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Hosts.cfg - layout questions
by Venkatesh_S04＠infosys.com 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Hi All , Is there a parameter that can be configured on the hosts.cfg to change the group/column indentation (the start position of the group/column) in order to align it more to the right then in the center . Currently the group (set of columns) is displayed in the center . Regards, Venkatesh [cid:image001.png at 01CDC8C7.5CB18F80] **************** 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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Unable to adjust graphs shown on trends page - for only one graph
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Hiya guys I have one graph where I can select multiple entries to show in trends. The other one doesn't work the same way, and I can't work out why. Background: I have a couple of sets of BIND DNS data that I collect into RRD files. One is "bind.rrd" which holds counters for the different DNS record types (A, MX, SOA, etc) being queried. The other is "bindstats,*.rrd" which is a set of other types of counters provided by BIND, each in a separate file (eg bindstats,RSqrysuccess.rrd, bindstats,RSrcode.servfail.rrd). In the GRAPHS definition I have both "bindstats" and "bind" listed, so both RRD files should display on the trends page. And they do - kind-of. In the hosts.cfg file I have the following: ... TRENDS:*,bindstats:bindstats|bindstats1,bind:bind|bind-extended So, from what I have read, this means that whenever "bindstats" is required, both "bindstats" and the variant "bindstats1" should also be displayed. This is what happens, and I get both graphs showing. However, for the "bind" graph, I don't get the "bind-extended" version, and only see the one "bind" graph. I graphs.cfg definitions for the "bind", "bind-extended", "bindstats" and "bindstats1", and if I bring up the graphs via URL manipulation, they all display correctly. The only problem is that "bind-extended" is not displayed on the trends page. I'm not really seeing any significant difference between the two sets of data and their graphs, so I can't explain why it works for one and not the other. Does anyone have any ideas? Cheers Jeremy

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Changing graph color
by Rolands＠logicaltech.com.au 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

I'm trying to change color on a graph depending on its value. (xymon 4.3.10) It is for a cluster resource and I have a custom script that reports Resource state, using NCV on the server end. orasrv : 4 for resource is up orasrv : 3 for resource has failed over orasrv : 2 for resource is down for maintenance orasrv : 1 for resource is down All is setup and working fine, graphs etc, but the graph is all blue regardless of value. I would like to get a graph (AREA) with colors depending on its value 4=green 3=yellow 2=blue 1=red [orasrv] TITLE ORACLE SERVER RESOURCE STATUS YAXIS UP-DOWN -u 3 -l 0 DEF:orasrv at RRDIDX@=orasrv.rrd:orasrv:AVERAGE AREA:orasrv at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ COMMENT:\n GPRINT:orasrv at RRDIDX@:LAST:ORA \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:orasrv at RRDIDX@:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:orasrv at RRDIDX@:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:orasrv at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n I've tried to find a solution for this for a couple of days and can't find any references for a solution. Is this possible? - Roland

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Multiple setups proxied to a master Xymon server
by olivier＠audry.fr 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

No. And for you it could be a great idee to don't have duplicate hostname :-) oau Kii NODA <kii.noda at gmail.com> a écrit : >Hi there, > >I am in the situation that requires me to monitor multiple setups all on >Amazon EC2. These setups are all fairly standard, having machines like >prod-admin-1, prod-mysql-1, prod-web-1, prod-web-2, etc. > >What I am trying to do is this: > >- have prod-admin-1 on each of these setups monitored from a separate >location (let's call it "Master") >- have prod-admin-1 on each of these setups act as a Xymon proxy for all >hosts behind it >- have all machines in each setup configured to report to prod-admin-1 from >that setup >- have only the Master do all the graphing/monitoring/alerting/etc >necessary while gathering the data from all setups > >The problem is that once I do this, as the hostnames from different setups >overlap, Xymon becomes confused. Yes, hostnames, at this point, are not >complete hostnames like prod-admin-1.$domain1, prod-admin-1.$domain2, etc. > >Do you have any suggestion on how to solve this other than reconfiguring >every host to report as $host.$domain? > >Thanks! >-- >Kii > >_______________________________________________ >Xymon mailing list >Xymon at xymon.com >http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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Recall: Data not being graphed in a custom graph
by kkelly＠lifetouch.com 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Kevin Kelly would like to recall the message, "Data not being graphed in a custom graph". ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com _____________________________________________________________________

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Data not being graphed in a custom graph
by kkelly＠lifetouch.com 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

I am having trouble getting the data to show up on the graph. Thanks in advance! Here is what I have in the configuration files: Xymonserver.cfg TEST2RRD="....,imgtst=ncv" NCV_imgtst="loadtime:GAUGE" Graphs.cfg [imgtst] TITLE 3VSO load page response time YAXIS Seconds DEF:loadtime=imgtst.rrd:loadtime:AVERAGE AREA:loadtime#00CCCC:Response Time COMMENT:\n GPRINT:loadtime:LAST:Response Time \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:loadtime:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:loadtime:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) GPRINT:loadtime:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n Imgtst status page Wed Nov 21 10:05:54 CST 2012 - normal loadtime: 1.03 rrdtool dump imgtst.rrd |more <?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> 1353514259 </lastupdate>  <ds> <name> loadtime </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> NaN </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> 1.20 </last_ds> <value> 1.2000000000e+01 </value> <unknown_sec> 49 </unknown_sec> </ds> -Kevin ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com _____________________________________________________________________

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Multiple setups proxied to a master Xymon server
by kii.noda＠gmail.com 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hi there, I am in the situation that requires me to monitor multiple setups all on Amazon EC2. These setups are all fairly standard, having machines like prod-admin-1, prod-mysql-1, prod-web-1, prod-web-2, etc. What I am trying to do is this: - have prod-admin-1 on each of these setups monitored from a separate location (let's call it "Master") - have prod-admin-1 on each of these setups act as a Xymon proxy for all hosts behind it - have all machines in each setup configured to report to prod-admin-1 from that setup - have only the Master do all the graphing/monitoring/alerting/etc necessary while gathering the data from all setups The problem is that once I do this, as the hostnames from different setups overlap, Xymon becomes confused. Yes, hostnames, at this point, are not complete hostnames like prod-admin-1.$domain1, prod-admin-1.$domain2, etc. Do you have any suggestion on how to solve this other than reconfiguring every host to report as $host.$domain? Thanks! -- Kii

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Xymonnet : multiple http testing, percentage of success
by didier.bringer＠orange.com 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hello Let's say we monitor 10 front web servers with xymonnet 0.0.0.0 www1 # http://www1.xxx 0.0.0.0 www2 # http://www2.xxx ... 0.0.0.0 www10 # http://www10.xxx I'm looking for a paging rule that would only page if more than 20% of my servers are not responding This way if I have a server that crash during the night I am not awaken I was thinking of a feature that create a sort of new fake host like this 0.0.0.0 www1to10 # (red if failure >2 among www1/http www2/http www3/http... www10/http) ---------------------- 0.0.0.0 www1 # http://www1.xxx 0.0.0.0 www2 # http://www2.xxx ... 0.0.0.0 www10 # http://www10.xxx Thanks in advance _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, France Telecom - Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information that may be protected by law; they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this message and its attachments. As emails may be altered, France Telecom - Orange is not liable for messages that have been modified, changed or falsified. Thank you.

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How to view history of status changes from CLI
by thomas.eckert＠IT-Eckert.de 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

According to the documentation this I I'd done by xymond_history. The data is feed from the 'stachg'- channel -- _probably_you can even subscribe a program daemon-like to that channel and do your own handling in real-time... Thomas "Mills, David (IS)" <David.Mills at ngc.com> schrieb: > > >Brilliant, Thomas. Thanks! > > > >By any chance do you know what process(es) update these files? > > > >Thanks again… > > > >david > > > >From: Thomas Eckert [mailto:thomas.eckert at IT-Eckert.de] >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 1:04 PM >To: Mills, David (IS) >Cc: xymon at xymon.com >Subject: EXT :Re: [Xymon] How to view history of status changes from CLI > > > >Hi David, > >as a last resort this information is available on a per-host basis in >`data/hist/<hostname>`. > >For each host there is one file in `data/hist/` containing _the >complete history_ for that host in the form, format can be easily verified by comparing with the web version: > <column> <end-time> <start-time> <duration> <old-color> <new-color> <?> > >HTH >Thomas > >"Mills, David (IS)" <David.Mills at ngc.com> schrieb: > >Hello – > > > >Is there a way to generate the output from the “eventlog.sh” report from the CLI? I need to manipulate the data via scripts and would prefer not cutting / pasting… > > > >? > > > >Thanks! > > > >david > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >David Mills >Systems Administrator >Northrop Grumman > > > > > > >

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How to view history of status changes from CLI
by thomas.eckert＠IT-Eckert.de 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hi David, as a last resort this information is available on a per-host basis in `data/hist/<hostname>`. For each host there is one file in `data/hist/` containing _the complete history_ for that host in the form, format can be easily verified by comparing with the web version: <column> <end-time> <start-time> <duration> <old-color> <new-color> <?> HTH Thomas "Mills, David (IS)" <David.Mills at ngc.com> schrieb: >_______________________________________________ >Xymon mailing list >Xymon at xymon.com >http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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