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Starting Xymon via init script no environment variables
by Michael.Beatty＠sherwin.com 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

I've got an init script that is starting up the xymon client. It starts, and runs, however it doesn't appear to have any access to any environment variables. If I restart the client from a shell, it takes off and runs fine. I've got echo statements in the init script to display some of the environment variables I need, and they are displaying fine at boot time. It just seems that xymon doesn't have access to them when it is running. What has me really confused is that I'm even exporting the variable from a file directly from the xymon script. For example, in the init script, I 'echo $HOST' The host name shows up in the log I have a perl script that clientlaunch calls, I have a variable "my $host = $ENV{"HOST"}. I am printing the "HOST" variable out to the log file when the script runs. If I start the xymon client from a shell, the HOST variable prints out. However, it doesn't print out (just a blank) if the xymon client starts via the init script. -- Michael Beatty

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Save Trends as PDFs
by Nick＠Pettefar.com 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Hi, is there a way of saving the trends pages for each server as a PDF? Preferably without the settings box at the top. I have tried several Firefox Add-Ons but they either don't display the graphics, just links, or crash. I tried installing the xymonton.org PDF Reports stuff but I think it must be quite old as the instructions talk about a menu_items.js file which doesn't exist. It would be good if it could be generated automatically each month too. Regards, Nick Pettefar

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Automatic Start on Boot
by denicoloj＠gmail.com 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Xymon users, Xymon Version: 4.3.10 OS Version: Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS Can anybody advise me on how to make xymon server(xymon.sh) start automatically on server reboot? I also need to do the same for clients(runclient.sh). Thanks, * * *Joseph De Nicolo* *Secure Database Administrator * *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>* *Northeastern University*

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Custom test with NCV
by mailinglists＠websitemanagers.com.au 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

I have written a couple of custom tests, and they are reporting data back to xymon, which is then using the NCV to import into a RRD file. However, sometimes the values wrap around, and then my graph gets a massive negative value showing. How can I tell hobbit to setup the RRD file such that the minimum valid value is 0, which would at least discard the single wrong value... Currently, one value has a minimum of -6M while all other values are between 0 and max of 119000 but I can't see anything on the graph because of the single massive negative value? I did actually think rrd was smart enough to notice wraps like this, but perhaps I've created the RRD wrong, or specified something incorrectly? Thanks, Adam -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au

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fping error code 4
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Hi all Anybody seen something like this? Execution of '/usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae' failed with error-code 4 /usr/local/sbin/fping: select : Invalid argument Error I see when xymonnet page goes red. At the same time, all conn tests go white. Happens briefly every few hours. No obvious pattern, but at least once a day, sometimes twice. This is a new installation of Xymon 4.3.10, on a relatively old Solaris 10 Sparc server. Regards Vernon -- "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory" - General George Patton

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syntax for analysis/alerts
by Ejones＠egov.com 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

I'm trying to get alerts working for a group of servers that have *soldb* in the server name but I can't seem to figure out the right syntax. Can anyone give me a hand with a *whatever* syntax? What I have at the moment is LOAD 70 100 HOST=%^/soldb*/ , and it isn't working. ---------- Elizabeth Jones Unix Administrator - NIC, Inc. 25501 West Valley Parkway, Suite 300, Olathe, KS 66061 email: ejones at egov.com<mailto:ejones at egov.com>

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alerts.cfg PAGE Syntax
by ciprian.parfon＠gmail.com 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

Hi Gents, Could you please tell me what's wrong here: hosts.cfg: page servers <H3> my_servers </H3> alerts.cfg PAGE=servers MAIL ciprian at gmail.com DURATION>15m REPEAT=30m I have multiple HOSTS which are working well. I get the notification emails. However for the 'PAGE' declaration I get nothing. Any ideas? Thanks. --

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henrik.hswn.dk down?
by SKreien＠la-z-boy.com 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

Henrik, Is your server down? I haven't been able to get to http://henrik.hswn.dk at all for the last few hours. If anyone has a copy of the Oracle monitoring script setup that was at http://henrik.hswn.dk/xymon-oracle.html I would appreciate if you could send a copy to me privately. Thanks! Scot Kreienkamp | Senior Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy Incorporated 1284 N. Telegraph Rd. | Monroe, MI 48162 | scot.kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com<mailto:scot.kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> | www.la-z-boy.com<http://www.la-z-boy.com/> This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain privileged, confidential information which is exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that you are strictly prohibited from disseminating or distributing this information (other than to the intended recipient) or copying this information. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or by telephone at the above number. Thank you.

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APT Check from Hobbit-Plugins Package - Purple Status
by denicoloj＠gmail.com 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

Xymon Users & Admins, I recently installed an apt check on my clients that I received from this hobbit-plugins package: https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hobbit-plugins Steps for Installation: 1. Copy over client-ext/apt script to client/ext/apt 2. Gave xymon user rights to execute the apt script 3. Copy over perl/Hobbit.pm to /etc/perl/Hobbit.pm 4. Copy and pasted the lines found in clientlaunch.d/apt.cfg to the end of client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg and modified the paths(ENVFILE & LOGFILE) to fit my client's environment The problem: I set this up last week on friday jan 11th. At that time I ran the client/ext/apt script as xymon user and it gave the report as expected. However, after the weekend the last report was the same one on the 11th so I am receiving a purple status for inactivity of the report. The clients are not automatically sending the apt check report to the server. Anything I missed in the installation or something I have to do server side? Any response appreciated Thanks, * * *Joseph De Nicolo* *Secure Database Administrator * *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>* *Northeastern University*

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Acknowledgement Issues
by novosirj＠umdnj.edu 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Running Xymon 4.3.10 right now on Solaris. I got paged last night and acknowledged the page because I realized it was not that important (slowly growing FS'). So the relevant part of the alert is the following: red Fri Jan 11 22:26:14 EST 2013 - Filesystems NOT ok &yellow /u02 (97% used) has reached the WARNING level (97%) &red /u01 (98% used) has reached the PANIC level (98%) ...here is the relevant section of the alert report: Fri Jan 11 22:36:24 2013 snaefell.umdnj.edu disk novosirj-pager at localhost Fri Jan 11 22:26:30 2013 snaefell.umdnj.edu disk novosirj at umdnj.edu Fri Jan 11 21:36:08 2013 snaefell.umdnj.edu disk novosirj at umdnj.edu Fri Jan 11 21:21:04 2013 snaefell.umdnj.edu disk novosirj at umdnj.edu Fri Jan 11 20:10:46 2013 snaefell.umdnj.edu disk novosirj at umdnj.edu ...and here is the relevant section of the acknowledgement log: 1357953403 62385 9999 62385 np_filename_not_used snaefell.umdnj.edu.disk red ----- Original Message -----\nAcked by: "Novosielski, Ryan" novosirj at umdnj.edu 1357957369 329622 999 329622 np_filename_not_used snaefell.umdnj.edu.disk red ----- Original Message -----\nAcked by: "Novosielski, Ryan" novosirj at umdnj.edu 1357958334 560657 999 560657 np_filename_not_used snaefell.umdnj.edu.disk red ----- Original Message -----\nAcked by: "Novosielski, Ryan" novosirj at umdnj.edu I acknowledged at 20:16, 21:22, and 21:38. As you can see, the acknowledgement was for "999" which I'm pretty sure used to mean minutes. Any idea what's been happening here? - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |novosirj at umdnj.edu - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/EI-Academic Svcs. - ADMC 450, Newark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDxmycACgkQmb+gadEcsb5thgCgrkfpZgLFhu+quXFjYGyTsKHM azkAn3ip4TmTtUSAApLj98DnDBaXc0g7 =MbZw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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