February 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Xymon SQL Server dbcheck error
by Venkatesh_S04＠infosys.com 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

I have been getting the following message when trying to monitor SQL Server Regards, Venky Mon Feb 27 16:40:15 2012 OpenClient message: LAYER = (0) ORIGIN = (0) SEVERITY = (78) NUMBER = (44) Server , database Message String: Server name not found in configuration files. OpenClient message: LAYER = (0) ORIGIN = (0) SEVERITY = (78) NUMBER = (45) Server , database Message String: Unknown host machine name. dbcheck.pl version 1.09 - column ChkConn lifetime 60, tested in ~ 00:00:10 (max 00:00:20) The following are the contents of the configurationfiles Hosts.cfg group Operating system 10.66.106.319 dossf_syb # bbd http://dossf_syb/ 10.66.106.91 infy-x08vcanbsp group SQL Server 10.66.106.91 SQLDB # noconn dbcheck NS:win-xp DBCheck.ini # Sql server definition using the default password defined in default section [SQLDB] dbtype = SQLServer hostname = SQLDB port = 1041 username = uid password = Kolaveri Ftds.conf # A typical Sybase server [SQLDB] host = 10.66.106.91 port = 1041 tds version = 7.0 **************** 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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xymondboard acklist data not available
by jawood＠employers.com 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

I've discovered what may be a bug in the xymondboard program. The difference between RHEL5 & RHEL6 is just the way I have my hosts.cfg. If the host is in the main hosts.cfg, I can use the below script to acknowledgment an alert. If I use an "include hosts/filename" in my hosts.cfg, I am unable to acknowledge the alert. Thanks, James From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of James Wood Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:54 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] xymondboard acklist data not available I'm having a problem getting acknowledged alerts on the critical view from Xymon. We're migrating from Solaris 10 and RHEL 5.7 to a single RHEL 6.2 server. All servers are running Xymon version 4.3.7 compiled and installed from source. I'm running into a problem with xymondboard. If I run this command on the Solaris server or the RHEL 6.2 server it doesn't return any acklist data, but it works on RHEL 5.7. ./bin/xymon localhost "xymondboard fields=hostname,testname,acklist host=HOSTNAME" RHEL5: localhost|conn|1329871681:1329958081:1:jawood:test\n RHEL6: localhost|conn| We use these results to populate the data for a custom view. I need to figure out what's different between the versions of Redhat. Thanks, James --------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************************************* Notice: This e-mail, including any attachment(s), is confidential and intended solely for the above named individual(s). It constitutes non-public information and may contain information subject to certain legal privileges. If you are the intended recipient, your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by federal and state privacy laws. Any use of this communication by others is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me immediately by replying to sender and delete this e-mail and any attachment(s). Thank you. ********************************************************************************************* --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************************************* Notice: This e-mail, including any attachment(s), is confidential and intended solely for the above named individual(s). It constitutes non-public information and may contain information subject to certain legal privileges. If you are the intended recipient, your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by federal and state privacy laws. Any use of this communication by others is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me immediately by replying to sender and delete this e-mail and any attachment(s). Thank you. ********************************************************************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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MSSQL external vb scripts
by Venkatesh_S04＠infosys.com 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Hi All , I am looking for some external scripts that I can use to monitor SQL Server . Could anybody please share them ? 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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keep receiving alerts from Xymon
by paveltraian＠yahoo.com 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Hi, I keep receiving email alerts from Xymon for a conn failure happened during the week-end. I don't know how to stop it(The conn is green for a while now but i keep receive this messages). Regards, Traian.

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mismatch value between apache and xymon http/s response time
by marco.avvisano＠regione.toscana.it 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

|Hi all, i have noted a mismatch between values from my apache (version 2.2) logs (http, https) (%D| The time taken to serve the request, in microseconds), and http response times in xymon. For example https test: 1614 (from ssl request log) Seconds: 0.34 (from xymon) http test: 606 (from access log - http) Seconds: 0.06 (from xymon) thanks for any suggestions Marco

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Setting Test status based on emails
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

Does anyone have a working example of a script which pulls emails from a specified account and uses that data to set the status of a given test? I have seen people talk about doing that and am looking for a little guidance in setting that up. Thanks, Bruce Bruce White Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer | Phone: 1-630-671-5169 | Fax: 630-893-1648 | bewhite at fellowes.com | http://www.fellowes.com/ Disclaimer: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc.

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How to reset or get Xymon web pages to show CPU, DISK, Mem etc
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

Make sure the client is running on our Xymon server. The client provides all those basics. Make sure the client is configured to be launched in tasks.cfg file. If the client is running but you don't see any updates, then check under the "reports" menu option and see if it is reporting as a "ghost client". If it is on the "Ghost client" report than you need to make sure the name listed in the report matches the name of your server in your hosts.cfg file. Hope that helps, Bruce Bruce White Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer | Phone: 1-630-671-5169 | Fax: 630-893-1648 | bewhite at fellowes.com | http://www.fellowes.com/ Disclaimer: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Don Kuhlman Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:30 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] How to reset or get Xymon web pages to show CPU, DISK,Mem etc Hi. Just joined here. Trying to get our new Xymon Unix server to show the basic parameters from monitoring like CPU, Disk, Memory. It's only showing Conn, http, info, and trends. Regards, Don K _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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Critical systems page
by Neil.Simmonds＠express-gifts.co.uk 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Is it possible to enter a URL into the Instructions field in the critical systems editor and have it appear on the web page as a clickable link. I'm running Xymon 4.3.4. I've tried entering <A HREF="http://the url I want to serve">Click here for Expert Advice</A> but I just get the url showing in Instructions I'd prefer to use this rather than using the 'Host docs' link as this will enable me to build the advice pages individually for Host/Test combinations. Regards, 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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post test with httpstatus
by F.Herbert＠massey.ac.nz 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

I've got a post test running which tests a login page, if the page is successful, the user gets a 302 status code in the header and no content (the user gets redirected) If the page is not successful the user is returned to the login page without the 302 status code. I've tried setting up a number of tests: 1. post=login;https://loginpage.my.domain/login.php;action=login&ID=username&Password=password 2. nopost=login;https://loginpage.my.domain/login.php;action=login&ID=username&Password=password;login The text 'login' is present on the login page (which the user gets sent back to if the login is unsuccessful). If the page and login works fine then the following happens in xymon: Test 1: Green Test 2: Red (xymon output is https:/loginpage.my.domain/login.php - Testing URL yields: No output received from server) If the page and login is failing then the following happens in xymon: Test 1: Green Test 2: Red (xymon output is https:/loginpage.my.domain/login.php - Testing URL yields: {login page displayed}) So the failure test works, but since no html is sent when the login is successful (just a 302 redirect), the success page fails as well! I'm not sure how I can get this login page monitored. I've looked at the httpstatus check, but this doesn't appear to be able to be used by posting data to a form. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks Francois Herbert

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monitoring aggregated network traffic
by s.seitz＠netz-haut.de 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Hi, thanks for your very helpful answer. It took me a few days to get back to that issue, so sorry for that late responose. I've added additional lines for outgoing, and it works as expected. I'm absolutely fine with hardcoed interfaces, cause I need the aggregated view of particular interfaces. Thanks again, Stephan Am Donnerstag, den 13.10.2011, 19:42 +0200 schrieb Henrik Størner: On 13-10-2011 16:44, netz-haut - stephan seitz wrote: > is there any "usual" way, to monitor and graph the traffic of a bulk > of network interfaces? The reason is, some of our hosts are connected > to iSCSI storages via multipath over two or four independent > interfaces. Since the traffic is balanced equally, every interface > shows (more or less) the same amount of traffic. This leads to very > useless rrdtool graphics as there is only one multicolored thick line > visible. It would be really helpful to see a graph which shows the > SUM of the particular interfaces. This can be done by creating an RRD graph definition to do the summation for you. In RRDtool, you first use one or more "DEF" lines to grab specific data items from one or more RRD files, and put them into some "variables". You can then either use these variables directly to make a line on the graph, or you can use them for calculating other variables via a "CDEF" line. The default ifstat graph has these lines: DEF:inbytes at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:bytesReceived:AVERAGE CDEF:in at RRDIDX@=inbytes at RRDIDX@,8,* (The @RRDIDX@ and @RRDFN@ are because this graph repeats over all the interfaces - Xymon replaces these with a number and the RRD filename). What this does is to first define a variable "inbytes at RRDIDX@" which has the "bytesReceived" value from the RRD. The it computes another variable, "in at RRDIDX@" as 8*inbytes - to convert from bytes to bits. The notation here is Reverse Polish (RPN). So if you have 4 RRD files, one for each interface, you can have RRDtool do the math for you like this: [ifsum] TITLE Network Traffic YAXIS Bits/second DEF:inbytes0=ifstat.eth0.rrd:bytesReceived:AVERAGE DEF:inbytes1=ifstat.eth1.rrd:bytesReceived:AVERAGE DEF:inbytes2=ifstat.eth2.rrd:bytesReceived:AVERAGE DEF:inbytes3=ifstat.eth3.rrd:bytesReceived:AVERAGE CDEF:intotal=inbytes0,inbytes1,inbytes2,inbytes3,+,+,+ CDEF:inbits=intotal,8,* LINE:inbits#FF0000:Aggregate inbound The "LINE" definition then uses the "inbits" value to draw a (red) line with this data. Have a look at graphs.cfg, and I'm sure you can figure out to add a line for the outgoing data also. Add "ifsum" to the GRAPHS setting in xymonserver.cfg, and the graph should show up on the "trends" page. Regards, Henrik PS: I haven't actually tested any of this, so feel free to provide corrections :-) _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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