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vim config parser
by Phil.Crooker＠orix.com.au 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Has anyone done a vim syntax file for xymon config files? I'm starting to look into it, but just wondering if anyone has done the work? A syntax file is the bit that colourises the syntactic elements of a language - eg bash or perl. If you are curious as well: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/syntax.html cheers, Phil

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PROCS not monitored correctly -what is wrong with this picture?? (Find the error!) (LONG)
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

My apologies to anyone who gets this on a digest I'm having some odd issues with procs on a database cluster and I would be very grateful for any clues! We have multiple rule sets to cut down on multiple alerts for shared disk, and because some have more capacity db0-db6 are Solaris 10 servers (there is no db8) running xymon 4.3.10 db11-db62 are RHEL Linux running a mix of xymon 4.3.10 and 4.3.7 server is a RHEL VM running xymon 4.3.10 Procs have been screwey for a while, but we only noticed when we added rngd testing to the linux boxes db1, db2, db3, db6 are alerting for missing rngd . db0, db4 and db5 are NOT (this is particularly puzzling since db5&db6 share a rule set, as do db0 and db1. I'd expect them to go as pairs. db1, db2, db3, and db6 all show: [image: green] cron (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: green] nscd (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: green] xntpd (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: green] cron (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: green] nscd (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: green] ntpd (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: yellow] rngd (found 0, req. 1 or more)[image: green] cron (found 1, req. 1 or more) db0, db4 and db5 all show: [image: green] cron (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: green] nscd (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: green] xntpd (found 1, req. 1 or more)[image: green] cron (found 1, req. 1 or more) That last cron comes from a HOST=* rule atthe end. Can you find what is wrong with the lines below? #-------------------#Database Servers HOST=%^db[0|1].example.com MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 85 95 PROC cron 1 -1 yellow PROC nscd 1 -1 yellow PROC xntpd 1 -1 yellow # PROC sar -1 4 yellow LOAD 80.0 120.0 DISK /oracle/dba_msc_nfs2 101 101 DISK /oracle/data09 99 99 DISK /oracle/data10 97 98 DISK /oracle/data17 96 97 DISK /oracle/data22 98 99 DISK %.*archivelogs.* 90 95 DISK %.*redologs.* 90 95 DISK %.*data.* 95 96 LOG /export/home/xymon/client/tmp/powermt.out %degraded COLOR=yellow HOST=%^db[2|3|4|8].example.com UP 30m 9999d MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 85 95 # LOAD 48.0 64.0 LOAD 80.0 120.0 PROC cron 1 -1 yellow PROC nscd 1 -1 yellow PROC xntpd 1 -1 yellow # PROC sar -1 4 yellow DISK %.*data.* IGNORE DISK %.*oracle.* IGNORE DISK %.*redologs.* IGNORE DISK %.* 80 90 LOG /export/home/xymon/client/tmp/powermt.out %degraded COLOR=yellow HOST=%^db[5|6].example.com UP 30m 9999d MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 85 95 LOAD 160.0 240.0 DISK /oracle/export02 90 95 DISK %.*oracle.* IGNORE DISK %.* 80 90 PROC cron 1 -1 yellow PROC nscd 1 -1 yellow PROC xntpd 1 -1 yellow # PROC sar -1 4 yellow LOG /export/home/xymon/client/tmp/powermt.out %degraded COLOR=yellow HOST=%^db[11|12|13|21|22|23|31|32|33|61|62].bo3.* UP 30m 9999d MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 85 95 LOAD 64.0 128.0 PROC cron 1 -1 yellow PROC nscd 1 -1 yellow PROC ntpd 1 -1 yellow PROC rngd 1 -1 yellow (there are usually more LOG lines but I removed them for clarity, and verified that the errors persist)

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Xymon -- Page Refresh
by g.fer.ordas＠unicyber.co.uk 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hi I am having a look at the possibility of changing the REFRESH for the webpages, or to disable it!!! as 60 seconds for some webpages it is too little when you got a big bunch of graphs, but changing and hard-coding the template will impact on all the other pages as well. I also could not find the actual variable and I did not know where to change it but hard-coding.. (Unless this has been compiled in the cgi files..) Any thoughts around this at all? Many thanks for all your help. Gonzalo.

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[xymon]use "Files" status for noob
by diffusion＠bulot-fr.com 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hello, I ask help for Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2 (native package for Debian/Squeeze=stable) Sorry for this question, but i don't understand howto use 'files' status, someone can help me howto use (in French ?) My File check stay "clear" For example I just want to see if one file is present (later, i will check if some data are inside file) Where i am now : - xymon srv = supervision.toto.com - client to monitoring : adama59.toto.com On srv : in /etc/hobbit/hobbit-clients.cfg HOST=adama59.toto.com FILE /etc/awstats/update_stats.sh "red" TYPE=file in /etc/hobbit/client-local.cfg [adama59.toto.com] log:/var/log/messages:10240 ignore MARK log:/var/log/mail.log log:/etc/awstats/update_stats.sh I suppose i have to do something on the client ? but what ?

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About CPU load
by operaciones＠corpresa.com 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hello, I'm using xymon 4.3.5, my as is the follow: Is correct the default params that appear on "analysis.cfg" for chect the cpu load in case that the server have 4 cores (intel xeon 1230)?, can i use this values for anyone CPU types? Thank you, best regards.

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Fwd: About CPU load (OPEN)
by oyvind.bjorge＠telenor.com 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

To be able to estimate this it is good to understand what this load value is showing. There is plenty of people that has explained this in a better way than I’m able to (This is one example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_(computing)) but still I will give you my very simplified understanding. The load is number of tasks in the runque. In my head, to utilize your resources perfectly, the value 1 for single CPU would be good, since than there should be minimal delay, but still there is always something to do for the CPU. If the value are > 1 for a single cpu, than there will be wait time for tasks to be done. This is not necessary an issue, depending on what the machine is used for, and the world is not perfect, so this will not always be the same. Therefor it also is an average value we are monitoring. A long que for a short time is normal and the reason we have ques. Problem is if the que over time is longer than the cpu can process giving delay and degraded performance. Again, what is acceptable for one machine is depending on the tasks it shall do. From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Novosielski, Ryan Sent: 7. april 2013 23:27 To: 'operaciones at corpresa.com' Cc: 'xymon at xymon.com' Subject: Re: [Xymon] Fwd: About CPU load Others may have some ideas. I think no, just set it too low (I use the default value to start generally) and wait for it to get annoying and raise it accordingly. From: Operaciones [mailto:operaciones at corpresa.com] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 12:22 PM To: Novosielski, Ryan Cc: 'xymon at xymon.com' <xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Fwd: About CPU load Thank you Ryan, one ask, are there eny way for calc this?, or you suggest taht the better way is testing in each server? El 07/04/13 18:16, Novosielski, Ryan escribió: This default is a reasonably nice default for a single CPU system, but this is really a parameter that is site-dependent. For example, I have a 24 CPU compute server. A load of 5 is hardly breaking a sweat. In some cases, high load doesn't even affect the system and you wouldn't want to be notified until a normally unreasonably high value. I'd suspect 10.0 15.0 for your system or 15.0 20.0 might not be a bad guess. From: Operaciones [mailto:operaciones at corpresa.com] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 10:58 AM To: Xymon List <xymon at xymon.com><mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Subject: [Xymon] Fwd: About CPU load I forget, the default params that appear in this file are: LOAD 5.0 10.0 Thank you, best regards. -------- Mensaje original -------- Asunto: About CPU load Fecha: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:56:32 +0200 De: Operaciones <operaciones at corpresa.com><mailto:operaciones at corpresa.com> Para: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Hello, I'm using xymon 4.3.5, my as is the follow: Is correct the default params that appear on "analysis.cfg" for chect the cpu load in case that the server have 4 cores (intel xeon 1230)?, can i use this values for anyone CPU types? Thank you, best regards.

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comments for a tests (possible a feature request)
by a_s_y＠sama.ru 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Hello. Can I add comments about incidents per host/test ? -- Regards, Sergey

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Monitoring Remote Sites
by jtkbishop＠gmail.com 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Hi. Does anyone have an experience with using xymon to monitor remote sites? How do you handle the security side of things? Can we use xymon with SSL for example? Thank you. Jon B.

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proc tracking graph not working.
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Hi, So I have the following in my analisys.cfg (4.3.10): HOST=iadccmp1,iadccmp2,apaccmp1,apaccmp2 FILE /usr/local/dat/naIpAddrs.txt yellow MTIME<3630 PROC sshd 1 300 yellow PROC sshd 1 1000 red "TEXT=ssh daemon (sshd)" "TRACK=ssh daemon" HOST=* EXHOST=iadccmp1,iadccmp2,apaccmp1,apaccmp2 PROC sshd 1 70 yellow PROC sshd 1 100 red "TEXT=ssh daemon (sshd)" But I'm still not getting the graph tracking the number of connections. Any ideas? Paul.

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--debug not working for xymonlaunch?
by David.Mills＠ngc.com 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Hello, All... We have a nasty problem ongoing flapping problem with our network-based tests (e.g. HTTP/SSH/DNS/etc. - see http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2013-March/037071.html) and last night I tried to use the "--debug" flag on "xymonlaunch". Unfortunately, nothing got sent to any files and nothing extra happened on STDOUT. What did I do wrong? Xymon 4.3.3 - Updated "xymon.sh" like this: ... /export/xymon-4.3.3/server/bin/xymonlaunch \ --config=/export/xymon-4.3.3/server/etc/tasks.cfg \ --env=/export/xymon-4.3.3/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg --log=/var/log/xymon-4.3.3/xymonlaunch.log \ --pidfile=/var/log/xymon-4.3.3/xymonlaunch.pid \ --debug=/var/log/Xymon/xymonlaunch-debug.log # This last switch was the addition echo "Xymon started" ~~~ Did a "xymon.sh restart" (several times) and no log file. Then I tried removing the "=....log" , with just the "... --debug" and stopped/restarted things. All with no success. Any ideas? Thanks! david ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Mills Systems Administrator Northrop Grumman 512-595-1238 david.mills at ngc.com

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