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Availability report
by rpeters＠columbia.com 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Is there any way to call this report from the command line with various switches? I'd like to schedule a cron job to run the report weekly. Thanks.

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RRD Graph question -- splitting into subgraphs
by robert.herron＠gmail.com 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

I use the bb-roracle extension to monitor Oracle databases tablespace sizes. I wrote an "extra-script" to do this and added it to the [rrdstatus] and [rrddata] stanzas in hobbitlaunch.cfg. I updated the hobbitgraph.cfg and hobbitserver.cfg files. Everything works -- the RRDs are created and the graphs are displayed on the "trends" and "oradb" pages. The only problem is the graph is not split into multiple subgraphs on the "oradb" page. It is split into multiple subgraphs on the "trends" page. I want the oradb RRD graphs to act like the "disk" RRD graphs. Some of the monitored databases have upwards of 65 tablespaces and are difficult to analyze with everything on one graph. Is it possible to split the graphs on the oradb page? I did a search of the archive and didn't find anything relevant. Thanks, Robert Herron

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bbcombotest doesn't work on 64bit centos 5.3 xymon 4.3.0 beta2 [SOLVED]
by suam8＠hotmail.com 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

I solved the problem patching bbcombotest.c in this part of code hobbitdresult = sendmessage("hobbitdboard fields=hostname,testname,color", NULL, BBTALK_TIMEOUT, sres); if ((hobbitdresult != BB_OK) || (board == NULL)) { board = ""; *errptr += sprintf(*errptr, "Could not access hobbitd board, error %d\n", hobbitdresult); return COL_CLEAR; } board is always null so I patched the code with the following one that eliminate board null check hobbitdresult = sendmessage("hobbitdboard fields=hostname,testname,color", NULL, BBTALK_TIMEOUT, sres); if ((hobbitdresult != BB_OK)) { board = ""; *errptr += sprintf(*errptr, "Could not access hobbitd board, error %d\n", hobbitdresult); return COL_CLEAR; } hope it helps bye Al1ta From: suam8 at hotmail.com To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: bbcombotest doesn't work on 64bit centos 5.3 xymon 4.3.0 beta2 Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 03:47:48 +0200 I can't able to use bbcombotest on xymon 4.3.0 beta2 running on a CentOS 5.3 64bit whatever I put on bbcombotest.cfg, I get clear color and an error dumped on the web page that says: Errors occurred during evaluation: Could not access hobbitd board, error 0 the color is 'clear' and the check dowsn't work running by hand hobbitboard it seems to work, for example: /opt/xymon/server/bin/bb 11.113.1.165 'hobbitdboard fields=hostname,testname,color' works it seems a problem on bbcombotest.c when it calls sendmessage the lines involved in the errors seems to be hobbitdresult = sendmessage("hobbitdboard fields=hostname,testname,color", NULL, BBTALK_TIMEOUT, sres); if ((hobbitdresult != BB_OK) || (board == NULL)) { board = ""; *errptr += sprintf(*errptr, "Could not access hobbitd board, error %d\n", hobbitdresult); return COL_CLEAR; } With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx

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bbcombotest doesn't work on 64bit centos 5.3 xymon 4.3.0 beta2
by suam8＠hotmail.com 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

I can't able to use bbcombotest on xymon 4.3.0 beta2 running on a CentOS 5.3 64bit whatever I put on bbcombotest.cfg, I get clear color and an error dumped on the web page that says: Errors occurred during evaluation: Could not access hobbitd board, error 0 the color is 'clear' and the check dowsn't work running by hand hobbitboard it seems to work, for example: /opt/xymon/server/bin/bb 11.113.1.165 'hobbitdboard fields=hostname,testname,color' works it seems a problem on bbcombotest.c when it calls sendmessage the lines involved in the errors seems to be hobbitdresult = sendmessage("hobbitdboard fields=hostname,testname,color", NULL, BBTALK_TIMEOUT, sres); if ((hobbitdresult != BB_OK) || (board == NULL)) { board = ""; *errptr += sprintf(*errptr, "Could not access hobbitd board, error %d\n", hobbitdresult); return COL_CLEAR; } _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/products/photo-gall…

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ack and scripts
by lebarber＠gmail.com 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

I would like to be able to execute a script whenever an ack expires and the test condition is still red. Is there anyway to get hobbit-alerts.cfg to do this? Thanks, Larry Barber

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smtp test returns syntax error
by william.wagner＠ipacc.com 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

I have xymon 4.2.3 on solaris and running smtp test on several servers on a variety of platforms. All show 'green' status, smtp ok. However when I review the details I see the following: 501 5.5.2 Syntax error in parameters scanning "" I am also using Big Brother to monitor while I transition to xymon. BB does not report the same syntax error. Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this? I am simply using the keyword 'smtp' in my bb-hosts file on both BB and xymon. Thanks in advance. Bill

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[hobbit] hobbitd_client crashes on server
by m.hofstra＠detamboer.nl 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

> > The backtrace would not very useful, as you don't have the > debug symbols > available. Please install the debug packages for the > libraries listed by gdb, > most likely something like pcre-debug and libc-debug. Then > run gdb again, this > time it should not say "no debugging symbols found", at the > gdb prompt, type > 'bt full' and then send the output. > I installed the libpcre3-dbg and libc6-dbg packages, here is the new output: smeagol:~/server$ gdb bin/hobbitd_client tmp/core GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... (no debugging symbols found) warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1...done. done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/libc-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/ld-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Core was generated by `hobbitd_client'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. [New process 3188] #0 0xb7e68556 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt full #0 0xb7e68556 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0xbfd377e8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #2 0xb7df2586 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #3 0xb7ebf160 in ____wcstof_l_internal () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?) (gdb)

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hobbitd_client crashes on server
by m.hofstra＠detamboer.nl 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Hello, I have checked the list and google for this problem, but after a few hours of poking around I am left in the dark. I am using hobbit 4.2.0 on an up-to-date Debian stable system. Quite a while ago, the hobbitd_client started showing up red on the hobbit server page, showing a "Program crashed, fatal signal caught" error. As per some instructions I found I am hereby attaching a gdb trace of the problem (hoping I did it the right way). Additionally, i see loads of errors like "2009-08-30 08:48:02 Worker process died with exit code 134, terminating" in /var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log" on the server. Supposedly at five minute intervals, but also some in between as I have been restarting stuff alot. Also, around the same time the hobbitd_client started acting up, one of my servers started going purple on all the local tests. It smells like the data from this server is related to the crashing, but I have no idea how to verify this. I tried wiping the hobbitd_client data as per one other case somewhere on the list, so I now cannot see whether the issues started simultaneously or not. Any hints are greatly appreciated! Best regards, Marijn smeagol:~/server$ gdb bin/hobbitd_client tmp/core GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... (no debugging symbols found) warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (no debugging symbols found) Core was generated by `hobbitd_client'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. [New process 10357] #0 0xb7de6556 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0xb7de6556 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0xb7de7d78 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x08060783 in ?? () #3 0x0806aac0 in ?? () #4 0x00000000 in ?? () (gdb)

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xynagios for RHEL ?
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Hi ! Can somebody give me an hint or description, how the pluggin xynagios is to use ? Helper software: * xynagios: adaptor for running Nagios plugins with Xymon I've found it in the debian-packes http://packages.debian.org/de/sid/hobbit-plugins And is there a version for RHEL or is that equal ? Thanks & Cheers martin

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Xymon version 4.2.2 RC1 available
by henrik＠hswn.dk 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

I've just made the release-candidate of version 4.2.2 available for download on Sourceforge. https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=14… This is how I would expect the interim 4.2.2 release to be. It includes the following changes from 4.2.0: *) Due to the Hobbit project being renamed to Xymon (for legal reasons), the documentation has been updated to refer to this as the name of the project. *) All patches from the "all-in-one" patch have been applied *) Patches from Debian and Mandriva source archives and elsewhere have been merged, fixing: - The "Critical Systems" configuration report would crash when hosts were in NKview.cfg, but no NK tags were in bb-hosts (from Mandriva) - SSL certificates with 4-digit expiration years would crash the network tester (from Debian) - Newer OpenLDAP versions have a different API, so the LDAP test code would not build correctly (from Debian) - Old Big Brother clients report disk output with no header line (from Debian) - The bb-hosts syntax for HTTP testing via a proxy could not support https target-URL's (from Debian) - Certain SuSE versions would not be identified by the Linux client as such (only affected OS name displayed in the "info" status). *) Support for sending custom graph data in a "trends" data message (from http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2007/01/msg00236.html) *) Split-NCV and TRACKMAX support for custom graphs (from http://www.hobbitmon.com/hobbiton/2007/03/msg00368.htm) *) Support for the "BBWin" client http://bbwin.sf.net/ in centralized (server-side) configuration mode. Based on BBWin v. 0.12. *) Support for the "hobbit-perl-client" add-on http://hobbit-perl-client.sf.net/ . Based on perl-http-client v1.15 *) Support for the "Devmon" SNMP data collector http://devmon.sf.net/ based on Devmon 0.3.0. A last-minute update for Devmon was missed in the RC1 source file, so Devmon users should grab the latest hobbitd/rrd/do_devmon.c source from http://hobbitmon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/hobbitmon/branches/4.2.2/hobbit… and copy to hobbitd/rrd/do_devmon.c . This will be included in the final 4.2.2 release. Please test this if you can, and report problems to the mailing list. Since all of this code has been in use for quite some time, I would not expect a lot of problems. So the target date for the 4.2.2 release is Dec. 10. Regards, Henrik

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