January 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Adding a graph to test status view
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Can anyone tell me how to get a graph onto a test status page? I have a devmon template that monitors fan speed and creates a "fans" status page. Because the OIDs are leaf nodes, I have to construct a table myself. This is all working. Having added "fans=devmon" to "TEST2RRD", I now have RRD files named fans.FanSpeed1.rrd, fans.FanSpeed2.rrd and so on. I've added "fans" to "GRAPHS", and created a graphs.cfg definition for "[fans]", and so the graphs appear on the trends page. The man page for xymonserver.cfg describes TEST2RRD, and states: "This is also used by the svcstatus.cgi(1) script to determine if the detailed status view of a test should include a graph." So it would seem that by declaring "fans=devmon" in "TEST2RRD", I should now be getting the graphs of fan speed on the test status page. But I get nothing. There must be something else I'm missing. Cheers Jeremy

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file monitoring
by Nelandran.Moodley＠standardbank.co.za 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

Hi I'm trying to monitor all file (permissions) of all files in a directory viz:/var/adm. I have the following entries in client-local.cfg [sunos] log:/var/adm/%.*:10240 log:/var/adm/messages %ERROR|CRIT COLOR=red log:/var/adm/messages %WARNING|NOTICE COLOR=yellow IGNORE=lpr analysis.cfg LOG %.* WARNING COLOR=yellow LOG %/var/adm/messages %(I/O|read).error COLOR=red FILE /var/adm/messages SIZE>0 MTIME<600 yellow FILE %.* MODE=644 red It only reports on /var/adm/messages file. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks Nelandran Moodley | Unix Systems Engineer | Group Technology Infrastructure | Standard Bank of South Africa | 44 Borrowdale Road | RiverClub | Sandton | RSA [cid:image001.png at 01CCC9FA.20D70070] nelandran.moodley at standardbank.co.za<mailto:Bongane.mabasa at standardbank.co.za> Office: +27 11 700 1542 Mobile: +27 82 7792059 Standard Bank email disclaimer and confidentiality note Please go to http://www.standardbank.co.za/site/homepage/emaildisclaimer.html to read our email disclaimer and confidentiality note. Kindly email disclaimer at standardbank.co.za (no content or subject line necessary) if you cannot view that page and we will email our email disclaimer and confidentiality note to you.

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hobbit-clients.cfg win32 SVC ?
by sjcarr＠gmail.com 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

Hi list, We are still running Xymon 4.2.3, I've been playing around with BBWin in central mode however I can't get it to check service status, is this something that was introduced in a later version? I have tried the following configs in hobbit-clients.cfg to no avail :( HOST=dc0.domain.com SVC DNS Server status=started startup=automatic SVC Server status=started startup=automatic SVC Netlogon status=started startup=automatic HOST=dc0.domain.com SVC DNS status=started startup=automatic SVC LanmanServer status=started startup=automatic SVC Netlogon status=started startup=automatic HOST=dc0.domain.com SVC "DNS Server" status=started startup=automatic SVC Server status=started startup=automatic SVC Netlogon status=started startup=automatic Any ideas? Steve

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Compile xymon in rhel 6
by maynard.suarez＠dch.cantv.com.ve 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

Hi I need install a xymon in a server with red hat 6. I can compile it???? With de packed give me a error with graphic library. Sorry my english is not very good looking Este mensaje ha sido enviado gracias al servicio Movilnet

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dropping a test
by henrik＠hswn.dk 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

On 06-01-2012 06:31, bb4 at richter-it.net wrote: > Good morning everyone, > > I currently have the problem that someone created a test for a Windows > client that he now wants to have dropped. > > But the testname is not only 'test' but > 'd:\\cygwin\\home\\USER\\monitor\\test' and XYmon refuses to drop this > test. > > I also tried to escape the backslashes and the colon with no luck. > > Any ideas how I can get rid of this mess. Indeed - I just tried this, and it won't drop the test. I'll have to look into that. Meanwhile, I can think of two solutions: 1) Drop the host, that will remove all of the tests. It will also remove the history-logs and RRD files, so you might want to save them first and then copy them back in (it's ok to just rename the files and directories in hist / histlogs / rrd and then rename them back). 2) Shutdown Xymon, edit the tmp/xymond.chk file (it's a text file) and delete the line with this status. Regards, Henrik

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dropping a test
by bb4＠richter-it.net 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

Good morning everyone, I currently have the problem that someone created a test for a Windows client that he now wants to have dropped. But the testname is not only 'test' but 'd:\\cygwin\\home\\USER\\monitor\\test' and XYmon refuses to drop this test. I also tried to escape the backslashes and the colon with no luck. Any ideas how I can get rid of this mess. TIA Torsten

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XYMONNETWORK environment variable
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

So a follow up. I'm guessing I need a new section for an additional xymonnet? So I did this: [xymonnet] ENVFILE /usr/lib64/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg NEEDS xymond CMD xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymon-network.log INTERVAL 5m [xymonnet2] ENVFILE /usr/lib64/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg NEEDS xymond CMD XYMONNETWORK=IAD xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymon-network.log INTERVAL 5m Is that right? And it's ok to use the same log file? Should I have another xymonnetagain then too? Paul Root - Engineer III Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink From: Larry Barber [mailto:lebarber at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:23 AM To: Root, Paul Subject: Re: [Xymon] XYMONNETWORK environment variable XYMONNETWORK is a single entity, but you can set up multiple xymonnet instance on a given server and use a different XYMONNETWORK for each one. Just invoke xymonnet like this in tasks.cfg : XYMONNETWORK=xxxxxx $XYMONSERVERHOME/bin/xymonnet .... Thanks, Larry Barber On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Root, Paul <Paul.Root at centurylink.com<mailto:Paul.Root at centurylink.com>> wrote: I'll looking at this to reduce a bit of complexity in my network since I have a couple of proxies (that also act as backup). Is the XYMONNETWORK variable a single entry or could it be a list of logical networks for a proxy to serve? My setup has 4 distinct networks and 2 proxies, plus a bunch of devmon boxes that may want to be separated as well. Paul Root - Engineer III Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink This communication is the property of CenturyLink and may contain confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments. _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com<mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon ________________________________ This communication is the property of CenturyLink and may contain confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments.

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No clear on particular column
by kconnell＠ryerson.ca 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

I did try that without success before, but I think its for all tests ? I have the following syntax for my host: 10.1.2.3 somename # testip snmp noclear (Note, my devmon tag is "snmp") All my tests still show clear... ------Original Message------ From: Asif Iqbal To: Ken Connell Cc: Xymon Email List Subject: Re: [Xymon] No clear on particular column Sent: Jan 5, 2012 4:19 PM On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:59 PM, <kconnell at ryerson.ca> wrote: > Can I set just one particular test to never go clear ? > > I have devmon polling L2 switches and have a column that called "inventory" which lists current device type, code level, serial numbers...etc... > > This works great and is fine when the device is up, but if it goes down, the question comes up...what code ver was on that one ? noclear may work. man hosts.cfg > > I can dig it out of the hist logs, but it would be nice if that test only stayed green with whatever the last successful poll was. > > > > > > Ken Connell > Intermediate Network Engineer > Computer & Communication Services > Ryerson University > 350 Victoria St > RM AB50 > Toronto, Ont > M5B 2K3 > 416-979-5000 x6709 > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? 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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Dual port network cards
by Neil.Simmonds＠express-gifts.co.uk 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

A large number of our systems have dual port network cards and I'm wondering if there is an easy way to monitor if a particular interface is down. Each adapter has the following information in the client data, General Statistics: ------------------- No mbuf Errors: 0 Adapter Reset Count: 1 Adapter Data Rate: 2000 Driver Flags: Up Broadcast Running Simplex 64BitSupport ChecksumOffload PrivateSegment LargeSend DataRateSet I'm wondering if I could check the value highlighted and alert if it is not "up" without having to write an external script to do it? I can't see anything in the analysis.cfg man page so I thought I'd ask here. Thanks, Neil Simmonds Operation Analyst (Operations Support Group) Express Gifts Limited Express House Clayton Business Park Accrington Lancashire BB5 5JY T: 01254 303092 | E: neil.simmonds at Express-Gifts.co.uk Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151. Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority ------------- NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or data included with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from their records. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this e-mail and any attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequences arising from it. Findel Plc reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its internal and external networks. If you have received this email in error please notify our IT helpdesk on +44(0) 1254 303030

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No clear on particular column
by kconnell＠ryerson.ca 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Can I set just one particular test to never go clear ? I have devmon polling L2 switches and have a column that called "inventory" which lists current device type, code level, serial numbers...etc... This works great and is fine when the device is up, but if it goes down, the question comes up...what code ver was on that one ? I can dig it out of the hist logs, but it would be nice if that test only stayed green with whatever the last successful poll was. 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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