April 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

autofixing
by lebarber＠gmail.com 06 Apr '12

06 Apr '12

My management has gotten the idea that we should be automating the repair processes on our servers. They want things set up so that when a fault is detected a script is run that attempts to repair it. I've tried to convince them that this is a profoundly wrong-headed idea, but I'm not having much luck. Do any of you know of any articles or resources that might help convince them? Thanks, Larry Barber

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xymond flapping yellow
by indymichaelb＠gmail.com 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

And when it is yellow, the following is present in the "latest error messages" section. From that output, I'm not clear why it's going yellow Latest error messages: Loading hostnames Loading saved state Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 Setting up signal handlers Setting up xymond channels Setting up logfiles Setup complete

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[Xymon 4.3.7] bad imaps check
by dagbo＠kernix.com 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Hi, I have installed Xymon 4.3.7 on Centos 5.8 x64. Before that, I have installed it on a RHEL 5.6, everything worked fine until I tried to check an imaps server. The Xymon on RHEL is OK, and it grab the ssl certificate, but on the Centos, it displays a yellow error, with the message "Service imaps on my_server is not OK : Unexpected service response", and of course don't see the certificate. The only difference (except the system) is that I've compiled a RPM for the Centos system. When I test imaps with openssl on both systems (openssl s_client -connect my_server:993 -ssl3) the result is * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. Could someone tell me what is the problem? Best regards, David AGBO

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New BBWin Agent GUI Available
by sanderson＠CORNETSER.com 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

The guys over at Squidworks.net have been working on a new BBWin GUI (version 2) to allow their techs an easier way of managing the thresholds on Windows servers without the need to diddle with the XML file. We are releasing the new GUI app to the public and licensing it under GPL3 as freeware. More information can be found at http://www.squidworks.net/2012/04/new-bbwin-gui-version-2-release-for-bbwin… Enjoy Cubert www.squidworks.net

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XYMON column not displaying [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
by dennisw＠agd.gov.au 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

UNCLASSIFIED// Hi, I have a custom script running on my XYMON server. The following link shows the basic setup http://www.xymon.com/xymon/help/xymon-tips.html#scripts As seen the server side script is essentially the same with the exception that I run a python script that returns a COLOR and RESULT. With a few slight modifications I can run this script from /ext and it echo's the correct results. So far so good. Additionally, as I am running XYMON 4.3. I added a new section to the tasks.cfg file along with a NEEDS xymond that is not included in the [myscript] example from the attached link. I updated the hosts.cfg file and added the new service against the IP address and name of a client server. NOT my monitoring server. When I restart XYMON all seems to be running successfully. The Log file does not report any errors and as I said before with a few slight mods I can echo the correct results to the screen. The issue I am having is that even though all appears to be doing its job the new column does not appear on my monitoring page. Any ideas? Would appreciate the guidance. Dennis UNCLASSIFIED// ________________________________ If you have received this transmission in error please notify us immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. If this e-mail or any attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information in the e-mail or attachments. ________________________________

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xymon blank alert emails
by nc.sonal＠gmail.com 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Hi Team. I am writing to regarding an facing issue which we are facing after configuring xymon XYMON is working fine and alerts are getting displayed , but the same are being sent in email but subject, body is blank as given in end of email I have given alerts.cfg as below. * * *HOST=* SERVICE=ssh,disk,msg,sap_r3,oratns COLOR=red DURATION>2m* *SCRIPT /home/sapxymon/server/etc/custom_alert.sh REPEAT=1m* . Wheres the custom_alerts.sh give below syntax error. #----------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh BBALPHAMSG=`echo "$BBALPHAMSG" | /home/sapxymon/server/ext/custom_grep.pl`;export BBALPHAMSG if [ $RECOVERED -eq 1 ] then RECOVERED="recovered" else RECOVERED="" fi #echo "${BBALPHAMSG:0:9999}" > /tmp/manalerts.txt echo "${BBALPHAMSG:0:9999}" | mail -s "$BBHOSTNAME $BBSVCNAME - $BBCOLORLEVEL $ACKCODE $RECOVERED $DOWNSECSMSG"nc.sonal at gmail.com #----------------------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/perl # searching for lines which has "&red" while (<>) { @matches=/&red .*\s/ig; foreach $_ (@matches) { s/<.*?>//ig; # removing all the html tags print "$_ "; } } #----------------------------------------------------- Could you please suggest what could be the issue? *---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: SAP-XY-MON <sapxymon at sasapmon.sasrv.biz> Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:00 PM Subject: - To: nc.sonal at gmail.com * -- Thanks & Regards Sonal kumar N C

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Forwarding status messages
by Russell.Cook＠capita.co.uk 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Hi, I am building a new XyMon server to replace an old Hobbit installation that is monitoring a few hundred devices. I would like to somehow like to forward the status messages to the new server while I am testing ... anyone have any ideas ... I thought of trying to use bbproxy, but I suspect hobbitd needs to be stopped ... which defeats the object I suppose. Regards Russell Cook Senior NMS Engineer IT Services Capita York House 49-51 Victoria Road Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7PA Tel: 01252 500 718 Mobile: 07968 216175 Email: russell.cook at capita.co.uk <mailto:russell.cook at capita.co.uk> Web: www.capita-its.co.uk P Please consider the environment - only print this email if absolutely necessary This email and any attachment to it are confidential. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose either the message or any information contained in the message. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this email and notify the sender immediately. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender only, unless otherwise stated. All copyright in any Capita material in this email is reserved. All emails, incoming and outgoing, may be recorded by Capita and monitored for legitimate business purposes. Capita exclude all liability for any loss or damage arising or resulting from the receipt, use or transmission of this email to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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Bug - xymonnet not correctly checking NOPAGENET
by john.horne＠plymouth.ac.uk 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Hello, In Xymon 4.3.7 the xymonnet.c file contains the following code: ==================================== /* If a NOPAGENET service, downgrade RED to YELLOW */ if (color == COL_RED) { char *nopagename; /* Check if this service is a NOPAGENET service. */ nopagename = (char *) malloc(strlen(svcname)+3); sprintf(nopagename, ",%s,", svcname); if (strstr(nonetpage, svcname) != NULL) color = COL_YELLOW; xfree(nopagename); } ==================================== As far as I can see this is incorrect because it sets up 'nopagename' but then compares 'svcname' against 'nonetpage'. So all the 'nopagename' code is completely redundant. I suspect what should happen is: if (strstr(nonetpage, nopagename) != NULL) color = COL_YELLOW; This piece of code occurs in two other places - httpresult.c and ldaptest.c. Regards, John. -- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001

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Forwarding status messages - [resolved]
by Russell.Cook＠capita.co.uk 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Hi Thomas, I checked the /etc/hosts localhost entry and it is there ... but I am happy to leave it using the servers IP address. Thanks again for your help Russell -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Eckert [mailto:thomas.eckert at IT-Eckert.de] Sent: 04 April 2012 08:58 To: Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations) Subject: Re: [Xymon] Forwarding status messages Hi Russell, great to hear that it works fine. Your "localhost not working"-problem might be due to missing entries in `/etc/hosts` it should contain a line like 127.0.0.1 localhost You could reply to the list so others can find this "resolved" (this email reached my personally). All the best Thomas On 04/04/2012 09:50 AM, Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations) wrote: > Thanks Thomas, > > I tried the setup as you suggested, but found the localhost:1985 didn't > work. I changed it to use the ip address instead and that worked. > > Thanks for your help > > Cheers > Russell > > -----Original Message----- > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf > Of Thomas Eckert > Sent: 03 April 2012 21:35 > To: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Forwarding status messages > > The bbproxy-idea sounds good. > > The following _should_ work: > - running bbproxy on the old installation listening on port 1984 to > accept all incoming messages > - re-configure the hobbitd on the old installation to listen on another > port (say 1985) > - forward messages from bbproxy to localhost:1985 and newserver:1984 > > I've done something similar with ssh tunnels and bbproxy. A test-setup > would before going live with this may be helpful. > > Another option may be to add an additional IP to your server and binding > > bbproxy and hobbitd to them? > > All the best > Thomas > > On 04/03/2012 06:20 PM, Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations) wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am building a new XyMon server to replace an old Hobbit installation >> that is monitoring a few hundred devices. I would like to somehow like >> to forward the status messages to the new server while I am testing > ... >> anyone have any ideas ... I thought of trying to use bbproxy, but I >> suspect hobbitd needs to be stopped ... which defeats the object I > suppose. >> >> Regards >> >> *Russell Cook >> Senior NMS Engineer >> IT Services >> Capita >> >> *York House >> 49-51 Victoria Road >> Farnborough, Hampshire >> GU14 7PA >> Tel: 01252 500 718 >> Mobile: 07968 216175 >> Email: *russell.cook at capita.co.uk<mailto:russell.cook at capita.co.uk> >> *Web: *www.capita-its.co.uk* >> >> P*Please consider the environment - only print this email if > absolutely >> necessary* >> >> >> >> This email and any attachment to it are confidential. Unless you are > the >> intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose either the > message >> or any information contained in the message. If you are not the > intended >> recipient, you should delete this email and notify the sender > immediately. >> >> Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender >> only, unless otherwise stated. All copyright in any Capita material in >> this email is reserved. >> >> All emails, incoming and outgoing, may be recorded by Capita and >> monitored for legitimate business purposes. >> >> Capita exclude all liability for any loss or damage arising or > resulting >> from the receipt, use or transmission of this email to the fullest >> extent permitted by law. >> >> This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. > www.websense.com >> <http://www.websense.com/> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xymon mailing list >> Xymon at xymon.com >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > -- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- | IT-Beratung Eckert | Hartkirchweg 54 | fon: +49 (0)761/ 594 9898 | Thomas Eckert | 79111 Freiburg i.Br. | fax: +49 (0)761/ 594 9899 | | Germany | http://www.it-eckert.de/

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Change Graph Definitions
by j.mcdo73＠gmail.com 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Apologies about the error in the subject of the previous mail. I think I found what I need in this Zenoss post: http://community.zenoss.org/docs/DOC-4426. I post this in case someone else searches for something similar here. Rgds, > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 12:03:36 +0100 > From: James McDonald <j.mcdo73 at gmail.com> > To: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon Digest, Vol 14, Issue 27 > Message-ID: > <CAE4zdC3nMDTz4_=d8qfhzZ_wDNp=gP2fGOgDrmQGmrz4nwboLA at mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi again, > > > I found a Xymon config file which seems to hold the default setup for the > RRD graphs created within Xymon (rrddefinitions.cfg). The contents look > like this: > > > # 576 datapoints w/ 5 minute interval = 48 hours @ 5 min avg. > > RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:576 > > # 576 datapoints w/ 6*5 minute averaged = 12 days @ 30 min avg. > > RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:576 > > # 576 datapoints w/ 24*5 minute averaged = 48 days @ 2 hour avg. > > RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:576 > > # 576 datapoints w/ 288*5 minute averaged = 576 days @ 1 day avg. > > RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:576 > > > Would I be correct saying that if I *add / append* the following lines, > this would include the LAST value to all new graphs created still keepign > the AVERAGE? > > # 576 datapoints w/ 5 minute interval = 48 hours @ 5 min avg. > > RRA:LAST:0.5:1:576 > > # 576 datapoints w/ 6*5 minute averaged = 12 days @ 30 min avg. > > RRA:LAST:0.5:6:576 > > # 576 datapoints w/ 24*5 minute averaged = 48 days @ 2 hour avg. > > RRA: LAST:0.5:24:576 > > # 576 datapoints w/ 288*5 minute averaged = 576 days @ 1 day avg. > > RRA: LAST:0.5:288:576 > > > Thanks, > James > >

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