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LOG msgs
by wrichardson＠llbean.com 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Running Hobbit version 4.2.0 all-in-one patch dated 2007-02-09 10:30 UTC. OS: Redhat AS 5 I have searched thru the Hobbit Archive for ways to best pattern match in log files. What I have is working to the extent of what I believe hobbit will support "out of the box" 1.) In Hobbit today with version 4.2.0 log file alerts happen once in a 30 minute window even if you have more than one occurrence. Has anyone been able to change this behavior to a smaller window? "maybe 4.3.0 has something new?" 2.) Another feature that I am looking for is thresholding. If I throw 10 messages "that match" into a log in X time frame say 15 minutes or 30 minutes and so on I don't want to get notified but if I throw 11 into the log I do. Is there any way to do this?

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Date format
by nelis＠nlr.nl 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Hello, Hobbit shows the current date/time as well as the date/time of events on various pages. I've changed BBDATEFORMAT in order to show the date and time in an ISO8601-ish way. However, the timestamp on the history page of each test, as well as the timestamps of each status change of a test, for instance on the all non-green page, do not change. Is it possible to change the format of those timestamps as well? Regards, Wim Nelis. ******************************************************************************************************* The NLR disclaimer (http://www.nlr.nl/emaildisclaimer) is valid for NLR e-mail messages. *******************************************************************************************************

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Monitor a server 2 times :-/
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Hi, Got another question about Hobbit : I would like to monitor 2 times a server in bb-hosts : - once just via the ping for a "PING combo-test" to monitor the Internet connection status - Once on another subpage with all Hobbit client to get CPU/HD/PROCS status My problem is on the first point, I've also the CPU/HD/PROCS columns even with NOCOLUMS tags, do you know why? Any tricks to solve my problem? Thanks by advance!

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Unexpected service response
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

yellow dot shows : Service pop3 on pop.ourmail.com is not OK : Unexpected service response How do I see what it was so I fix it? I do get a red dot when pop3 is down.

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Monitoring FLEXnet License Manager
by annaj＠hi.is 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Would anybody be willing to share their experience in monitoring LEXnet License Manager with Hobbit? I have been doing that, by simply monitoring the network port of the service, and users complain that it is not enough. Allegedly, it seems to continue to listen to the assigned ports, but stops handing out Matlab (...) licenses to the users. For those that have absolutely no idea of what I am talking about, this is a license manager, that among other things, is used for Matlab, Abacus, Maple and other engineering software. It runs as a network daemon, usually on port 27000 or close to that. So before I start rummaging in the shire, and reviving the dead cat, I would like to know if anybody would share their experience on the subject? -- Kindest Regards, Anna Jonna Ármannsdóttir, %& A: Because people read from top to bottom. Unix System Aministration, Computing Services, %& Q: Why is top posting bad? University of Iceland.

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FW: Hobbit and Thresholds for Alerts
by dlundell＠cmcflex.com 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

In hobbit-alerts.cfg can be setup for repeats and durations of sending out sms pages and emails. I am wanting to change the way these pages are sent. I would like to have 4 pages for a certain duration of time. Then after 8 hours we would like to pages go out for another duration of time. for example: a server goes red and for it sends out 4 pages upto 30 minutes of time. Then stops the pages, after 8 hours over time having the alerts start for another 4 pages upto 30 minutes. Is this possible in Hobbit? Thanks DL

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AW: [hobbit] Newbies...
by Jerome.Meyer＠baldata.ch 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Thank you for your help! Now, I see better in which direction I must to go... Regards, jerome m. meyer -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Gesendet: Montag, 14. Juli 2008 16:36 An: hobbit at hswn.dk Betreff: Re: [hobbit] Newbies... Read the documentation to begin with, otherwise people will be short with you and you will go no where on this mailing list. The client simply sends data and connects to port 1984 (default) on the server. If it is displayed is dependent on the server's bb-host config. The "System failure of the ping test" sounds to me like the hobbit user can't execute fping. See if your /sbin/fping can be executed by hobbit. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Meyer Jerome <Jerome.Meyer at baldata.ch> wrote: Hi All Should newbies write in this mailsgroup? Could someone explain me or to give me ideas how to receive infos from client? The bb-host and hobbit-clients.cfg are configured. The ping between server and client are running and the both system can connected each others without problem! The problem is that the server receive a grey point in the field conn (: conn ok : System failure of the ping test!)? The green smiley infos and trends are the unique infos....? Is there a better documentation than the manpages? I need to have a better overview...! Best regards, Jérôme M. Meyer

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getting the new "temperature.sh" script working with hobbit
by attwood＠utsc.utoronto.ca 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

I'm trying to get the new "temperature.sh" script (v5.0) from deadcat working with hobbit, but I notice that it has several new columns that are interfering with the hobbitd_larrd plotting. My question is basically, what files would I have to modify to get the plotting correct, and would that require a recompile? Thanks, -- Glenn Attwood Network Administrator, IITS University of Toronto at Scarborough 416-287-7364

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Newbies...
by Jerome.Meyer＠baldata.ch 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Hi All Should newbies write in this mailsgroup? Could someone explain me or to give me ideas how to receive infos from client? The bb-host and hobbit-clients.cfg are configured. The ping between server and client are running and the both system can connected each others without problem! The problem is that the server receive a grey point in the field conn (: conn ok : System failure of the ping test!)? The green smiley infos and trends are the unique infos....? Is there a better documentation than the manpages? I need to have a better overview...! Best regards, Jérôme M. Meyer

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Configuration question
by de21＠cornell.edu 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Hello. I'm attempting to set up Hobbit 4.2 on a Debian box (very clean - Hobbit is the only thing it's doing.) I followed all the directions - loaded the prerequisites, patched with the all-in-one patch, added the hobbit-specific lines into apache2.conf, etc. It compiled and installed just fine, and the service starts. But when I go to the http://localhost/hobbit page, I get a "404 not found" error. The apache2.conf file points to the ~hobbit/server/www directory but I don't see any html files there or in the subdirectory "html" under that. In the hobbitlaunch.log I see a number of "Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6"... not sure if that's related. Any thoughts? I'm starting to run out of options to try. Thanks! --Dan ============================================= Daniel Elswit IT Security & Operations, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA de21 at cornell.edu (607) 255-5658 http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/cals-it/

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