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BBWin or XymonPSClient
by colin.coe＠gmail.com 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Hi all Should I be using BBWin or the PowerShell client on my Windows nodes (mix of Windows XP, 7, 2008R2)? Thanks CC -- RHCE#805007969328369

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multiple xymon server IP
by joea＠j4computers.com 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Built a new xymon server to replace an older box. We have a DMZ. To avoid doing the paperwork to create new firewall rules I was hoping there was a way to "multi home" the new box so that, once the current one is retired, it can assume that IP be happy, from a xymon perspective. Simply changing the new server to a single (old box) IP is not feasible for reasons I cannot get into. Thanks for any pointers.

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iostat rrd in version 4.2.0
by mark.seabourne＠wwctrials.com 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Hi, I've inherited a binary version of 4.2 which has been collecting the data for iostat but isn't able to produce the rrd files. This was obtained from blastwave which only has version 4.2 listed as the most recent. Which binaries are patched by the modifications to the do_iostat.c source file ? Whilst I could start using the diskpart script to gather iostat information I would like to try and access this historical data which has been collected. Do I have any options other than download the 4.2 source, patch and build from there ? Thanks, Mark ________________________________ This email contains confidential information which may also be legally privileged and subject to protection under the law. It is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby on notice that you are in possession of confidential and privileged information. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please return it by email to the sender and delete the copy from your system. Worldwide Clinical Trials Limited, 1 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7WS is Registered in England No. 6291766

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BBWin failing
by christian.becker＠rhein-zeitung.net 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Hello out there, first of all - I have posted this to the Xymon mailing list and to the BBwin mailing list also. I have an amount of Windows servers running various versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, 32 and 64 Bit, reporting using BBWin (0.12 and 0.13) to my Xymon 4.3.7 server. On the Xymon server, I have created a directory bbwin under the Xymon installation directory, so that it reads /opt/xymon/server/etc/bbwin in our case. This directory contains update files for the BBWin on the Windows servers. The default BBWin.cfg on the Windows servers have the update feature of bbwin enabled; thus by having the following entry in the upper bbwin section of BBWin.cfg: <load name="bbwinupdate" value="bbwinupdate.dll" /> Further down, we are loading another .cfg file (%computername%.cfg) to merge it's content with the default BBWin.cfg on the Windows server. The entry to do this in the default BBWin.cfg looks like this: <bbwinupdate> <setting name="filename" value="bbwin/%computername%.cfg" /> </bbwinupdate> This is fetching the appropriate file from the share on my Xymon server, and then this update file is being merged with the existing BBWin.cfg on the Windows server. So, after the update mechanism, the BBWin.cfg on a Windows server reads as a "normal" BBWin.cfg: it contains the values from the default BBWin.cfg and the additional / merged values coming from the %computername%.cfg. This enables me to store and handle all of the update files on a central location and we do not need to login to a Windows server if there's a need to change values from the BBWin config of a server. So far, so good. Our problem is, that the BBWin is failing / crashing on a non-regular basis, but all the time with the same errors in the same order: 1. The agent bbwinupdate generated this event message : failed to open C:\Programme\BBWin\tmp\bbwin.cfg.work 2. The agent bbwinupdate generated this event message : failed to save C:\Programme\BBWin\tmp\bbwin.cfg.work 3. Fehlgeschlagene Anwendung BBWin.exe, Version 0.12.0.100, fehlgeschlagenes Modul unknown, Version 0.0.0.0, Fehleradresse 0x00abd175. Weitere Informationen über die Hilfe- und Supportdienste erhalten Sie unter http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. (The 3rd line is the common Microsoft line saying that the application has failed - we only have German installations of Windows.) On some Windows 2008 servers there was a popup window saying that the Windows "Data Execution Prevention" has stopped the BBWin.exe from work. As steps to troubleshoot I did the following: 1. On those servers where I had the popup message, I selected the option "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select:", and then I selected the BBWin.exe: -> WITHOUT SUCCESS 2. I have completely deactivated the DEP: -> WITHOUT SUCCESS 3. I have configured an exclusion in my real-time antivirus application: -> WITHOUT SUCCESS 4. I have have removed the BBWin 0.13 and changed it to BBWin 0.12: -> WITHOUT SUCCESS Does anybody of you folks out there have another idea of what could cause this "update enabled BBWin" to fail? For my understanding it might be caused by the update feature itself, or by the mechanism it does the update by storing temporary files in C:\Programme\BBWin\tmp\bbwin.cfg.work - probably Windows doesn't like this (?). For my part, I'm finished with my ideas... Regards Christian CHRISTIAN BECKER System Engineer CSC August-Horch-Strasse 28, 56070 Koblenz, Germany Global Outsourcing Services Central Region | cbecker4 at csc.com | www.csc.com ________________________________ CSC * This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose * CSC Deutschland Services GmbH * Registered Office: Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany * Board of Directors: Gerhard Fercho (Chairman),Thomas Nebe, Peter Schmidt * Registered in Germany: HRB 7574, Wiesbaden

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disk test
by traxler＠lsu.edu 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

IS there a way for the built disk test to also monitor inodes? It never occurred to me that it was not until I ran out of inodes. -- Isaac Traxler AIX,Linux Admin Louisiana State University traxler at lsu.edu High Performance Computing 225-578-1923 LONI AIX Clusters AIX, Linux Support

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iostat monitoring? script available?
by tsztur＠gmail.com 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Does xymon have built in iostat monitoring? I can't seem to find any up to date information online on implementing iostat monitoring for clients. If I need to use a script, are there instructions on how to set this up for iostat specifically? tia!

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SSH test checks too often for a device
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Hiya I have a few devices on which I do an ssh check. These devices have some sort of self-defence mechanism and they throttle connecting to the sshd process if they get failed connections (with no login) at too high a rate. Unfortunately, twice every 5 minutes (I have two Xymon servers) is sometimes a bit too often, and once they start to fail, I'm guessing that xymonnet-again.sh starts to hammer them every minute. The devices are appliances such that I cannot configure this behaviour. I know there's a funky NET:location hack that can be used to adjust the frequency of the net tests for nominated hosts, but I see no way to limit the effect to only the ssh test, and so all tests will be slowed down. Can anyone think of a better way to do this than the NET:location hack? I only want to slow down the ssh tests. Cheers Jeremy

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hobbit/xymon clients
by sflanagan＠xand.com 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

I have both xymon and hobbit clients and I would like to upgrade the clients all to the same version of xymon. the ultimate goal is to upgrade to xymon from hobbit. Because I have a mix of clients I need to know what is running where. Is there a way that I can tell what hosts are running what version of client short of logging onto each host and looking? Perhaps a report? I know that there is a ghost client report. Is there a utility that I am missing that will give me this information? I have been searching and cannot find a way of doing this from the hobbit server itself. Thanks, Flan

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xymond_alert --test
by daniel.beruben＠adsdata.ca 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Hello list, I have the new version Xymon Version 4.3.7, I have a strange error … i'm not able to send the mail alert … I found no information about this error ! ( code 5 ) #./xymond_alert --test w10 disk 2012-06-27 16:34:58 Whoops ! Failed to send message (Connection failed) 2012-06-27 16:34:58 -> Could not connect to Xymon daemon at 10.10.3.153:1984 (Connection refused) 2012-06-27 16:34:58 -> Recipient '10.10.3.153', timeout 15 2012-06-27 16:34:58 -> 1st line: 'config hosts.cfg' 2012-06-27 16:34:58 Cannot load hosts.cfg from xymond, code 5 2012-06-27 16:34:58 Failed to load from xymond, reverting to file-load 00012367 2012-06-27 16:34:58 send_alert w10:disk state Paging 00012367 2012-06-27 16:34:58 Matching host:service:dgroup:page 'w10:disk:NONE:Unix/UNIX_ADSDATA' against rule line 119 00012367 2012-06-27 16:34:58 Failed 'HOST=dc0 SERVICE=cpu,disk' (hostname not in include list) 00012367 2012-06-27 16:34:58 Matching host:service:dgroup:page 'w10:disk:NONE:Unix/UNIX_ADSDATA' against rule line 122 00012367 2012-06-27 16:34:58 *** Match with 'HOST=w10 SERVICE=cpu,disk' *** 00012367 2012-06-27 16:34:58 Matching host:service:dgroup:page 'w10.adsdata.ca:disk:NONE:Unix/UNIX_ADSDATA' against rule line 122 00012367 2012-06-27 16:34:58 *** Match with 'HOST=w10 SERVICE=cpu,disk' *** 00012367 2012-06-27 16:34:58 Mail alert with command '/var/mail/root "Xymon [12345] w10:disk CRITICAL (RED)" monitoring at adsdata.ca' If a tried manually it's working ! echo ' test' | mail -s "Xymon [12345] w10:cpu CRITICAL (RED)" monitoring at adsdata.ca There is my hosts.cfg ------ 10.10.3.81 monitoring # bbd http://monitoring/ # / Hypervision Page title Production include /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/os/unix/unix

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Triggering on total memory?
by mark+xymon＠carnildo.com 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

One of my servers has a quirk where it will occasionally fail to detect two-thirds of its RAM on startup. Is it possible to set things up to send an alert if *total* RAM is below a certain amount? -- Mark Wagner

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