January 2013 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Stack Graphs with SPLITNCV data
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 03 Jan '13

03 Jan '13

Hi all Has anybody managed to create a stack graph with SPLITNCV data? How do we configure it? Once upon a time, I authored this http://www.xymonton.org/monitors:memstat But it had graphing problems if you didn't have ZFS running. (One field less than the RRD graph config required.) In the ToDo section, I promised to have a look at using SPLITNCV. So I am looking into it now, but struggling. To do a STACK graph, the first entry has to be AREA, and the rest need to be STACK. Configuring the RRD graph with SPLITNCV, applies the same graph type to each data set. How do we get the first to be AREA, and the rest STACK? Any assistance appreciated. Regards and a happy new year to you all Vernon -- "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory" - General George Patton

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Stack Graphs with SPLITNCV data [RESOLVED]
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 03 Jan '13

03 Jan '13

Awesome! Works a treat. I have rrdtool 1.4.7 Time to upgrade some scripts on Xymonton. :-) Thanks once again. Vernon On 2 January 2013 21:42, <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote: > Hi Vernon, > > On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 20:46:05 +0800, Vernon Everett > <everett.vernon at gmail.com> wrote: > > Happy New Year! > > thanks, you too. > > > Maybe I didn't express myself correctly. > > I understand what you say below, and the problem isn't with SPLITNCV, > but > > rather with configuring the graphs. > > > > As you say below, we can do foo1 as AREA, and all the rest of > foo2...fooX > > as STACK. > > But how do do this if X is an unknown number? > > OK, now I understand your problem. It depends on what RRDtool version > you're using, but if it's the 1.2.x version then you do it like this in > graphs.cfg: > > FNPATTERN ^disk(.*).rrd > DEF:p at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:pct:AVERAGE > AREA:p at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@:@STACKIT@ > > The STACK keywork is deprecated in RRDtool 1.2.x, you do all of the > stacking with AREA definitions. The "@STACKIT@" thing adds the "STACK" > option for all datasets except the first. > > > Regards, > Henrik > > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > -- "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory" - General George Patton

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Purple background / green status?
by David.Mills＠ngc.com 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Very sorry for the spam, but should have included the datum that the status icon showing "purple" is the "conn" icon. Also of note, is the fact that *all* "conn" icons on this page went purple at the same time, all other statuses are green diamonds. FWIW, the precipitating event was that I deleted about 10 hosts from the hosts.cfg just above the remaining entries. On the next refresh cycle, all "conn"s on this page went purple, but all their details show "green diamonds". Ideas? Thanks so much... david _____________________________________________ From: Mills, David (IS) Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 11:33 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Purple background / green status? All - Running Xymon 4.3.3... Can anyone tell me why I might be getting purple icons with accompanying page background, but when I click on the icon for detailed info, the current status shows green / unchanged ("diamond")? The hosting page showing "purple" displays the correct / current timestamp. ? Thanks! david ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Mills Systems Administrator Northrop Grumman 512-595-1238 david.mills at ngc.com<mailto:david.mills at ngc.com>

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Purple background / green status?
by David.Mills＠ngc.com 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

All - Running Xymon 4.3.3... Can anyone tell me why I might be getting purple icons with accompanying page background, but when I click on the icon for detailed info, the current status shows green / unchanged ("diamond")? The hosting page showing "purple" displays the correct / current timestamp. ? Thanks! david ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Mills Systems Administrator Northrop Grumman 512-595-1238 david.mills at ngc.com

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Alerting on the existence of a file with wildcards
by Mike.Burger＠FreedomMortgage.com 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

I've successfully tested monitoring for the appearance of a statically defined file (i.e. no wildcards), and have been happy with the result. I'm now tasked with trying to alarm on the appearance of file where only part of the filename will be static, hence the need for wildcards. I'm at the point where the presence of a file causes a green condition, and the removal of that file causes a white condition. The client-local.cfg is set up to look like this (the commented lines are my various attempts to test/change the behavior): file:`find /opt/WSCluster*/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore | sort -r` #file:`find /opt/WSCluster*/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore | sort -r | head -n 1` #file:`find /opt/WSCluster1/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore | sort -r | head -n 1` #file:`find /opt/WSCluster2/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore > /dev/null | sort -r | head --lines=1` #file:`find /opt/WSCluster3/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore > /dev/null | sort -r | head --lines=1` log:/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log:10240 The analysis.cfg is set up like so (again, commented lines are my attempts to test/change the behavior): FILE /opt/WSCluster1/WebSphere/wp_profile/%javacore(^*.) yellow NOEXIST # FILE /opt/WSCluster(^*.)/WebSphere/wp_profile/javacore(^*.) NOEXIST yellow # FILE /opt/WSCluster(^*.)/WebSphere/wp_profile/javacore(^*.) yellow I've put a test file out, /opt/WSCluster1/WebSphere/wp_profile/javacore.mike1, and Xymon is reporting green on the file's existence...which, of course, is not the desired behavior. My guess is that I'm completely bollixing the regex...any thoughts or help would be appreciated. -- Mike Burger AIX Administrator <http://freedomhome.fhmc.local/intranet/main.jsp> Phone (317) 537-3680, Fax (317) 537-4680, Cell (317) 797-2040 E-mail: Mike.Burger at FreedomMortgage.com <mailto:Anthony.House at freedommortgage.com> "Once word leaks out that a pirate's gone soft, people begin to disobey you and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time." --Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, alteration or distribution is strictly prohibited and may violate state or federal law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail, delete this email and destroy all copies of the message.

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Monitoring HTTPS sites
by novosirj＠umdnj.edu 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

The custom is to include these things as text. Images are generally frowned up on a mailing list. Generally, just where the last few lines of the error are will suffice. They are also causing people to have trouble replying because of size limits. You are looking in the wrong place now for the lib files. Libs are generally files ending in .so or .so.# or sometimes .sl depending on the OS. Those are not in the include directory. You can see where they are the same way.

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