January 2013 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

help with xymon client configuration
by ciprian.parfon＠gmail.com 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Hi Chris Hmm ... On your suggestion I went to "Reports" > " Ghost Clients " and indeed I have that host listed there. Apparently xymon reads the "short" host name, without domain name (fqdn). Thank you. On 01/07/2013 12:39 PM, Chris.Morris at rwe.com wrote: > Is the xymond status displaying any "ghost" reports? This would > indicate that the client hostname does not match the one defined in > the hosts.cfg file on the xymon server! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] > *On Behalf Of *Ciprian Parfon > *Sent:* 07 January 2013 10:33 > *To:* Jeremy Laidman > *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com > *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] help with xymon client configuration > > Hi J > > I do have the IP of the Xymon server in xymonclient.cfg on the > hosts which has the client installed. I have checked from the > client if the port, 1984 is open and it is. > > zeratul etc # telnet 89.22.97.130 1984 > Trying 89.22.97.130... > Connected to 89.22.97.130. > Escape character is '^]'. > quit > > Unfortunatelly there isn't anything more the the "conn" "info" and > "trends" on Xymon server display. > > I can't see anything relevant in the xymond logs. > > On the hosts which I have the client installed I have this: > > zeratul client # ps aufx |grep xymon > root 10279 0.0 0.0 4452 756 pts/1 S+ 12:32 > 0:00 | | | \_ grep --colour=auto xymon > root 10115 0.0 0.0 2048 512 ? S 12:30 0:00 sh > -c vmstat 300 2 1>./tmp/xymon_vmstat.zeratul.10083 2>&1; mv > ./tmp/xymon_vmstat.zeratul.10083 ./tmp/xymon_vmstat.zeratul > root 10226 0.0 0.0 2028 504 ? Ss 12:31 0:00 > ./bin/xymonlaunch --config=./etc/clientlaunch.cfg > --log=./logs/clientlaunch.log > --pidfile=./logs/clientlaunch.zeratul.pid > root 10263 0.0 0.0 2048 508 ? S 12:31 0:00 sh > -c vmstat 300 2 1>./tmp/xymon_vmstat.zeratul.10231 2>&1; mv > ./tmp/xymon_vmstat.zeratul.10231 ./tmp/xymon_vmstat.zeratul > > > On 01/07/2013 05:11 AM, Jeremy Laidman wrote: >> The only configuration required on the Xymon client is the IP >> address of the Xymon server. Typically, this is configured in >> the file xymonclient.cfg, where you can set XYMSRV to the correct >> IP address. >> >> Then you start the client running, perhaps by an init script. >> The master Xymon client process is xymonlaunch. If this isn't >> running, then you won't get any local details (cpu, memory, etc). >> >> There are logfiles (on my system, in /var/log/xymon/) that might >> help identify any problems. >> >> J >> >> >> >> On 7 January 2013 06:32, Ciprian Parfon <ciprian.parfon at gmail.com >> <mailto:ciprian.parfon at gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> I have just installed a fresh xymon server with the latest >> xymon version. I have also managed to install the client on >> some external host. Both are running fine and the monitoring >> page is showing correctly. However I haven't managed to find >> how can I configure multiple checks on the client side, as >> for the single host I have added all I have is "conn", "info" >> and "trends" columns. On the host which is running the xymon >> client I have the following files which you can see below: >> >> zeratul etc # pwd >> /home/xymon/client/etc >> zeratul etc # ls -la >> total 40 >> drwxr-xr-x 2 xymon root 4096 2013-01-06 19:31 . >> drwxr-xr-x 8 xymon root 4096 2013-01-06 16:58 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon root 975 2013-01-06 16:58 clientlaunch.cfg >> -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon root 20959 2013-01-06 16:58 localclient.cfg >> -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon root 1850 2013-01-06 16:58 xymonclient.cfg >> >> I would like to enable at least cpu, load, memory, disk etc ... >> >> Where can I make this available? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xymon mailing list >> Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >> >> > > > -- > Ciprian Parfon > System & Network Engineer > +40 721879113 > ciprian.parfon at gmail.com > > **************************************************************************** > > > The information contained in this email is intended only for the use > of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been > addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, > you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error > and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or > associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call > 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately > from your system.Please note that neither the RWE Group of Companies > nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your > responsibility to scan attachments (if any). > > ***************************************************************************** > > -- Ciprian Parfon System & Network Engineer +40 721879113 ciprian.parfon at gmail.com

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check for Windows service NOT installed?
by david.baldwin＠ausport.gov.au 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

We are in the process of migrating between management tools here, and I was wondering if there is a way of configuring analysis.cfg to check that a Windows service is not installed. This would allow me to check that machines with the old tool installed do not have the new one, and vice versa. I tried checking for stopped, but that fails because it's Not Found. I'm hoping to set up something similar to below # running old AV but not new AV CLASS=win32 HOST=%^(host1|host2)\. SVC "InoTask" startup=automatic status=started SVC "MsMpSvc" startup=%.* status=stopped COLOR=yellow # running new AV but not old AV CLASS=win32 EXHOST=%^(host1|host2)\. SVC "InoTask" startup=%.* status=stopped COLOR=yellow SVC "MsMpSvc" startup=automatic status=started If the functionality doesn't exist at present, I'll submit it as a feature request. If all else fails, I can monitor the client channel and roll my own check in perl against the [svcs] section. David. -- David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks) Information and Communication Technology Services Australian Sports Commission http://ausport.gov.au Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830 PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616 david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep up to date with what's happening in Australian sport visit http://www.ausport.gov.au This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Xymon metric data into Graphite?
by cleaver＠terabithia.org 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

> I see that there is a xymond_rrd "--processor=/path/to/script" option. > In theory, could that be used to send all metric data to graphite? > If so, is there also an option to disable Xymon RRD graphs? > If I had to, I could probably create some sort or RAM disk for RRD graphs > and have them contain 1 metric each, but would be nice to just disable RRD. > I found people have created monitoring of Graphite files and send results > to Xymon, but I want to store Xymon metric data in Graphite. > > Thanks > Craig That's exactly what you'd want to do; a while back I was running an RRD processor pipe into an OpenTSDB instance running locally (the processor fixup script did some trivial, and cheap, rewriting) the same way. In terms of preventing xymond_rrd from doing the actual writing of rrd files (even though you're using it for raw data parsing still), I agree that that's annoying. I've only done cursory testing on it, but the attached patch adds a ---no-rrd option to xymond_rrd, which should do what you want. Regards, -jc

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Bug / Feature request rrd files heartbeat.
by Michael.Beatty＠sherwin.com 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Due to network limitations and the number of hosts involved, I decided to back the frequency of reports for the clients back to 15 mintues. I updated the INTERVAL parm in clientlauch.cfg.... easy enough. However, now, none of my graphs are working. Reason being, all of my rrd files have heartbeats of 10 mintues. After looking through the code, I was disappointed to see that the 600 second heartbeat is hardcoded into all of the /xymond/rrd/do_*.c files. This leaves me with two options. 1. Recode all of those programs to create the RRD's from a variable. Or 2. Run rrdtool tune on all of rrds after they are created. Or am I missing something? I would like to see that the heartbeat for rrds that are created would always be equal to 2 X Client INTERVAL. Also, it would be helpful to have in the documentation that you can set the rrd STEP parameter in rrddefinitions.cfg -- Michael Beatty

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connection refused when running "xymon drop"
by ciprian.parfon＠gmail.com 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hi I've tried to drop "conn" check for two hosts and I'm getting "connection refused" (saw it in xymond.log). I've tried from both the server and client. 2013-01-07 12:35:13 Refused message from xx.xx.xx.xx: drop dev.domain.com conn 2013-01-07 12:37:20 Refused message from xx.xx.xx.xx: drop dev.domain.com conn Any thoughts ? --

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is noconn ignored ?
by ciprian.parfon＠gmail.com 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hi Gents, Need a bit of help on something. In my hosts.cfg on fresh installed xymon server (v 4.3.10) I have this: group <H4>Websites</H4> group-compress <H5>Main</H5> 127.0.0.1 domain_1.com # noconn http://www.domain_1.com 127.0.0.2 domain_2.com # noconn https://www.domain_2.com group-compress <H5>Redmine</H5> 127.0.0.3 dev.managinglife.com # noconn https://dev.domain_1.com/redmine/ group-compress <H5>Jenkins</H5> 127.0.0.4 dev.domain_1.com # noconn http://dev.domain_1.com/jenkins/ 127.0.0.4 preprod.domain_2.com # noconn http://preprod.domain_2.com/jenkins/ 127.0.0.6 prod.domain_2.com # noconn http://prod.domain_2.com/jenkins/ Although for the first 2 websites all looks good, for the ones which follow below, I get the "conn" column which shows "red" (that's because those hosts don't respond to ping, being default ec2 instances). Any idea how can I remove the "conn" column/check ? Thanks! -- Ciprian Parfon System & Network Engineer +40 721879113 ciprian.parfon at gmail.com

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help with xymon client configuration
by ciprian.parfon＠gmail.com 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hello I have just installed a fresh xymon server with the latest xymon version. I have also managed to install the client on some external host. Both are running fine and the monitoring page is showing correctly. However I haven't managed to find how can I configure multiple checks on the client side, as for the single host I have added all I have is "conn", "info" and "trends" columns. On the host which is running the xymon client I have the following files which you can see below: zeratul etc # pwd /home/xymon/client/etc zeratul etc # ls -la total 40 drwxr-xr-x 2 xymon root 4096 2013-01-06 19:31 . drwxr-xr-x 8 xymon root 4096 2013-01-06 16:58 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon root 975 2013-01-06 16:58 clientlaunch.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon root 20959 2013-01-06 16:58 localclient.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon root 1850 2013-01-06 16:58 xymonclient.cfg I would like to enable at least cpu, load, memory, disk etc ... Where can I make this available?

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Xymon metric data into Graphite?
by craig＠cookitservices.com 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

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Again netapp.pl question
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

Hi, I'm (still) using netapp.pl 1.21 on XYmon 4.2.2 et Data ONTAP 8.1.1P2 When my netapp.pl runs correctly, my monitored netapp has around 20 columns of green/yellow/red status icons. Sometimes, all columns are dropped except "snaplist, snapmirror, sysconfig, uptime, volume". I've planned the test each 10 min. Do you have any ideas why most of the column are 'dropped' and then, reappear later ? Thanks.

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Netapp.pl & Cluster
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

Hi, I'm running netapp.pl

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