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BBSLEEP
by plardinois＠be.tiauto.com 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hello, I got this message regularly on my bbgen report, Error output: WARNING: Runtime 29 longer than BBSLEEP (25) but i don't find any BBSLEEP variable in the config files. Where do I have to change this setting ? Thanks Regards, Pierre _____________________________ Pierre Lardinois Int. ICT Infrastructure Team TI Automotive The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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[hobbit] Feature request: bbgen to generate statistic of different OS and their versions.
by fduranti＠q8.it 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

It should also be nice to have the possibility to send the OS/Version from script different from the bbclient so that we could have OS/Version for Network appliance storage, databases, switches and routers in the correct field. > -----Original Message----- > From: T.J. Yang [mailto:tj_yang at hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:26 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Feature request: bbgen to generate > statistic of different OS and their versions. > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 08:37:34PM -0500, T.J. Yang wrote: > >> It is good to see bbgen can count the total hosts being monitored > >> like following > >> > http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=voodoo.hswn.dk&SERVI > >> CE=bbgen > >> > >> Is it possible also list out what kind of OS and versions > to make up > >> the total hosts ? > > > > A very quick summary can be made with > > > > bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard test=cpu fields=BBH_OS"|sort |uniq -c > > > > That gives you a summary of what OS your hobbit client > enabled systems > > are running. For a more detailed breakdown of the versions > you'd have > > to request each of the client logs with > > > > bb 127.0.0.1 "clientlog client1.hswn.dk section=osversion" > > > > and then do some summation over that data. > > Hi, Henrik > Thanks for the quick reply. > > In futher version of hobbit, Can you automate the summation > of OS/Verson in bbgen ? > This will be another good selling feature to IT centers. it > will save lots of time for getting OS/version/total nodes > summary by manual process. > > Regards > > tj > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > >

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[hobbit] Hobbit cluster and DRDB
by fduranti＠q8.it 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hi... I use drbd and heartbeat for some clusters at work. We run apache, mysql, qmail, pound (a free load balancer), an Oracle Instance (where we cannot use our RAC) and also for the admin server of a weblogic server. I'm using drbd 0.7.xx and heartbeat 1.2.x on RHEL3 and RHEL4, 32 and 64 bit. Some of those cluster are running from more then one year without any problems. Heartbeat it simple to install and need no mainteinance at all, you can upgrade it without problems (the 2.0 also support multinode cluster). DRBD can also be configured to get some performance boost at risk for data writing on disk (he have 3 mode of disk writing). If you have a free network card you can dedicate it to heartbeat and drbd with a crossover cable and at least with Linux the networking work quite well so you can get good performance on a 1gb network card. The only "problem" with drbd is that if you need to upgrade the kernel you'all also need to recompile the drbd drivers for that kernel or you'll not see the disks. Heartbeat and drbd will integrate themself simply without problems. You'll end with a shared disk (that can be only primary in write access from one node) where you'll install the entire hobbit home directory, a shared ip address that you will use as ip address for hobbit. You will just need one line of configuration in the heartbeat resource file to put the ip, the device to mount and the script to start hobbit. Regarding performance I think it will not be so bad but I think it will depends from how many rrd youre using for graphs. I think that with a gb network card and a good buffer for io the performance will not be a problem. Francesco > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas [mailto:tlp-hobbit at holme-pedersen.dk] > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:40 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit cluster and DRDB > > Hi Brothers, > > Just read an article in Linux Journal about using DRDB as a "cluster" > filesystem for a redundant installation of sendmail and > mysql. This has caused me to think that this could be a way > forward as a cluster mecanism for hobbit. Currently I run a > rdist job for this and then have a manual intervention for > starting up hobbit on the secondary node. > > I know from when I last looked at DRDB that the IO > performance as a problem with BB but with Hobbit I am prety > sure it should work. > > I am wondering if any of you have experienced with the > DRDB/heartbeat/hobbit and what your impressions are ? > > Regards, Thomas > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.1/421 - Release > Date: 16-08-2006 > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > >

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[hobbit] Hobbit cluster and DRDB
by fduranti＠q8.it 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

> I am less interested about BB+DRBD+RHLinux combination for > implementing system monitoring clustering. Instead, I am more > interested about Hobbit+Solaris 10+Sun Cluster software. > Sorry to hijack your subject into mine. > > Sun Cluster software is now free for use( see R1) > > R1: http://www.sun.com/software/cluster/ > I use hearthbeat (for all our linux cluster) and suncluster (for 2 solaris cluster). I don't have a big knowledge of SunCluster but it seems to me really more complicated. From what I remember you also need a fc disk or some scsi disk connected to the 2 machine to work as quorum device for the cluster and it's a bit intrusive inside the OS kernel with his drivers (I don't know if with solaris 10 and new version of suncluster something has changed). I know it's more sophisticated but also really more complicated and difficult to setup related to heartbeat and it's free to download and use but I don't know how much support you'll get for the free version if you have a problem. Hearthbeat setup will take about 5 minutes and all you have to do is to edit 2 file ... And it also run on Solaris (I didn't test it but at least it's what's written on the website :D) Francesco

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[hobbit] procs test keeps paging, although green for +4 days
by David.Gore＠VerizonBusiness.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Interesting problem, we keep getting paged for a procs test on a host twice a day although the procs test has been green for the last 4+ days. It would appear something is stuck? What to look at? It is in couple 'chk' files in ~/server/tmp, but I wouldn't know what to make of that. Ideas to troubleshoot? ~David

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hobbit-alerts.cfg : how to send an email for an event that gets ACKed?
by jjj863＠gmail.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Is it possible that to send notice emails for an event that gets acknowledged (either from the admin page or through email)? Glancing through the man page, I didn't see If not, pls treat this as a feature request. To me, this is usually as useful as the RECOVERED flag, if not more. More generally, maybe a 'stateChange' flag in addition to 'recovered'?

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hobbit-alerts DOWNSECS
by rower.master＠gmail.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi friends, I'm trying to set a custom mail script for hobbit-alerts.When I use the $DOWNSECS , the value showed is the downsecs for the current day and not the real value in case of the service is down for more then a day. Hobbit version 4.1.1 Thanks in advance.

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Alerts Question
by mdula＠star-telegram.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi, I seem to be having issues with the reliability with the alerts feature. My Hobbit-alerts.cfg is written as followed. HOST=server1 MAIL number(at)cingularme.com RECOVERED MAIL address(at)company.com RECOVERED HOST=server2 MAIL number(at)cingularme.com RECOVERED MAIL address(at)company.com RECOVERED HOST=* RECOVERED IGNORE HOST=server IGNORE HOST=server1 IGNORE HOST=server2 MAIL address(at)company.com MAIL number(at)messaging.nextel.com MAIL address(at)company.com MAIL address(at)company.com <mailto:address at star-telegram.com> I am not using SMS but using the phone provider's email to send test to a phone. The messages poured in after a hobbit.sh restart, but then the quit going through. Sometimes only the (at)company recipients go through. Also for the cell phone emails is there a way I can customize messages sent to the recipient? Ie. make the text short and sweet, (Server and Service status only) -Mike

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[hobbit] Alerts Question
by mdula＠star-telegram.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Great thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Gary B. [mailto:gmbfly98 at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:33 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Alerts Question > Hi, I seem to be having issues with the reliability with the alerts feature. Look at the /var/log/hobbit/notifications.log and page.log files. You might also want to manually test the alert rules to see how they work > My Hobbit-alerts.cfg is written as followed. > > > HOST=server1 > MAIL number(at)cingularme.com RECOVERED > MAIL address(at)company.com RECOVERED > > HOST=server2 > MAIL number(at)cingularme.com RECOVERED > MAIL address(at)company.com RECOVERED The alert rules I have are written as: HOST=server1 RECOVERED MAIL <phone address> REPEAT=interval MAIL <company address> REPEAT=interval . . . > HOST=* RECOVERED > IGNORE HOST=server > IGNORE HOST=server1 > IGNORE HOST=server2 > MAIL address(at)company.com > MAIL number(at)messaging.nextel.com > MAIL address(at)company.com > MAIL address(at)company.com You can do IGNORE HOST=server,server1,server2 MAIL <address1>,<address2> > I am not using SMS but using the phone provider's email to send test to a > phone. The messages poured in after a hobbit.sh restart, but then the quit > going through. Sometimes only the (at)company recipients go through. Also > for the cell phone emails is there a way I can customize messages sent to > the recipient? Ie. make the text short and sweet, (Server and Service status > only) > > > -Mike Yes. I believe Hobbit has a method of doing that by itself, but I use a custom external script, as I needed to slightly modify the way SMS-style messages are sent. It's a short script, so I've included it below. Just stick it into the /var/hobbit/server/ext directory (and make sure it has the execute bit set). Then, create a MAIL rule as below: SCRIPT /var/hobbit/server/ext/oursms <address> FORMAT=SMS REPEAT =1h The "oursms" script: #!/bin/sh #VARIABLES: msg=$BBALPHAMSG #Full text of message code=$ACKCODE #The ack code host=$BBHOSTNAME #Host name # CODE: #======= subject="!HB ${code}" #Subject will read as "!HB <hobbit alert code>" message="${msg}" echo "${message}" | mail -s "${subject}" $RCPT If you want to customize the script to change the way the subject and/or body appear on the pager, look at the section titled "ALERT SCRIPTS" at the bottom of the page: http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/manpages/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5. html To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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I guess I am not the only Apache newbie
by greg.hubbard＠eds.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

>From http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man1/hobbit-nkedit.cgi.8.html Result: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /docs/man1/hobbit-nkedit.cgi.8.html on this server. Apache/1.3.33 Server at hobbitmon.sourceforge.net Port 80 There, I feel better now! ------------ Let me say that I will be busy the next few days learning all of the new thing packed into the new Hobbit! Hats off! GLH

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