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Xymon Alerts conf file
by Robert.Valentin＠fisglobal.com 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Hi: I'm Robert Valentin and we installed the Xymon server on a Linux machine and a client on a mainframe running VSE and the browser on the Linux server is reporting OK the alerts (yellow and red) for both hosts defined on the hosts.cfg. The mainframe system programmer bring down a CICS and create a 90% disk utilization and is reported fine on the webpage. I configure the sendmail service to received alerts thru emails defined on the alerts.cfg but I'm only receiving emails from the Xymon Server not for the client alerts from VSETEST. Here's the alerts.cfg parameters set. [cid:image001.png at 01D29CB8.B41E0EF0] I execute the xymoncmd xymond_alert -test VSETEST disk and it founds a red alert on disk validate the rule to use on the alerts.cfg file but no email is received. Does hostnames on the hosts.cfg need a the domain ID? Instead of VSETEST do I need to change the line to VSETEST.firstbank.local? Also try leaving only the HOST=VSETEST and inactivate the HOST=FBA06120.firstbank.local and no results. I will appreciate any help on this matter. Thanks, Robert The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.

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Issues with Client side information
by vnampally6142＠gmail.com 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Hi All, Please find the below screenshot. I have configured the Xymon tool in a server and installed xymon client in another server . I can able to pull the basic information like http,connections,info,trends but not the client side information like cpu , process disk space uptime etc. Please let me know what has to be done to get the issue resolved. [image: Inline image 1] Thanks and Regards Vishwateja Nampally

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stale filehandles
by Galen.Johnson＠sas.com 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Hey, We're running into an issue with testing file ages that come back as "4294967293" (which is '-1' or "2^32 -1")...for example: File was modified 4294967293 seconds ago - should be <7200 I'm fairly certain I know why. On systems where you are checking for a large number of files and those files are being moved/deleted actively, it is possible for xymon to get the list of files and those files disappear before it can iterate over the list to stat the files to get the relevant info. This is similar to when you use rsync and it complains that files "vanished" before they could be transferred. I think this may be exasperated by using a command to find files. I haven't looked in the code (nor would I know how to fix it if I did) but I would say that the 'stat' for the file should dump a "file vanished" message rather than give a "bogus" time stamp. Or the conditional could allow compound or 'ignore if' functions. I doubt I'm the only one running into this. It's causing many false alerts. ? Putting it out there for awareness (and the hopes that someone has already sent JC a patch that just hasn't made it into Xymon yet). =G=

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ext script does not run on client restart
by iain＠shihad.org 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Hi I have an ext script to check for the status of available patches on my hosts. Once I have updated the patches, I restart the xymon-client so that the test will go green again. Occasionally the ext script will not run on restart. Is there a way I can debug what the xymon client is choosing to run? How does xymon track the interval after a restart? My clientlaunch fragment looks like: [patches] ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/ext/hobbit-patch.sh LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/hobbit-patch.sh INTERVAL 6h Client version: ii xymon-client 4.3.17-6+deb8u1 amd64 client for the Xymon network monitor Thanks for any advice! Iain

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xymon 4.3.28 Enable/disable Issue
by jef.jagers＠Clarivate.com 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

And never mind. Hope that nobody (except me then) lost time looking into the issue. My apologies if somebody did. This issue was strangly enough related to Mozilla... In Chrome it works fine. Regards * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Jef Jagers From: Jagers, Jef (IP&Science) Sent: donderdag, maart 09, 2017 15:26 To: 'xymon at xymon.com' Subject: xymon 4.3.28 Enable/disable Issue Hi, I recently updated our xymon server to version 4.3.28 and noticed today that I'm (nor is anybody else) no longer able to disable services. Strangely enough xymon also doesn't ask for a username/password upon starting the "Enable/disable" section in the browser. It did so before. So to make it clear. I browse to the xymon server, go to Administration, then to enable/disable. It shows the page (without requesting a username/password) and I'm able to select everthing needed. Only nothing happens when clicking apply. Server OS: Sles11sp1 Xymon server has been restarted several times Apache2 has been restarted Appache config is setup to contact our AD server to check for authentication. Apache Ldap config: (xxx's and yyy's are to mask company info) < AuthName "Xymon Administrator:" AuthType Basic AuthBasicProvider ldap AuthzLDAPAuthoritative On authLDAPUrl "ldap://ldap-example.com:389/ou=xxxx,ou=xxxxxx,dc=xxxxx,dc=xxxxx,dc=xxxx?cn?sub" authLDAPBindDN "xxxxyxxxx" authLDAPBindPassword " xxxxyxxxx " require ldap-group cn=xxx,ou=xxxx,dc=xxxxx,dc=xxxxx,dc=xxxx > Note that this worked with our last version 4.3.23 and former versions. Error I see in access log when performing a disable. [Thu Mar 09 15:12:07 2017] [error] [client 10.223.136.6] 2017-03-09 15:12:07.806365 Enadis POST that is not coming from self or svcstatus (referer=http://xymon-dtc/xymon-seccgi/enadis.sh). Ignoring., referer: http://xymon-dtc/xymon-seccgi/enadis.sh If I rediscover an know issue, please excuse me.. If not, suggestions are always welcome.... Regards, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Jef Jagers * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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xymon 4.3.28 Enable/disable Issue
by jef.jagers＠Clarivate.com 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Hi, I recently updated our xymon server to version 4.3.28 and noticed today that I'm (nor is anybody else) no longer able to disable services. Strangely enough xymon also doesn't ask for a username/password upon starting the "Enable/disable" section in the browser. It did so before. So to make it clear. I browse to the xymon server, go to Administration, then to enable/disable. It shows the page (without requesting a username/password) and I'm able to select everthing needed. Only nothing happens when clicking apply. Server OS: Sles11sp1 Xymon server has been restarted several times Apache2 has been restarted Appache config is setup to contact our AD server to check for authentication. Apache Ldap config: (xxx's and yyy's are to mask company info) < AuthName "Xymon Administrator:" AuthType Basic AuthBasicProvider ldap AuthzLDAPAuthoritative On authLDAPUrl "ldap://ldap-example.com:389/ou=xxxx,ou=xxxxxx,dc=xxxxx,dc=xxxxx,dc=xxxx?cn?sub" authLDAPBindDN "xxxxyxxxx" authLDAPBindPassword " xxxxyxxxx " require ldap-group cn=xxx,ou=xxxx,dc=xxxxx,dc=xxxxx,dc=xxxx > Note that this worked with our last version 4.3.23 and former versions. Error I see in access log when performing a disable. [Thu Mar 09 15:12:07 2017] [error] [client 10.223.136.6] 2017-03-09 15:12:07.806365 Enadis POST that is not coming from self or svcstatus (referer=http://xymon-dtc/xymon-seccgi/enadis.sh). Ignoring., referer: http://xymon-dtc/xymon-seccgi/enadis.sh If I rediscover an know issue, please excuse me.. If not, suggestions are always welcome.... Regards, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Jef Jagers * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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question on separation of xymondisplay
by Scot.Kreienkamp＠la-z-boy.com 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Hi everyone, I have a firewalled network at Rackspace that has outbound access only, the only inbound is via VPN client. I need to setup monitoring inside that network. I also have an already existing Xymon instance on a public IP that can receive the data from a Xymon instance inside Rackspace. I'm not sure how to configure Xymon to work this way though, I've always setup the polling server and display server on a single server. Is it really as simple as setting up a Xymon server inside Rackspace and setting the XYMONDISPLAY server to the public instance I already have? If so, how does the public instance display data that's gathered by the Xymon instance inside Rackspace? Thanks! Scot Kreienkamp | Senior Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy Corporate One La-Z-Boy Drive | Monroe, Michigan 48162 | * 734-384-6403 | | * 7349151444 | * Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com<mailto:%7BE-mail%7D> www<http://www.la-z-boy.com/>.la-z-boy.com<http://www.la-z-boy.com/> | facebook.<https://www.facebook.com/lazboy>com<https://www.facebook.com/lazboy>/<https://www.facebook.com/lazboy>lazboy<http://facebook.com/lazboy> | twitter.com/lazboy<https://twitter.com/lazboy> | youtube.com/<https://www.youtube.com/user/lazboy>lazboy<https://www.youtube.com/user/lazboy> [cid:lzbVertical_hres.jpg] This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain privileged, confidential information which is exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disseminating or distributing this information (other than to the intended recipient) or copying this information. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or by telephone at the above number. Thank you.

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file counts
by Galen.Johnson＠sas.com 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Thanks for the offer, Kenneth. I have a simple script (ls $dir | wc -l) as well but I had thought that it was already a part of the Xymon base. It would be nice to have it as an option to DIR and if I can find the time, I may look into dusting off my C skills and take a stab at it...though using the terms "skills" along side "C" is a stretch for me :-). =G= ________________________________ From: Kenneth S. Petersen <ksp at stougaards.dk> Sent: Friday, March 3, 2017 3:37 AM To: Galen Johnson; Galen Johnson Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: SV: [Xymon] file counts Hi Galen, I'm using the count file feature but with a external script on windows along with bbwin 0.13 or 0.12 It a two part script, one cfg file in the bbwin etc folder and one vbs in the bbwin ext folder. Then call it from bbwin.cfg Actually it's the bbwin, fsmon.vbs that I have altered so it fits my needs. Let me know if you want the script. Med Venlig Hilsen Kenneth S. Petersen IT Konsulent - Stougaards IT Wiuffsvej 3, DK-4540 Fårevejle, Denmark Email: info at stougaardsit.dk<mailto:info at stougaardsit.dk> Mob.+45 2163 2325 Fra: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På vegne af Galen Johnson Sendt: 3. marts 2017 01:30 Til: Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com> Cc: xymon at xymon.com Emne: Re: [Xymon] file counts Apparently, I wasn't the only one with this need. I found a thread from 2011. I really don't want to go that route so consider this a feature request that DIR can support more than just size but file count as well. =G= On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com<mailto:Galen.Johnson at sas.com>> wrote: ?Hey, I could've sworn that Xymon had a way to count the number of files in a particular directory (natively) and you could set up alerts based on number of files. Apparently, I was wrong or I'm not seeing it in the docs. Obviously, I could get clever with file ages but that's just annoying. Am I missing something? thanks =G= _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com<mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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Anyone have a plugin for IBM Datapower?
by Dan.McDonald＠austinenergy.com 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

I’ve been asked to monitor an IBM Datapower XML gateway, and wanted to see if anyone else had a plugin to do it before I re-invented the wheel. They have a mib, so supposedly I can poll it with mrtg and feed statuses into xymon with bbmrtg.pl, but IBM claims that their web service has greater detail and information. So, if anyone has written a xymon plugin to poll a datapower webservice and come up with useful stats to display in xymon, I’d love to hear about it.

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file counts
by Galen.Johnson＠sas.com 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

?Hey, I could've sworn that Xymon had a way to count the number of files in a particular directory (natively) and you could set up alerts based on number of files. Apparently, I was wrong or I'm not seeing it in the docs. Obviously, I could get clever with file ages but that's just annoying. Am I missing something? thanks =G=

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