November 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Matching SVC in analysis.cfg
by andreas.kunberger＠itv-denkendorf.de 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

I try to monitor the MS service MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE I tried SVC MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE startup=automatic status=started SVC MSSQL$MICROSOFT\#\#SSEE startup=automatic status=started SVC MSSQL$MICROSOFT..SSEE startup=automatic status=started SVC %MSSQL$MICROSOFT..SSEE startup=automatic status=started SVC %MSSQL$MICROSOFT\#\#SSEE startup=automatic status=started Nothing worked yet. The first gives: MSSQL$MICROSOFT: No matching service - want started/Any the last gives: %MSSQL$MICROSOFT\: No matching service - want started/Any on the svcs web page. I'm using Xymon 4.3.9 Any help? Regards, Andreas Kunberger --

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Question on noconn and xymonproxy
by Tom.Moore＠sas.com 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi all.. we currently have a satellite xymon server that receives updates from machines and forwards the results via xymonproxy to our main server. I have configured the hosts file on the main server to include the "noconn" directive as only the satellite server does the active checks. I am seeing "red" and "yellow" statuses forwarding fine from the satellite server and creating a "conn" column with the associated color properly. However it seems as if the satellite never forwards "green" conn statuses. Is this a bug or something I'm missing? Thanks, Tom

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Configure multiple hostname on the same client.
by tboutelier＠pack-solutions.com 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi all, I want to monitor two adress on the same server (one for the server and the second for a particular service who may move to another server(logical interface)). I have configured two hostname on the server and in the /etc/default/hobbit-client file I put the two hostname on the CLIENTHOSTNAME variable separated by a space. The monitoring works fine on the first interface but nothing happens with the second. Is it possible to configure this two interfaces ? Can we launch multiple instances with different config file ? Thanks, Thomas

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xymondboard - can I get an exact match? (and writing xymon ACK script and opening tickets)
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

I'm trying to write a local ack script and hitting a small snag with xymondboard The basic idea is to query the board to get the cookie like so: ~/server/bin/xymon localhost 'xymondboard test=disk host=foo.example.com fields=cookie' and then I can call a custom script from alerts.cfg that will open a ticket, and then ack the alert like so: ~xymon/server/bin/xymon --debug --response localhost "xymondack 488277 1440 this is a test ack" One problem I'm having - not insurmountable but annoying - is that "test" does a substring match, so if I have two tests with similar names I get both: [xymon at xymon1 ~]$ ~/server/bin/xymon localhost 'xymondboard test=disk host=foo.example.com fields=hostname,line1' foo.example.com|hp_disk|green Tue Nov 13 21:03:11 EST 2012 foo.example.com|disk|yellow Tue Nov 13 21:03:07 EST 2012 - Filesystems NOT ok In the above example I have a "disk" and an "hp_disk" test and I only want the disk test. In this case I could also filter to only grab the yellow: ~/server/bin/xymon localhost 'xymondboard test=disk color=yellow host=foo.example.com fields=hostname,testname,line1' foo.example.com|disk|yellow Tue Nov 13 21:03:07 EST 2012 - Filesystems NOT ok but that's not always going to work. I can code around this but if there's a way to get the exact test, it'd be handy thanks Betsy

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How to grab time-since-last-change for a test?
by David.Mills＠ngc.com 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

All - What is the easiest way to grab the timestamp of the last status change for given host / test from a script? Thanks! david ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Mills Systems Administrator Northrop Grumman 512-595-1238 david.mills at ngc.com

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Summary of which tests run from client / server?
by David.Mills＠ngc.com 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

All - Sorry for my newbie question, but is there a summary of the default tests for a host, and whether they are run from the client side or the server side? For example, we added a host to our config in hosts.cfg, but forgot to turn on the client scripts. Yet, "conn", "ssh", "ntp", etc. still appeared as monitored. Thanks! david ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Mills Systems Administrator Northrop Grumman 512-595-1238 david.mills at ngc.com

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Xymon server reporting to itself and another Xymon server
by ethiele＠gmail.com 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

I have this set up... Server A # cd /export/xymon/server/etc # egrep "XYMS|RIP" xymonserver.cfg XYMONSERVERIP="10.235.57.11" # The IP-address of your server. Use the real one, not 127.0.0.1 . XYMSRV="$XYMONSERVERIP" # IP of a single Xymon server XYMSERVERS="" # IP of multiple Xymon servers. If used, XYMSRV must be 0.0.0.0 MACHINEADDR="$XYMONSERVERIP" # This systems IP-address BBSERVERIP="$XYMONSERVERIP" BBDISP="$XYMSRV" BBDISPLAYS="$XYMSERVERS" Server B # cd /export/xymon/server/etc # egrep "XYMS|RIP" xymonserver.cfg XYMONSERVERIP="10.235.157.56" # The IP-address of your server. Use the real one, not 127.0.0.1 . XYMSRV="$XYMONSERVERIP" # IP of a single Xymon server XYMSERVERS="" # IP of multiple Xymon servers. If used, XYMSRV must be 0.0.0.0 MACHINEADDR="$XYMONSERVERIP" # This systems IP-address BBSERVERIP="$XYMONSERVERIP" BBDISP="$XYMSRV" BBDISPLAYS="$XYMSERVERS" When I use the CGI to Enable / Disable alerts... I am only enabling / disabling on the server I'm viewing. I'm using http://<server IP>/hobbit-seccgi/enadis.sh How do I make my single enable / disable action propagate to both servers? Is it as simple as changing XYMSRV="0.0.0.0" XYMSERVERS="10.235.57.11 10.235.157.56" on both servers and restarting xymon on both servers?

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Content check
by germain1.malherbe＠orange.com 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Hi. I want to do several content check for the same host. Here my configuration in bb-hosts file: 0.0.0.0 foo.com # cont;http://foo.com;regexp1 cont;http://foo.com;regexp2 I get 2 columns (content and content1) but I would like have only one. How can I merge the result of these 2 checks into only one column ? Thanks in advance. -- Germain Malherbe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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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ESXi Hardware Health Monitor
by sanderson＠CORNETSER.com 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Fellow XYmoners, Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware. http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/ This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats. You get: FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on. Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" 20010 Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD 20837 direct: 240-425-4904 | main: 301.948.8077 | fax: 301.349.2518 http://www.cornetser.com<http://www.cornetser.com/> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts> AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] P Please consider the environment before printing this email

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Who Column Test
by ray.reuter＠gmail.com 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

I need to be able to alert off of the "who" column. An example would be if there was less than 5 connections I would like to be alerted. I know way back in Big Brother days there was a perl script to do just that but I am having zero luck of finding it now. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

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