May 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

My time for Xymon will be limited the next few weeks
by henrik＠hswn.dk 28 May '11

28 May '11

Hi everyone, to avoid any worries I guess I'd better let you know that I'll be somewhat off-line for the next month or so. First I'll have a few days with very limited net-connectivity, and then I am going to have some eye surgery done - that means I will not be allowed to do a lot of reading or other computer work, so my activities with Xymon will be put on hold for a little while. (The surgery is nothing to worry about - I had a similar operation on my left eye back in 2008, and now need the same thing done on my right eye. And I'm getting older, so I have also developed a cataract that is being dealt with at the same time. Just need to avoid too much strain on the eyes for a few weeks after the operation). So don't expect to see a lot of mail from me for the next 3-4 weeks. Regards, Henrik

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Devmon on Xymon 4.3.2 - if_load and temp issue for all devmon hosts
by willowbrookmagic＠hotmail.com 27 May '11

27 May '11

The plot thickens i compiled this on production made all modifications moved all my data over and everything works except for if_load and temp. devmon is pulling the data. here are my rrddefinitons for the above. [if_load] FNPATTERN if_load.(.*).rrd TITLE Network Traffic YAXIS Bits/second DEF:in at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:ds0:AVERAGE CDEF:inbytes at RRDIDX@=in at RRDIDX@,8,* DEF:out at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:ds1:AVERAGE CDEF:outbytes at RRDIDX@=out at RRDIDX@,8,* LINE1:inbytes at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ In GPRINT:inbytes at RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:inbytes at RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:inbytes at RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (min) GPRINT:inbytes at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n LINE1:outbytes at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ Out GPRINT:outbytes at RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:outbytes at RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:outbytes at RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (avg) GPRINT:outbytes at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n -l 0 [temp] FNPATTERN temp.(.*).rrd TITLE Temperature YAXIS Degrees Celsius DEF:in at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:ds0:AVERAGE DEF:out at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:ds1:AVERAGE LINE1:in at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ Temperature GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (min) GPRINT:in at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n #LINE1:out at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ Threshold #GPRINT:out at RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) #GPRINT:out at RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) #GPRINT:out at RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (avg) #GPRINT:out at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n -l 0 > From: bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net > To: willowbrookmagic at hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Devmon on Xymon 4.3.2 - if_load and temp issue for all devmon hosts > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 16:02:45 +0200 > > On Wednesday, 25 May 2011 15:24:27 Nick Camaldi wrote: > > RRD files for If_load and temp for all devmon hosts are not working it > > shows a red x > > So the graph definition was not available in your new Xymon configuration. > > > and not updating i try and remove rrd files for a host and it doesn't > > re-create. > > No need to remove them ... > > For this one, most likely your TEST2RRD does not contain the correct > 'if_load=devmon' and 'temp=devmon' values, although these are defaults? > > Regards, > Buchan

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Fw: Cisco IOS XR CPU/Temp oids
by kconnell＠ryerson.ca 27 May '11

27 May '11

Wow. That seems a little crazy. This is the only cisco xr device we have so I'm not too familiar with it... So each time you've have a reboot you've had to go back and reconfig for the new oid ? Ken Connell Intermediate Network Engineer Computer & Communication Services Ryerson University 350 Victoria St RM AB50 Toronto, Ont M5B 2K3 416-979-5000 x6709 -----Original Message----- From: "McDonald, Dan" <Dan.McDonald at austinenergy.com> Sender: xymon-bounces at xymon.com Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 16:16:13 To: <xymon at xymon.com> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Cisco IOS XR CPU/Temp oids > -----Original Message----- > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On > Behalf Of kconnell at ryerson.ca > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 2:56 PM > To: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: [Xymon] Cisco IOS XR CPU/Temp oids > > New to the list, been using Xymon for a few years now (currently @ > v4.2.2) and didn't even know there was a list... > > Having troubles graphing CPU and Temperature on a Cisco ASR9K running > IOS XR 3.9.2. > > Anyone know the oid ? The temperature OIDs will change each boot (usually), and can be found by walking the Entity Sensor Mib, searching for an EntitySensorType of 8. There are generally at least three sensors per board. CPU may also change on each boot, and is found in the Cisco process mib. There are several variants, and I generally have to test each of them to determine which one is active in any particular version of IOS. Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CISSP # 78281 Austin Energy _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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Cisco IOS XR CPU/Temp oids
by kconnell＠ryerson.ca 27 May '11

27 May '11

New to the list, been using Xymon for a few years now (currently @ v4.2.2) and didn't even know there was a list... Having troubles graphing CPU and Temperature on a Cisco ASR9K running IOS XR 3.9.2. Anyone know the oid ? Ken Connell Intermediate Network Engineer Computer & Communication Services Ryerson University 350 Victoria St RM AB50 Toronto, Ont M5B 2K3 416-979-5000 x6709

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error with BBWin_0.12.msi
by David.Raymond＠ca.ebarrette.com 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi, I see those line in xymond Oversize data/client msg from 10.0.9.112 truncated (n=1406812, limit 524288) First line: srv-03|bbwin|win32| This is just one in those are in fault. Thx. David Raymond From: Raymond, David Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 9:00 To: Claessens Jurgen Cc: 'xymon at xymon.com' Subject: RE: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hi Jurgen No firewall on, before I change "local" to "central" everything work fine since longtime. Like I say, few server have this error, other are good, no matter is they are 64 or 32 bits. I need to still use this client on windows, cause for now, PowerShell client don't handle external script. And I don't want to use task scheduler to do external script. I like the way bbwin work, so ... Still work around the problem to see what's wrong. David Raymond From: Claessens Jurgen [mailto:Jurgen.Claessens at cegeka.be] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 23:40 To: Raymond, David Subject: RE: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hey David, Don't know if you tired this already, but is there a firewall in between them? See if gets stopped there . I'm assuming the log you showed is from the xymon server? Jurgn claessens From: Raymond, David [mailto:David.Raymond at ca.ebarrette.com] Sent: donderdag 26 mei 2011 14:45 To: Claessens Jurgen Subject: RE: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hi Jurgen, I use "local system" as default when you install bbwin. I try to use "administrator", but same result. Not sure is due to security... but it's weird. David Raymond From: Claessens Jurgen [mailto:Jurgen.Claessens at cegeka.be] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:36 To: Raymond, David Subject: RE: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hello David, To me it just looks like bbwin doesn't have enough rights on the server to create the files. Check what user the service is running on and make sure that the user has enough rights. Regards Jurgen claessens From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Raymond, David Sent: woensdag 25 mei 2011 20:36 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hi all, Since I have change config in bbwin.cfg from local to central, I get this error on some server client : 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [filesystem]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [msgs]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:43:40 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 13:43:41 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:43:41 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:45:40 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 13:47:49 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:47:49 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:51:12 [INFO]: [filesystem]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:51:12 [INFO]: [msgs]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:00:49 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 14:01:02 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:01:02 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 14:18:27 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 14:18:27 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:18:28 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 14:19:07 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 14:19:09 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:19:09 [INFO]: bbwin is started. I have this setting in bbwin.cfg :  <setting name="mode" value="central" /> <setting name="configclass" value="win32" /> On the xymon 4.3.3 server, I have this setting in analysis.cfg : HOST=%srv-* LOAD 80 90 # Load threholds are in % MEMSWAP 90 95 Only few server have this issue (20 on 100), purple face on "procs, uptime and who" column. All server have BBWin_0.12.msi install. Thanks for your help David Raymond

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Anyone doing SAP monitoring care to swap ideas?
by losburn＠thepinnaclegroup.com 27 May '11

27 May '11

Curious to see if any of you are using xymon to monitor SAP (not the machines it runs on, but SAP proper). If so, would like to discuss methods you like or despise for doing so. Thanks!

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devmon memory threshold issue
by olivier＠audry.fr 27 May '11

27 May '11

hello it seems that the memory threshold is not working : threshold is set to 30 and 50 % used cisco-3750]$ cat memory/thresholds mem_used_per : yellow : 30 : Memory load is high mem_used_per : red : 50 : Memory load is very high my messages : [xymon at gdfva-li01 cisco-3750]$ cat memory/message Memory alert: yellow={mem_used_per.thresh:yellow}%, red={mem_used_per.thresh:red}% Free memory: {mem_free} bytes ({mem_free_per}%) Used memory: {mem_used} bytes ({mem_used_per}%) ------------- ---------------- Total memory: {mem_total} bytes (100%)  my result : Memory alert: yellow=30%, red=50% Free memory: 29814012 bytes (44%) Used memory: 38625048 bytes (56%) ------------- ---------------- Total memory: 68439060.00 bytes (100%) should be red but it's green. any idee ? oau

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error with BBWin_0.12.msi
by David.Raymond＠ca.ebarrette.com 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi Jurgen No firewall on, before I change "local" to "central" everything work fine since longtime. Like I say, few server have this error, other are good, no matter is they are 64 or 32 bits. I need to still use this client on windows, cause for now, PowerShell client don't handle external script. And I don't want to use task scheduler to do external script. I like the way bbwin work, so ... Still work around the problem to see what's wrong. David Raymond From: Claessens Jurgen [mailto:Jurgen.Claessens at cegeka.be] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 23:40 To: Raymond, David Subject: RE: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hey David, Don't know if you tired this already, but is there a firewall in between them? See if gets stopped there . I'm assuming the log you showed is from the xymon server? Jurgn claessens From: Raymond, David [mailto:David.Raymond at ca.ebarrette.com] Sent: donderdag 26 mei 2011 14:45 To: Claessens Jurgen Subject: RE: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hi Jurgen, I use "local system" as default when you install bbwin. I try to use "administrator", but same result. Not sure is due to security... but it's weird. David Raymond From: Claessens Jurgen [mailto:Jurgen.Claessens at cegeka.be] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:36 To: Raymond, David Subject: RE: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hello David, To me it just looks like bbwin doesn't have enough rights on the server to create the files. Check what user the service is running on and make sure that the user has enough rights. Regards Jurgen claessens From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Raymond, David Sent: woensdag 25 mei 2011 20:36 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] error with BBWin_0.12.msi Hi all, Since I have change config in bbwin.cfg from local to central, I get this error on some server client : 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [filesystem]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [msgs]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:43:40 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 13:43:41 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:43:41 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:45:40 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 13:47:49 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:47:49 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:51:12 [INFO]: [filesystem]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:51:12 [INFO]: [msgs]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:00:49 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 14:01:02 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:01:02 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 14:18:27 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 14:18:27 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:18:28 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 14:19:07 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 14:19:09 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:19:09 [INFO]: bbwin is started. I have this setting in bbwin.cfg :  <setting name="mode" value="central" /> <setting name="configclass" value="win32" /> On the xymon 4.3.3 server, I have this setting in analysis.cfg : HOST=%srv-* LOAD 80 90 # Load threholds are in % MEMSWAP 90 95 Only few server have this issue (20 on 100), purple face on "procs, uptime and who" column. All server have BBWin_0.12.msi install. Thanks for your help David Raymond

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error with BBWin_0.12.msi
by David.Raymond＠ca.ebarrette.com 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi all, Since I have change config in bbwin.cfg from local to central, I get this error on some server client : 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [filesystem]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:01:33 [INFO]: [msgs]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:43:40 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 13:43:41 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:43:41 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:45:40 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 13:47:49 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:47:49 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:48:34 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 13:51:12 [INFO]: [filesystem]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 13:51:12 [INFO]: [msgs]: can't open C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:00:49 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 14:01:02 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:01:02 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 14:18:27 [INFO]: bbwin is reloading the configuration. 2011/05/25 14:18:27 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:18:28 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2011/05/25 14:19:07 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2011/05/25 14:19:09 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2011/05/25 14:19:09 [INFO]: bbwin is started. I have this setting in bbwin.cfg :  <setting name="mode" value="central" /> <setting name="configclass" value="win32" /> On the xymon 4.3.3 server, I have this setting in analysis.cfg : HOST=%srv-* LOAD 80 90 # Load threholds are in % MEMSWAP 90 95 Only few server have this issue (20 on 100), purple face on "procs, uptime and who" column. All server have BBWin_0.12.msi install. Thanks for your help David Raymond

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4.3.3 nongreen host.cfg DESCR tag issue
by icepickjazz＠gmail.com 26 May '11

26 May '11

I've been testing the 4.3.3 version and stepped through an upgrade from version 4.2.3. I have noticed a problem with the nongreen page displaying both the name and the DESCR tag from the hosts.cfg. In the old version only the host name was displayed (no descr tag). The descr tag is only showing up on the nongreen page. It doesn't show up on any other pages. Any thoughts on how to make the nongreen page not show the DESCR tag from the hosts.cfg? Thanks,

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