January 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

IP address in bb-host file
by mike＠terrapintesting.com 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Please comment on pros/cons to using 0.0.0.0 for "all" hosts vs. the actual IP address in the bb-hosts file? --- Background info: I see I can use 0.0.0.0 for an IP and Xymon will lookup the IP address. As an IP changes, which happens infrequently, I am hoping to only need to change DNS, not also remember to change the bb-hosts file (others will be doing various network work and could forget.) 90% of hosts are PCs or printers. Servers and network equipment are the remaining 10%. I have done very little with Xymon since installed. Running basic "conn" tests to all hosts. My servers (2 unix, 2 windows) are monitoring mail, dns, ftp, etc. I do not have advanced stats running besides what comes "out of the box". No bbwin client running. Yes, I would like to get to those, but have other fish to fry at the moment. I am currently trying to get pre-reqs required to compile the current version of Xymon. The question comes up because I changed the IP of a router and changed it in bb-hosts, but not DNS yet. I thought something was incorrect until I realized it was using DNS to lookup the IP. So, if it uses DNS for network tests why not use it for all testing? Granted, if DNS fails, then all testing fails. But, if DNS fails, I have a major issue and not worried about the monitoring at that point. Thanks, Mike

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xymon rrd value different from reported value
by JBender＠mportal.com 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hi all, I'm having a weird problem for which I can't seem to hunt down a cause/solution. I have a custom script that's using SPLITNCV to store data, but the data stored in the rrd files are different from those reported by the script. Below you'll notice that at 10:48:34 customer_info is reported at 1, but in the rrd file it's showing 10:50:00 and 8.8008800880e-04. Any ideas? CLIENT VERSION: 4.3.5 SERVER VERSION: 4.3.5 CLIENT LAUNCH CONFIG: /home/xymon/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg # The ad log analyzer [log_ad] ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/ext/log_ad.sh LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/log_ad.log INTERVAL 5m CLEINT SCRIPT LOG: /home/xymon/client/logs/log_ad.log ( This is an output of the MSG that's being sent to xymon ) Thu Jan 12 10:48:34 EST 2012 customer_info : 1 processing_error : 0 Thu Jan 12 10:53:36 EST 2012 customer_info : 0 processing_error : 0 Thu Jan 12 10:58:38 EST 2012 customer_info : 0 processing_error : 0 Thu Jan 12 11:03:40 EST 2012 customer_info : 0 processing_error : 0 Thu Jan 12 11:08:42 EST 2012 customer_info : 2 processing_error : 0 SERVER RRD FILE: /home/xymon/data/rrd/HOST/log_ad,customer_info.rrd <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd"> <rrd> <version> 0003 </version> <step> 300 </step>  <lastupdate> 1326384533 </lastupdate>  <ds> <name> lambda </name> <type> DERIVE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> NaN </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> 0 </last_ds> <value> 0.0000000000e+00 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds>  <rra> <cf> AVERAGE </cf> <pdp_per_row> 1 </pdp_per_row>  <params> <xff> 5.0000000000e-01 </xff> </params> <cdp_prep> <ds> <primary_value> 0.0000000000e+00 </primary_value> <secondary_value> -2.2002200220e-05 </secondary_value> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_datapoints> 0 </unknown_datapoints> </ds> </cdp_prep> <database>  <row><v> NaN </v></row>  <row><v> NaN </v></row> ....  <row><v> 0.0000000000e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 8.8008800880e-04 </v></row>  <row><v> 1.6061606161e-03 </v></row>  <row><v> -2.4862486249e-03 </v></row>  <row><v> 0.0000000000e+00 </v></row> </database> SERVER CONFIG: /home/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg SPLITNCV_log_ad="customerinfo:GAUGE,processingerror:GAUGE" Thanks, Jeff Bender Lead Technical Support Engineer Mobile: (703) 615-5981 mPortal, Inc. [cid:image001.jpg at 01CCD11A.D7F2CBF0] <http://www.mportal.com/> [cid:image002.png at 01CCD11A.D7F2CBF0] <http://www.facebook.com/mPortalInc> [cid:image003.jpg at 01CCD11A.D7F2CBF0] <http://twitter.com/mportal>

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xymon not graphing memory (FreeBSD 8 - AMD64)
by John.Browning＠sas.com 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hello, We're trying to enable monitoring on our 64 bit FreeBSD servers and the memory information is not being graphed. I've corrected the issue in the freebsd-meminfo binary to change the sysctl variable to int, but that did not correct the graphing issue, as reported here: http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2006-October/010173.html I've also reported this as a bug on source forge but haven't gotten a response so I guess this is the best means of communicating errors. (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3462482&group_id=128058&ati…) Anyone else have this issue on FreeBSD AMD64? Anyone have a quick fix? Client version: xymon-4.3.3 Client OS: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64 Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/8237v.png Relevant client data portion: [meminfo] Total:98279 Free:3656 [swapinfo] Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity /dev/da0s1b 33554432 6052 33548380 0% /dev/da0s1d 33554432 5864 33548568 0% /dev/da0s1e 33554432 6104 33548328 0% Total 100663296 18020 100645276 0% [vmtotal] vm.vmtotal: System wide totals computed every five seconds: (values in kilobytes) =============================================== Processes: (RUNQ: 3 Disk Wait: 0 Page Wait: 2 Sleep: 102) Virtual Memory: (Total: 1075934356K, Active 1561156K) Real Memory: (Total: 745036K Active 150668K) Shared Virtual Memory: (Total: 75392K Active: 18724K) Shared Real Memory: (Total: 13444K Active: 9224K) Free Memory Pages: 3745380K Any assistance is appreciated! Thanks.

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network hiccups causing false positives to be sent
by tsztur＠gmail.com 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

So our crappy server host (1and1) seems to be getting random network spikes causing false alert emails to be sent out with Critical notifications. I understand I can set alerts.cfg to only alert after a certain duration of red but we need notifications to be sent right away in case of production downtime. Is there an option where I can have XYMON ping a certain host, and if that host is unreachable to ignore any other alerts? eg. I can run a ping on yahoo.com and example.com , if either of those as any connection issues, to ignore all other alerts for the time being? tia.

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xymonlaunch is not updating after the first update
by Mark.Falzon＠salmat.com.au 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hi All, migrating from bb to xymon to which the bbclient updates fine back to the xymon server. However once I stop the bb client and start the xymon client it seems the xymonlaunch is not updating after the first update. So after 30 mins client tests will purple. I have run a tcpdump on the client and no traffic on port 1984 is seen after the first update. Also tested external script bb-ntp on the client to which it behalves the same. Please help Regards Mark *********************************************************************************** This e-mail, including any attachments to it, may contain confidential and/or personal information. If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not copy, distribute, or disclose it, use or take any action based on the information contained within it. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail of the error and then delete the original e-mail. The information contained within this e-mail may be solely the opinion of the sender and may not necessarily reflect the position, beliefs or opinions of the organisation on any issue. This email has been swept for the presence of computer viruses known to the organisation’s anti-virus systems. ***********************************************************************************

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Hobbitping/xymonping OR fping?
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

>From memory, I remember seeing Henrik suggest fping is better to use then the included (with Xymon) ping tool. I can't find any evidence of this in the mailing list archives, though. Is everyone running xymonping now successfully? Has anyone been forced to fping? Is there an advantage of one over the other? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373

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PATCH: RRD Graph Colours
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.com 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

Hi Bruce, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: White, Bruce > Sent: 01/21/12 08:45 PM > To: Malcolm Hunter, Xymon at xymon.com > Subject: RE: [Xymon] PATCH: RRD Graph Colours > > Malcolm, > > Thanks! I will retry using your tar ball. When I applied the patch from the file I downloaded I got several fatal errors and the process rejected much of the patch (see attached rej file). I ended up applying the patch by hand, but it only fixed some of my graphs not zooming properly. I will go back now and try your tar ball to see if it fixes all my zoom issues. The errors should be fixed in the new tarball. The zooming issue was a bug that my original patch introduced. Your problem is most likely caused by something else. What is the problem exactly and does it occur on different web browsers? Malcolm -- BBWin Development - The Windows client for Big Brother and Xymon http://bbwin.sourceforge.net http://xymon.sourceforge.net

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PATCH: RRD Graph Colours
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.com 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: White, Bruce > Sent: 01/20/12 02:52 PM > To: Malcolm Hunter, xymon-developer at lists.sourceforge.net, Xymon at xymon.com > Subject: RE: [Xymon] PATCH: RRD Graph Colours > > Can someone supply instructions on how to apply this patch? My 4.3.7 install has the issue. As Josh replied, it's just a matter of extracting the files and running `patch original.c patch.c.patch` then re-running make and `make install`. The patches do throw a few non-fatal errors when applied to the Subversion tree (trunk r6890 and branch 4.3.7), so I've attached revised patches (tarball this time). Malcolm -- BBWin Development - The Windows client for Big Brother and Xymon http://bbwin.sourceforge.net http://xymon.sourceforge.net

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xymon in wazi
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.com 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steven Carr > Sent: 01/21/12 08:57 AM > To: Asif Iqbal > Subject: Re: [Xymon] xymon in wazi > > The article states "You can’t get Xymon from your base repository or Extra > Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository, but the project maintains > its own repo." > > Who exactly is responsible for the Xymon RPMs on > http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon/ ? Navigating to http://terabithia.org takes you to http://www.linkedin.com/in/japhethcleaver - maybe him? Malcolm -- BBWin Development - The Windows client for Big Brother and Xymon http://bbwin.sourceforge.net http://xymon.sourceforge.net

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xymon in wazi
by vadud3＠gmail.com 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

http://olex.openlogic.com/wazi/2012/simple-xymon-monitors-hosts-services-an… not bad. -- 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?

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