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Xymon Newbie - Installation Issues
by sam.robert＠outlook.com 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Hello All, I am a Linux and Xymon newbie to begin with so please go easy on me. Found Xymon in my search for a simple yet powerful network monitor and love what I have seen so far. However I cant seem to get it installed properly no matter what. So far I have tried all instances of Linux over at AWS and so far the best with the least amount of errors is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 - Even on that, the RRDTOOL-DEVEL is nowhere to be found and after spending half a day found the rpm at REPOFORGE and installed from there and the ./configure seemed happy with it. However no matter what I do, I could not find C-ARES-DEVEL to install and the RPM I found gave constant errors. Anyhow, my question is what to do with the C-ARES error or the ARES.H errors on configure. Let them be or how can I install them properly? Also after the installation how do I configure APACHE as on other distros I could never get the XYMON page to come up because of a different www folder and each distro has its own issues. Does anybody know of a complete guide or tutorial for newbies using which I can get Xymon to work? I have followed almost 8 to 10 different Xymon articles for different distros and could not get any to work because of the versions difference and other issues. Please Help! Sam.

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How to set alerts on standby during the weekly server restart.
by jhornelas＠gmail.com 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

HI How to set alerts on standby during the weekly server restart. I have three commands, With these instructions I can do or are there other options. TIME = *: 0245: 1925 DOWNTIME = *: 0700: 2350 NTime = *: 0000: 0400 alerts.cfg have in my file the following settings # *** Proyecto 1. HOST=equipo1 SERVICE=procs mail at pruebas.com DURATION>5m COLOR=RED REPEAT=1hNTIME=*:0000:0400 FORMAT=PLAIN HOST=equipo1 SERVICE=procs mail at pruebas.com DURATION>5m COLOR=RED REPEAT=1hDOWNTIME=*:0700:2350 FORMAT=PLAIN # *** Proyecto 2 HOST=equipo2,equipo3 SERVICE=procs mail at pruebas.com DURATION>5m COLOR=RED REPEAT=1hTIME=*:0000:2150 FORMAT=PLAIN HOST=equipo2,equipo3 SERVICE=procs mail at pruebas.com DURATION>5m COLOR=RED REPEAT=1h TIME=*:2210:2355 FORMAT=PLAIN But exactly how to interpret them, somebody help me please !!! Thanks

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solaris client --> linux server... no updates
by Nick＠Pettefar.com 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

If it's of any help, I built a Solaris 10 SPARC Xymon 4.3.17 client and it works fine with our Linux server. Regards, Nick Pettefar > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:31:39 +0100 > From: Ian Diddams <didds3 at yahoo.co.uk> > To: "xymon at xymon.com" <xymon at xymon.com> > Subject: [Xymon] solaris client --> linux server... no updates > Message-ID: > <1408537899.3957.YahooMailNeo at web172404.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I've recently built the solaris client v. 4.3.17 > > > its built and run in local mode > > But nothing ever ends up on the server to be displayed. The route to the server on port 1984 is open.

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all-clear pages won't scroll in Firefox or Safari
by rlhamil2＠gmail.com 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

For some reason, all-clear pages (like the “ports” test, or client ext scripts that only capture status rather than report problems) will not scroll on Firefox or Safari (both Mac, although I’d suppose Windows or Linux Firefox would behave similarly). They will on Chrome (Mac again). Presumably if I stared at the source of a page that has that problem, and another that doesn’t, I might eventually notice what’s wrong; but I’m hoping that someone familiar with the innards of xymongen would realize right away what’s happening. :-)

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graph with secondary ordinate
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

On Fri, 8 Aug 2014, henrik at hswn.dk wrote: > Den 2014-08-01 08:36, Martin Flemming skrev: >> Hi ! >> >> I know, it's more a rrd-question, but how could i >> implement a second ordinate on the right side of the graph > > The Xymon site has one such graph - the "ups" graph on the blixen.hswn.dk > server. see this: > https://www.xymon.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=blixen.hswn.dk&SERVICE=ups > > The graph definition is at https://www.xymon.com/xymon-cgi/viewconf.sh?graph > (scroll to the bottom). > > As I recall, it did require a small patch to the xymongraph code, really due > to a bug in the rrd API interface. I'll see if I can dig it up later today. > One thing that does not work, though, is the zoom funtion. > > Regards, > Henrik Hi, Henrik ! Thanks for quick response and a possible solution, it's not very urgent but good to know that it's possible and in near future to use :-) thanks a lot & cheers, martin > >> >> e.g. >> the values of my Check are >> >> Waiting: 6369 >> Running: 4114 >> Available: 5788 >> Slot Usage: 71.0780926053905 % >> >> >> and i want to have on the right side the Slot-Usage with percent >> >> my graph definition looks like >> >> [sges] >> TITLE BIRD JOBS >> YAXIS Jobs >> DEF:running=sges.rrd:Running:AVERAGE >> LINE2:running#FFCCCC:Number of running jobs >> COMMENT:\n >> GPRINT:running:LAST:running Jobs \: %5.1lf%s (cur) >> GPRINT:running:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) >> GPRINT:running:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) >> GPRINT:running:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n >> >> >> DEF:available=sges.rrd:Available:AVERAGE >> LINE2:available#000099:Number of available Slots >> COMMENT:\n >> GPRINT:available:LAST:available Slots \: %5.1lf%s (cur) >> GPRINT:available:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) >> GPRINT:available:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) >> GPRINT:available:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n >> >> DEF:usage=sges.rrd:SlotUsage:AVERAGE >> LINE2:usage#8C1717:Usage in % >> COMMENT:\n >> GPRINT:usage:LAST:Usage \: %5.1lf%s (cur) >> GPRINT:usage:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) >> GPRINT:usage:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (min) >> GPRINT:usage:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n >> >> Thanks & cheers >> >> martin

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solaris client --> linux server... no updates
by didds3＠yahoo.co.uk 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

I've recently built the solaris client v. 4.3.17 its built and run in local mode But nothing ever ends up on the server to be displayed. The route to the server on port 1984 is open. I do however see this in debug mode $ $XYMONHOME/bin/xymond_client --debug --config=$XYMONHOME/etc/localclient.cfg <$MSGTMPFILE 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Want msg 1, startpos 0, fillpos 0, endpos -1, usedbytes=0, bufleft=528383 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Got 26318 bytes 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 /export/home/xymon/client/bin/xymond_client: Got message 1 @@client#1|0|127.0.0.1|tpa-issmon|sunos 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 startpos 26315, fillpos 26318, endpos -1 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Transport setup is: 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 xymondportnumber = 1984 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 xymonproxyhost = NONE 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 xymonproxyport = 0 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Recipient listed as '192.168.55.242' 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Standard protocol on port 1984 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Will connect to address 192.168.55.242 port 1984 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Connect status is 0 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Sent 16 bytes 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Closing connection 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Opening file /export/home/xymon/client/etc/localclient.cfg 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Client report from host tpa-issmon 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Want msg 2, startpos 26315, fillpos 26318, endpos -1, usedbytes=3, bufleft=502065 10389 2014-08-20 13:29:19 get_xymond_message: Returning NULL due to EOF 2014-08-20 13:29:19 Failed to get a message, terminating those last two lines are of concern. What have I configured incorrectly? cheers ian

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Orange background color?
by christian.becker＠rhein-zeitung.net 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hello all, we have a setup of Xymon 4.3.17, monitoring 711 devices at this time. Our operating staff is using the "All non-green view" as their starting point. Therefore it could be the situation, that one needs to acknowledge a red alert, so that the icon called "red-ack.gif" is being shown. In our setup, this icon "red-ack.gif" is not the default one; we are using an orange icon instead of the default red one. Now my question is just a cosmetical question: if -for example- we have only one red alert on the "All non-green view" (or on any page...), and this single red alert would be acknowledged, then "our" orange icon is being shown for this acknowledged alert, but the background color remains red. Would it be possible to define an orange background colour just for that case, if there's only one already acknowledged orange (red) icon per page? Christian Becker IT-Services Christian.Becker at rhein-zeitung.net<mailto:Christian.Becker at rhein-zeitung.net> _________________________________ Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH August-Horch-Straße 28 D-56070 Koblenz Verleger und Geschäftsführer: Walterpeter Twer Reg.-Gericht Koblenz HRB 121 Finanzamt Koblenz Str.Nr. 22 65 10 285 2 www.rhein-zeitung.de<http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/>

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enadis page only showing the last scheduled disable
by larry＠fni-stl.com 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

I saw where this was reported but I couldn't find any follow-up mention of a fix or cause. Just updated from xymon 4.3.12 to 4.3.17 on a RHEL 6.5 system. Now when I use the enadis page in the Scheduled Actions section it is only showing the last system that has a scheduled disable. Instead of the full list of pending disables. Thanks. Larry ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail message is intended exclusively for recipient to which it is addressed. The contents of this message and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, print, storage, copy, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by replying to the message's sender and delete all copies of this message and its attachments without disclosing the contents to anyone, or using the contents for any purpose.

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Config files that supports "include" directive
by A.Chervonets＠cominder.eu 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Which XyMon config files support "include" directive? In man documentation it is described only for hosts.cfg: "include filename This tag is used to include another file into the hosts.cfg file at run-time, allowing for a large hosts.cfg file to be split up into more manageable pieces." Some time ago it was mentioned that it also works for alerts.cfg (but this is not documented) What about other files? It would be nice to work for all XyMon config files. This would simplify upgrade (I would just include referenced to custom configuration files). For me it is most actual for: * analysis.cfg * client-local.cfg Best regards, Andrey Chervonets ---------------------- SIA CoMinder http://www.cominder.eu/

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http column only has dashes
by usaims＠yahoo.com 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

I am under the assumption if I put 'http' in the bb-host file, it will monitor http on that node. I cannot get the 'http' test to report -- it is only reporting dashes. Here is part of my bb-host file subpage test test group-only http|conn|cpu|disk|memory|raid 10.xxx.xxx.123 www.example.coml #CompReport The above is reporting everything except 'http', does anybody have a clue? usaims

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