October 2014 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Flapping Status? What does it mean?
by maik＠vegasystems.com 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

We recently migrated our Hobbit 4.2 server to Xymon 4.3.18. For some some clients, I noticed a warning "Xymon WARNING: Flapping status". What is flapping status? how to avoid, but not disable it? Maik

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The 'bad' syntax has been deprecated.....
by maik＠vegasystems.com 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

After migrating our old hobbit server to latest version 4.3.18, another error message appeared. Error output: WARNING: The 'bad' syntax has been deprecated, please convert to 'delayred' and/or 'delayyellow' tags What I noticed on other pages online, the warning usually includes a <TESTNAME> value, but not at our installation. Seems to be very difficult to debug it. Maybe someone has a hint? Thanks Maik

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4.3.17 Issue after the install
by john.thurston＠alaska.gov 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

On 10/15/2014 11:43 AM, Neal, Jonathan W via Xymon wrote: > On the webpage Under Administration though the last three things in the drop down won't work for me. They all point to xymons/xymon-seccgi which is a script alias in the apache.conf file for the cgi-secure directory. Check the owner and group on the files. Look in the Apache error_log for more information. Check the httpd.conf and confirm xymon-seccgi is listed as a valid source for CGI. -- 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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4.3.17 Issue after the install
by wes.neal＠verizon.com 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Well if I would have waited and read about 10 more lines I would have seen the need to add a user with htpasswd. Seems to work after that. Wes -----Original Message----- From: Neal, Jonathan W Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:34 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: 4.3.17 Issue after the install I have an older server running 4.2 and I am going to migrate the data off of it to a new server running a newer version. I installed 4.3.17 today on the new Solaris 10 machine. All seemed to go well from what I can see. On the webpage Under Administration though the last three things in the drop down won't work for me. They all point to xymons/xymon-seccgi which is a script alias in the apache.conf file for the cgi-secure directory. All the files and directories exist and have executable permissions, but I get this error: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, root at xymonems and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. I have restarted the apache server and Xymon a few times, but to no avail. Can anyone tell me what is causing this and how I can fix it? Thanks Wes

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4.3.17 Issue after the install
by wes.neal＠verizon.com 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

I have an older server running 4.2 and I am going to migrate the data off of it to a new server running a newer version. I installed 4.3.17 today on the new Solaris 10 machine. All seemed to go well from what I can see. On the webpage Under Administration though the last three things in the drop down won't work for me. They all point to xymons/xymon-seccgi which is a script alias in the apache.conf file for the cgi-secure directory. All the files and directories exist and have executable permissions, but I get this error: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, root at xymonems and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. I have restarted the apache server and Xymon a few times, but to no avail. Can anyone tell me what is causing this and how I can fix it? Thanks Wes

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Unable to drop content checks
by mburger＠bubbanfriends.org 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Resending to list, as I somehow managed to send the reply only to Ralph. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Xymon] Unable to drop content checks Date: 2014-10-15 2:46 am From: Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> To: Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com> On 2014-10-14 8:53 pm, Ralph Mitchell wrote: > The way you wrote: > > xymon <hostname.of.xymon> "drop ......." > > suggests you're not doing this on the Xymon server? If not, you might > want to try that. The server may not accept drops from remote > sources. > > xymon localhost "drop ....." > > Ralph Mitchell > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Mike Burger > <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote: > >> I did run the drop http, but I can try the content option. >> >> On 2014-10-14 8:17 pm, Jeremy Laidman wrote: >> >> Could it be "content" or perhaps "http"? >> >> On 14 October 2014 23:50, Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> >> wrote: >> >> Good morning, all. >> >> Running Xymon 4.3.17, I've tried every magical incantation of the >> "xymon" command with the "drop" parameter that I can think of, but >> I >> haven't been able to get Xymon to drop 3 previously configured >> content checks. >> >> I've updated the hosts.cfg file to remove the cont= tests from the >> host's entry (content check/column names were ptlcls1, ptlcls2 and >> ptlcls3). >> >> I've tried: >> >> xymon <hostname.of.xymon> "drop <client-host-name> ptlcls1" (as >> well >> as ptlcls2 and ptlcls3) >> >> I've also tried: >> >> xymon <hostname.of.xymon> "drop <client-host-name> cont" >> >> But the tests continue to show up in the alarms list or in the >> disabled list, as I've now disabled them in order to clear my board >> of alarms. >> >> Am I missing something, doing something wrong, or am I just going >> to >> have to drop the client from Xymon (thereby losing its history) and >> re-add it (obviously, not really a great option)? >> >> Thank you. Actually, I am running the commands locally, from the actual xymon server...I've just had better luck running the command while specifying the actual hostname of FQDN than I have specifying localhost, in the past. I've tried "localhost" as well, to no avail. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org "It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1

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Unable to drop content checks
by mburger＠bubbanfriends.org 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Good morning, all. Running Xymon 4.3.17, I've tried every magical incantation of the "xymon" command with the "drop" parameter that I can think of, but I haven't been able to get Xymon to drop 3 previously configured content checks. I've updated the hosts.cfg file to remove the cont= tests from the host's entry (content check/column names were ptlcls1, ptlcls2 and ptlcls3). I've tried: xymon <hostname.of.xymon> "drop <client-host-name> ptlcls1" (as well as ptlcls2 and ptlcls3) I've also tried: xymon <hostname.of.xymon> "drop <client-host-name> cont" But the tests continue to show up in the alarms list or in the disabled list, as I've now disabled them in order to clear my board of alarms. Am I missing something, doing something wrong, or am I just going to have to drop the client from Xymon (thereby losing its history) and re-add it (obviously, not really a great option)? Thank you. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org "It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1

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How to Change Default polling Interval
by fosiul＠gmail.com 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Hi Currently what ever Interval I set in "clientlaunch", xymon still use 5 minutes Interval example :- [TEST] CMD /xxxxx/ext/test.sh INTERVAL 50m ENVFILE xxxxxxt/etc/xymonclient.cfg LOGFILE xxxxx/logs/xymonclient.log How can i set this script to execute by xymon every 50 minutes or 2 hours ? Thanks

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UP parameter in analysis.cfg
by neilsimmonds1808＠gmail.com 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

In my analysis.cfg file (actually in file in an include directory) I have the following entry for 4 hosts, UP 10m -1 red However, it's not turning red and is flagging yellow with the following message, Machine has been up more than 0 days 0 days 21 hours 16 minutes 55 seconds My understanding of the UP check was that the -1 means it will never flag on the toolonglimit. The only thing I can think of as to why this might be happening is that at the very end of my analysis.cfg file I have some defaults which include UP 10m I thought the machine specific entry should take precedence? (The include line for the host specific rules is before the defaults) Regards, Neil.

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list of enabled clients
by KVerMeer＠peoplenetonline.com 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

My hosts.cfg file has more than 100 clients, of which several may have alerts disabled at any given time. I would guess there is a xymon command to determine if a particular client is enabled/disabled, or to get a list of all enabled/disabled clients. I have tried to check the man pages, but must not be looking in the right spot. What I'd really like is a way to determine all currently enabled clients. Thanks, Kevin VerMeer [cid:image001.jpg at 01CFE776.832C9D10] 4400 Baker Road, Minnetonka, MN 55343 TOLL FREE 888-346-3486 x 520 | FAX 952-908-6131 www.peoplenetonline.com<http://www.peoplenetonline.com/> PeopleNet is the leading provider of fleet mobility systems to the transportation industry, including truckload, LTL, private, and energy service fleets.

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