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bbwin: svcs green even if servie doesn't exist
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.com 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

You can't achieve this with BBWin svcs. It will only report services that exist in local mode. What you require can only be achieved with a custom script. ----- Original Message ----- From: Becker Christian Sent: 02/11/13 05:40 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] bbwin: svcs green even if servie doesn't exist Hello there, i couldn’t find an answer to this: if i have services to be monitored through bbwin in local mode, but the service doesn’t exist on that server, the appropriate column in Xymon is shown as green with no data in it. If this service exists but it isn’t started, the column goes red. But I have servers that definitively do not have these services installed and I want them to be red or yellow in Xymon – how can I achieve this? Best regards Christian CHRISTIAN BECKER System Engineer CSC August-Horch-Strasse 28, 56070 Koblenz, Germany Global Outsourcing Services Central Region ----------------------------------------------------------------- CSC • This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose • CSC Deutschland Services GmbH • Registered Office: Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany • Board of Directors: Gerhard Fercho (Chairman),Thomas Nebe, Peter Schmidt • Registered in Germany: HRB 7574, Wiesbaden -- BBWin Development - The Windows client for Big Brother and Xymon http://bbwin.sourceforge.net http://xymon.sourceforge.net

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bbwin: svcs green even if servie doesn't exist
by christian.becker＠rhein-zeitung.net 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Hello there, i couldn't find an answer to this: if i have services to be monitored through bbwin in local mode, but the service doesn't exist on that server, the appropriate column in Xymon is shown as green with no data in it. If this service exists but it isn't started, the column goes red. But I have servers that definitively do not have these services installed and I want them to be red or yellow in Xymon - how can I achieve this? Best regards Christian CHRISTIAN BECKER System Engineer CSC August-Horch-Strasse 28, 56070 Koblenz, Germany Global Outsourcing Services Central Region ________________________________ CSC * This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose * CSC Deutschland Services GmbH * Registered Office: Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany * Board of Directors: Gerhard Fercho (Chairman),Thomas Nebe, Peter Schmidt * Registered in Germany: HRB 7574, Wiesbaden

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BBWin hanging on Server 2008R2 SP1
by david.baldwin＠ausport.gov.au 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

On 7/02/13 3:38 AM, David Hay-Currie wrote: > > I had that problem with 2 clients so far (My own desktop and 1 server) > > Interesting enough the problem is that there is no registry entries > for BB win in HKLM\Software. > > I am testing re-installing the agent to see if that works > BBwin is 32-bit, so if the OS is 64-bit registry entries are in HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\BBWin I'm playing with exclusions in SCEP at present. I just managed to restart a purpled BBwin service after excluding the process using the exe full path, but have another few servers where no success in doing that :( David. > > > > *David Hay-Currie* > > *IT Manager* > > *Leisure Fitness Equipment LLC* > > *231 Executive Dr. Suite 15* > > *Newark, DE 19702* > > *Phone: (302) 224-5018* > > Leisure Fitness Logo <http://www.leisurefitness.com/?referrer=dhaycurrie> > > > > > > *From:*xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On > Behalf Of *David Baldwin > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 05, 2013 7:58 PM > *To:* xymon at xymon.com > *Subject:* [Xymon] BBWin hanging on Server 2008R2 SP1 > > > > I have noticed a few of my monitored servers running BBWin having > BBWin.exe wedging recently - so all the client tests go purple. Maybe > triggered by a recent Windows update? The process cannot be killed, so > the service cannot restart without rebooting the server. Has anyone > else noticed this? Some are running 0.12 and others 0.13. All central > mode. We have also recently deployed SCEP AV so possibly some > interaction there? Recent versions of SCEP also make the MsMpSvc > service (Microsoft Antimalware Service) "invisible" to BBWin so it > does not get reported in the svcs section. > > Any suggestions appreciated! > > Thanks, 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 <mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au> Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Keep up to date with what's happening in Australian sport visit > www.ausport.gov.au <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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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

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fieds description of channel status
by olivier＠audry.fr 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

hello there is a documentation about the fields out by the command : xymond_channel --channel=status cat ? For exemple : @@status#979591/hostname|1360323510.378351|192.168.0.1||hostname|svcs|1360325310|green||green|1360256592|0||0||1330689273||pagename/4234|0| status hostname.svcs green 2013-Feb-08 12:38:30 [hostname] - Autoreset is On &green .NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86 is stopped @@ @@status#979591/hostname| => ok 1360323510.378351| => ?? 192.168.0.1| => ip | => ? hostname| => hostname svcs| => testname 1360325310| => timestamp status green| => from ? to ? color | => ? green| from ? to ? color 1360256592| => timestamp of ? 0| => ? | => ? 0| => ? | => ? 1330689273| timestamp of ? | => ? pagename/4234| page 0| thx for your help oau

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SSL Error after upgrading to Fedora 18
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Hi all, I just upgraded to Fedora 18, and now servers that have SSL signed by our internal CA is failing. The http test simply shows "SSL error" meanwhile our public (GoDaddy) certs aren't causing issues. Is there a log file I can peer into to find out why I'm getting these error messages all of a sudden? Jason Chambers Network Administrator | Geosoft geosoft.com<http://www.geosoft.com/> | blog<http://blogs.geosoft.com/> | twitter<http://twitter.com/geosoft> | linkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/geosoft-inc.> | facebook<http://www.facebook.com/GeosoftInc> | T +1 416.369.0111 #344 | M +1 416.508.1410 Trending topic on Earth Explorer: VOXI Earth Modelling<http://www.earthexplorer.com/2012/Introduction_of_VOXI_Earth_Modelling_tech…>

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Date/Time options for Report URLs
by lworman＠wittenberg.edu 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

We are using a display management system to cycle through the various report displays that Xymon generates, for example the "Top Changes" & "Event Log" reports. Right now I have figured out how to setup the URL to generate the report for today, but the problem is that I have to manually update the display manager to pass the URL with today's date in order to get today's information: The URL is (using xymon.com as the example site): http://www.xymon.com/xymon-cgi/topchanges.sh?FROMTIME=2013/02/05 at 00:00:00&TOTIME=&HOSTMATCH=&EXHOSTMATCH=&PAGEMATCH=&PATHLIST=&EXPAGEMATCH=&TESTMATCH=&EXTESTMATCH=&COLORMATCH=&COUNTTYPE=events&TOP=10&Send=Show If you notice the "FROMTIME=" section has it manually entered in as '2013/02/05 at 00:00:00', which I have to update every day to the new date. Actually I have it set to '2013/02/01 at 00:00:00' and have it as a monthly view, but I would like it to be a daily view, as well as not have to change it every day/month. My question is are any of the following options possibilities? 1. Be able to pass some key words on the URL such as TODAY, YESTERDAY, TOMORROW. So that I could construct the URL as simply "FROMTIME=Today" or "FROMTIME=YESTERDAY", this way Xymon would just pass me the data for the day. 2. Could I pass the date/time without the "@00:00:00", and have Xymon assume 00:00:00. Since I can have the display management system sort of pass the date dynamically, but I can't have it append the @00:00:00. So if I could construct the URL in the following manner "FROMTIME=2013/02/05&TOTIME=2013/02/06" I would get the report for 2013/02/05 3. Possibly even change the format of the "FROMTIME=" to MM/DD/YYYY , again without the @00:00:00, so it can work more with US date/time options?

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rrddefinitons.cfg - how to modify the default step in RRA
by nicolas＠lienard.name 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Hi I need to do a temporarily graph with a very low frequency : 5 seconds instead of the regular 300 seconds. 1/ On client side, the external script is simple: [ buda ext]# cat httpd_threads.sh #!/bin/bash THREADS_HTTP=`ps -ef | grep -c [h]ttpd` LINE="data $MACHINE.trends [httpd_threads.rrd] DS:threads:GAUGE:5:U:U $THREADS_HTTP" $BB $BBDISP "$LINE" So, as you can see, the step is 5 in the DS. clientlaunch.cfg has "INTERVAL 5s". 2/ On Xymon server side : rrddefinitions.cfg : # step = 5 seconds [httpd_threads/5] # 576 * 60 * 5 sec = 48 h soit 2 jours sans perte RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:60:576 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:360:576 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:576 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:17280:576 # This one is the default setup. You can change it, if you like. [] # 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 3/ RRD created: here the issue, the step is still 300. The minimal_heartbeat is 5. rrdtool dump httpd_threads.rrd <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">  <rrd> <version>0003</version> <step>300</step>  <lastupdate>1360264485</lastupdate>  <ds> <name> threads </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat>5</minimal_heartbeat --- snip --- How can i change the step to 5 instead of 300 ? Thanks for your help. Cheers Nico

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Raspberry Pi Xymon Server (Mac OS X Macport Xymon client)
by Nick＠Pettefar.com 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Bonjour Francois, >From what I read in the OS X df manual page, Darwin (Mac OS X Unix) uses the new Unix standard and df reurns the inodes used as well as the disk space statistics. bento:~ nick$ df Filesystem 512-blocks Used Available Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on /dev/disk0s2 1463469952 1233419864 229538088 85% 154241481 28692261 84% / devfs 402 402 0 100% 697 0 100% /dev map -hosts 0 0 0 100% 0 0 100% /net map auto_home 0 0 0 100% 0 0 100% /home /dev/disk1s2 5859756928 3131455856 2728301072 54% 195715989 170518817 53% /Volumes/3TB-MIRROR /dev/disk0s3 1269536 952872 316664 76% 119107 39583 75% /Volumes/Recovery HD /dev/disk2s3 1953160552 625886056 1327274496 33% 78235755 165909312 32% /Volumes/1TB-RAID You have to use df -PH to get a "straight" df output: bento:~ nick$ df -PH Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/disk0s2 749G 632G 118G 85% / devfs 206k 206k 0B 100% /dev map -hosts 0B 0B 0B 100% /net map auto_home 0B 0B 0B 100% /home /dev/disk1s2 3.0T 1.6T 1.4T 54% /Volumes/3TB-MIRROR /dev/disk0s3 650M 488M 162M 76% /Volumes/Recovery HD /dev/disk2s3 1.0T 320G 680G 33% /Volumes/1TB-RAID WIthout this you don't get the Xymon figures for the graphs, etc. I changed the /opt/local/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymonclient-darwin.sh file. >From the df man page: -i Include statistics on the number of free inodes. This option is now the default to conform to Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv3'') Use -P to suppress this output. Yes, this is the Macport version. When trying to install it kept failing due to unresolved dependencies it failed to install. However I then used Macport to install the dependencies seperately and then I could carry on with the Xymon installation. Silly. (I change df -k to df -h to get a clearer display of disk statistics on every Xymon client I am responsible for.) Regards, Nick Pettefar Dublin >Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:02:54 +0100 >From: Francois Claire <fclaire at free.fr> >To: xymon at xymon.com >Subject: Re: [Xymon] Raspberry Pi Xymon Server >Le 06/02/13 13:54, Nick Pettefar a ?crit : >> I compiled the latest Xymon on the Pi. I used Mac Ports to make an >> Xymon client for the Mac Mini (OSX Mountain Lion) - you have to fiddle >> with the df command to get the right disk data, apparently it uses the >> new Unix standard byt Xymon doesn't. >> I'm glad to see some feedback about xymon on Mac OSX. > >Is this remark about df related to the xymon-client macport ?

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Raspberry Pi Xymon Server
by Nick＠Pettefar.com 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Hi, I forgot to mention in my last posts that my Xymon server is a Raspberry Pi (512Mb, 950MHz clock) running Debian Squeeze and using a 32GB SD card for the main disk. The server is currently monitoring a Sun T2000 Solaris 10 box and an Apple Mac Mini as well as itself. (It is using minimal CPU.) I compiled the latest Xymon on the Pi. I used Mac Ports to make an Xymon client for the Mac Mini (OSX Mountain Lion) - you have to fiddle with the df command to get the right disk data, apparently it uses the new Unix standard byt Xymon doesn't. xymon at cream:~$ uname -a Linux cream 3.2.27+ #250 PREEMPT Thu Oct 18 19:03:02 BST 2012 armv6l GNU/Linux Xymon Version 4.3.10: 3 Aug 2012 World viewable at: http://ssh.pettefar.de:1984/xymon/ Regards, Nick Pettefar Dublin

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No graph for xymonnet
by vadud3＠gmail.com 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Hi I am not getting any graph for xymonnet. I am running xymon 4.3.10 I do have a xymonnet.rrd file -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 20K 2013-01-23 14:49 xymonnet.rrd It's name is runtime and type is GAUGE per rrdtool dump When I tried to draw a graph it did not like GAUGE type. # rrdtool graph /tmp/test.png DEF:p1=xymonnet.rrd:runtime:GAUGE LINE2:p1#ff00ff ERROR: Unknown CF 'GAUGE' in 'DEF:p1=xymonnet.rrd:runtime:GAUGE' So I changed it to AVERAGE type, but the graph is empty. # rrdtool graph /tmp/test.png DEF:p1=xymonnet.rrd:runtime:AVERAGE LINE2:p1#ff00ff481x149 # ls -lh /tmp/test.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.1K 2013-01-23 15:18 /tmp/test.png # display /tmp/test.png shows empty graph. What gives? -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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