August 2016 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

trimhistory error in terabithia RPM 4.3.27-1
by spah＠syntec.co.uk 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

The error is 'Cannot cd to history directory: No such file or directory', as per the log below. Any suggestions? [myuser at myserver histlogs]$ /usr/libexec/xymon/trimhistory --cutoff=`date +%s --date="1 Aug 2011"` --drop --dropsvcs --droplogs --progress=10 2016-08-25 19:07:42.028735 Cannot cd to history directory: No such file or directory [myuser at myserver histlogs]$ sudo su -s /bin/bash - xymon -bash-3.2$ /usr/libexec/xymon/trimhistory --cutoff=`date +%s --date="1 Aug 2011"` --drop --dropsvcs --droplogs --progress=10 2016-08-25 19:08:28.459938 Cannot cd to history directory: No such file or directory -bash-3.2$ pwd /usr/share/xymon -bash-3.2$ cd /var/lib/xymon -bash-3.2$ /usr/libexec/xymon/trimhistory --cutoff=`date +%s --date="1 Aug 2011"` --drop --dropsvcs --droplogs --progress=10 2016-08-25 19:09:20.390845 Cannot cd to history directory: No such file or directory -bash-3.2$ rpm -q xymon xymon-4.3.27-1.el5 -bash-3.2$ less /usr/libexec/xymon/trimhistory "/usr/libexec/xymon/trimhistory" may be a binary file. See it anyway? Kind regards, SebA

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Show xymon page as a link on a different page.
by mkwardle＠gmail.com 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

I have several pages and sub pages on my xymon server website. For example I have a page called Cisco and I have a different page called Watch_ Centre, is there a way of having a link to the Cisco page on the Watch_Centre page without making a subpage for Cisco on the Watch_Centre page? -- Mike Wardle

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protocols.cfg - configuring yellow alarm - and combo.cfg - dealing with yellow alarms
by spah＠syntec.co.uk 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Two ideas: 1. It would be great to be able to configure text that resulted in a yellow alarm in protocols.cfg! (Otherwise, it looks like, as a workaround, I need to test the same service twice but with different protocol syntax.) 2. Similarly, I would want to be able to differentiate between green and yellow and clear in combo.cfg - for me they should not all be equal to 1! Or if they are, there should be an alternative method of specifying that uses the actual colour name... So an example given in the man page is: WebCluster.http = (Web1.http + Web2.http + Web3.http) >= 2 Maybe that could be rewritten as: WebCluster.http = (Web1.http.green + Web2.http.green + Web3.http.green) >= 2 Or even (so one has control of when it goes yellow too): WebCluster.http.green = (Web1.http.green + Web2.http.green + Web3.http.green) >= 2 Or: WebCluster.http = (Web1.http == green + Web2.http == green + Web3.http == green) >= 2 Or: WebCluster.http == green = (Web1.http == green + Web2.http == green + Web3.http == green) >= 2 If we can agree on a spec for this that will be integrated into the public code, it is possible I can get a colleague to work on this (but no promises! If it would take him much time, I doubt he would do it.) Kind regards, SebA

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expage syntax
by Russell.Blumenthal＠stonybrookmedicine.edu 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Hi, I am trying to exclude 2 pages from an alert. I have EXPAGE= for one of the pages and it works fine, but not sure how to add a second page. Thanks This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail and destroy all copies of the original.

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iowait monitoring
by olivier＠minas.fr 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Hello You can setup threshold based on rrd. Look into the doc. DS - RRD based status override DS column filename:dataset rules COLOR=colorname TEXT=explanation "column" is the statuscolumn that will be modified. "filename" is the name of the RRD file holding the data you use for comparison. "dataset" is the name of the dataset in the RRD file - the "rrdtool info" command is useful when determining these. "rules" determine when to apply the override. You can use ">", ">=", "<" or "<=" to compare the current measurement value against one or more thresholds. "explanation" is a text that will be shown to explain the override - you can use some placeholders in the text: "&N" is replaced with the name of the dataset, "&V" is replaced with the current value, "&L" is replaced by the low threshold, "&U" is replaced with the upper threshold. NOTE: This rule uses the raw data value from a client to examine the rules. So this type of test is only really suitable for datasets that are of the "GAUGE" type. It cannot be used meaningfully for datasets that use "COUNTER" or "DERIVE" - e.g. the datasets that are used to capture network packet traffic - because the data stored in the RRD for COUNTER-based datasets undergo a transformation (calculation) when going into the RRD. Xymon does not have direct access to the calculated data. Example: Flag "conn" status a yellow if responsetime exceeds 100 msec. DS conn tcp.conn.rrd:sec >0.1 COLOR=yellow TEXT="Response time &V exceeds &U seconds" oau -------- Message d'origine -------- De : deepak deore <deepakdeore2004 at gmail.com> Date : 16/08/2016 01:57 (GMT+01:00) À : xymon at xymon.com Objet : [Xymon] iowait monitoring I want to generate alert if iowait increases beyond certain threshold. analysis.cfg doesn't have monitoring iowait options in UP, LOAD and CLOCK rules. I have CPU utilization graph as below in hosts.cfg options which shows iowait x.x.x.x server1.example.com # noconn nofiles nobbd conn TRENDS:*,vmstat:vmstat1|vmstat3|vmstat4|vmstat5 Could anyone guide me here?

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for one hp-ux server override CLASS=hp-ux in analysis.cfg
by bakgat8＠hotmail.com 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

I am running 4-3-23 -rwxr-xr-x 1 xymondev1 xymondevg 658688 Nov 13 2015 /xymondev/src/4-3-23/xymon-4.3.23/xymond/xymond in analysis.cfg I have CLASS=hp-ux DISK /cdrom IGNORE DISK * 101 102 PROC cron PROC sshd 1 PROC /usr/sbin/xntpd FILE /home/perfman/perfman red MODE=755 FILE /sysadm/xymon red MODE=777 FILE /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log red MODE=644 LOG /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log %CRIT|SERIOUS|EMERG Now I have to monitor a new client hp-ux box that does not run sshd or /usr/sbin/xntpd on the new client hp-ux box ( os = > B.11.31 ) I am running an old hobbit client, because it is all I can find to run. I am not in a position to compile. I tried to override by adding above the class in analysis.cfg HOST=appletree PROC postgres PROC /usr/sbin/xntpd 0 1 CLASS=hp-ux DISK /cdrom IGNORE DISK * 101 102 PROC cron PROC sshd 1 PROC /usr/sbin/xntpd FILE /home/perfman/perfman red MODE=755 FILE /sysadm/xymon red MODE=777 FILE /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log red MODE=644 LOG /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log %CRIT|SERIOUS|EMERG that gives me a green line for PROC /usr/sbin/xntpd 0 1 and a red line for PROC /usr/sbin/xntpd which still gets me a red status I am out of ideas. Please somebody help. Thank you bakgat

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iowait monitoring
by deepakdeore2004＠gmail.com 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

I want to generate alert if iowait increases beyond certain threshold. analysis.cfg doesn't have monitoring iowait options in UP, LOAD and CLOCK rules. I have CPU utilization graph as below in hosts.cfg options which shows iowait x.x.x.x server1.example.com # noconn nofiles nobbd conn TRENDS:*,vmstat:vmstat1|vmstat3|vmstat4|vmstat5 Could anyone guide me here?

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extcombo problem
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Could you copy the xymonnet binary from the Xymon server to the bbnet server? On 21 July 2016 at 10:40, David Fogarty <dave at collegenet.com> wrote: > I have a xymon server running 4.3.0~beta2.dfsg-9.1+deb7u1 receiving > reports from a bbnet server running 4.3.17-6+deb8u1 and they are not > compatible due to the new "extcombo" reporting. > > The changelog says that the "extcombo" thing was added in version 4.3.13. > Even after disabling "combostatus" in tasks.cfg, xymonnet still uses > "extcombo". > > Without a way to disable it, we're partially broken right now. Any > suggestions? > > Dave Fogarty > > -- > Senior System Administrator > CollegeNET.com > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >

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Windows server folder size monitoring?
by david.baldwin＠ausport.gov.au 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Over the course of a few years I've worked out a few folders on most Windows servers that need to be monitored for space usage, because the GBs can pile up remarkably quickly otherwise. I discovered another one today (Recycle Bin - because other users can leave stuff piled up in there that's still filling the disk) which causes me to wonder what else I'm missing. The process of actually deleting the offending files is a more complicated issue, but the first step is knowing they are there at all! I have the following folders defined, with thresholds of 200MB for yellow and 500MB for red: client-local.cfg: [win32] dir:C:\$Recycle.Bin dir:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER dir:C:\Windows\Logs\CBS dir:C:\Windows\Temp analysis.cfg: CLASS=win32 DIR C:\$Recycle.Bin yellow SIZE<200000 TRACK=C-RCB DIR C:\$Recycle.Bin red SIZE<500000 DIR C:\Windows\Logs\CBS yellow SIZE<200000 TRACK=C-CBS DIR C:\Windows\Logs\CBS red SIZE<500000 DIR C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER yellow SIZE<200000 TRACK=C-WER DIR C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER red SIZE<500000 DIR C:\Windows\Temp yellow SIZE<200000 TRACK=C-Windows-Temp DIR C:\Windows\Temp red SIZE<500000 -- David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks) Digital Information Management and Technology 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 1 Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617 Our Values: RESPECT + INTEGRITY + TEAMWORK + EXCELLENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep up to date with what's happening in Australian sport visit 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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xymonnet TCPtest error 4
by Kirk.MacDonald＠corp.eastlink.ca 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Hello, We are running Xymon with xymonnet version 4.3.26-1.el6.terabithia and SSL library : OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013 (CentOS release 6.8). Sporadically we see errors testing a certain host with imaps and pop3s tests. The errors are as follows: TCPtest error 4 seen on open connection for $x.imaps TCPtest error 4 seen on open connection for $x.pop3s .. where $x is a few random extended ASCII characters A commonality is that these are both SSL/TLS enabled services hosted on the same system. pop3s is configured as port 995 with SSL/TLS required and imaps is port 993 with SSL/TLS required. My gut tells me this is probably related to SSL/TLS negotiation problems. Any recommendations on where to start? Thanks, Kirk MacDonald System Administrator Internet Eastlink

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