January 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Drop test using hostname Wildcard
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.com 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ger Maguire > Sent: 01/04/12 01:07 PM > To: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: [Xymon] Drop test using hostname Wildcard > > Is it possible to use wildcards to drop tests are no longer in use for multiple hosts ? > > ~/server/bin/xymon 127.0.0.1 "drop * ftp" No, but you can script it using xymondboard: for host in `bb 127.0.0.1 "xymondboard test=ftp fields=hostname"`; do bb 127.0.0.1 "drop $host ftp" done HTH Malcolm -- BBWin Development - The Windows client for Big Brother and Xymon http://bbwin.sourceforge.net http://xymon.sourceforge.net

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Xymon endless notes.log-log entry
by Carl.Melgaard＠STAB.RM.DK 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Hi What would cause Xymon to endlessly write this in the notes.log-file: 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#6/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#7/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#8/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#9/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#10/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#11/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#12/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#13/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#14/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#15/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#16/*, metacount=4 ... Could it be a hostname with an underscore in the name or similar? Regards, Carl Melgaard

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SQL Server Monitoring
by sjcarr＠gmail.com 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Really wish replies went to the list and not the person... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steven Carr <sjcarr at gmail.com> Date: 4 January 2012 10:01 Subject: Re: [Xymon] SQL Server Monitoring To: Venkatesh Subbaramu <Venkatesh_S04 at infosys.com> So do you mean you want to monitor SQL server (assuming Microsoft SQL Server) from hobbit, or store hobbit's data in an SQL server? If it's the first you might want to take a look at the dbcheck script in the following package http://sourceforge.net/projects/hobbit-perl-cl, it works quite nicely but requires FreeTDS to be installed on the Linux/Unix box hobbit is running on to do enable it to connect to SQL Server directly. For the latter you would have to write your own code to store hobbit's data in SQL. Steve On 4 January 2012 08:57, Venkatesh Subbaramu <Venkatesh_S04 at infosys.com>wrote: > Hi , We are planning on setting up Hobbit monitoring for SQL Server . We > plan to query SQL Server databases and store this data in a database from > time to time .Does Hobbit provide a database ?**** > > ** ** > > Can we run custom scripts on the host and integrate it with a database ?** > ** > > ** ** > > Thanks a lot for all your help .**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > Venkatesh**** > > ** ** > > **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** > This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely > for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please > notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not > to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and > any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken > every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage > you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your > own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the > right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail > address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the > Infosys e-mail system. > ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS*** > > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > >

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SQL Server Monitoring
by Venkatesh_S04＠infosys.com 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Hi , We are planning on setting up Hobbit monitoring for SQL Server . We plan to query SQL Server databases and store this data in a database from time to time .Does Hobbit provide a database ? Can we run custom scripts on the host and integrate it with a database ? Thanks a lot for all your help . Regards, Venkatesh **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***

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FW: Question regarding definition of groups....
by jmckinzie＠thezenith.com 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Okay, I Added this to the hobbit-alerts.cfg ## GROUP Definitions GROUP=UNIX_TEAM MAIL Team at domain.name FORMAT=TEXT GROUP=DBA MAIL DBA at domain.name FORMAT=TEXT Added this for cat to hobbit-clients.cfg HOST=cat DISK /export/depot 100 101 DISK /mnt/testA GROUP=UNIX_TEAM DISK /mnt/testB GROUP=DBA Now, I want to alert the first group upon the alert going red, then alert the second team after two hours. How do I accomplish this. ------------------------------ Regards, Jody R. McKinzie Sr. UNIX Administrator Zenith Insurance Company Desk: (941) 906-5177 Cell: (941) 806-8205 Fax: (941) 906-7945 Email: jmckinzie at thezenith.com www.TheZenith.com *********************************************************** NOTICE: This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that may be confidential, protected by the attorney/client or other privileges, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Further, this e-mail may contain information that is proprietary and/or constitutes a trade secret. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient of this communication, please be advised that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this communication or any attached document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and promptly destroy all electronic and printed copies of this communication and attached documents. ***********************************************************

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spanish xymon wiki
by rbadillarx＠gmail.com 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Hi all: I hope everybody have a merry Xmas and happy New Year. I like xymon project so I want to help with a Spanish version of xymon wiki. Can wiki admins told me how can I help? Thanks! -- ---- *Randall E. Badilla Castro.*

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How to monitor web services
by docuprompt＠gmail.com 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Hi all, I've been reading about xymonnet.conf, hosts.conf, etc. but so far cannot get my xymon 4.2.3 to monitor URLs other than hosts on port 80. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to monitor: - Pages requiring http authentication - Monitoring host aliases (other than by putting another entry in the hosts.conf duplicating an already monitored host) - Monitoring SSL services I can get hosts.conf to monitor port http servers by explicitly adding an http column to the row of headers- is that all one can use? Maybe I need to set up xymonnet? Is there any info around on doing this (I can really only find the man page). Perhaps it needs a guide on how to begin implementing it if I can't find it (?) Many thanks in advance! Pluto

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xymon-4.3.7: duration reset when multiple acknowledgements
by dominique.frise＠unil.ch 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Hi, Best wishes for 2012 to all ! We noticed that the duration selector will always be reset to min(s) when acking multiple lines in acknowledge.cgi. Acknowledging each line separately works: hour(s) or day(s) selections will be computed correctly. Dominique

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histlogs and hostdata performance question?
by david.gore＠verizon.com 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

Assuming I need a bit of speed for ~/data/rrd can I move ~/data/histlogs and ~/data/hostdata to a much slower USB drive to free up space? ~David

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