noise (as complement to the visuals). So far I have found http://freshmeat.net/projects/xymon-alert Does anybody know another option that runs on windows (maybe written on java?)) Thanks and sorry If this is off-topic! Este mensaje de correo electr?nico, incluidos los archivos adjuntos, es para el uso exclusivo de la persona a la que se ha enviado, y puede contener informaci?n que sea confidencial o protegida legalmente. Si usted no es el destinatario, o ha recibido este mensaje por error, no est? autorizado a copiar, distribuir, o utilizar de alguna manera este mensaje. Por favor notifique inmediatamente al remitente por correo electr?nico y suprimir permanentemente este mensaje y los archivos adjuntos. No se otorga ninguna garant?a de que este e-mail est? libre de errores o virus. INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD

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my bbwin messup from local 2 central 2 local.
by soopal＠ice.go.cr 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Hi all: As I briefly state at subject line. A windows client was changed (BBWin) from local to central (after syscheck left to work; including using mstasks) I decide to change it to central. So after that don't update data just conn and info... I hace uninstall bbwin, install it again. Uninstall and deleted registry keys and install it but the problem persists... Any idea how to fix this issue/recommendation? Thanks ! Este mensaje de correo electr?nico, incluidos los archivos adjuntos, es para el uso exclusivo de la persona a la que se ha enviado, y puede contener informaci?n que sea confidencial o protegida legalmente. Si usted no es el destinatario, o ha recibido este mensaje por error, no est? autorizado a copiar, distribuir, o utilizar de alguna manera este mensaje. Por favor notifique inmediatamente al remitente por correo electr?nico y suprimir permanentemente este mensaje y los archivos adjuntos. No se otorga ninguna garant?a de que este e-mail est? libre de errores o virus. INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD

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wierd things after group-excep /group-only....
by soopal＠ice.go.cr 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Hi all: trying to make my config (xymon 4.2.3) 'fool proof" and acomplish a split view; where Henrik kindly offer advise I have bb-hosts with group-except files|procs|ports <ip> name # comment "some tests" and group-only files|procs|ports 0.0.0.0 name # comment noconn (remove tests after Henrik advise). My problem was that most of the hosts only show 4 columns (conn info ssh trends) the rest of columns not appear. The only way that appear the rest-of them is from windows clients who never were monitored. After trying differents settings.. I give up and modify the config to group-sort <ip> name # comment "some tests" group-only files|procs|ports 0.0.0.0 name # comment noconn (remove tests after Henrik advise). And group <ip> name # comment "some tests" group 0.0.0.0 name # comment noconn (remove tests after Henrik advise). But stiil just 4 columms except from new/fresh install windows clients. So shutdown the xymon-server delete rrd and web pages and start deamon with same results. Why this happened and how to fix it... any idea wellcome... (yepa I have thinking in fresh compile and install o complete upgrade to 4.3.X) Thanks! Este mensaje de correo electr?nico, incluidos los archivos adjuntos, es para el uso exclusivo de la persona a la que se ha enviado, y puede contener informaci?n que sea confidencial o protegida legalmente. Si usted no es el destinatario, o ha recibido este mensaje por error, no est? autorizado a copiar, distribuir, o utilizar de alguna manera este mensaje. Por favor notifique inmediatamente al remitente por correo electr?nico y suprimir permanentemente este mensaje y los archivos adjuntos. No se otorga ninguna garant?a de que este e-mail est? libre de errores o virus. INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD

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Trending too many interfaces - see regex
by tm＠freedom.com 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Colin, I've not had the time, desire or opportunity to play with any of the newish RedHat releases and associated gizmos. This said, I accept that your 'ifconfig rhevm' returns data in the same format as 'ifconfig eth0'. Most linux interface names end with some number, or are called 'lo'. 'rhevm' does not seem to follow that norm. I suspect trending of rhevm might be failing for this reason. In xymon-4.3.2/xymond/rrd/do_ifstat.c on line 22 we see the following regex: ^([a-z]+[0123456789.:]+|lo) Remove the localhost part and it looks like this: ^([a-z]+[0123456789.:]+) Expand that and we have: ^rhevm+[0-9.:]+ To me, that looks like rhevm by itself is not a match. Folks who actually write the code / have a clue about GNU C regex / can probably address this better than I. Regards, Tim ________________________________________ From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Colin Coe [colin.coe at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:53 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Trending too many interfaces Yep, in /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymonclient-linux.sh I have: --- # Bug in RedHat's netstat spews annoying error messages. netstat -ant 2>/dev/null echo "[ifstat]" /sbin/ifconfig lo /sbin/ifconfig bond2 /sbin/ifconfig rhevm # Report mdstat data if it exists --- However there is no rhevm interface listed on the trending page. CC On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Tim McCloskey <tm at freedom.com> wrote: > What shows up under 'Client data available' for the [ifconfig] and [ifstat] details? [ifconfig] should list all of the interfaces. [ifstat] should only show what you defined. > >> The only interfaces I want graphed are "rhevm" and "bond2". > > That would be: > echo "[ifstat]" > /sbin/ifconfig rhevm > /sbin/ifconfig bond2 > > [ifstat] should show the output from the above commands, which should then be on the trends page under Network Traffic. > > I'll be taking a look at 4.3.2 sometime in the near future, maybe it's different there. > > Tim > > ________________________________________ > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Colin Coe [colin.coe at gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:02 PM > To: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Trending too many interfaces > > Yeah, that's pretty much what I did, except I now notice that the > bridge interfaces are not listed on the trending page. One of these > bridge interfaces has an IP address and I'd like to trend it. > > I've done a few quick greps through the source but can't see where > these bridges a re being stripped out. > > CC > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Tim McCloskey <tm at freedom.com> wrote: >> Colin, >> >> I have not installed any of the newer xymon versions, this is from 4.2.0. >> >> On a system with eth0->eth3 plumbed up I set the client shell script (client/bin/hobbitclient-linux.sh) to: >> >> echo "[ifstat]" >> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 >> /sbin/ifconfig eth2 >> >> Verified the data sent from one of the 'Client data available' data sets. >> Removed the rrd files for ifstat from the server for that client. (stopped/started the client). >> >> On the trends page I see eth0 and eth2 only, no eth1 or eth3. >> >> Yeah, it's a hack but it's fairly minor and should be easy enough to manage. >> >> Just my 3 cents. >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Colin Coe [colin.coe at gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:19 PM >> To: xymon at xymon.com >> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Trending too many interfaces >> >> Hi Vernon and Tim >> >> I'm working in a new dev/test environment using Xymon 4.3.2. >> >> I'd wanted to avoid hacking the client-side script but if that's whats >> required, I'll have a look. >> >> TIA >> >> CC >> >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Tim McCloskey <tm at freedom.com> wrote: >>> This is a crazy guess, you don't mention which version of xymon so this may be way off. It may be way off anyway :) >>> >>> If you are talking about the trends/"Network Traffic" graph it seems to be getting that data from the 'ifstat' var. >>> >>> Some details follow. >>> >>> 1. what we graph for ifstat >>> hobbitgraph.cfg: FNPATTERN ifstat.(.+).rrd >>> See data/rrd/$hostname/ifstat.* >>> >>> 2. where ifstat originates >>> client/hobbitclient-linux.sh: >>> echo "[ifstat]" >>> /sbin/ifconfig >>> >>> 3. what happens to ifstat >>> hobbitd/client/linux.c: ifstatstr = getdata("ifstat"); >>> hobbitd/client/linux.c: unix_ifstat_report(hostname, clienttype, os, hinfo, fromline, timestr, ifstatstr); <--- ifstatstr >>> >>> You should be able to modify the client shell script to report other than ifconfig -a (which seems to be what is currently captured). Of course, there must be a better way. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Colin Coe [colin.coe at gmail.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:02 PM >>> To: xymon at xymon.com >>> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Trending too many interfaces >>> >>> Anyone have any thoughts on this? >>> >>> The only interfaces I want graphed are "rhevm" and "bond2". >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> RHCE#805007969328369 >> _______________________________________________ >> Xymon mailing list >> Xymon at xymon.com >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xymon mailing list >> Xymon at xymon.com >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >> > > > > -- > RHCE#805007969328369 > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > -- RHCE#805007969328369 _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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configure fails at RRD link
by losburn＠thepinnaclegroup.com 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Installed RRD 1.4.5 with all prereqs on HPUX 11.31 RRD examples (in /usr/local/rrdtool/share/rrdtool/examples) all worked great to verify RRD install This being HP-UX, you'll also want to know the LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/hpux32:/usr/lib:/usr/local/rrdtool/lib and yes, using gmake and gcc However, when I start the xymon configure.server script, I get the following error: Checking for RRDtool ... test-rrd.c: In function 'main': test-rrd.c:30: error: too few arguments to function 'rrd_graph' gmake: *** [test-compile] Error 1 Not RRDtool 1.0.x, checking for 1.2.x Found RRDtool include files in /usr/local/rrdtool/include ERROR: RRDtool library files found in /usr/local/rrdtool/lib, but link fails. The error comes from xymon-4.3.2/build/Makefile.test-rrd test-link: @$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(RRDDEF) $(RRDLIB) -o test-rrd test-rrd.o -lrrd $(PNGLIB) Any thoughts on how to determine more specifically why the link fails?

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Recovery mail not coming from few days
by akshar.bhosale＠gmail.com 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hi, i am not getting any recovery mail from last 3-4 days for the server memory. It consumes more memory for 1 hour daily so mail comes for memory red and then memory green (recovered). but now i dont get any memory recovered mail from last 3-4 days. i have not changed any confg. xymon-4.2.2. rhel 5.2 thanks akshar

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Trending too many interfaces
by colin.coe＠gmail.com 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hi all I've several Linux (RHEV) virtualisation servers. In the trends screen for these servers, I see a list of interfaces similar to the below: --- DMZ Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 GreenZone Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 Mgmt Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:0E bond1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 bond1.641 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 bond1.642 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 bond1.644 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 bond2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:21:0D:CC:1A eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:0E eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:0E eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:12 eth4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:21:0D:CC:1A eth5 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:21:0D:CC:1A lo Link encap:Local Loopback rhevm Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3C:4A:92:6E:FD:0E virtio_10_1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:1A:4A:16:66:0C virtio_11_1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:1A:4A:16:66:04 virtio_12_1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:1A:4A:16:66:06 virtio_13_1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:1A:4A:16:66:07 virtio_15_1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:1A:4A:16:66:02 virtio_16_1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:1A:4A:16:66:0B --- Only two of these have IP addresses, how can I limit Xymon to just showing the ones with IPs? Thanks CC -- RHCE#805007969328369

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Monitoring FILES and adressing them seperate
by Carl.Melgaard＠STAB.RM.DK 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hi, I have 6 file-checks on 1 server similar to this: FILE /nfs/backup/file1 red MTIME<7200 - is there ANY way to address each of these checks individually? So I can compare them and see if 2 or more is triggered? I only want to send alerts to our night-team if more of the checks trigger at the same time - any clue to how to script that? /melgaard

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