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FW: Xymon [491707] 211-Glendale:conn CRITICAL (RED)
by rroginela＠AmeriCashLoans.net 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

What would cause this????? This is new in 4.3.x I have a 4.2 box and this never happens.... Its like the status gets stuck.... Thank you, Rafal -----Original Message----- From: xymon at xymon Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:48 AM To: Monitoring Escelation Subject: Xymon [491707] 211-Glendale:conn CRITICAL (RED) green Sat Nov 19 10:47:31 2011 conn ok Service conn on 211-Glendale is OK (up) &green 10.xx.xx.1 is alive (30.5 ms) See http://xymon.americashloans.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=211-Glendale&SE… <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#999999" size="-1"> This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. (3.8)</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#009900" size="-1"> Please consider the environment before printing this email. </font>

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INTERFACES tag
by colin.coe＠gmail.com 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Hi all With the new INTERFACES tag, is the follwoing correct to only show bond0 and rhevm interfaces? INTERFACES:"^(bond0|rhevm)" If so, do I need to drop the other, existing interfaces? Thanks CC -- RHCE#805007969328369

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Single test column.
by Neil.Simmonds＠express-gifts.co.uk 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hi all, I'm aware of such thing as NOCOLUMNS and noconn but I'd like to have an entry in my hosts.cfg for a server purely doing http tests The idea was to use the Xymon server itself (and have the full entry with all columns shown on another page) but even if I use NOCOLUMNS:cpu,disk,files,memory,msgs,ports,procs noconn I still have a large number of columns showing such as dm (devmon) and the vm columns for cpu/mem/disk as the Xymon server is on a VM. Is there anyway I can get it to just show the http test. This means that I would be able to add it to my Live Websites page so that the correct page would change colour in the case of an issue. At the moment it is reporting on my Monitoring Servers page so it is not immediately clear that this is a problem with the websites. Thanks, Neil Simmonds Operations Analyst Operations Support Group Express Gifts Ltd. neil.simmonds at express-gifts.co.uk Tel :- 01254 303092 Fax :- 01254 303100 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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new apache performance graphs not working
by sholmes42＠mac.com 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Xymon 4.2.3. I'm really puzzled. I have been asked to add the apache performance graphs to a handfull of servers. I used the suggestion found on the 'tips' page under Help in the Xymon menu. Specifically: 1.2.3.4 my.server.com # conn ssh http://1.2.3.4 apache=http://1.2.3.4/server-status?auto TRENDS:*,apache:apache|apache1|apache2|apache3 The puzzle is it works for the first one we did as a test. Then I copied the relevant bb-hosts configuration tags (http, apache, TRENDS) from that host to another two with changes to hostnames. The app admin made the necessary changes to the apache server. The server-status request works from a browser on both of the servers in question (running the browser on the Xymon server). There are apache.rrd files in the data/rrd directory, and the graphs appear on the trends page, but in there is no data being graphed. Nothing but NaN in the values at the bottom of the graph. I stopped Xymon and removed one of the apache.rrd files and restarted Xymon and have now waited a sufficient amount of time and still nothing is showing up in the graphs. What am I missing? I know I'm about 2 days behind on sleep, but this should just work, especially since it worked on the first one we did. Thanks, Steve Purdue University -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. -Juan Ramon Jimenez, poet, Nobel Prize in literature (1881-1958) Truth never damages a cause that is just. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

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how to check current kernel version
by hobbit＠epperson.homelinux.net 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

On Fri, December 2, 2011 14:48, McGraw, Robert P wrote: > Xymon's "info" column for a host already reports > the uname -r value. For example, on hardy, the > info page shows > > OS: Linux hardy.math.purdue.edu 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5xen x86_64 > > Question: is Xymon able to let us specify > somewhere (client-local.cfg maybe?) what > the current kernel version *should* be, > so that when the current kernel is > supposed to be 2.6.18-274.7.1 then we > can have the info column go yellow or > red for hosts that haven't been booted to > that version yet? > If what you're after is essentially running kernel doesn't match kernel that will run on next boot, should be a fairly trivial ext script to compare contents of uname -r to grubby --default-kernel|sed "s/\/boot\/vmlinuz-//". That would be how to do it on Red Hat, looks like you'd also have to massage uname -r for hardy. Don't know if it's already been done.

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how to check current kernel version
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Xymon's "info" column for a host already reports the uname -r value. For example, on hardy, the info page shows OS: Linux hardy.math.purdue.edu 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5xen x86_64 Question: is Xymon able to let us specify somewhere (client-local.cfg maybe?) what the current kernel version *should* be, so that when the current kernel is supposed to be 2.6.18-274.7.1 then we can have the info column go yellow or red for hosts that haven't been booted to that version yet? _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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Close for 4.3.6?
by Tom.Moore＠sas.com 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

I see 4.3.6 was committed in the trunk, how close is it for release? I plan to do a major upgrade from 4.3.0 and didn't know if it was safe to use trunk instead of the 4.3.5 build off sourceforge. Thanks Tom

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Graphing a percentage
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Hi, We have a test watching our HP NA server and its attempts at taking a snapshot of all the customer routers. And I'd like a graph of the percentage of them up to date. The data looks something like this: Snapshot Frequency - Target: 1 day(s) 9940: Total Devices. (should be > 8000) 138: Age of most recent attempt in minutes. 0.7: Average age of attempts in days. 1.3: Age of oldest attempt in days. Current : 69.0% 6856 devices have current snapshot attempts. 0.0% of devices (0) have no attempts (threshold: 5%). yellow 31.0% of devices (3085) have past due attempts (threshold: 10%). I just changed it to give me the NCV for the percentage. However, I could change the output to whatever to get the desired result. This is what I've defined so far: xymonserver.cfg:TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tcp,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,files,procs=processes,ports,clock,lines,ops,stats,cifs,JVM,JMS,HitCache,Session,JDBCConn,ExecQueue,JTA,TblSpace,RollBack,MemReq,InvObj,snapmirr,snaplist,snapshot=ncv,if_load=devmon,temp=devmon,paging,mdc,mdchitpct,cics,dsa,getvis,maxuser,nparts,xymongen,xymonnet,xymonproxy,xymond,nfmsgw=ncv" GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,files,processes,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,tcp.http,tcp,ncv,netstat,ifstat,mrtg::1,ports,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,clock,lines,ops,stats,cifs,JVM,JMS,HitCache,Session,JDBCConn,ExecQueue,JTA,TblSpace,RollBack,MemReq,InvObj,snapmirr,snaplist,snapshot,devmon::1,if_load::1,temp,paging,mdc,mdchitpct,cics,dsa,getvis,maxuser,nparts,xymongen,xymonnet,xymonproxy,xymond" NCV_snapshot="Current:GAUGE" And I restarted the xymon server. But I'm not seeing an rrd file. Any ideas? Paul Root - Engineer III Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink This communication is the property of CenturyLink and may contain confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments.

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Solaris X86 xymon configure problems
by keelie_ryan＠yahoo.com 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Hi Sailesh, I have run the configure & selected no to the OpenSSL I still get the same error. Thanks Keeloe Sent from my iPhone On 28 Nov 2011, at 12:23, "Sailesh" <sailesh.mohabeer at mns.intnet.mu> wrote: > Hi Keelie, > > Please do not select the OpenSSL while configuring the Xymon. Just select no and see if you can the same error. > > Regards, > Sailesh > > From: Keelie [mailto:keelie_ryan at yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 4:21 PM > To: Sailesh > Cc: <xymon at xymon.com> > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Solaris X86 xymon configure problems > > Hi Sailesh, > > Thanks for your quick response. > I have ensured I have all the same packages as you have listed installed and I copy/pasted the path as you have suggested, I still get exactly the same error. > > I think my problem is more to do with the OpenSSL core dump during the configure stage rather than my env setup. > > Regards > Keelie > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28 Nov 2011, at 10:44, "Sailesh" <sailesh.mohabeer at mns.intnet.mu> wrote: > > Hi Keelie, > > Please find the packages I have installed on Solaris 10 Sparc. > > bash-3.00# ls > apache-2.2.21-sol10-sparc-local libtool-2.4-sol10-sparc-local > db-4.7.25.NC-sol10-sparc-local make-3.82-sol10-sparc-local > expat-2.0.1-sol10-sparc-local openldap-2.4.24-sol10-sparc-local > fontconfig-2.8.0-sol10-sparc-local openldap-2.4.26-sol10-sparc-local > fping-2.4b2-sol10-sparc-local openssl-1.0.0e-sol10-sparc-local > freetype-2.4.2-sol10-sparc-local pango-1.18.2-sol10-sparc-local > ganglia-3.0.7-sol10-sparc-local pcre-8.20-sol10-sparc-local > gcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local prngd-0.9.25-sol10-sparc-local > glib-2.25.13-sol10-sparc-local render-0.8-sol10-sparc-local > jpeg-8a-sol10-sparc-local renderproto-0.9.3-sol10-sparc-local > jpeg2ps-1.9-sol10-sparc-local rrdtool-1.2.19-sol10-sparc-local > jpeginfo-1.6.1-sol10-sparc-local sasl-2.1.25-sol10-sparc-local > libart_lgpl-2.3.19-sol10-sparc-local tar-1.26-sol10-sparc-local > libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local unrar-3.68-sol10-sparc-local > libiconv-1.14-sol10-sparc-local xrender-0.8.3-sol10-sparc-local > libintl-3.4.0-sol10-sparc-local xymon-4.2.2.tar > libpng-1.2.44-sol10-sparc-local zlib-1.2.5-sol10-sparc-local > > You do not have to link all these libraries. Go on http://sunfreeware.com/indexsparc10.html to download all the packages you required. > > The most important thing is to put the path in the correct order. > PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/lib > > > Regards, > Sailesh > > From: Keelie [mailto:keelie_ryan at yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:23 PM > To: Sailesh > Cc: Ryan Novosielski; xymon at xymon.com; Rolands at logicaltech.com.au > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Solaris X86 xymon configure problems > > Hi All, > > Thanks for all your replies. I have already tried linking /usr/ccs/bin/ld to /usr/local/bin/ld, I found this troubleshooting step on google a few days ago, it didn’t help. I have unlinked it now and installed binutils, which has installed /usr/local/bin/ld. > I have now tried setting the xymon user path to that suggested, but unfortunately that hasn’t helped either. > > So far I have: > 1. Installed the following packages – > SMClgcc346 > SMCzlib > SMClintl > SMCliconv > SMCbinut > SMCcheck > SMCgmp > SMCcoreu > SMCcvs > SMCdb47 > SMCevtlog > SMCexpat > SMCftype > SMCfontc > SMCfping > SMCgcc > SMCxpm > SMClibpng > SMCjpeg > SMCgd > SMCncurs > SMCgdb > SMCgdbm > SMCgettxt > SMClibart > SMClibnet > SMClibt > SMCpcre > SMCslang > SMCglib > SMCmake > SMCossl > SMCsasl > SMColdap > SMCperl > SMCreadl > SMCrrdt > > 2. Added $(NETLIBS) before $(LIBRTDEF ) in all the Makefiles where it was missing > 3. Edited /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/xymonnet/ldaptest.c to move the #endif to line 97 > 4. Edited /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/build/test-rrd.c to add NULL, &ymin, &ymax to line 30 > 5. Edit /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web/showgraph.c to add NULL, &ymin, &ymax to line 1156 > > Thanks > Keelie > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28 Nov 2011, at 04:12, "Sailesh" <sailesh.mohabeer at mns.intnet.mu> wrote: > > Hi, > > The path for the xymon user should be in this order to avoid the compilation problem. > > PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/lib > > > Regards, > Sailesh > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Novosielski > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 4:52 AM > To: Roland Soderstrom > Cc: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Solaris X86 xymon configure problems > > This is absolutely not necessary and will drive your co-workers up the wall. I do not recall having any specific difficulties compiling though I do not remember which compiler. I can get back to you, but I wanted to chime in strongly against screwing around with system binaries. > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > > On Nov 25, 2011 15:04, Roland Soderstrom <Rolands at logicaltech.com.au> wrote: > > Try using gnu make only, you need to mv /use/ccs/bin/make first and make a link to gnu make > Some packets has /use/ccs/bin/make hard coded > > Roland > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 25/11/2011, at 9:32 PM, "Keelie" <keelie_ryan at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Can anyone please shed any light on the issue I’m having. I’ve been troubleshooting xymon installation for over a week now, each time I fix one issue I hit another. > > This is the output of my ./configure: > > Configuration script for Xymon > > This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon > > Checking your make-utility > Checking pre-requisites for building Xymon > > Checking for fping ... > Xymon has a built-in ping utility (xymonping) > However, it is not yet fully stable and therefore it > may be best to use the external fping utility instead. > I found fping in /usr/local/sbin/fping > Do you want to use it [Y/n] ? > Y > Checking to see if '/usr/local/sbin/fping 127.0.0.1' works ... > 127.0.0.1 is alive > OK, will use '/usr/local/sbin/fping' for ping tests > NOTE: If you are using an suid-root wrapper, make sure the 'xymond' > user is also allowed to run fping without having to enter passwords. > For 'sudo', add something like this to your 'sudoers' file: > xymon ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/fping > > > > Checking for RRDtool ... > Found RRDtool include files in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include > Found RRDtool libraries in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib > Linking RRD with PNG library: -L/usr/lib -lpng > > > Checking for PCRE ... > Found PCRE include files in /usr/local/include > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > Found PCRE libraries in /usr/local/lib > > > Checking for OpenSSL ... > Found OpenSSL include files in /usr/local/ssl/include > collect2: ld terminated with signal 8 [Arithmetic Exception], core dumped > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so value=LOCL); > make: *** [test-link] Error 1 > WARNING: OpenSSL library files found in /usr/local/ssl/lib, but link fails. > Continuing with SSL support disabled. > > > Checking for LDAP ... > test-ldap.c: In function `main': > test-ldap.c:25: warning: implicit declaration of function `ldap_init' > test-ldap.c:25: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast > Found LDAP include files in /usr/include > Found LDAP libraries in /usr/lib > > > When I run make I get the following: > > CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I`pwd`/include -I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="" RPATHOPT="" RRDDEF="" RRDINCDIR="-I/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include" PCREINCDIR="-I/usr/local/include" NETLIBS="-lresolv -lsocket -lnsl" RRDLIBS="-L/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng" PCRELIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lpcre" LIBRTDEF="-lrt" XYMONTOPDIR="/opt/xymon" XYMONHOME="/opt/xymon/server" XYMONVAR="/opt/xymon/data" XYMONLOGDIR="/var/log/xymon" XYMONHOSTNAME="swpits2" XYMONHOSTIP="127.0.0.1" XYMONHOSTOS="sunos" XYMONUSER="xymon" CGIDIR="/opt/xymon/cgi-bin" SECURECGIDIR="/opt/xymon/cgi-secure" XYMONHOSTURL="/xymon" XYMONCGIURL="/xymon-cgi" SECUREXYMONCGIURL="/xymon-seccgi" MAILPROGRAM=""mailx"" RUNTIMEDEFS="" INSTALLWWWDIR="/opt/xymon/server/www" INSTALLETCDIR="/opt/xymon/server/etc" make -C web all > make[1]: Entering directory `/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web' > gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/include -I/usr/local/include -o showgraph.cgi showgraph.o ../lib/libxymon.a -L/usr/local/lib -lpcre -L/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lrt > collect2: ld terminated with signal 8 [Arithmetic Exception], core dumped > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > make[1]: *** [showgraph.cgi] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web' > make: *** [web-build] Error 2 > > ************************************************************************************************* > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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file monitoring
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Hi ! I've monitor one file, which should be updated on 4 hosts all 15 minutes On two host this analysis.cfg entry still works FILE /var/heimdal/heimdal.pag COLOR=red mtime<920 These machines are running clients with OS: SunOS netra33 5.8 Generic_108528-27 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2 But unfortunatley on the other two machines OS: SunOS heimdal2 5.10 Generic_141445-09 i86pc i386 i86pc i've got errro-messages "File is missing" :-( and a look into the client-data-msg shows : [file:/var/heimdal/heimdal.pag] ERROR: Value too large for defined data type Any hint is welcome :-) cheers Martin

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