January 2019 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Xymon WinPSclient performance
by spah＠syntec.co.uk 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

It's great the way features have been added to Xymon WinPSclient, but I think it's started suffering from feature bloat now, illustrating the importance of making each feature optional like BBWin did very effectively. We are seeing memory leaks on Windows 2012 R2 using version 2.28 (I started another thread about memory leaks a while back - I'll come back to this issue another time) and more and more CPU time being used up during each cycle. It seems that from version v2.21 a slow ASCII encoding conversion was added: myServer1 - : xymonclient.ps1 2.21 2017-04-28 zak.beck at accenture.com 2019-01-28 19:19:26 Sending to server 2019-01-28 19:19:26 Using ASCII encoding 2019-01-28 19:*20*:25 Connecting to host x.x.x.x <-- Yes, that took about *1 minute of 100% processing of 1 of the 8 CPUs/Cores*. 2019-01-28 19:20:26 Sent 2007850 bytes to server <-- OK, yes, that's rather a lot of data, but still it's not good. 2019-01-28 19:20:26 Received 130 bytes from server Compare with: myServer1 - : xymonclient.ps1 2.19 2016-12-28 zak.beck at accenture.com 2019-01-28 19:15:59 Sending to server 2019-01-28 19:15:59 Connecting to host x.x.x.x 2019-01-28 19:15:59 Sent 2006765 bytes to server 2019-01-28 19:16:00 Received 130 bytes from server Is it possible that converting to ASCII step introduced in v2.21 be made optional? In the latest version it is possible to send via UTF8, which was new in v2.21, or convert to ASCII, but it's not possible via configuration alone, I believe, to have the old behaviour (from v2.19) that worked fine for us and was far faster. Another slow process is detecting the number of CPUs (on the same server): 2019-01-28 19:29:05 XymonCollectInfo: Process info 2019-01-28 19:29:05 XymonCollectInfo: calling XymonProcsCPUUtilisation 2019-01-28 19:29:05 XymonCollectInfo: CPU info (WMI) 2019-01-28 19:29:13 Found 8 CPUs, total of 0 cores 2019-01-28 19:29:13 XymonCollectInfo: OS info (including memory) (WMI) 2019-01-28 19:29:13 XymonCollectInfo: Service info (WMI) *8 seconds* for that. Why does it need to do this every time? The number of CPUs does not normally change without at least rebooting. It could do it just on the first cycle and cache it for future cycles. Another thing that would really speed up processing for us is being able to dynamically specify the filenames using special characters or something for the date, e.g. &DD &MM &YY We have files that rotate with new filesnames and if we could narrow down the filenames to process it would speed up processing by several more seconds. E.g. C:\Temp\myServerLog29-12-18.0.log In client-local.cfg: Instead of: log:C:\Temp\myServerLog*.log:10240 If we could to this, it would mean we process a small fraction of the number of files: log:C:\Temp\myServerLog&DD-&MM-&YY.*.log:10240 Kind regards, SebA

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json format support
by Chethana.Poorlupadi＠colt.net 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Hi All, Whether xymon can read the input from a json format file and process it to display the status and graphs? Is there any scripts available for the same? Thanks, Chethana [Colt Disclaimer] This email is from an entity of the Colt group of companies. Colt Group Holdings Limited, Colt House, 20 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3EH, United Kingdom, registered in England and Wales, under company number 11530966. Corporate and contact information for our entities can be found at http://colt.net/uk/en/Colt-Group-of-Companies/index.htm. Internet communications are not secure and Colt does not accept responsibility for the accurate transmission of this message. Content of this email or its attachments is not legally or contractually binding unless expressly previously agreed in writing by Colt

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Can't compile 4.3.28 on Ubuntu 18
by hobbit＠elyograg.org 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

I'm trying to get myself a new server set up. It's running Ubuntu 18. I downloaded the source for xymon 4.3.28, installed all of the optional dependencies except the LDAP libraries, ran ./configure, and got this error from trying to run make: ----------- make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/xymon-4.3.28/client' gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DLINUX -I/usr/local/src/xymon-4.3.28/include -o logfetch logfetch.c ../lib/libxymonclient.a logfetch.c: In function ‘logdata’: logfetch.c:210:105: error: ‘intmax_t’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘__intmax_t’? bytes exceeds max buffer size %u; skipping some data\n", filename, (intmax_t)bufsz, MAXCHECK); ^~~~~~~~ __intmax_t logfetch.c:210:105: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in logfetch.c:210:114: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘bufsz’ eeds max buffer size %u; skipping some data\n", filename, (intmax_t)bufsz, MAXCHECK); ^~~~~ Makefile:41: recipe for target 'logfetch' failed make[1]: *** [logfetch] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/xymon-4.3.28/client' build/Makefile.rules:77: recipe for target 'client' failed make: *** [client] Error 2 ----------- GCC version is 7.3.0. I pulled down the SVN trunk code and tried that, which required that I install the sqlite dev library. Compiling that version appeared to work, but 'make install' failed. It took a little bit of hacking in some of the makefiles, but I finally did get it installed. The requirement for the sqlite dependency is not mentioned in docs/install.html, by the way. How should I handle this? Should I open a bug report somewhere? Since the compilation problem doesn't exist in trunk, does that part need reporting, or just the install problems? I saw the recent thread about how old the latest Xymon is, and I share the concern about how that affects people's perception of the project. Thanks, Shawn

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Client uptime status is failing
by Devvkanth.K＠infosys.com 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

Hi, I am having trouble w.r.t to uptime status generation in clients. The server is displaying uptime correctly since xymond fetches the data, whereas for the clients it does not fetch the uptime data. However it populates all other columns. Can you please suggest if I am missing anything here. Situation : Xymon server and Xymon clients are configured. The table is populated with colors and data being generated except for uptime in clients whereas the server is reporting uptime correctly. This is probably because of xymond daemon. The status message also indicated service not available which indicates xymond service. So how can we get the Xymon clients to update the uptime. Tasks.cfg file : # The client back-end module. You need this if you are running the Xymon client on any system. [clientdata] ENVFILE /home/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg NEEDS xymond CMD xymond_channel --channel=client --log=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/clientdata.log xymond_client --uptime-status Status message : [cid:image001.png at 01D4B7F0.49E78250] Thanks and Regards, Devvkanth K Unix SME

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Need Compiled version of Hobbit for HP-UX version B11.11 not Xymon ...Would anyone know where I can get/download this ?
by Rick.Hershman＠CenturyLink.com 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

I'm trying to install Xymon monitor onto 14 old HP-UX server with version Version = HP-UX hpomp01k B.11.11 U 9000/800 2715859142 unlimited-user license. I found Xymon does install NEWER = on HP-UX B11.31 with xymonclient.4.3.17.HPUX1131.tar.gz However older HP-UX B11.11 needs earlier version of type = hobbit . Henrik Stoerner's URL links appear to be empty, gone no longer present..... Original URL: http://hobbitmon.sf.net/ HP-UX URL: http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/cgi-bin/search?package=&term=/hobbit- Does anyone have this antique/vintage HP-UX B11.11 hobbit compiled software ? Thanks much ! Rick.Hershman at Centurylink.com Cell = 1 720 988 7452 ******************************************************************************************** This communication is the property of CenturyLink and may contain confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments.

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Latest Version
by rgordonjr＠gmail.com 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Hello - In looking at sourceforge it is looking like the latest version of Xymon is 4.3.28 released about 2 years ago. Is there a newer version available? I am seeing something mentioned on the main sourceforge page about v4.4 in 2017. Also, the company that I work for is open to using it however they want a company to provide support for it. Anyone know of such a place? ( I have let them know that it’s mainly supported via this mailing list. ) Thanks! Bob -- --==[ Bob Gordon ]==--

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drop multiple hosts with wildcard
by kspringer＠innovateteam.com 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Is there a way to drop all host data for multiple hosts using a wildcard? I know how to drop a single host and erase it's data, but I have a long list of IP Cameras that I changed in my hosts file and instead of dropping each individual hostname I'd like to drop all hosts that start with 'Cam'. I attempted this but it didn't remove anything. ./xymon 127.0.0.1 "drop Cam*" -- Kris Springer

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create history entry for a particular report
by c.knaf＠anaxima.com 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Hi guys, I wonder, if it is possible to force the creation of a history log on a particular time. Usually, history logs are created when a state of a report changes, but the report itself might change over time when staying in its state (e.g. red). In my case, I would like to know the exact report at lets say 9 am... Can I somehow force him to create a new history log at 9:00? Is there a wise way to do that? Thanks and best regards, Chris

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XYMON in Solaris
by jgsuareza1984＠gmail.com 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

HI, Has someone installed it in SOLARIS? Atentamente, *Gabriel Suárez*

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Configuring the debian xymon client
by john.thurston＠alaska.gov 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

With my inability to make the client work in 'local-mode' (see my note to the list of Jan 3), I'm trying to make it work in its default mode. With apt-get, I've installed the xymon-client package on raspbian. I have it running and reporting into my xymon server. The server is displaying test results. My first difficulty is it is doing _way_ more than I want it to. I'm getting green for: clientlog cpu disk inode memory msgs procs and clear for files ports I don't want all that stuff! All I want is disk, memory, and _maybe_ msgs. The other stuff has got to go. I don't want it pumped across the network, and I don't even want it collected. How do I trim this client's behavior down to size? -- Do things because you should, not just because you can. John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska

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