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Hobbit System Logs - client did not report
by Todd.Costa＠state.ma.us 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hello Hob-sters, I have been testing my Hobbit server [4.1.2p1] for a number of weeks now. Its working great and everything is going well so far with my test criteria. I am wondering how do I fix the service type "msgs" of clear on my hobbit server. The status is reporting the following: "No log data available; The client did not report any logfile data." I am running Debian 3.1 (stable) and I have used the server .deb from sourceforge. Do I need the client .deb to fix this? Its not a huge issue but something I am trying to figure out. Looking at the hobbitlaunch.cfg, the hobbitserver.cfg and hobbitclient.sh I can see and follow the resulting tests to a msg.txt file created in $BBHOME/TMP but its not getting back to the hobbit display. I have noticed a runclient.sh but don't see where its launched or referenced in the cfg files. Would this be the piece I am missing in my configuration? It appears to be getting the data but its not going to the display. So any input is appreciated. Thanks in advance for responding to my questions. ----------------------------- Todd Costa Commonwealth of Massachusetts -----------------------------

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RESEND: some simple questions
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

I believe I have found my answer. Sorry Robert ------------------------------------------------ I am in the process of converting over from bb to hobbit. I have configure my server and web pages and this look ok as per the documents In one of the hobbit document is says BBDISPLAY, BBPAGER, BBNET are compatibility settings for extensions written for Big Brother. Hobbit doesn't use these, but puts them in the bb-hosts file to avoid problems if you mix Hobbit and Big Brother modules. I am going to try and not mix hobbit and bb modules. I want to phase out bb. If Hobbit does not us BBDISPLAY then how do hobbit clients know where to send to the hobbit display server? _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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some simple questions
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

I am in the process of converting over from bb to hobbit. I have configure my server and web pages and this look ok as per the documents In one of the hobbit document is says BBDISPLAY, BBPAGER, BBNET are compatibility settings for extensions written for Big Brother. Hobbit doesn't use these, but puts them in the bb-hosts file to avoid problems if you mix Hobbit and Big Brother modules. I am going to try and not mix hobbit and bb modules. I want to phase out bb. If Hobbit does not us BBDISPLAY then how do hobbit clients know where to send to the hobbit display server? _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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Not finding Hosts in bb-host Include File
by kat＠pics.com 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

Hobbit 4.1.2. When using an include in bb-hosts, ../hobbit412-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOSTSVC=doclib,net.conn&IP=192.135.189.10 7&DISPLAYNAME=doclib.net returns "No such Host" - (doclib.net is a host defined in the include file). Moving the definition into the bb-hosts file resolves the issue but is inconvenient - we would like to be able to manage subpages via the include functionality. I've found no errors in the logs, is there a change required in another configuration file that I could be missing? I've tested the same scenario on hobbit 4.0.4 and had the same results. Thank you, Keith Troutman

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Client interval question
by jeffnewman75＠gmail.com 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hi, I wanted to move from a 5 minute interval on all my clients to a 1 minute interval. I went to my first AIX host to test, and changed /usr/local/hobbit/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg and changed the interval to 1m (I assume this is correct) Well, sure enough, hobbit launches stuff every minute, but the problem is that I see "vmstat 300 2" running a ton. So looking at /usr/local/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-aix.sh, I see that hardcoded into the script is "vmstat 300 2" So do I need to update that to reflect 1 minute as well ( i.e. vmstat 60 2)? Or is this by design? Are there others that might need to change that I don't know about? Is the way I am going about this wrong? Thanks, Jeff

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[hobbit] Changing default graph resolution
by v.everett＠afgonline.com.au 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Hi all Anybody help me with graphing? In hobbitgraph.cfg, I have the following definition, and it produces wonderful, but somewhat cluttered graphs. ---snip--- [ora9-sga] FNPATTERN tablespace.rrd TITLE TableSpace Utilization YAXIS % Full DEF:xdb at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_XDB:AVERAGE DEF:whsidx at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_WHS_INDEX:AVERAGE DEF:whsdata at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_WHS_DATA:AVERAGE DEF:users at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_USERS:AVERAGE DEF:undotbs1 at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_UNDOTBS1:AVERAGE DEF:tools at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_TOOLS:AVERAGE DEF:system at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SYSTEM:AVERAGE DEF:siebind at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SIEB_INDEX:AVERAGE DEF:siebdata at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SIEB_DATA:AVERAGE DEF:loader at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_LOADER_DATA:AVERAGE LINE2:xdb at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:XDB LINE2:whsidx at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:WHS_INDEX LINE2:whsdata at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:WHS_DATA LINE2:users at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:USERS LINE2:undotbs1 at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:UNDO LINE2:tools at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:TOOLS LINE2:system at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:SYSTEM LINE2:siebind at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:SIEB_INDEX LINE2:siebdata at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:SIEB_DATA LINE2:loader at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:LOADER -u 100 -l 0 ---snip--- How do I get it to split this across 2 or even 3 graphs, like the disk utilisation graphs. Cheers Vernon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Australian Finance Group Limited or a third party. It is intended solely for the purpose of the addressee and any other named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this message is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken transmission or delivery to any unintended party. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author immediately or contact Australian Finance Group on +61 8 9420 7888.

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Default Host Entries
by jeff＠myinternetservices.com 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Ok.. I've seen a couple of differing definitions of the "default" host entry. And I have a couple of questions. 1) Which is the proper entry for a default host entry? .default. # Tags/tests 0.0.0.0 .default. # Tags/tests 2) Do the default entries merge with what's listed in a specific host? IE if say my default includes a test for the FTP server and I don't want a specific host to test FTP so I put !ftp. Who wins? 3) If I have multiple files that get included into my bb-hosts file and I setup default entries in each, do the default entries get scope? IE if I setup a default in file A, and then include file B does the default entry in file A only apply to file A? And what if I setup a default entry in bb-hosts. Does it get overridden in each of the includes or do they merge? -- Jeff Stuart Network Admin MyInternetServices.com 1-800-300-HOST

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Mandriva packages
by bgmilne＠staff.telkomsa.net 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

I have packaged Hobbit for Mandriva, it is currently available in cooker contrib, and the 2006.0 development tree (ie devel/2006.0 on mirrors). Users can install it with 'urpmi hobbit-client' or 'urpmi hobbit'. I started with the distributed spec file, but had to make a number of changes to make it comply with packaging policies. Packaging files are available in CVS, eg http://cvs.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/contrib-SPECS/hobbit/ It might be worthwhile removing the trailing slash in the alias definition in the distributed apache config files (http://cvs.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/contrib-SPECS/hobbit/hobbit-4.1.…) The SRPM also builds on RHEL4, when using compatibility macros (see http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/BackPorting) we are using the resulting packages in production. Regards, Buchan -- Buchan Milne ISP Systems Specialist B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)

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Solaris 10 question
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

I am having problem compiling hobbit on a Solaris 10 Sparc host. I looked through the archive and found the following: * To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk * Subject: Re: [hobbit] Solution: Need HELP! Compile errors! Solaris 10 * From: David Gore <David.Gore (at) mci.com> * Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:05:34 +0000 * References: <96307D39C221F14D944CF71546AC95910448E9 at MC4EXCH02.mcdata.com> <20050516204112.GA5700 at hswn.dk> <428956B6.2080206 at mci.com> * User-agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) Which is exactly the problem I am having. A solution to the problem was the following: ## # Solution: root (at) hobbit:/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/install-tools> ./mkheaders fixproto: populating `/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/include' (No *.h files in /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/include/root) (No *.h files in /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/include/root/usr) (No *.h files in /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/include/root/usr/openwin) (No *.h files in /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/include/root/usr/openwin/ include) (No *.h files in /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/include/root/usr/openwin/ include/X11) (No *.h files in /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/include/X11) # ## This solution is kind of cryptic to me so can someone explain what needs to be done in simpler terms for a simpler mind. Also is there a precompiled version that can be downloaded? Thanks Robert _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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Multiple Downtime days
by Al.Jeffcoat＠orhs.org 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Hello All, How do I put multiple days in a downtime tag in the bb-hosts file? I've put DOWNTIME=0:2300:2359,1:2300:2359,2:2300:2359... This has no effect... TIA, Al

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