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html charset setting
by a_s_y＠sama.ru 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Hello. I found information about HTMLCONTENTTYPE in xymonserver.cfg, but I can't see content-type definition in html header: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="Sat, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT"> <TITLE>red : Xymon - Status @ Sun Mar 31 04:58:57 2013</TITLE> What I need to check ? -- Regards, Sergey

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Custom graphs, non-standard config
by haertig＠avaya.com 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

My installation is an old Hobbit 4.2.0 one, but in case the graphing is still similar to the way Xymon does things nowadays, I thought I'd ask here. I am familiar with custom graphs, using NCV, and have implemented many. I am looking to try something a little different from that. I have a network appliance (not a "server") that cannot have the Hobbit client installed on it, but I can gather CPU load info from it like this "ssh user at appliance status cpu". This generates a response like this example: 0.18 0.14 0.10 3/74 29150 Command Result : 0 (Success) I currently use the above collected data to create a "status" message that I then use the "bb" command to send to Hobbit. Works as expected, with the data showing up in the "cpu" column for this appliance I am monitoring: /usr/local/bin/bb 192.168.0.1 status qcosvhsm1.cpu green Tue Apr 2 15:55:16 2013 CPU load ======== &green 5 minute average CPU load is 0.10, which is <= warning level of 3 load average: 0.10, 0.10, 0.09 Raw data (command = 'status cpu'): 0.10 0.10 0.09 3/74 7177 Command Result : 0 (Success) (I have other custom stuff that turns text like "&green" into a link to the green light icon Hobbit normally uses, but that's irrelevant to my questions here.) What I would like to do is use the built-in RRD and "CPU Load" graph definitions to display a graph on the Hobbit webpage. I realize I can make my own custom ones, and I know how to do that already (but not showing up on the default "cpu" column, I'd have to make a different "cpu_load" column using a different name than just "cpu"), but I wanted to try sending my data into Hobbit to force it to use the built-in definitions rather than my own custom defs. You can see in the above bb message I formatted a part of the text as "load average: 0.10, 0.10, 0.09" so that would mimic what Hobbit normally sees in the data typically collected with "top" (which I believe is how it collects data on CPU load - but I'm not sure of Hobbits internals in this case - possibly it uses some other command, maybe "uptime"). Do I need to send an additional "data" message along with the "status" message above to trigger the graphing? What format would that data message require? Typically for a custom graph you add onto the TEST2RRD line with "column_name=ncv" but I can see as part of the original TEST2RRD line that there already is a part that says "cpu=la". As I understand TEST2RRD (and I don't understand it all that well), I think this means that incoming "status" and "data" messages for "cpu" are directed to some internal "la" module. I am working on the assumption that all's I need to do to invoke the built-in graphing defs for "CPU Load" is to format my custom status message so that the "la" module can parse out the load data it needs for graphing. Am I even close to being correct in this assumption? Any tips on how I should proceed? This is as much a mental gymnastics exercise as anything. It is going into a production system and I know how to skin this cat another way. I was just hoping to learn how to skin this cat using the already built-in "CPU Load" graphing definitions. Thanks in advance!

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How do you do for send a sms alert
by oliviermo75＠gmail.com 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Do You know how i can send a sms-alert with hobbit i didn't find a script for send a sms . How do you do for send a sms alert ?

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xymond_alert --test feature request
by Phil.Crooker＠orix.com.au 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

When using this facility, I've found it will show an alert for a service that is not being monitored. For example: host.cfg entry: 10.1.2.3 whatever.au # http smtp NAME:"Sample Entry" alert.cfg entry: HOST=whatever.au MAIL someone at whatever.au COLOR=RED So, if I do this test: xymoncmd xymond_alert --test vho64pl09.orix.com.au blah it will return an alert. I understand that the alert.cfg just says to alarm on any RED condition, but it would be useful for this test to actually check that the service is in fact one being tested for. This already tests that the host has a hosts.cfg entry (very useful when working from a separate host list), it would be nice to extend this to the actual test as well - a single cross check on the whole chain of config files to ensure alerts are working as expected. thanks, Phil

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graphing the number of processes
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Is it possible to graph the number of processes that are defined in analaysis.cfg?

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Rule for send email every hour.
by oliviermo75＠gmail.com 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

hi i try to define a rule for send email every hour in my hobbit-alert.cfg, i dont know why my rule doesn't work . I receive a lot of alert in 1 hour. Do you know where i make a mistake ? my hobbit-alert.cfg HOST=* SERVICE=* IGNORE HOST=sql01 SERVICE=mysql TIME=*:0000:2400 MAIL $TEAMALERT $QA=oliviermo75 at gmail.com HOST=* MAIL $QA SERVICE=msgs REPEAT=1h

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Ldap support when built
by allen.ferdinand＠seagate.com 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Is there an easy way to tell if ldap support was added when a Xymon server was compiled? I've started working on a system that I didn't build and don't want to spend time trying to set up tests on something that isn't support * - Allen Ferdinand* Global Collaboration & Communication<https://sites.google.com/a/seagate.com/google-mail-and-cal-resource-center/> Scotts Valley, CA Direct line: 831-439-7767

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reducing size of /dev/shm/msg.<hostname> file
by a_s_y＠sama.ru 31 Mar '13

31 Mar '13

Hello. Can I disable collecting some data in /dev/shm/msg.<hostname> ? Kernel routing table for examle... That would be very useful on host with Quagga/BGP: # ls -l /dev/shm/msg* -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 27890381 Mar 5 17:01 /dev/shm/msg.XXX.txt -- Regards, Sergey

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xymon e-mail alerts show up as attachments instead of e-mail
by icepickjazz＠gmail.com 29 Mar '13

29 Mar '13

Not a wild thought. Yes you are correct. I was getting ready to post my findings. We recently moved our xymon server from fedora core 3 to SLES 11. Fedora used mail and SLES 11 mail is linked to mailx. The windows clients are sending carriage returns in the status ^M (carriage return). The problem occured on SuSe server but not on redhat server, because mailx expects input text to be in Unix format, with lines separated by *newline*(^J, \n) characters only. Non-Unix text files that use *carriage return* (^M, \r) characters in addition will be treated as binary data. Hence the reason we get notifications that show up as attachments. Also explains why AIX servers don't have the problem and the windows servers do. Thanks On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Scott Pfister <icepickjazz at gmail.com>wrote: > Not a wild thought. Yes you are correct. I was getting ready to post my > findings. We recently moved our xymon server from fedora core 3 to SLES > 11. Fedora used mail and SLES 11 mail is linked to mailx. The windows > clients are sending carriage returns in the status ^M (carriage return). > The problem occured on SuSe server but not on redhat server, because mailx > expects input text to be in Unix format, with lines separated by *newline*(^J, \n) characters only. Non-Unix text files that use > *carriage return* (^M, \r) characters in addition will be treated as > binary data. Hence the reason we get notifications that show up as > attachments. Also explains why AIX servers don't have the problem and the > windows servers do. > > Thanks > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Wild thought - could the Windows reports be turned into attachments in >> your email server and/or client because the line-ends are <cr><lf> instead >> of just <lf> ?? >> >> Ralph Mitchell >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Scott Pfister <icepickjazz at gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Good day, >>> >>> We are running xymon 4.2.3 and are experiencing some particularities with >>> e-mail alerts showing up as attachments like att00001.bin instead of the >>> normal message. The problem is sporadic. For example windows server throws >>> CPU alter. E-mail sent shows up as an attachment in the recipient e-mail. >>> AIX servers throw cpu alerts don't experience this problem. Client >>> shouldn't matter. Any tips for troubleshooting this issue? If we open the >>> attachment in the editor it shows what should be in the body of the email. >>> Hobbit server is running postfix. >>> >>> red Mon Sep 19 15:07:50 EDT 2011 [indyctx8.companyname.com] up: 10:12, 1 >>> users, 224 procs, load=100%, PhysicalMem: 3072MB(74%) >>> >>> >>> >>> Memory Statistics >>> Total Physical memory: 3220598784 bytes (3.00GB) >>> Available Physical memory: 850558976 bytes (812.00MB) >>> Total PageFile size: 4294967295 bytes (4.00GB) >>> Available PageFile size: 4294967295 bytes (4.00GB) >>> Total Virtual memory size: 2147352576 bytes (2.00GB) >>> Available Virtual memory size: 2106589184 bytes (1.96GB) >>> >>> Most active processes >>> 96.23% oexplore (0x26a4 [9892]) >>> 00.60% svchost (0xbf0 [3056]) >>> 00.32% lsass (0x23c [572]) >>> 00.26% oexplore (0x29c8 [10696]) >>> 00.25% oexplore (0x255c [9564]) >>> 00.21% Smc (0x3c4 [964]) >>> 00.20% SmcGui (0x3230 [12848]) >>> 00.19% oexplore (0x20dc [8412]) >>> 00.16% oexplore (0x14d0 [5328]) >>> 00.13% XTE (0xfc4 [4036]) >>> >>> See >>> http://hobbit.companyname.docm/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=indyctx8&SERVI… >>> >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xymon mailing list >>> Xymon at xymon.com >>> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >>> >>> >> >

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BBWin 0.13 memory usage
by Neil.Simmonds＠express-gifts.co.uk 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Hi all, I wondered if anyone had noticed anything unusual in the memory usage of BBWin 0.13. We've a number of servers running this version of the client and also a number running BBWin 0.12. All the 0.12 clients are using less than 10Mb of memory, however some of the 0.13 clients are using a lot more (a large number using between 250Mb and 400Mb and even one that was using over 1Gb). Has anyone seen this behaviour on their systems? Regards, Neil Simmonds Senior Operations Analyst (Operations Support Group) Express Gifts Limited Express House Clayton Business Park Accrington Lancashire BB5 5JY T: 01254 303092 | E: neil.simmonds at Express-Gifts.co.uk Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151. Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority -------------- NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or data included with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from their records. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this e-mail and any attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequences arising from it. Findel Plc reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its internal and external networks. If you have received this email in error please notify our IT helpdesk on +44(0) 1254 303030

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