July 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Looking for "page too old" script
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

I have a tsch script that does some things, manipulates and image and such and posts it on a web site. Occasionally, I have found a bug or two where the image stops updating. I don't know this until it is too late. Is there any sort of technique or custom script that will poll a website and see if something is to old? I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to correctly indicate a problem and hoping there is something I can start from already. Thanks in advance! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373

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Add page name to alert
by arjunp＠qualcomm.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Hi , A newbie question: I have hosts categorized in pages (in hosts.cfg) and want the email alerts to show the page name in the subject. Can this be done? Thanks, Arjun

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Analysis.cfg CLASS syntax?
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Figured out my include problem issues but still stuck on using CLASS in analysis.cfg should this work? > also, I'm failing utterly to get the CLASS syntax to work in analysis.cfg. > > I've got some classes set up and they works fine in client-local.cfg > but analysis.cfg does not see to see anything with CLASS > For example I have in hosts.cfg > > 10.100.1.60 db3.example.com # CLASS:db ntp > 10.100.1.61 db4.example.com # CLASS:db ntp > > I'm using the db CLASS in client-local.cfg and it's fine, does the > right thing. But If I start a section in analysis.cfg with > HOST=%^db[2|3|4|5|6|8].example.com everything works fine. > > But if I change the section to > CLASS=db > > nothing happens. Is that the right syntax? Thanks for any clues

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post xymon 4.3.3 upgrade issue
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

I recently updated from xymon-4.3.0-beta2 to 4.3.3. So far everything is looking/acting good. There is one minor issue that I'm not sure how to resolve. The menu, the one saying Views, Reports, Administration, & Help, shows on all pages except if you drill down to a specific host/test page, i.e. hostabc:disk. I made sure to add FollowSymLinks to the $BBSERVERROOT/cgi-bin and $BBSERVERROOT/cgi-secure statements in the correct apache configuration file. Any ideas what else I need to modify to get the menu to display on the host test pages? Thanks, Taylor

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bbwin test results not showing up in xymon
by utadavidb＠yahoo.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

I've been debugging an issue and have had no success in resolving it. I'm using a custom test with BBWin 0.12 installed on Windows 2008 R2 server. My test leaves it's results in the designated tmp directory and BBWin picks up the results and deletes them from the folder but the results never get to the xymon server. The results do not show up as a column for the host nor do I get a ghost report. I find nothing in the server logs or the client logs to give my any help. The server is xymon 4.2.0 but I've also tried it against a xymon 4.2.3 instance that I have running. The usual client side tests (cpu, disk, etc) are reporting as expected so that indicates that the client is talking to the server. These tests are currently working properly on a Windows 2003 server (that is about to be taken out of service) with an older xymon client. Here's my bbwin configuration file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <bbwin> <setting name="timer" value="300" /> <setting name="bbdisplay" value="xymonserve.mydomain.com:1984" />  <setting name="usepager" value="true" /> <setting name="bbpager" value="xymonserve.mydomain.com:1984" /> <setting name="pagerlevels" value="red purple" />    <setting name="mode" value="local" /> <setting name="configclass" value="win32" /> <setting name="autoreload" value="true" /> <setting name="timer" value="1m" /> <load name="cpu" value="cpu.dll" /> <load name="disk" value="disk.dll" /> <load name="externals" value="externals.dll"/> <load name="filesystem" value="filesystem.dll"/> <load name="memory" value="memory.dll"/> <load name="msgs" value="msgs.dll"/> <load name="procs" value="procs.dll" /> <load name="stats" value="stats.dll"/> <load name="svcs" value="svcs.dll" /> <load name="uptime" value="uptime.dll"/> <load name="who" value="who.dll"/> <setting name="loglevel" value="4" /> <setting name="logpath" value="C:\Progra~2\BBWin\logs\BBWin.log" />  <setting name="logreportfailure" value="true" /> </bbwin> <cpu>  <setting name="alwaysgreen" value="false" /> <setting name="default" warnlevel="80%" paniclevel="95%" /> </cpu> <disk>  <setting name="alwaysgreen" value="false" />  <setting name="default" warnlevel="90%" paniclevel="95%" /> <setting name="E" warnlevel="90%" paniclevel="95%" /> <setting name="C" warnlevel="90%" paniclevel="95%" />   <setting name="remote" value="false" />  <setting name="cdrom" value="false" /> </disk> <externals> <setting name="timer" value="3m" /> <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" /> <load value="C:\Progra~2\PillarWatch\PillarMSGS.exe" timer="2m" /> <load value="C:\Progra~2\PillarWatch\PillarTSK.exe" timer="2m" /> <load value="C:\Progra~2\PillarWatch\PillarNFS.exe" timer="2m" /> <load value="C:\Progra~2\PillarWatch\PillarSAN.exe" timer="2m" /> <load value="C:\Progra~2\PillarWatch\PillarHDWR.exe" timer="2m" /> </externals> <memory>  <setting name="alwaysgreen" value="false" /> <setting name="physical" warnlevel="95%" paniclevel="98%" /> <setting name="page" warnlevel="80%" paniclevel="90%" /> </memory> <msgs> <setting name="delay" value="30m" /> <match logfile="sys" type="err" alarmcolor="green" /> <match logfile="sys" type="warn" alarmcolor="green" /> <match logfile="app" type="err" alarmcolor="green" /> <match logfile="app" type="warn" alarmcolor="green" />  </msgs> <procs>  </procs> <svcs> <setting name="alwaysgreen" value="false" /> <setting name="alarmcolor" value="yellow" /> <setting name="autoreset" value="false" /> <setting name="Microsoft Forefront Client Security State Assessment Service" value="=started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />  <setting name="Big Brother Hobbit Client" value="=started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" /> </svcs> <uptime> <setting name="delay" value="60m" /> <setting name="alarmcolor" value="yellow" /> </uptime> </configuration> here's what my registry entries look like: binpath REG_SZ C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\BBWin\bin etcpath REG_SZ C:\Program Files(x86)\BBWin\etc hostname REG_SZ server1.mydomain.com tmppath REG_SZ C:\Program Files(x86)\BBWin\ext Note: I changed the tmppath from the default "tmp" - the test results are written to the ext directory Here's a sample output of a test: server50.mydomain.com:green Wed 20 9:45:22 2011 [server50.mydomain.com] <center> No current messages.</center> Note: The test is being run on server1 but it is testing some functionality on server50 (which is an appliance that can't run xymon client) and reporting it as server50. If anyone can shed any light on this issue I would appreciate it. David B

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Green status during a total blackout
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Hi, My Xymon server (running Hobbit 4.2.2) has been shut down during 6 hours. When the power came back, Xymon came back too. I've checked all monitored equipment, everything was green during the past 6h. I was expecting purple or white color because no data has been reported during the time. Is that a bug or a setting I could adjust ? Thanks.

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post xymon 4.3.3 upgrade issue
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Shoot, would the menu fail to display on those pages if the rewrite rules aren't working? From: Taylor Lewick Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 9:18 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: post xymon 4.3.3 upgrade issue I recently updated from xymon-4.3.0-beta2 to 4.3.3. So far everything is looking/acting good. There is one minor issue that I'm not sure how to resolve. The menu, the one saying Views, Reports, Administration, & Help, shows on all pages except if you drill down to a specific host/test page, i.e. hostabc:disk. I made sure to add FollowSymLinks to the $BBSERVERROOT/cgi-bin and $BBSERVERROOT/cgi-secure statements in the correct apache configuration file. Any ideas what else I need to modify to get the menu to display on the host test pages? Thanks, Taylor

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xymon 4.3 ipad/hover workaround
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Hi Henrik, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: henrik at hswn.dk > Sent: 07/29/11 01:52 PM > To: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: Re: [Xymon] xymon 4.3 ipad/hover workaround > > Certainly useful. I've added the information to the "Xymon tips" help page > so it won't be lost, but I think I'll keep the default xymonmenu.cfg file > as-is, since the workaround here makes the top-level menu items appear as > clickable links - also on normal browsers. Have you managed to review my patches for the menu (menu items picking up the default style instead of the menu style) and the rrd disk issue (Windows mount points getting parsed as UNIX filesystems)? Regards, Malcolm

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xymon 4.3 ipad/hover workaround
by hinkman＠hinkman.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

<insert typical "not a developer" disclaimer> Didn't see any posted work-around in the list archives. The following seems to work for me on the ipad by creating a "go nowhere" link that the ipad can use to open the menus. Hope it works for others. In the ~xymon/server/etc/xymonmenu.cfg file, I added the '<a href="javascript:;">' anchor around the top-level menu items. Like: <a href="javascript:;">Views</a>: Seems to do the trick. All credit for this workaround goes to the responses on this page: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/493175/how-can-i-create-an-empty-html-anc hor-so-the-page-doesnt-jump-up-when-i-click -- Mark Hinkle hinkman at hinkman.com

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no client data received by xymon server every day during same hours.
by Oliver.Zhang＠weirminerals.com 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Hi, We have a server running win 2008 R2 64-bit with bbwin0.12 installed. Every work day during 10am-10pm, the client data from bbwin will not be received by the server. How can I troubleshoot it? On other windows servers, some of them have issue in getting the uptime data sent to the sever. From time to time, the uptime will become purple. Could you please advise what to do? Many thanks. Regards, Oliver Zhang Helpdesk - IT Infrastructure Weir Minerals Australia Ltd 1 Marden St Artarmon, NSW 2064 Australia T: +61 (0) 2 9934 5361 F: +61 (0) 2 9934 5199 M: +61 (0) 4 3303 3092 E: Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com W: http://www.weirminerals.com The information contained in this email (including any attachments) is confidential, subject to copyright and for the use of the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient please delete this message after notifying the sender. Unauthorised retention, alteration or distribution of this email is forbidden and may be actionable. Attachments are opened at your own risk and you are advised to scan incoming email for viruses before opening any attached files. We give no guarantee that any communication is virus-free and accept no responsibility for virus contamination or other system loss or damage of any kind.

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