November 2014 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Monitoring sql server 2012 - Error - Length specified in network packet payload did not match number of bytes read
by anoopw14＠gmail.com 26 Nov '14

26 Nov '14

Hello, I am trying to implement an Sql server 2012 monitoring script. Installed the dbcheck.pl script from this link : http://sourceforge.net/projects/hobbit-perl-cl/ . While running I am getting an error. Sql server log : "Length specified in network packet payload did not match number of bytes read; the connection has been closed. Please contact the vendor of the client library. [CLIENT: XXXXXXXXx]" xymon log : ERROR on 192.168.1.1 : Timeout connecting to DBI:Sybase:host=192.168.1.1;port=1433;encryptPassword=1! Can anybody please help me to resolve this error ? Thanks Anoop

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AD connectivity / performance test
by abs＠shadymint.com 26 Nov '14

26 Nov '14

Hi, Is anyone carrying out any monitoring (local or remote) of Windows Domain Controllers? If I were to carry out a remote LDAPS test to retrieve an OU would the success and connection time for that transaction be a good indicator of 'user experience' ? I see some monitors on Xymonton looking at the output from DCDIAG.EXE but these will require BBWin or equivalent to be installed and I probably wont get that authorized and VBS is not well known to me anyway. Thanks -- Andy

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FW: XYMON question
by Charles.Lucas＠WorldPay.us 25 Nov '14

25 Nov '14

I have already installed GNU make. I'm not sure how to configure it though. I just untar'd it. Not sure what to do with GNU to get make to work: I am trying to install xymon on my AIX 7.1 server. I am getting the following error: # pwd /home/workspace/xymon/xymon-4.3.17 # ./configure Configuration script for Xymon This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon Checking your make-utility GNU make is required to build Xymon. If it is available as "gmake", run configure as: 'MAKE=gmake ./configure.server' # ./configure.client Configuration script for Xymon client This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon Checking your make-utility GNU make is required to build Xymon. If it is available as "gmake", run configure as: 'MAKE=gmake ./configure.client' # Any ideas why its failing? I have installed gcc. I have not sure how to configure it. Is there a precompiled version out there or AIX filesets for xymon? Thanks, From: Henrik Størner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 2:15 AM To: Charles Lucas Subject: Re: XYMON question Hi Charles, please use the Xymon mailinglist - the address for that is xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Sounds like you need to install the GNU "make" utility. Regards, Henrik Den 20-11-2014 kl. 17:04 skrev Charles Lucas: Hi Henrik I am trying to install xymon on my AIX 7.1 server. I am getting the following error: # pwd /home/workspace/xymon/xymon-4.3.17 # ./configure Configuration script for Xymon This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon Checking your make-utility GNU make is required to build Xymon. If it is available as "gmake", run configure as: 'MAKE=gmake ./configure.server' # ./configure.client Configuration script for Xymon client This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon Checking your make-utility GNU make is required to build Xymon. If it is available as "gmake", run configure as: 'MAKE=gmake ./configure.client' # Any ideas why its failing? I have installed gcc. I have not sure how to configure it. Is there a precompiled version out there or AIX filesets for xymon? Thanks, Charles C. Lucas Sr. AIX Engineer, Infrastructure Technology T: 678-587-1722 | M: 803-479-0343 600 Morgan Falls Road | Atlanta, GA 30350 | worldpay.com<http://www.worldpay.com/> [cid:image001.png at 01CF5985.A5F87640] Connect with us: [cid:image002.png at 01CF5985.A5F87640]<https://www.facebook.com/Worldpay.us> [cid:image003.png at 01CF5985.A5F87640] <http://www.youtube.com/worldpayus> [cid:image004.png at 01CF5985.A5F87640] <https://twitter.com/worldpay_US> [cid:image006.png at 01CF5985.A5F87640] <https://plus.google.com/+WorldpayUs/> [cid:image007.png at 01CF5985.A5F87640] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/worldpay-> CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION NOTICE. The information contained in this email message is confidential and proprietary and is intended solely for the use of the addressee. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and any attachments.

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Xymon disk icon shows red
by kpeng＠partycity.com 25 Nov '14

25 Nov '14

I have an Oracle DB server pctydb01prod, /u02 file system reached 98% full and shows red icon. I was told by DBA, this file system should not show red alert until it reaches 99% full. So I edit ~xymon/server/etc/analysis.cfg, and edited the following: HOST=pctydb01prod DISK /u02 94 99 DISK * 90 95 I re-started Xymon daemon on the server, but the red icon still doesn't go away: I also tried to use IGNORE option: HOST=pctydb01prod DISK /u02 IGNORE Still the same result: red icon trigger the /u02 over 95% still don't go away. The file system is 98% full: [root at pctydb01prod etc]# df -h /u02 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VG00-LogVol01 209G 193G 5.1G 98% /u02 What did I missed? Could anyone advice? Thanks in advance! Kingston Peng

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Custom Script Graphs
by Johan.Brits＠dstvdm.com 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Hi all I added a custom script to monitor my IIS_Health. All working 100% and I can see the connection but, the graph is not populating data. Can this be done to add the data to the graphs. See below.... [cid:image001.png at 01D0049A.CB3A1380] [cid:image001.png at 01CF8A2E.0A47CC80] Johan Brits Systems Administrator [cid:image002.png at 01CF8A2E.0A47CC80] Tel: +27 11 686 6417 Mobile: +27 82 450 5950 Email: johan.brits at dstvdm.com<mailto:johan.brits at dstvdm.com> This electronic communication and the attached file(s) are subject to a disclaimer which can be viewed at http://www.multichoice.co.za/multichoice/view/multichoice/en/page21855. If you are unable to view the disclaimer, please email disclaimer at multichoice.co.za for a copy.

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Graph colors
by sgb＠pics.com 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Is it possible to have a custom graph display different colors based on the value and if so can someone help show how? For example if the value of the graph is 0-80 then color = yellow 81-100 then color = green TIA Steve

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renaming a standard xymon test
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

On 19 November 2014 10:16, usa ims via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: > I'm monitoring sql log files looking for the word 'ERROR'. It is working > great -- I add the log file to 'client-local.cfg' and 'analysis.cfg' and in > 5 minutes, the mysql log files are being monitored. But I'm going through a > major boss annoyance factor and he wants that column renamed. > Short of recompiling code, I very much doubt it. The xymond_client.c code has "status.msgs" hard-coded when it creates the status message and sends it to xymond. I don't think it's defined anywhere else, so recompiling might just work. It would be nice to have these testnames configurable, in the same way that we can override the "conn" column name with the "--ping=TESTNAME" parameter for xymonnet or the PINGCOLUMN variable in xymonserver.cfg. But I have to say that I think it's an unusual request (I think the "ping" option is to maintain backwards compatibility where the column name used to be "ping"). You could create a server-side script to mirror the current status of msgs to your new test name. It's a bit of a hack but it should work OK. This could be done by polling using the xymondboard option of the xymon command. Alternatively, you could create a channel handler using "xymond_channel --channel=status --filter="|msgs|" your-script-here" and have your script feed each message back into xymon as a new status message with your new testname. With your alternative msgs status in place, you can suppress the display of "msgs" by using the "NOCOLUMNS:msgs" parameter in hosts.cfg. Might be easier to reconfigure your boss. Cheers Jeremy

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renaming a standard xymon test
by usaims＠yahoo.com 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Greetings, I'm monitoring sql log files looking for the word 'ERROR'. It is working great -- I add the log file to 'client-local.cfg' and 'analysis.cfg' and in 5 minutes, the mysql log files are being monitored. But I'm going through a major boss annoyance factor and he wants that column renamed. Is there a way to rename xymon 'msgs' test to something else? usaims

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Too many alerts per host
by dave＠collegenet.com 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Hi, Is there a way to receive only one alert when a host goes red/purple, rather than a bunch? It's frustrating to receive 5+ pages when only one is needed. It's especially frustrating when you pull 4 hosts offline and accidentally send 20+ pages to your team. BigBrother did this with "pagetype: HOST". The only options I see in Xymon are adding an elaborate set of dependencies that will be cumbersome to maintain, or alerting through SCRIPT with some form of smart locking in that script. Thanks, Dave Fogarty -- Senior System Administrator CollegeNET.com

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RRD zoom issues
by stef.coene＠docum.org 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Hi, Since the upgrade to 4.3, we have issues when zooming in on the graphs. See the attached screen shots. It looks like the max and min values are calculated wrong when zooming in. This messes up the scaling of the graph. Does anyone sees the same behavior? Rrdtool version: 1.4.7-2ubuntu5 Xymon version: 4.3.17 Stef

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