May 2013 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

how integrate xymonpdf into new xymon-menue
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 14 Jul '13

14 Jul '13

Hi ! I need an hint how to integrate the xymonpdf http://www.trantor.org/xymonton/doku.php/reports:xymonpdf or other entries into the new xymon-menue .. ... > * Edit '$BBHOME/server/www/menu/menu_items.js' and add two lines in > 'Reports' section like those ones (I put my scripts into $BBHOME/server/www/pdf) : > > ['Analysis PDF', '/xymon/pdf/analysis.php'], > ['Reports PDF', '/xymon/pdf/pdf.php'] didn't work ... because the menue_items.js is missing :-) i've added an entry in xymonmenu.cfg <a class="inner" href="$BBSERVERWWWURL/pdf/pdf.php">PDF Report</a> but without success :-( thanks & cheers Martin

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xymon as a drop-in bb replacement
by john.thurston＠alaska.gov 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

We ran BB 1.9 for years, then switched to BBPE about three years ago. Earlier this month, Quest announced end-of-life for BBPE so we're looking at our options. We have fewer than 500 clients reporting into Big Brother. But swapping them out for something else is going to painful and take time. If a xymon server will happily accept bb-client messages, then I could stand up a xymon server and replace clients through attrition. Has anyone else recently gone down this path? -- Do things because you should, not just because you can. John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Enterprise Technology Services Department of Administration State of Alaska

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how to view xymon variables?
by deepakdeore2004＠gmail.com 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

how can I view the below variables? BBCOLORLEVELThe current color of the statusBBALPHAMSGThe full text of the status log triggering the alert ACKCODEThe "cookie" that can be used to acknowledge the alertRCPTThe recipient, from the SCRIPT entryBBHOSTNAME The name of the host that the alert is aboutMACHIPThe IP-address of the host that has a problemBBSVCNAMEThe name of the service that the alert is about BBSVCNUMThe numeric code for the service. From SVCCODES definition.BBHOSTSVCHOSTNAME.SERVICE that the alert is about. BBHOSTSVCCOMMASAs BBHOSTSVC, but dots in the hostname replaced with commasBBNUMERICA 22-digit number made by BBSVCNUM, MACHIP and ACKCODE. RECOVEREDIs "1" if the service has recovered.DOWNSECSNumber of seconds the service has been down. DOWNSECSMSGWhen recovered, holds the text "Event duration : N" where N is the DOWNSECS value. I tried this script with the below commands which didn't work, it didn't return the variable values. #!/bin/sh echo $BBALPHAMSG $xymoncmd script_name $xymonlaunch script_name Thanks

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blank recovered sms alerts on mail
by deepakdeore2004＠gmail.com 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Hi, I am getting blank sms alerts for RECOVERED messages but for yellow or red the alerts are coming correctly. Could you tell me whats going wrong ? My xymon version is : - 4.3.10 HOST=$PRD SERVICE=* EXSERVICE=disk MAIL $ADMIN color=red,yellow REPEAT=20 RECOVERED NOTICE format=sms MAIL $MANAGER color=red,yellow DURATION>20 REPEAT=20 RECOVERED NOTICE format=sms MAIL mail at example.com color=red,yellow REPEAT=60 RECOVERED NOTICE

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tcp traceroute
by troy＠athabascau.ca 07 Jun '13

07 Jun '13

In the same way that the conn test can be asked to "trace" by performing a traceroute upon failure, I would like to perform a TCP traceroute when a TCP test fails with "no route to host". I expect this isn't built right into Xymon now but has anybody got any pointers on what to hack to implement this myself? cheers, Troy -- This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communications received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. ---

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Has anyone played around with a Nagios wrapper for xymon?
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

There are so many Nagios plug-ins out there, and we've grabbed a few for xymon and rewritten them, but I'm wondering how feasible it would be to just write a generic nagios wrapper script that called a nagios test and returned the results in xymon format. Seems like it should be straightforward, so I'm wondering if anyone out there has done this already? Betsy -never write what you can steal

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way to tell what version of the client is running
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi, Is there a way from the server, to find out what version the client is running? I looked in the xymon command man page, but didn't find anything. Paul.

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IGNORE ignored
by Nick＠Pettefar.com 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

In the server/etc/analysis.cfg file I have the following: HOST=ourserver1 LOG=/var/adm/messages IGNORE="%terminal-device not specifiedby login%" # LOG=/var/adm/messages IGNORE="terminal-device not specifiedby login" I want to ignore messages containing the string "terminal-device not specifiedby login" May 31 17:22:53 ourserver1 bpjava-msvc[7112]: [ID 427199 user.error] pam_dial_auth: terminal-device not specifiedby login, returning Error in underlying service module. Unfortunately it doesn't work. From: system user for Xymon Subject: Xymon [214797] ourserver1-ge1:msgs CRITICAL (RED) red Wed May 29 12:52:59 IST 2013 - System logs NOT ok &red Critical entries in <a href="/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh? CLIENT=ourserver1&SECTION=msgs:/var/adm/messages">/var/adm/messages</a> &red May 29 12:51:56 ourserver1 bpjava-msvc[12541]: [ID 427199 user.error] pam_dial_auth: terminal-device not specifiedby login, returning Error in underlying service module. &red May 29 12:51:56 ourserver1 bpjava-msvc[12541]: [ID 427199 user.error] pam_dial_auth: terminal-device not specifiedby login, returning Error in underlying service module. <pre> </pre> <pre> </pre> <pre> </pre> What am I doing wrong? Regards, Nick Pettefar

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Xymon application is not working
by Siddesha.Hanumantharayappa＠ness.com 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Hi Team, Xymon application is not working I am finding error logs, please help me someone on this. Below logs in "xymond.log" 2013-05-31 14:49:02 xymond servername MACHINE='uspvldmzlx29' not listed in hosts.cfg, dropping xymond status Below logs in "xymongen.log" 2013-05-27 11:01:35 xymond status-board not available, code 7 2013-05-27 11:01:35 Failed to load current Xymon status, aborting page-update 2013-05-27 11:02:32 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2013-05-27 11:02:32 -> 2013-05-27 11:02:32 -> Recipient '161.230.144.78', timeout 15 2013-05-27 11:02:32 -> 1st line: 'xymondboard fields=hostname,testname,color,flags,lastchange,logtime,validtime,acktime,disabletime,sender,cookie,line1,acklist' Below logs in "xymonlaunch.log" 2013-05-31 10:28:53 Setting up logfiles 2013-05-31 11:59:01 xymonlaunch starting 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Loading tasklist configuration from /home/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Cannot open directory /home/xymon/server/etc/tasks.d 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Loading hostnames 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Loading saved state 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Setting up signal handlers 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Setting up xymond channels 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Setting up logfiles Below logs in "xymonnetagain.log" 2013-05-28 11:48:21 Execution of '/usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae' failed with error-code 4 2013-05-28 11:48:21 /usr/local/sbin/fping: can't create raw socket (must run as root?) : Operation not permitted Thanks, Siddesh The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by forwarding this email to MailAdmin at ness.com and then delete it from your system. Ness technologies is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.

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Monitoring SNMP devices : devmon is still the way to go ?
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 31 May '13

31 May '13

Hi, Most of my colleagues wants to leave XYmon to a crappy monitoring tool such as WhatsUp Gold or Centreon :-( I have to monitor now a bunch of VMware ESXi servers or EMC Data Domain appliances via SNMP or so. Are you doing this ? With Devmon ? Any advices/best pratices ? Thanks ! -- LMJ "May the source be with you my young padawan"

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