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huge number of logs - different ignores
by Schrittenlocher＠rz.uni-frankfurt.de 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Hi, I have a huge number of logs - names are changing often - whose name correspond all to "/raid0/log/*/*err I get them into msg with the following rule in client-local.cfg: log:`find /raid0/log -name \*err -size +2c -exec ls -1 {} \;`:10240 My problem: I need different ignores for each of those logs. Any way to achieve that? Thanks for help to you all and thanks for hobbit, Henrik Rolf -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher HRZ/BDV, Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 2881 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de Persoenlich: schritte at rz.uni-frankfurt.de

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Problem viewing "Critical Systems"
by Tom_D._Bullers＠omb.eop.gov 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Hi, New to the list here and new to Hobbit so sorry about the naïve nature of the request. I've just installed Hobbit 4.2 and am running insto some errors in the Web interface. Most pages seem to load fine but when I select "views" and "critical systems" I'm presented with this error. I get a similar error in Firefox. I've attched a screenshot, but it says "IE cannot download hobbit-nkview.sh from localhost" I wasn't able to find very descriptive logs. Only apache reports a 500 error Do y'all have any suggestions? Thanks a lot. -tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Bullers Systems Administrator Phone: (202)395-5678 mailto:tom_bullers at omb.eop.gov

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Graphing help with multiple physical & logical CPUS
by shea_greg＠emc.com 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Hi all, I have a script that returns data from a host on the utilization of physical and logical CPUS. The data is returned as an NCV like below: PCPU0 : 5.44 PCPU1 : 0.10 Physical CPU 0 utilization is 5.44% Physical CPU 1 utilization is 0.10% In my hobbitserver.cfg file I've added "pcpu=ncv" to the TEST2RRD line and my ncv line should handled up to 8 CPUS NCV_pcpu="PCPU0:GAUGE,PCPU1:GAUGE,PCPU2:GAUGE,PCPU3:GAUGE,PCPU4:GAUGE,PC PU5:GAUGE,PCPU6:GAUGE,PCPU7:GAUGE" I didn't add this to the GRAPHS line because I'm stuck at the RRD defs part in hobbitgraph.cfg. I don't want a separate RRD def for each physcial CPU, but I do want both (or 8) CPUS to show up on the graph. The same for the logical CPUS. Any ideas?? Thanks -Grs- Gregory R Shea EMC Corporation

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[hobbit] Configuration database backend.
by pwilliamson＠mandtbank.com 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

>>> tmelcher at saionline.com 12/08/06 5:10 PM >>> > -----Original Message----- > From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:pwilliamson at mandtbank.com] > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:58 PM > To: henrik at hswn.dk; hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Configuration database backend. > > I use cfengine to distribute my host files to my different > machines. I have 8 machines. Having a database to manage > configuration would be a mistake IMHO. > > Paul Agreed, a database would be overkill in an environment that small. Ours is getting large and with the potential of 1000's of servers and 50 - 100 administrators, the hobbit-alerts.cfg file and hobbit-clients.cfg file are getting unmanageable. Ecspecialy as admins come and go, hard to figure out who entries for emails addresses and pager notifications is current. Clumping them into groups has helped but its still getting cumbersome. Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (402) 399-9111 x2774 tmelcher at saionline.com Small? I don't think I was clear - that's 8 server machines - not clients. I've got about 10k clients feeding it. The 8 machines are a combination of server, pager and display machines. Paul

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[hobbit] Emails & HTML Code
by Robert.Taylor＠HendrickAuto.com 10 Dec '06

10 Dec '06

If you are just trying to generate a HTML formatted email I can send you a wrapper that I use. This way Hobbit sends HTML rich emails that look like the web pages as opposed t just sending the HTML code along with the message. It is pretty easy to implement and works with everything we have here. Robert -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 5:03 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Emails & HTML Code On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:43:20AM -0600, James Wade wrote: > I have the message files being emailed to folks on alerts. > > The problem is that it has the html code in it (See below) > > Full log <a href="/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=iau070&SECTION=msgs:/ > /hobbit/client/tmp/biglog.out">/hobbit /client/tmp/biglog.out</a> > > /logs/server1/SystemOut.log:[11/28/06 22:47:36:101 GMT] 00000054 SystemOut > O J2CA00E TEST FOR BIG BROTHER ALERT Hmm, yes - this is unfortunate. > Is there a way to clean this up for better email alerting? Not something easy. You could use a script to do the alerting, and have it build your own alert messages where you filter out the HTML code. That's the only way I can think of right now. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Question regarding badTEST for custom script
by Sebastien.Masson＠amdocs.com 10 Dec '06

10 Dec '06

I want to use the badTEST for custom test but I don't know how? Does someone already implement a way to not put in red the first time we receive a red status from a custom script. I will like to get a red only after the 2nd or the 3rd red. Thanks. Sabey This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp

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Hobbit errors messages
by geoff.hallford＠gmail.com 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

I am getting the following error message in various Hobbit logs: 2006-12-04 07:59:46 Tried to down BOARDBUSY: Invalid argument Does anyone know what this is referring to or what I need to change? Thanks.

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Custom graph not showing up. Possible RRD problem?
by jhittner＠vmsinfo.com 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

Hi- I am trying to create a custom graph On the client, in /opt/hobbit/client/ext I have a "inqGraph" that has this in it: #!/bin/sh . /opt/bb/etc/bbdef.sh $BB $BBDISP "status `hostname`.inqGraph green `date` `cat /tmp/queues.txt` " exit 0 /tmp/queues has this in it: DIHM11a : 0 DRE11a : 9 MIRR11b : 5 =================== hobbitserver.cfg =================== TEST2RRD="......,inqGraph=ncv" NCV_inqGraph="DIHM11a:GAUGE,DRE11a:GAUGE,MIRR11b:GAUGE" GRAPHS="......,inqGraph" =================== hobbitgraph.cfg =================== [inqGraph] Title Queue info YAXIS Files DEF:DIHM11Ajon=inqGraph.rrd:DIHM11A:AVERAGE DEF:DRE11ajon=inqGraph.rrd:DRE11A:AVERAGE DEF:MIRR11bjon=inqGraph.rrd:MIRR11B:AVERAGE LINE2:DIHM11ajon#00CCCC:DIHM1_1a LINE2:DRE11ajon#FF0000:DRE1_1a LINE2:MIRR11bjon#FF00CC:MIRR1_1b COMMENT:\n GPRINT:DIHM11a:LAST:DIHM1_1a \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:DIHM11a:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:DIHM11a:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n GPRINT:DRE11a:LAST:DIHM1_1a \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:DRE11a:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:DRE11a:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n GPRINT:MIRR11b:LAST:DIHM1_1a \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:MIRR11b:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:MIRR11b:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n The inqGraph.rrd is being created, however it seems a little strange. ==================== inqGraph.rrd ==================== <rrd> <version> 0003 </version> <step> 300 </step>  <lastupdate> 1165329250 </lastupdate>  <ds> <name> DIHM11a </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 0.0000000000e+00 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> DRE11a </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 2.2500000000e+03 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> MIRR11b </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 1.2500000000e+03 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds>  <rra> <cf> AVERAGE </cf> <pdp_per_row> 1 </pdp_per_row>  <params> <xff> 5.0000000000e-01 </xff> </params> <cdp_prep> <ds> <primary_value> 0.0000000000e+00 </primary_value> <secondary_value> 0.0000000000e+00 </secondary_value> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_datapoints> 0 </unknown_datapoints> </ds> <ds> <primary_value> 9.0000000000e+00 </primary_value> <secondary_value> 9.0000000000e+00 </secondary_value> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_datapoints> 0 </unknown_datapoints> </ds> <ds> <primary_value> 5.0000000000e+00 </primary_value> <secondary_value> 5.0000000000e+00 </secondary_value> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_datapoints> 0 </unknown_datapoints> </ds> </cdp_prep> <database>  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row>  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row>  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row>  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row> ........... </database> </rra> </rrd> Within this <database> portion, is the fishy part. I suspect this is why my graph isn't being graphed.. What's with all of these NaNs (Not a Number) ? This rrd file is fresh, created 2 minutes ago. But within this <database> portion I see stuff like:  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row> Where is this coming from? February 14th, 2006. Full rrd file is available upon request, if it will help. Any suggestions? -------------------------------------------------------

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the all or nothing nature of hobbit
by dan.simoes＠gmail.com 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

I love hobbit and have been using it (and BB) for many years, so take this as constructive criticism. One of my biggest headaches with BB (and now hobbit) has been the all-or-nothing nature of alerts. By this I mean that if your main network link is down, everything goes red for network status. Something happened on my monitoring box (probably DNS) that caused a cadence of http errors. http was not truly down on all these N hosts on various networks, it was the network test that was failing on the monitoring box. I'm unaware of a solution to this issue, and I'm considering moving to another product because of it. Are there any solutions, either existing or planned? Lastly, who is maintaining the debian package for hobbit? Both the server and client packages still have the same bugs I reported months ago. Thanks. Dan

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[hobbit] Configuration database backend.
by tmelcher＠saionline.com 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (402) 399-9111 x2774 tmelcher at saionline.com > -----Original Message----- > From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:pwilliamson at mandtbank.com] > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:58 PM > To: henrik at hswn.dk; hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Configuration database backend. > > I use cfengine to distribute my host files to my different > machines. I have 8 machines. Having a database to manage > configuration would be a mistake IMHO. > > Paul Agreed, a database would be overkill in an environment that small. Ours is getting large and with the potential of 1000's of servers and 50 - 100 administrators, the hobbit-alerts.cfg file and hobbit-clients.cfg file are getting unmanageable. Ecspecialy as admins come and go, hard to figure out who entries for emails addresses and pager notifications is current. Clumping them into groups has helped but its still getting cumbersome. Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (402) 399-9111 x2774 tmelcher at saionline.com > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > >

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