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Issue with MAILC env variable?
by Tom.Moore＠sas.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

I'm trying to use the -r option in "nail" to change the from address headers. It works fine if I just have an email address, however if I use the (Name) nomenclature the hobbitd bombs with this error: /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg: line 97: syntax error near unexpected token `(' /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg: line 97: `MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)"" Env is this: MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)"" MAIL="$MAILC -s" >From the command line this works fine as well: /usr/bin/nail -r "user at blah.com (Xymon)" myemail at something.com Is there something in Xymon that is interpreting the parenthesis? I've even tried to escape them with \ to no avail. Thx, Tom

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auto reload of client task list
by ken＠minktech.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi All, I am running Xymon 4.3.0-0.20090209 on SLES11 i586l. It was installed via self built rpms. Everything seems to be working expect for one minor problem. When I make a change to clientlaunch.cfg, the client does re-read it, but does not change it's task list. I turned on debugging in the client and see output confirming that the client has seem the change and re-read the config. It just doesn't alter the task list. If I stop and start the client, the changes take effect, which rules out syntax errors or similar problems. Any ideas on where to look? Ken

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REPORTTIME bb-replog only criticals
by rower.master＠gmail.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi Henrik, I'm using the REPORTTIME tag and the Availability report considers the "* "red" and "clear" status counts as downtime" as described on the documentation. I need to change the code to consider the only the red, I've looked at bb-replog.c and bb-rep.c and did not figured out how to do it. Could please give me a hint? Thanks in advance, Mario Panza. When REPORTTIME is specified, the availability calculation happens like this: * Only measurements done during the given time period is used for the calculation. * "blue" time reduces the length of the report interval, so if you are generating a report for a 10-hour period and there are 20 minutes of "blue" time, then the availability calculation will consider the reporting period to be 580 minutes (10 hours minus 20 minutes). This allows you to have scheduled downtime during the REPORTTIME interval without hurting your availability; this is (I believe) the whole idea of the downtime being "planned". * "red" and "clear" status counts as downtime; "yellow" and "green" count as uptime. "purple" time is ignored. The availability calculation correctly handles status changes that cross into/out of a REPORTTIME interval. If no REPORTTIME is given, the standard 24x7 calculation is used.

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can from address be configured for xymon alerts?
by pankaj.dorlikar＠gmail.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

hi, can "from " address be configured for xymon alerts?i want to send xymon alert mails from "xymon at monitor.mgmt.machines" address.But is is sending alerts from xymon(a)`hostname`.There is no flag/variable that accepts for from address.I dont want to change my servers sendmail configuration.I want to change configuraion from xymon side.Also i am getting dsn erros. I dont want to change hostname of the machine as it might take machine's name from /etc/hosts. What is the way to do that? -- ion. Pankaj V. Dorlikar

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monitoring servers in multiple networks
by remi＠digitalgenius.eu 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Dear Madam, Sir In our company we want to monitor multiple pc's/servers that are at different physical locations. Normally we connect to them trough a vpn-connection to get into the Local network. The problem is that when you open a vpn connection you can't open a different one and so only monitor one network at a time. Is there a way to let Hobbit monitor all the different networks on different vpn's at the same time? Yours sincerely, Remi Vanderhoydonck Support Engineer

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Alert Annotations
by chris.naude.0＠gmail.com 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Are there any plans to add the ability to annotate alerts? I know that it's possible to add notes when we send acknowledgements, but I would prefer to add notes to historical alerts. I've actually written an add-on in Perl that does exactly this. My preference though would be to use something built in. I'll upload my add-on to xymonton if anyone else is interested in trying it. -- Chris Naude

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Installing Xymon 4.2.3 on Debian
by garyprindleii＠gmail.com 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Hello, I have an older version of hobbit running on a debian build at home (hobbit 4.2.0). I have installed rrdtool using the apt-get. However when I run the configure script I get *RRDTool include- or library-files not found. These are REQUIRED for hobbitd RRDTool can be found...........* ** Any ideas on where I can locate rrdinclude and rrdlib in debian 5.0.3? Thank You, Gary

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bb download
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.co.uk 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Hi, I'm trying to get the download option working (get_binary in the code). This seems to work successfully for the first time you download. However, any subsequent downloads only create a zero-sized file. Is this a known bug? The similar function (get_config) works flawlessly but obviously doesn't work with binary files. Kind regards, Malcolm -- Technical copy-editor & proofreader KDE Proofreading Team KDE British English Translation Team http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=en_GB Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FriendlyAtheist Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser

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File from client causing hobbitd_client to crash
by Potter_Thomas＠emc.com 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

I am running Xymon 4.2.3, and a file I am trying to grab from a monitored host seems to be causing hobbitd_client to crash. The file is a textfile generated by an internal proprietary application. Here's a backtrace from the core: Backtrace: #0 0x00de6402 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x00169d80 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x0016b691 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x08063e03 in sigsegv_handler (signum=11) at sig.c:57 #4 <signal handler called> #5 0x080579cc in scan_log (hinfo=0x95e18a8, classname=0xb7f76797 "linux", logname=0xb7f7eae0 "/var/log/foo/proprietary.logfile", logdata=0xb7f7eafd "What", ' ' <repeats 41 times>, "Version Info\n", '-' <repeats 43 times>, " ", '-' <repeats 11 times>, " ", '-' <repeats 21 times>, "\nProduct Version", ' ' <repeats 30 times>, "-", ' ' <repeats 11 times>..., section=0xb7f7eadb "msgs:/var/log/foo/proprietary.logfile", summarybuf=0x95f1a50) at client_config.c:1404 #6 0x0804dea9 in msgs_report (hostname=0xb7f76788 "LSCA5235", clientclass=0xb7f76797 "linux", os=OS_LINUX, hinfo=0x95e18a8, fromline=0xbf9423fc "\nStatus message received from 172.23.173.235\n", timestr=0xb7f767c0 "Fri Dec 4 09:55:20 EST 2009", msgsstr=0x0) at hobbitd_client.c:876 #7 0x08053d9a in handle_linux_client (hostname=0xb7f76788 "LSCA5235", clienttype=0xb7f76797 "linux", os=OS_LINUX, hinfo=0x95e18a8, sender=0xb7f76779 "172.23.173.235", timestamp=1259938145, clientdata=0xb7f7679d "client lsca5235.linux linux\n[date") at client/linux.c:60 #8 0x08054790 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbf942a14) at hobbitd_client.c:1794 Here is the file causing the trouble, /var/log/foo/proprietary.logfile Due to corporate security concerns, I have changed all the digits to 9 and the alphas to X|x, as well as changing its name.... ----file starts next line----- What Version Info ------------------------------------------- ----------- --------------------- Product Version - manifest file not xxxxxx XXXx9 9.99.99.9.9 - Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx X9.9.9.9 - Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx X9.9.9.99 - /xxxxxxx/xxxxxx-9-9/xxxxxxxxx/xxxx9999 9.9.99.9.9 - /xxxxxxx/xxxxxx-9-9/xxxxxxxxx/xxxx9999 9.9.99.9.9 - ----End of file ----- There is one blank line at the end of that file. It's a version status file generated by the app from a cron job. Relevant bit of ../server/etc/client-local.cfg: --snip-- #Director version - requested by Ed/Gopi 12/2/09 [LSCA5235] log:/var/log/foo/proprietary.logfile:10240 --snip-- Relevant bit of ../server/etc/hobbit-clients.cfg: --snip-- # Directors where we are monitoring versions HOST=LSCA5235 LOG /var/log/foo/proprietary.logfile --snip-- Thomas Potter Quality Engineering, SVPG - SVE EMC Corporation 228 South St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 P: 508.249.2464 E: potter_thomas at emc.com <mailto:chase_ryan at emc.com>

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disk alert for sun cluster global device
by william.wagner＠ipacc.com 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

I am running xymon 4.2.3 on sun solaris and find that the 'disk' test for my sun cluster clients' global devices does not report panic levels properly. e.g.: Mon Dec 7 10:42:58 CST 2009 - Filesystems OK Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/md/myhost-global/dsk/d33 36144364 18446744073708170202 37164335 51551811753178% /archive The same client also has Big Brother running and correctly reports: red Mon Dec 7 10:45:42 CST 2009 - Disk on myhost at PANIC level /archive (51551811753178%) has reached the defined disk space PANIC level (95%) ... /dev/md/myhost-global/dsk/d33 36144364 18446744073708354634 36979903 51551811753178% /archive any ideas? thanks

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