April 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

client LOG check
by cathy.smith＠pnl.gov 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Hi I just finished building xymon 4.3.2. I have the server up and a single client. The messages column for my client is showing green. However, when I click on the icon, the web page is displayed with a purple band down the left side. The message displayed is No entries in /var/log messages Then it proceeds to print out the messages file. I've attached a screen print. This is my localclient.cfg: HOST=flower.pnl.gov MEMSWAP 70 90 PROC crond PROC sshd PROC syslogd LOG /var/log/messages DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 Can someone tell me what else I need to configure? This is a RHEL5 client. Thanks. Cathy --- Cathy L. Smith IT Engineer Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy Phone: 509.375.2687 Fax: 509.375.2330 Email: cathy.smith at pnl.gov<mailto:cathy.smith at pnl.gov>

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Xymon using entstat via RRD
by d.altmann＠aon.at 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Dear all, I'm trying to blacklist some of my ethernet devices not to be checked by rrd, when xymon tries to get the statistics. The bad ethernet devices show the following error:

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xymond crashing for unknown reasons
by dlubbe＠tmse.nl 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Hi all, I've got the following problem: I used to run Xymon 4.2.3 on FreeBSD (using the ports collection) and it worked fine. However, when I upgraded to 4.3.2, I got all sorts of weird behaviour, so I decided to start from scratch. So I uninstalled Xymon, deleted everyting related to it and then installed a fresh copy of Xymon 4.3.2 (also via the port-collection) The installation goes fine, but when I start it up, the html files aren't generated. It seems that xymond crashes for reasons I don't understand I did some digging and I see the following: xymonlaunch.log: 2011-04-09 23:39:33 xymonlaunch starting 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Loading tasklist configuration from /usr/local/www/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Cannot open directory ^T<C2> (<C6><B1> 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Loading hostnames 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Loading saved state 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/local/www/xymon/server/tmp/xymond.chk for restore 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Setting up signal handlers 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Setting up xymond channels 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Setting up logfiles 2011-04-09 23:39:38 Cannot open env file /usr/local/www/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg - No such file or directory 2011-04-09 23:39:39 Task xymond terminated by signal 6 2011-04-09 23:39:39 Loading hostnames 2011-04-09 23:39:39 Loading saved state 2011-04-09 23:39:39 Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/local/www/xymon/server/tmp/xymond.chk for restore 2011-04-09 23:39:39 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2011-04-09 23:39:39 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use) 2011-04-09 23:39:39 Task xymond terminated, status 1 2011-04-09 23:39:44 Loading hostnames 2011-04-09 23:39:44 Loading saved state 2011-04-09 23:39:44 Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/local/www/xymon/server/tmp/xymond.chk for restore 2011-04-09 23:39:44 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2011-04-09 23:39:44 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use) 2011-04-09 23:39:44 Task xymond terminated, status 1 2011-04-09 23:39:49 Loading hostnames 2011-04-09 23:39:49 Loading saved state 2011-04-09 23:39:49 Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/local/www/xymon/server/tmp/xymond.chk for restore 2011-04-09 23:39:49 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2011-04-09 23:39:49 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use) 2011-04-09 23:39:49 Task xymond terminated, status 1 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Loading hostnames 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Loading saved state 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/local/www/xymon/server/tmp/xymond.chk for restore 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Setting up signal handlers 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Setting up xymond channels 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Setting up logfiles ..... xymond.log 2011-04-09 23:39:33 Setup complete 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2011-04-09 23:39:54 -> 2011-04-09 23:39:54 -> Recipient '127.0.0.1', timeout 15 2011-04-09 23:39:54 -> 1st line: 'status xymon,example,com.xymond red - Program crashed' 2011-04-09 23:39:54 Setup complete 2011-04-09 23:40:21 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2011-04-09 23:40:21 -> 2011-04-09 23:40:21 -> Recipient '127.0.0.1', timeout 15 2011-04-09 23:40:21 -> 1st line: 'status xymon,example,com.xymond red - Program crashed' 2011-04-09 23:50:09 Setup complete 2011-04-09 23:50:30 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2011-04-09 23:50:30 -> 2011-04-09 23:50:30 -> Recipient '127.0.0.1', timeout 15 2011-04-09 23:50:30 -> 1st line: 'status xymon,example,com.xymond red - Program crashed' 2011-04-09 23:50:30 Setup complete 2011-04-09 23:51:10 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2011-04-09 23:51:10 -> 2011-04-09 23:51:10 -> Recipient '127.0.0.1', timeout 15 2011-04-09 23:51:10 -> 1st line: 'status xymon,example,com.xymond red - Program crashed' 2011-04-10 00:00:58 Setup complete 2011-04-10 00:01:17 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2011-04-10 00:01:17 -> 2011-04-10 00:01:17 -> Recipient '127.0.0.1', timeout 15 2011-04-10 00:01:17 -> 1st line: 'status xymon,example,com.xymond red - Program crashed' 2011-04-10 00:01:17 Setup complete 2011-04-10 00:01:32 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2011-04-10 00:01:32 -> 2011-04-10 00:01:32 -> Recipient '127.0.0.1', timeout 15 2011-04-10 00:01:32 -> 1st line: 'status xymon,example,com.xymond red - Program crashed' ....... Output from gdb bin/xymond tmp/xymond.core #0 0x281afe17 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.7 #1 0x281afd76 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.7 #2 0x281ae98a in abort () from /lib/libc.so.7 #3 0x0805df23 in sigsegv_handler (signum=11) at sig.c:57 #4 <signal handler called> #5 rbtFind (h=0x0, key=0x2822b047) at rbtr.c:380 #6 0x0805a461 in knownhost (hostname=0x2822b047 "Amp2hi-test", hostip=0xbfbfbcfc "", ghosthandling=GH_LOG) at loadhosts.c:344 #7 0x0804d626 in get_hts (msg=Variable "msg" is not available.) at xymond.c:1051 #8 0x08051be0 in do_message (msg=0x28204100, origin=0x806238f "") at xymond.c:2981 #9 0x08056871 in main (argc=8, argv=Cannot access memory at address 0x4) at xymond.c:4999 Line 6 surprises me, because 'Amp2hi-test' is one of the hosts that I used to monitor, but I removed all the old configs etc from the server. I've started up xymon several times and sometimes I see other 'old' hostnames in the output file of xymond.core It appears that I didn't completely remove all traces of the old installation after all... Any help would be appreciated, Dennis Disclaimer. This email is intended only for use by the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you receive this email unintentionally, please delete the email and inform Toshiba Medical Systems Europe BV (TMSE) immediately. TMSE does not guarantee that email transmission is secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. If verification is required please request a written confirmation. TMSE accepts no liability for any damage resulting from the use and/or acceptation of the content of this e-mail. 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Acknowledge issue continues with xymon 4.3.2
by sean.clark＠twcable.com 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

I have xymon 4.3.2 installed now Every 4 days, almost exactly, I start losing the ability to acknowledge some alerts. As time progresses, it gets worse and worse – at first it's random, some can be acknowledged, some can't Then, more and more can not be acknowledged New alerts, Existing alerts that were already acknowledged, it doesn't matter This is a fairly impacting issue, and others on the list have said they have this same problem All I have is that find_cookie in lib/rbt.c is not finding the cookie, despite it being visible in the hobbitdboard 2011-04-05 05:23:09 Cookie 115771 not found, dropping ack 2011-04-05 05:23:09 Cookie 54483 not found, dropping ack 2011-04-05 05:23:09 Cookie 47469 not found, dropping ack 2011-04-05 06:38:55 Cookie 86204 not found, dropping ack 2011-04-05 06:41:37 Cookie 86204 not found, dropping ack This is what my logs start filling up with. Can anyone on this list point me to at least some starting point to try and solve this? It's seriously impacting my xymon implementation -- ________________________________ This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail and any printout.

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RRDtool include- or library-files not found.
by Phil.Crooker＠orix.com.au 10 Apr '11

10 Apr '11

Hi Jayanta, > I need to do ./configure inside the xymon login. am i correct? No, not at all. The xymon account is only for the already installed system, not compiling. It is odd that those rrd directories are not world readable, but anyway run configure and make as root. The rrd.sh already has /usr/local/rrdtool* - that is enough, you don't need to modify the file at all. Try running as root. cheers, Phil >>> On 8/04/2011 at 1:28 AM, in message <BANLkTinYhQn5wxV2B5tBSukm+qMBCGDAbA at mail.gmail.com>, Jayanta Kundu <jayantak007 at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > Thanks for you reply. I tryed what you mentioned in the following mail. It > is not working. > I opened the file named "rrd.sh" which is present in the path > "/home/xymon/xymon-4.2.3/build" and kept the "rrd.h" file > path(/usr/local/rrdtool-1.0.50/include/) and lib path > (/usr/local/rrdtool-1.0.50/lib/) as well. > But problem is both the path we can not go via xymon login because both path > belong to root privilage. > > I need to do ./configure inside the xymon login. am i correct? > > Kindly help me for this same. > > With Regards, > Jayanta. > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 4:18 AM, Phil Crooker <Phil.Crooker at orix.com.au>wrote: > >> You need to ensure the headers are there, whereever they are: use >> something like rpm -ql rrdtool-whatever-it-is >> >> If no headers there is probably an rrd-devel package - I'm not using >> redhat so don't know exactly. >> >> Anyway the rpm -ql gives you the lib and .h locations. The file that >> does the rrd testing is ~/xymon-4.2.3/build/rrd.sh (as for pcre, ldap, >> etc) >> >> In that file you can just insert the directory above where the lib and >> include directories are, ie /usr for /usr/lib64 and /usr/include >> >> cheers. >> >> >>> On 4/7/2011 at 12:46 AM, in message >> <BANLkTin0sSCk6nKPZwLNOBQQfdzX1+Pakw at mail.gmail.com>, Jayanta Kundu >> <jayantak007 at gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5. >> > I installed rrdtool-1.0.50 successfully with steps(#./configure, >> # >> > make, # make install). >> > Similarly i installed pcre-8.12 successfully with steps(#./configure, >> # >> > make, # make install). >> > >> > Finally once i try to install xymon-4.2.3 with first step $ >> ./configure >> > Following error showing: >> > >> > Checking for RRDtool ... >> > RRDtool include- or library-files not found. These are REQUIRED for >> hobbitd >> > RRDtool can be found at >> http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/ >> > If you have RRDtool installed, use the "--rrdinclude DIR" and >> "--rrdlib DIR" >> > options to configure to specify where they are. >> > [xymon at t1vl001 xymon-4.2.3]$ >> > >> > Now i open the file "configure.server", but i can't understand where >> i need >> > to assign the above mention path. Also where can i find the >> "rrdinlude" and >> > "rrdlib" path. >> > >> > Kindly help me out for the same. >> > >> > With Regards, >> > Jayanta. >> -- >> >> This message from ORIX Australia might contain confidential and/or >> privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, >> disclosure or copying of this message (or of any attachments to it) is >> not authorised. >> >> If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender >> immediately and delete the message and any attachments from your >> system. Please inform the sender if you do not wish to receive future >> communications by email. >> >> ORIX handles personal information according to a Privacy Policy that is >> consistent with the National Privacy Principles. Please let us know if >> you would like a copy. It is also available at http://www.orix.com.au . >> >> >>

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Unable to showing graph, "trends" column showing blank.
by jayantak007＠gmail.com 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi All, rrd and pcre both i compiled(./configure, make and make install) successfully. Anyway today once i re-compile xymon(xymon-4.2.3) again (like ./configure, make and make install) there after "GRAPH" is showing fine in the xymon page. Now new problem is: "If i connect agent to the collector server then agent side column(like conn, disk, .... etc.) graph is not displaying in xymon page. Kindly let me know how i can resolve the problem. With Thanks & Regards, Jayanta. On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Phil Meech <pmeech at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jayanta, > It sounds like there is a problem with rrd then. when you ran configure, I > imagine xymon would have generated an error about either pcre or rrd > missing. have you compiled either of them? If not then download and > compile them and run configure, make, make install for xymon again. I > recall xymon checks the standard paths for both programs, and if it can't > find them it asks you to enter the lib locations; been a while since I last > installed it, so I'm a little sketchy! > If both packages are already installed then run configure again and just > check it over for errors. post anything questionable to the list. > Cheers, Phil > > On 8 Apr 2011 19:05, "Jayanta Kundu" <jayantak007 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > According to your following mail: > > 1. Are any graphs showing on any pages? - No no page showing any graph. > > 2. What version of xymon is this and on what os? - "xymon-4.2.3" and "Red > > Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga)" > > 3. Did you compile it, or was it packaged? - I compiled it, > > like("./configure", "make" and "make install" from root login) > > 4. Is this a clean install which hasn't worked from the start, or has it > > become broken? - It is absolutely clean install first time. > > > > With Thanks & Regards, > > Jayanta. > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Phil Meech <pmeech at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> OK, could you clarify the following... > >> Are any graphs showing on any pages? > >> What version of xymon is this and on what os? > >> Did you compile it, or was it packaged? > >> Is this a clean install which hasn't worked from the start, or has it > >> become broken? > >> Just wondering whether this is a general rrd issue. > >> Cheers, Phil > >> > >> On 8 Apr 2011 16:23, "Jayanta Kundu" <jayantak007 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Hi Phil, > >> > > >> > XYMON server populated trends page as well as others, i mean by > default > >> > following columns are appear into the xymon page: > >> > *bbd* <http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?bbd> > >> > *bbgen*<http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?bbgen> > >> > *bbtest* <http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?bbtest> > >> > *conn*<http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?conn> > >> > *hobbitd* <http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?hobbitd> > >> > *http*<http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?http> > >> > *info* <http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?info> > >> > *trends*<http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?trends> > >> > >> > If i click on "trends" column its showing nothing. > >> > Rest of the column say bbgen etc. once i click on it data is showing > but > >> > graph is not displaying. At the end of the page only small cross(x) > sign > >> > with "hobbit graph bbgen" showing. It is something look like: > >> > [image: hobbit graph > >> > bbgen]< > >> > http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitgraph.sh?host=t1vl001&service=bbgen&gra… > >> > > >> > [image: > >> > Zoom graph] > >> > < > >> > http://10.131.57.52/xymon-cgi/hobbitgraph.sh?host=t1vl001&service=bbgen&gra… > > > >> > >> > >> > > >> > With Thanks & Regards, > >> > Jayanta. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Phil Meech <pmeech at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hi, is this a problem with one host and its test, or a problem > >> throughout > >> >> the server? Does the xymon server itself have a populated trends > page? > >> >> Phil > >> >> > >> >> On 8 Apr 2011 15:53, "Jayanta Kundu" <jayantak007 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > Hi All, > >> >> > > >> >> > I am unable to display graph. If i click "trends" column its > showing > >> >> > nothing. > >> >> > How can i enable graph in my XYMON page. > >> >> > Kindly help me for the same. > >> >> > > >> >> > With Thanks & Regards, > >> >> > Jayanta. > >> >> > >> > >> >

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showgraph error
by losburn＠thepinnaclegroup.com 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

When selecting any server parameter in the GUI that would result in a graph being shown, the graph does not render, and the apache error log shows: /usr/lib/hpux32/dld.so: Unable to find library 'libz.so'. Premature end of script headers: showgraph.sh, referer: http://rex07/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=rxsap100&SERVICE=disk Looks like there's still some niggling issue with zlib. The file does exist, permissions ok to read it... just somehow not being found during the rendering phase. (configure and compilations all ran without error) # ll /usr/local/lib/hpux32/libz* -rw-r--r-- 1 root 1307 300628 Mar 16 2007 /usr/local/lib/hpux32/libz.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1307 208148 Mar 16 2007 /usr/local/lib/hpux32/libz.so Both the Xymon and Apache userids have the correct directory in the shared library search path SHLIB_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/hpux32:/usr/lib:/usr/local/rrdtool/lib ENV: HP-UX 11.31 on Itanium

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TS - Disabled and cannot Enable it
by d.tom.schmitt＠L-3com.com 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

I have printer: Printer143 It is disabled and was done so using the command: $BB $BBDISP "disable ${HOST}.* -1 offline" to allow a 'ping' to enable it It is BLUE and querying it shows that it is BLUE: /home/xymon/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "query Printer142.conn" blue  Wed Apr 6 10:58:39 2011 conn ok If you go to the 'conn' web page for Printer142, it shows: BLUE boarder and BLUE ICON but under history, it shows: GREEN diamond IP-of-Printer is alive (0.57 ms) The device answers a 'ping'. I when into ADMINISTATION: Enable/Disable and enabled the Printer. There are no devices left to Enable. I stopped and restarted Xymon also. I tried to 'enable' the Printer with: /home/xymon/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "enable Printer142.conn" Multiple times But the device still shows BLUE/DISABLED. I am running Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2 and have been for over a year and have not experienced this problem. I monitor multiple printers in multiple buildings and this is happening to 14 out of 28 Printers. Is there a way to get these devices ENABLED again short of removing and loading them again? Thanks, Tom Schmitt Senior IT Staff - R&D L-3 Communication Systems West 640 North 2200 West P.O. Box 16850 Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Phone (801) 594-3030 Cell (801) 231-7230 eFax (413) 480-6873 D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com \\\\||//// \ ~ ~ / | @ @ | --oOo---(_)---oOo--

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Unable to showing graph, "trends" column showing blank.
by jayantak007＠gmail.com 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hi All, I am unable to display graph. If i click "trends" column its showing nothing. How can i enable graph in my XYMON page. Kindly help me for the same. With Thanks & Regards, Jayanta.

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sslcert test frequency
by john.r.rothlisberger＠accenture.com 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Is there a way to limit the number of times a test runs for an sslcert check? The results of the tests are measured in days and there is no point in testing this really every 5 minutes. Just for verbosities sake - this is what my host.cfg entry looks like: 0.0.0.0 serverA.mydomain.com # noconn DOWNTIME=06:0700:1200 badconn:1:1:2 NOCOLUMNS:http --sslwarn=60 --sslalarm=21 https://serverA.mydomain.com I have looked through the docs and didn't see anything obvious - so, I apologize if I missed it. Thanks, John _____________________________________________________________________ John Rothlisberger Senior Analyst Application & Technology Integration Implementation & Managed Services for Business Process Outsourcing IT Strategy, Infrastructure & Security - Technology Growth Platform Accenture 312.693.3136 office _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.

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