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Troubleshooting XymonPS
by rectifier＠gmail.com 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

Hi all, I'm possibly going to make a fool out of myself here but thought I would pose the question any way. Thanks to all involved in making the PS client, seems like it's going to be a great tool for me but I need to work out what I am doing wrong. I have installed Xymonclient.ps1 on my server (windows server 2012) in c:\program files\xymon. Directory of C:\Program Files\Xymon 18-03-15 17:09 <DIR> . 18-03-15 17:09 <DIR> .. 18-03-15 10:09 <DIR> logs 18-03-15 07:49 331.264 nssm.exe 18-03-15 15:09 107.232 xymonclient.ps1 18-03-15 15:30 380 xymonclient_config.xml 18-03-15 07:49 396.800 XymonPSClient.exe 18-03-15 07:50 1.841 xymonsend.ps1 I have a service running called XymonPSClient. I have log files saying data is being collected and data has been sent: end of log file here: 2015-03-18 17:50:52 Main and optional tests finished. 2015-03-18 17:50:52 Sending to server 2015-03-18 17:50:52 Connecting to host (ip of my server) 2015-03-18 17:50:52 Sent 49192 bytes to server 2015-03-18 17:50:52 Received 0 bytes from server 2015-03-18 17:50:52 Executing RepeatTests 2015-03-18 17:50:52 RepeatTests finished 2015-03-18 17:50:52 Delaying until next run: 295.7656229 seconds But when I check Xymon, no client data is actually being received, no columns are appearing for the host I defined in bb-hosts. I did a ./bb localhost "hobbitdboard host=(my host name)" and there is no client information there other than trends/info/conn which is fetched by the Xymon server. Couple of points: - There are no registry entries for XymonPSClient at the locations listed in the readme - I am using an older version of Xymon (hobbit) which works fine with bbwin. - telnet to hobbit server using port 1984 - all ok. - xymon-lastcollect.txt has all the information inside that I expect. XymonSettings as follows: [XymonConfig] XymonSettings serversList : (my xymon server) wanteddisksList : {3} clientname : (my client host name) clientbbwinmembug : 1 clientsoftware : powershell loopinterval : 300 maxlogage : 60 MaxEvents : 5000 slowscanrate : 72 reportevt : 1 EnableWin32_Product : 0 EnableWin32_QuickFixEngineering : 0 EnableWMISections : 0 ClientProcessPriority : Normal clientlogpath : c:\program files\xymon\logs clientlogretain : 0 servergiflocation : /xymon/gifs/ servers : (my xymon server) clientlogfile : c:\program files\xymon\logs\xymonclient.log clientconfigfile : c:\program files\xymon\clientconfig.cfg clientfqdn : 1 clientlower : 1 clientremotecfgexec : 1 note: clientconfigfile : c:\program files\xymon\clientconfig.cfg this file doesn't exist Any ideas? Many thanks, sorry for long message but wanted to include as much info as possible.

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non-blinking icons (nb-red.gif et al) for Xymon status?
by landrew＠pnnl.gov 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

I went looking through the Xymon mailing list archive, and saw references to "nb" (non-blinking) GIFs in the past, but I don't see any files with "nb" in their names (besides a client for "openbsd" and "xymonbody.css") in the xymon build or installed directories. This is Xymon-4.3.18, built from source on RedHat RHEL-6.6 Linux. Since I often have a Xymon display running either in a VM that's VPN'd to a different project network, or displayed on a remote desktop display, the constant display change from the "blinking", "winking" and "pulsing" icons drive a lot of unnecessary network traffic and/or CPU time. Do I need to dig back into the BigBrother files to find the non-blinkers, am I just looking in the wrong place (or for the wrong names), or do I need to make some new ones? They used to be called "nb-red.gov", "nb-yellow.gif" and "nb-purple.gif", at least on my BigBrother server. Cheers, -Andrew

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possible bug with combostatus when hostnames start with numbers?
by g.stone-tolcher＠its.uq.edu.au 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

I have some devices with names like "01-0042-dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au". With a combo.cfg entry like this: prndc2.nexus.comboalert.fping = ( 01\-0042\-dc2\-c2\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping && 01\-0042\-dc2\-d8\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping ) >=1 The resulting test produces output like so: (01\-0042\-dc2\-c2\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping&&01\-0042\-dc2\-d8\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping)>=1 = (01\-0042\-1&&01\-0042\-1)>=1 = 0 clear dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping clear dc2-d8-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping Errors occurred during evaluation: compute((01\-0042\-1&&01\-0042\-1)>=1) returned error 4 It looks like it is having a problem with those names for some reason, truncating the name in the first part of the result "dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au" instead of "01-0042-dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au" and then compute bit having just "01\-0042\-1"? Whereas simply prefixing the letter "a" to the hostname entries like so "a01-0042-dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au" : prndc2.nexus.comboalert.fping = ( a01\-0042\-dc2\-c2\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping && a01\-0042\-dc2\-d8\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping ) >=1 Produces the expected output: (a01\-0042\-dc2\-c2\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping&&a01\-0042\-dc2\-d8\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping)>=1 = (1&&1)>=1 = 1 green a01-0042-dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping green a01-0042-dc2-d8-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping Any ideas? It looks like a bug to me. Cheers, Gavin Stone-Tolcher, IT Support Officer, Network Operations and Incident Response Information Technology Services The University of Queensland Level 4, Prentice Building, St Lucia 4072 T: +61 7 334 66645, M: +61 401 140 838 E: g.stone-tolcher at its.uq.edu.au<mailto:g.stone-tolcher at its.uq.edu.au> W: www.its.uq.edu.au<http://www.its.uq.edu.au> ITS: Service. Team. Accountability. Results. IMPORTANT: This email and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s), contain copyright material and are confidential. We do not waive any legal privilege or rights in respect of copyright or confidentiality. Except as intended addressees are otherwise permitted, you do not have permission to use, disclose, reproduce or communicate any part of this email or its attachments. Statements, opinions and information not related to the official business of The University of Queensland are neither given nor endorsed by us. By using this email (including accessing any attachments or links) you agree we are not liable for any loss or damage of any kind arising in connection with any electronic defect, virus or other malicious code we did not intentionally include. Please consider the environment before printing this email. CRICOS Code 00025B

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DNS statistics monitor
by Wim.Nelis＠nlr.nl 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Hi, today I've published a xymon monitor on xymonton, named retds (RETreive_Dns_Statistics). It tracks the statistics of BIND DNS servers and/or Windows DNS servers. Regards, Wim Nelis.

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http network test
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

On 18 March 2015 at 01:05, usa ims via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: > I'm looking for what gets passed in the http content for the http network > test. It depends on the configuration in hosts.cfg. Typically, for a simple GET test, it sends: GET /relpath HTTP/1.0 Host: hostname User-Agent: Xymon xymonnet/4.3.18 Accept: */* Pragma: no-cache <newline> However, this will vary depending on a range of configurables, such as whether you have specified a different port number, cookies, if you're authenticating, or if you're doing a POST test. More details about how to configure HTTP tests are in the hosts.cfg man page (in the "HTTP TESTS" section), with some more detail in the man page for xymonnet. J

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Please help !!
by taesany＠godo.co.kr 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Hello. The xymon you have made and very fun to use. Thank you. In use, has encountered a problem and sends an e-mail. Anything can adjust the time to check the alert.cfg settings? The check is every 5 minutes, I would like to change to one minute. Where can I change? Please help. Thank you.

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bb-host
by aleskrek＠yahoo.com 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

I don't have bb-hosts.cfg anywhere. i can't find it. I use ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I see only hosts.conf but i cant find bb-hosts. But on Ubuntu 21.04 LTS i have bb-hosts. Need help. Thank you.

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http network test
by usaims＠yahoo.com 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

Hi Brothers, I'm looking for what gets passed in the http content for the http network test. I looked in the source code of: http://fossies.org/dox/xymon-4.3.18/httptest_8c_source.htmlbut I lack 'C' code experience. Any help will be greatly appreciated. usaims

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Help
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

On 17 March 2015 at 01:55, Aleš Krek <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: > From: "Aleš Krek" <aleskrek at yahoo.com> > > > velcom at Xymon:~$ sudo -u xymon /usr/lib/xymon/server/bin/xymon.sh start > > sudo: unable to resolve host Xymon > > > How can i resolve that problem. > This is probably because your hostname (in /etc/hostname) does not appear in your hosts file (/etc/hosts). > Then i have another problem. I can't see main page on my server? What > could be wrong? > What can you see? Do you get a different page? Or an error message? J

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IRC Channel
by solitaryr＠gmail.com 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

With some of the recent challenges some users of Xymon have had and seeing how well an internal IRC channel has worked for some of the groups I work with, I went to Freenode.net and was going to set up a #xymon channel...Lo and behold, it appears to already be there and apparently has been for a while. Granted, none of the lurkers responded when I posted but it's another useful channel for assistance. Just in case you were unaware, it's there. IRC is a venerable, yet still useful, communication channel...it's not dead. Many FOSS projects use it as a support channel. I recommend jumping over and checking it out, =G=

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