August 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Fwd: Green status
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: pankaj dorlikar <pankaj.dorlikar at gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:34:00 +0530 Subject: Re: [Xymon] Green status To: Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu> Hi, thank you for reply. But at any point of time, only some of the nodes will be down and all the other nodes will be up. If the server itself goes down, the monitoring of rest of the working nodes will be affected. On 8/14/12, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > What he is saying is that if there is an event that takes place where > you can execute a script at the time it happens, you can disable the > server by using the main binary's "disable" function. This binary used > to be called "bb" but is now called "xymon" -- take a look at its man > page to see how to send a disable message. > > On 08/14/2012 03:55 AM, pankaj dorlikar wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thank you for proving pointers and important clues. 1) Query >> regarding "server-side test" : We can know the status of the "down" >> nodes which are down as per schedular's instructions. But how this >> information will help in setting the blue/green color for those >> nodes in xymon web page? I mean how to send this data to xymon >> server? Also will it cover all the tests? >> >> 2) How client cas send to send a "disable" command to server? >> >> thank you >> >> -pankaj >> >> >> On 8/14/12, cleaver at terabithia.org <cleaver at terabithia.org> wrote: >>>> We are using xymon-4.2.2 on rhel 5.2 server and more than 200 >>>> clients (HPC Cluster nodes). >>>> >>>> Our requirement is : >>>> >>>> -> If the node is powered down by scheduler for saving the >>>> power, it is required that xymon should show its state as green >>>> and same for other tests of same node. >>>> >>>> Nodes powered down by scheduler are identified by pbsnodes >>>> command which will show state as power. >>>> >>>> -> If the node is going down by some other reason other that >>>> powering down by scheduler, it should show red like normal >>>> clients. >>>> >>> >>> >>> Assuming your scheduler can have shell script hooks attached to >>> events, I'd add something to send a "disable" command before it >>> brings a node down, and then re-enable as it comes back up. If >>> the nodes are being powered down without state being saved (eg, >>> not suspending/resuming themselves), then just disable "until >>> OK", otherwise I'd use some arbitrary future value. >>> >>> Relevant tests will be blue (not green, as requested), but that >>> will be handled as a non-event for SLA purposes. >>> >>> Separately, it might be a good idea to have a separate >>> server-side test that sends node state about each node to xymon >>> independent of the node itself. That test is a fine place to put >>> logic as well. >>> >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> -jc >>> >>> >> >> > > > - -- > - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > |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 v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlAqFsEACgkQmb+gadEcsb53xACfVP9x3ThR0zKtrYFVfVhHzJoI > JNQAoLUaRTt3AcQmrhoArknmclS7WkPw > =jBNe > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Pankaj V. Dorlikar -- Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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Looking for bb-hosts.cgi
by azrol＠tnb.com.my 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Hi, Need help to find bb-hosts.cgi script. Found this thread http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2011-May/031681.html but apparently https://cnaude.mdns.org/xymon2-cgi/bb-hosts.cgi is no longer exists. Tq -- Azrol -- NOTIFICATION Privileged/confidential information may be contained in this e-mail and any attachment(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any use of, reliance on, reference to, disclosure of, alteration to or copying of the information for any purpose is prohibited. Any information not related to TNB's official business is solely the author's and does not necessarily represent TNB's view and is not necessarily endorsed by TNB. TNB shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by any illegal activities under the law and/or improper use of e-mail including but not limited to liability related to the content of the e-mail(including viruses and other malicious codes, harassment and defamation ) or related to its dissemination. TNB is not responsible for any unauthorised changes made to the information or for the effect of such changes.

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disk space check for cifs mounted folders with spaces
by a.chervonets＠cominder.eu 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

For now I've found workaround like: adjust : client/bin/xymonclient-linux.sh ## OLD: df -P -x iso9660 -x $EXCLUDES | sed -e '/^[^ ][^ ]*$/{ N s/[ ]*\n[ ]*/ / }' ## NEW: df -P | head -1 > /tmp/df df -P -x iso9660 -x $EXCLUDES | awk -F" " '{print $(NF-5)" "$(NF-4)" "$(NF-3)" "$(NF-2)" "$(NF-1)" "$(NF)}' | grep -v "Used" >>/tmp/df ## orig: df -P -x iso9660 -x $EXCLUDES cat /tmp/df | sed -e '/^[^ ][^ ]*$/{ N s/[ ]*\n[ ]*/ / }' ## As result resource will be reported like: Data$ 996144124 307215728 688928396 31% /mnt/utl/utmas Not very nice, but working. Any new ideas, improvements are welcome. Best regards, Andrey Chervonets ---------------------- CoMinder Ltd. http://www.cominder.eu/ On 14.08.2012 13:00, xymon-request at xymon.com wrote: > From: Andrey Chervonets<a.chervonets at cominder.eu> > To:xymon at xymon.com > Subject: [Xymon] disk space check for cifs mounted folders with spaces > in name > Message-ID:<50297935.8000700 at cominder.eu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > I've got problem with detecting free space for NTFS folder mounted with > cifs that contains spaces in it's name: > > > 688928396 31% /mnt/utl/utmas (307215728% used) has reached the > PANIC level (95%) > > Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on > .... > //10.10.10.21/abc_itity$ 996144124 307215728 688928396 > 31% /mnt/utl > //10.10.10.21/ABC-RUS ATT Data$ 996144124 307215728 688928396 > 31% /mnt/utl/utmas > > > > In our case - we have 2 resources mounted from the same source disk in > NTFS - one with regular name, > other contains spaces. Only the second one is reported as using > *307215728% used!!* > > Xymon Server 4.3.4, centralised mode. > > > Any ideas to overcome this problem? > > >

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Green status
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Hi, We are using xymon-4.2.2 on rhel 5.2 server and more than 200 clients (HPC Cluster nodes). Our requirement is : -> If the node is powered down by scheduler for saving the power, it is required that xymon should show its state as green and same for other tests of same node. Nodes powered down by scheduler are identified by pbsnodes command which will show state as power. -> If the node is going down by some other reason other that powering down by scheduler, it should show red like normal clients. -- Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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Problem with xymon 4.3.10
by tomas.andersson＠sca.com 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Hi there ! I recently tried to upgrade from xymon 4.3.7 to 4.3.10 .. I'm working on HP-UX B.11.31 ia64 The building and compiling is OK no errors. But when I do a gmake install to move everything into place then I get some errors: chown root /opt/xymon/server/bin/fping4 /opt/xymon/server/bin/fping6 || echo "Could not make fping4/fping6 owned by root, continuing" /opt/xymon/server/bin/fping4: No such file or directory /opt/xymon/server/bin/fping6: No such file or directory Could not make fping4/fping6 owned by root, continuing chmod 4755 /opt/xymon/server/bin/fping4 /opt/xymon/server/bin/fping6 || echo "Could not make fping4/fping6 suid-root, continuing" chmod: can't access /opt/xymon/server/bin/fping4 chmod: can't access /opt/xymon/server/bin/fping6 Could not make fping4/fping6 suid-root, continuing What is fping4/fping6 ??? I already use fping and tell the configure.server script this when I get the question. Then when I start the new server no updates are made and after a while all columns go purple. !!! I can see in the following logfiles: alert.log,clientdata.log, history.log, hostdata.log, rrd-data.log, rrd-status.log 2012-08-13 12:53:52 Peer not up, flushing message queue 2012-08-13 12:53:52 Peer not up, flushing message queue 2012-08-13 12:53:52 Peer not up, flushing message queue And in xymongen.log: 2012-08-13 12:52:32 xymond status-board not available, code 7 2012-08-13 12:52:32 Failed to load current Xymon status, aborting page-update 2012-08-13 12:53:49 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2012-08-13 12:53:49 -> 2012-08-13 12:53:49 -> Recipient '10.240.42.21', timeout 15 2012-08-13 12:53:49 -> 1st line: 'xymondboard fields=hostname,testname,color,flags,lastchange,logtime,validtime,acktime,disabletime ,sender,cookie,line1,acklist' The xymon server seems to be malfunctioning Any Tips where I should start to look ???? Best Regards, /Tomas Andersson Unix System Admin/Tech/Dev SCA IT Services This message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information and is intended for the addressee's use only. Any usage, disclosure, distribution, print or copying of any part of this message is prohibited unless you are the intended recipient. If you receive this message in error, please delete it from any computer and notify the sender. If you suspect that this message may have been altered, please notify the sender. SCA has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that this e-mail and any attachments to this e-mail has been scanned for viruses. However, SCA does not accept liability for any damage caused by software viruses brought to you by this mail.

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disk space check for cifs mounted folders with spaces in name
by a.chervonets＠cominder.eu 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

I've got problem with detecting free space for NTFS folder mounted with cifs that contains spaces in it's name: 688928396 31% /mnt/utl/utmas (307215728% used) has reached the PANIC level (95%) Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on .... //10.10.10.21/abc_itity$ 996144124 307215728 688928396 31% /mnt/utl //10.10.10.21/ABC-RUS ATT Data$ 996144124 307215728 688928396 31% /mnt/utl/utmas In our case - we have 2 resources mounted from the same source disk in NTFS - one with regular name, other contains spaces. Only the second one is reported as using *307215728% used!!* Xymon Server 4.3.4, centralised mode. Any ideas to overcome this problem? Best regards, Andrey Chervonets ---------------------- CoMinder Ltd. http://www.cominder.eu/ GSM: +371 26517848

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Solaris Xymon WWW index file missing
by Nick＠Pettefar.com 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

I have just downloaded, compiled and installed the latest xymon on my Sun T2000 but the web page doesn't work. There is no index.html or any other plain file in the /export/home/xymon/server/www/ directory, should there be? >From /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Alias http://www.blahblah.com/xymon/ "/export/home/xymon/server/www/" root> ls -l /export/home/xymon/server/www/ drwxr-xr-x 2 xymon xymon 37 Aug 8 18:43 gifs drwxr-xr-x 3 xymon xymon 37 Aug 8 18:43 help drwxr-xr-x 2 xymon xymon 2 Aug 8 18:43 html drwxr-xr-x 2 xymon xymon 8 Aug 8 18:43 menu drwxr-xr-x 2 xymon xymon 2 Aug 8 18:43 notes drwxrwxr-x 2 xymon nobody 2 Aug 8 18:43 rep drwxrwxr-x 2 xymon nobody 2 Aug 8 18:43 snap drwxr-xr-x 2 xymon xymon 2 Aug 8 18:43 wml Regards, Nick Ireland

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Changing update frequency of graphs
by Paul.Jacobs＠lchclearnet.com 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

Hi I have a graph showing average service times on SAN disks and it needs updating every minute rather then, the default 5 minutes. I had a stab at modifying the rrddefinitions.cfg file and adding this section :- [diskstat/60] RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:5:576 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:30:576 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:120:576 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:576 My ext script is called diskstat and sends data to the xymon server every minute but the graph is only updating every 5 -rw-r----- 1 xymon xymon 19552 Aug 10 10:16 diskstat-svct,sd580.rrd -rw-r----- 1 xymon xymon 19552 Aug 10 10:23 diskstat-svct,sd581.rrd -rw-r----- 1 xymon xymon 19552 Aug 10 10:22 diskstat-svct,sd582.rrd -rw-r----- 1 xymon xymon 19552 Aug 10 10:24 diskstat-svct,sd583.rrd -rw-r----- 1 xymon xymon 19552 Aug 10 10:23 diskstat-svct,sd584.rrd Any help would be appreciated Paul Jacobs UNIX Systems Administrator, SwapClear Tel: +44 (0)207 426 8289 Email: paul.jacobs at lchclearnet.com<mailto:adam.beresford at lchclearnet.com> [cid:image001.gif at 01CD76E2.384A6AE0] A copy of the LCH.Clearnet e-mail disclaimer can be found at: www.lchclearnet.com/disclaimer/email LCH.Clearnet Limited, Registered Office: Aldgate House, 33 Aldgate High Street, London EC3N 1EA. Recognised as a Clearing House under the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000. Reg in England No.25932. LCH.Clearnet SA, Siège Social, 18 rue du Quatre Septembre, 75002 Paris, Chambre de Compensation conformément au Code Monétaire et Financier.

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Perl client without xymon client. (OPEN)
by oyvind.bjorge＠telenor.com 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

Is there anyone that have made a perl module or subroutine for sending to a xymon-server without having to install the xymon client? On some node it is difficult to install a client. Some vendors are very afraid of having things installed on "their" equipment, and the os might be stripped down with no compilers and so on. For sending to xymon I guess all you need is a simple socket connections so I expect that this has been done many times already. Anyone who would like to share? / Øyvind

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Need help with Xymon
by ashwingrwl＠gmail.com 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Hi, I want to install xymon on our Redhat linux 6 box. Could you please give me the steps i need to follow ? Thank you very much for your help on this. Best Regards, Ashwin.

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