December 2013 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Client install gone wrong
by David.Diep＠dc.gov 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

Hi guys, Is there a link to where the instructions are for a client install? I tried this and it eventually gives me an error: 1. Downloaded and extracted xymon-4.3.12 2. In the xymon-4.3.12 directory and executed: ./configure --client 3. I then executed: make && make install 4. This is the result: CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -Wno-pointer-sign -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DLINUX -I`pwd`/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -DLOCALCLIENT=1 -I" LDFLAGS="" OSDEF="-DLINUX" RPATHOPT="-Wl,--rpath," PCREINCDIR="-I" ZLIBINCDIR="" SSLFLAGS="" SSLINCDIR="" SSLLIBS="" NETLIBS="" LIBRTDEF="-lrt" XYMONTOPDIR="/home/xymon" XYMONLOGDIR="" XYMONHOSTNAME="" XYMONHOSTIP="10.82.10.54" XYMONHOSTOS="" LOCALCLIENT="yes" make -C lib client make[1]: Entering directory `/xymon-4.3.12/lib' gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -Wno-pointer-sign -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DLINUX -I/xymon-4.3.12/include -DCLIENTONLY=1 -DLOCALCLIENT=1 -I -I../include -I -c -o matching.o matching.c /usr/lib/gcc/s390x-redhat-linux/4.4.6/../../../../lib64/crt1.o: In function `_start': (.text+0x34): undefined reference to `main' /tmp/ccnSm0vn.o: In function `freeregex': /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:66: undefined reference to `pcre_free' /tmp/ccnSm0vn.o: In function `timematch': /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:198: undefined reference to `within_sla' /tmp/ccnSm0vn.o: In function `matchregex': /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:58: undefined reference to `pcre_exec' /tmp/ccnSm0vn.o: In function `pickdata': /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:165: undefined reference to `pcre_exec' /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:172: undefined reference to `pcre_copy_substring' /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:183: undefined reference to `dbgprintf' /tmp/ccnSm0vn.o: In function `compileregex_opts': /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:31: undefined reference to `dbgprintf' /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:32: undefined reference to `pcre_compile' /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:34: undefined reference to `errprintf' /tmp/ccnSm0vn.o: In function `compile_exprs': /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:146: undefined reference to `pcre_free' /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:145: undefined reference to `errprintf' /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:147: undefined reference to `xfreenullstr' /xymon-4.3.12/lib/matching.c:147: undefined reference to `errprintf' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [matching.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/xymon-4.3.12/lib' make: *** [lib-client] Error 2 What am I doing wrong? David Diep Look out for those in need this winter. When the temperature or wind chill is 32?F or below, the District issues a Hypothermia Alert. For assistance during an Alert, call the Shelter Hotline<http://dhs.dc.gov/page/hypothermia-alert-plan> at 1-800-535-7252 or 311.

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Devices do not appear to be updating
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.com 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

You shouldn't need to unless %COMPUTERNAME% is not the same as your entry in hosts.cfg. Is it appearing in your Ghost Clients report? ----- Original Message ----- From: Nilesh Bharakhada Sent: 12/18/13 12:04 PM To: Malcolm Hunter Subject: Re: [Xymon] Devices do not appear to be updating I'm being a noob..... I hadn't set the hostname in the registry.... DOH! On 18 December 2013 11:39, Malcolm Hunter < malcolm.hunter at gmx.com > wrote: Is BBWin creating files in the bbwin\tmp folder? Have you checked connectivity to the Xymon server: telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 1984 Malcolm Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 18 December 2013 11:20:51 Nilesh Bharakhada wrote: Hi Jeremy, Yes - Log-SVR is also a windows server. I've checked the BBWin.cfg files on both and both are the same <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <bbwin> <setting name="bbdisplay" value="z.z.z.z" />  <setting name="mode" value="central" /> <setting name="configclass" value="win32" /> <setting name="autoreload" value="true" /> <setting name="timer" value="5m" /> <load name="cpu" value="cpu.dll"/> <load name="disk" value="disk.dll"/> <load name="externals" value="externals.dll"/> <load name="filesystem" value="filesystem.dll"/> <load name="memory" value="memory.dll"/> <load name="msgs" value="msgs.dll"/> <load name="procs" value="procs.dll"/> <load name="stats" value="stats.dll"/> <load name="svcs" value="svcs.dll"/> <load name="uptime" value="uptime.dll"/> <load name="who" value="who.dll"/> <setting name="loglevel" value="3" /> <setting name="logpath" value="..\logs\BBWin.log"/>  <setting name="logreportfailure" value="false" /> </bbwin> </configuration> I've restarted the Big Brother Xymon service on the ACS-Svr and in the log file I get 2013/12/18 11:09:21 [INFO]: bbwin is stopped. 2013/12/18 11:09:22 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to load logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2013/12/18 11:09:22 [INFO]: bbwin is started - using central configuration I thought I'd restart the service on the Log-Svr and I get the same messages..... Thanks On 18 December 2013 11:02, Jeremy Laidman < jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au > wrote: Your Xymon server isn't receiving any client messages from ACS-Svr. Is Log-Svr also a Windows server? If so, check that the client is configured the same way. Either way, check that your Xymon client (eg BBWin) is running and is not producing errors. J On 18 December 2013 20:54, Nilesh Bharakhada < bharakhada.nilesh at gmail.com > wrote: Morning Firstly - just to pre-warn everyone, I'm pretty new to Xymon (and to mailing lists) - although so far it has been pretty easy to setup. I'm slowly adding some windows servers. The last device I added last night doesn't seem to be adding any checks apart from the standard "conn", "info" and "trends" My hosts.cfg file is as follows: x.x.x.x Log-Svr # NOCOLUMNS:files y.y.y.y ACS-Svr # NOCOLUMNS:files My analysis.cfg file is as follows: HOST=Log-Svr DISK C 80 90 DISK E 80 90 MEMPHYS 75 101 MEMSWAP 75 85 MEMACT 75 85 SVC TermService SVC SNMP SVC CASDiscovery SVC CASUniversalAgent SVC CatTools SVC FileZilla_Server SVC Kiwi_Syslog_Server PROC snmp.exe 1 1 PROC CatTools_Service.ex 1 1 PROC CatTools_Client.exe PROC FileZilla server.exe 1 1 PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](3389)$ TEXT=RemoteDesktop PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](445)$ TEXT=Microsoft-DS PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](21)$ TEXT=FTP #ACS SERVER HOST=ACS-Svr DISK C 80 90 DISK E 80 90 MEMPHYS 75 101 MEMSWAP 75 85 MEMACT 75 85 SVC TermService SVC SNMP SVC CASDiscovery SVC CASUniversalAgent SVC CatTools SVC FileZilla_Server SVC Kiwi_Syslog_Server SVC SolarWinds_TFTP_Server PROC snmp.exe 1 1 PROC CatTools_Service.ex 1 1 PROC CatTools_Client.exe PROC FileZilla server.exe 1 1 PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](3389)$ TEXT=RemoteDesktop PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](445)$ TEXT=Microsoft-DS PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](21)$ TEXT=FTP Looking through all of the log files (/var/log/xymon/) I can't seem to find anything that would give me a clue about why this device isn't updating Thanks everyone Nilesh _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon -- BBWin Development - The Windows client for Big Brother and Xymon http://bbwin.sourceforge.net http://xymon.sourceforge.net

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Devices do not appear to be updating
by bharakhada.nilesh＠gmail.com 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

Morning Firstly - just to pre-warn everyone, I'm pretty new to Xymon (and to mailing lists) - although so far it has been pretty easy to setup. I'm slowly adding some windows servers. The last device I added last night doesn't seem to be adding any checks apart from the standard "conn", "info" and "trends" [image: Inline images 1] My hosts.cfg file is as follows: x.x.x.x Log-Svr # NOCOLUMNS:files y.y.y.y ACS-Svr # NOCOLUMNS:files My analysis.cfg file is as follows: HOST=Log-Svr DISK C 80 90 DISK E 80 90 MEMPHYS 75 101 MEMSWAP 75 85 MEMACT 75 85 SVC TermService SVC SNMP SVC CASDiscovery SVC CASUniversalAgent SVC CatTools SVC FileZilla_Server SVC Kiwi_Syslog_Server PROC snmp.exe 1 1 PROC CatTools_Service.ex 1 1 PROC CatTools_Client.exe PROC FileZilla server.exe 1 1 PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](3389)$ TEXT=RemoteDesktop PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](445)$ TEXT=Microsoft-DS PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](21)$ TEXT=FTP #ACS SERVER HOST=ACS-Svr DISK C 80 90 DISK E 80 90 MEMPHYS 75 101 MEMSWAP 75 85 MEMACT 75 85 SVC TermService SVC SNMP SVC CASDiscovery SVC CASUniversalAgent SVC CatTools SVC FileZilla_Server SVC Kiwi_Syslog_Server SVC SolarWinds_TFTP_Server PROC snmp.exe 1 1 PROC CatTools_Service.ex 1 1 PROC CatTools_Client.exe PROC FileZilla server.exe 1 1 PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](3389)$ TEXT=RemoteDesktop PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](445)$ TEXT=Microsoft-DS PORT STATE=LISTENING LOCAL=%[.:](21)$ TEXT=FTP Looking through all of the log files (/var/log/xymon/) I can't seem to find anything that would give me a clue about why this device isn't updating Thanks everyone Nilesh

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rrdfetch interval changing
by michal.rozek.externe＠cnp.fr 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

Hi guys, I am trying to fetch disk usage data from the RRD file disk,projets,my,home.rrd with the resolution/interval of 5minutes: rrdtool fetch disk,projets,my,home.rrd AVERAGE -r 300 -s 1371867766 -e 1387279723 | awk '{printf("%s|", strftime("%Y %b %d",$1)); printf("%s|", strftime("%H:%M:%S",$1)); printf("%.2f\n",$2)}' The start date is 06.2013 and the end date is 17.12.2013 Unfortunately I receive data with interval of one day: [..] Date: Time: % Busy: 2013 Dec 10|01:00:00|10.00 2013 Dec 11|01:00:00|10.00 2013 Dec 12|01:00:00|10.00 2013 Dec 13|01:00:00|10.00 2013 Dec 14|01:00:00|10.00 2013 Dec 15|01:00:00|10.00 2013 Dec 16|01:00:00|10.00 2013 Dec 17|01:00:00|10.00 How to change it ? The “-r 300” option doesn’t work apparently… Je reste à votre disposition pour tout complément d'informations. Cordialement. Regards / Z poważaniem / تحية خالصة / 敬礼 Michal ROZEK CDS Ingénierie UNIX Société Blue consulting Tél : 01.42.18.69.42 michal.rozek.externe at cnp.fr<mailto:michal.rozek.externe at cnp.fr> Ce message (et toutes ses pieces jointes eventuelles) est confidentiel et etabli a l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme a sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. L'internet ne permettant pas d'assurer l'integrite de ce message, CNP Assurances et ses filiales declinent toute responsabilite au titre de ce message, s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. ***** This message and any attachments (the "message") are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. Neither CNP Assurances nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified.

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Windows Questions...
by questy＠gmail.com 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Greetings all. I'm getting an odd behavior surrounding Windows mounts, and I thought some of you might have some tips. Xymon 4.3.11 over 100 hosts managed, no issues Many monitoring various disk mounts in Linux, no issues. I'm monitoring a shared disk in Linux-land like so: First, I've touched an empty file on the mount. This mount is n Linux: /mnt/j/MOUNTMONITOR analysis.cfg: FILE /mnt/j/MOUNTMONITOR TYPE=file OWNERID=root GROUPID=nfsnobody MODE=0770 red TRACK client-local.cfg: file:/mnt/j/MOUNTMONITOR:10240 All behaves precisely as I would expect. If I dismount /mnt/j, then Xymon alerts, and all is happy. However, in the case of Windows, it's not so easy for some reason. I tried to mirror what I was doing in Linux on the Windows side like so: analysis.cfg: FILE J:/MOUNTMONITOR TYPE=file OWNERID=root GROUPID=nfsnobody MODE=0770 red TRACK client-local.cfg file:J:/MOUNTMONITOR:10240 If I unmap the drive, Xymon (BBWin, more appropriately) doesn't care. It just happily continues on as I would expect. Further, I can delete the empty file MOUNTMONITOR and all the linux boxes go red for that mount while the Windows boxes act as if nothing ever happened. What is the *proper* way to monitor a file on a mounted drive in Windows, or under the BBWin client? Thanks in advance, everyone. --- Jerald M. Sheets jr.

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Devmon templates
by Neil.Simmonds＠express-gifts.co.uk 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

Hi, Has anyone got a working devmon template for a Cisco Nexus device? I have a couple of Nexus 5000 devices to monitor and I'm having some issues trying to create a decent template so if anyone has something existing it would be very useful. Thanks, Neil. Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151. Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority -------------- NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or data included with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from their records. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this e-mail and any attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequences arising from it. Findel Plc reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its internal and external networks. If you have received this email in error please notify our IT helpdesk on +44(0) 1254 303030

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any known bugs with acknowledge not "sticking"?
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

We're running 4.3.10 on RHEL6 and I'm seeing for some local client test that acks are not "sticking". I'll use the multiple alert ack and the note at the bottom will say "next update in [4 minutes]" when I acked for four hours. Kinda frustrated today as I was paged very early on an issue that is causing multiple alerts, and they keep going un-acked (they are NOT going green in between or anything like that) I'm absolutely sure that I'm hitting the "hours" tab, but xymon is acking in minutes, for example just now: 1386352705 574386 4 574386 np_filename_not_used db62.example.com.multipath yellow SYSADMIN-9195 \nAcked by: betsys (x.x.x.x) 1386352705 502203 4 502203 np_filename_not_used db82.bo3.example.com.multipath red SYSADMIN-9195 \nAcked by: betsys (x.x.x.x) [

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how to get the CPU max usage info
by michal.rozek.externe＠cnp.fr 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

Hello In xymon we can see the graph : [hourly graph] Could You tell me how to get the values of the "% CPU Busy" listed on the bottom ? I have tried a lot of things but it doesn't work :( Cheers Michal Ce message (et toutes ses pieces jointes eventuelles) est confidentiel et etabli a l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme a sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. L'internet ne permettant pas d'assurer l'integrite de ce message, CNP Assurances et ses filiales declinent toute responsabilite au titre de ce message, s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. ***** This message and any attachments (the "message") are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. Neither CNP Assurances nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified.

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analysis.cfg question
by solitaryr＠gmail.com 14 Dec '13

14 Dec '13

Is it possible to key on the "NAME:" or "CLIENT:" definition instead of HOST? Monitoring several systems in EC2 and all the servers have hosts defined as ec2-12-34-56-78.blah.blah.blah. =G=

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LDAP monitoring nonstandard port
by rdavis542＠gmail.com 13 Dec '13

13 Dec '13

Hello, I am running ApacheDS as my internal LDAP on a non standard port. I seem to not be able to monitor that port via Xymon. A tcpdump of the destination server shows Xymon still attempting to monitor port 389 even though I have told my hosts.cfg file to use the port it is listening on. Does anyone have any clues to this? I am running 4.3.12 on a Linux server.

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