February 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

XyMon msg metric - how to check log entries only since last check?
by a.chervonets＠cominder.eu 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

One my friend using old Hobbit 4.x version told that it always check new entries only. I am using XyMon 4.3.4. Can anyone test your versions/installation for this behaviour? In clientclient-local.cfg I has found: # The following configuration items are currently possible: # "log:FILENAME:MAXDATA" # Monitor the text-based logfile FILENAME, and report back at most MAXDATA bytes. The Xymon client will # only report back entries generated during the past 30 minutes, so MAXDATA is an upper limit. But my exprience show - it just reads up to MAXDATA and analyse and show all, not just last 30 min. Or may be it expected timestamp in file in some known format? If yes, then more questions: a) Is it possible to define ather timestamp formats xymon can understand? b) is it possible to change check interval 30 min to some other - for ALL logs/hosts or just some? Thanks in advance! Best regards, Andrey Chervonets ---------------------- http://www.cominder.eu/ On 05.02.2012 13:00, xymon-request at xymon.com wrote: > Is it possible to setup xymon to check log-file (msg metric) only for > new entries since last check (or 5 min)? > For now I see it is only possible to specify how much data in log-file > xymon will parse. > But, depending on activities it can be big or small - so the same bad > entry can be reported for 2 or more check intervals and some (when quite > much activities in log-file) can be missed. > > Really I do not realise how it can be implemented w/o writing timestamp > tags to that log-file, > but may be You know some secret? > > -- > Best regards, > > Andrey Chervonets > ------------------------- > SIA CoMinder > www:http://www.cominder.eu/

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FW: DB Monitoring scipt
by Venkatesh_S04＠infosys.com 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Hi All , We are trying to write some custom scripts to monitor databases .The dbcheck script is great but is also quite complex to understand .Is there a simple script that monitors a single metric or couple of them which is well documented . We would like to use that script to understand and customize as per our requirement . Thanks a lot for 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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Disable one service on all machines
by schritte＠hebis.uni-frankfurt.de 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Hi Michael, that is possible, of course, I was just curious if there is a build-in solution. And it is, even within the web interface, Malcolm showed me (thanks) Rolf > Write a script that reads bb-hosts to generate a list of hostnames, > and loop through them calling your disable > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:39 AM, Rolf Schrittenlocher > <schritte at hebis.uni-frankfurt.de > <mailto:schritte at hebis.uni-frankfurt.de>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to disable one service on all machines temporarily. For > one machine I use > ./bb $BBDISP "disable `hostname`.<service> some text like 12h > night an weekend no test" > Of course I can do this for every host but I wonder if there is a > one-liner for disabling the service on all machines. I read in an > older posting that the web-interface hobbit-enadis.sh should show > "ALL" as an option both for hosts and tests, but in our case > (xymon 4.3.0) it doesn't show an option "ALL" in the field > "hosts" but only in "tests", > > thanks for hints > > Rolf > > -- > Mit freundlichen Gruessen > Rolf Schrittenlocher > > HeBIS-IT, Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt > Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 > LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de > <mailto:lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de> > Persoenlich: schritte at hebis.uni-frankfurt.de > <mailto:schritte at hebis.uni-frankfurt.de> > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher HeBIS-IT, Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de Persoenlich: schritte at hebis.uni-frankfurt.de

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Blog entry about Big Brother
by sean＠maclawran.ca 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Guys: I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother. If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going. Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :) Take care guys! -- Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay

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network hiccups causing false positives to be sent
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Go to hosts.cfg (or bb-hosts) and use DEPENDS and watch both alerts happen. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'd like a confirmation of this first. Broken how/etc. > > On 02/08/2012 04:03 PM, Michael Baydoun wrote: >> DEPENDS is broken? No wonder I can't get it to work. >> >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Josh Luthman >> <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com <mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>> wrote: >> >> Use ROUTE as I think DEPENDS is broken. >> >> 1.1.1.1 gateway.foo.com <http://gateway.foo.com> # >> 0.0.0.0 realserver.com <http://realserver.com> # >> route:gateway.foo.com <http://gateway.foo.com> >> >> realserver.com <http://realserver.com> will go yellow if >> gateway.foo.com <http://gateway.foo.com> is red >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340> >> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343> >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Tom S <tsztur at gmail.com >> <mailto:tsztur at gmail.com>> wrote: >> > 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 <http://yahoo.com> and >> example.com <http://example.com> , if either of those as >> > any connection issues, to ignore all other alerts for the time being? >> > >> > tia. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Xymon mailing list >> > Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> >> > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Xymon mailing list >> Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xymon mailing list >> Xymon at xymon.com >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > > - -- > - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |novosirj at umdnj.edu - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/EI-Academic Svcs. - ADMC 450, Newark > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk8y48IACgkQmb+gadEcsb4wgwCaAg1T2DShOw7EjREjUId5/H5l > PmwAn2IQd4CNCVVay214B2eslhZg9i8z > =GmXv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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network hiccups causing false positives to be sent
by indymichaelb＠gmail.com 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

DEPENDS is broken? No wonder I can't get it to work. On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>wrote: > Use ROUTE as I think DEPENDS is broken. > > 1.1.1.1 gateway.foo.com # > 0.0.0.0 realserver.com # route:gateway.foo.com > > realserver.com will go yellow if gateway.foo.com is red > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Tom S <tsztur at gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xymon mailing list > > Xymon at xymon.com > > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >

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Frequency of monitoring
by cleaver＠terabithia.org 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

On Wed, February 8, 2012 8:41 am, Sridhar.Adapalli at hhsc.state.tx.us wrote: > Hi > I am running Hobbit 4.2. I am trying to configure the frequency at which > the data is collected for entities such as cpu, memory, ping, etc. Can > someone let me know how to do this? > > Thanks > -- Sridhar > cpu/memory/disk/procs tests are generated by the server (almost) immediately after each "client" report from the clients; that frequency is controlled by the client itself. Look for an "INTERVAL" line in the [client] stanza in one of the ./etc/ files and adjust according. Ping tests, other network tests, and other checks are fired off by the server. I believe that was the etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg file in 4.2, but I might be mistaken. HTH, -jc

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Frequency of monitoring
by Sridhar.Adapalli＠hhsc.state.tx.us 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hi I am running Hobbit 4.2. I am trying to configure the frequency at which the data is collected for entities such as cpu, memory, ping, etc. Can someone let me know how to do this? Thanks -- Sridhar

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group-sorted, group-except
by lebarber＠gmail.com 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Is there any way to combine the functionality of the group-sorted and group-except tags. I'm trying to create an alternate page set and would really like to be able sort a group and eliminate some extraneous tests that aren't necessary for this view, but it seems that the group directives are either one or the other. Thanks, Larry Barber

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bb-eventlog with plain text output
by indymichaelb＠gmail.com 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Can I run something like bb-eventlog to get the history of a node, but get the output in plain text form? I'm looking for something that is easier to include in a jira, help desk ticket, etcetera.

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