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ncv graphing issue with custom script.
by jeff.vander＠gmail.com 14 Mar '08

14 Mar '08

Hello all, wondering if anyone can help with a graphing issue I am having... i have a requirement to monitor some unc shares from some windows boxes. i created a script to map each share, get the % free and report this back to hobbit. script works fine but the graphing is giving me problems. the script will send this to hobbit: green 3/30/2030 2:54:19 PM Percent full status of shares that were checked: \\<someserver1>\<some_share3> : 23 \\<someserver2>\<some_share4> : 0 etc : etc etc : etc i guess my question is this type of data suitable for ncv graphing considering that the amount of shares to check can be 10 or 20. my problem is that the "name" portion of the ncv is always changing... i did get graphing to work but the service section in the hobbitgraph.cfg had to have each share entered individually...

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Securing Hobbit from visitors
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

I am curious to see how the crew here on the mailing list secures their Hobbit from the outside world. I need to have the WWW pages visible from every IP but only from certain people, therefor I need to use users and passwords. Our Hobbitmon is viewed via cell phones and computers (IE and Firefox) and protected by an HTTP(S) login currently. The problem is that with three different Directory statements in httpd.conf, you need to login three times every time you restart Firefox. Also, how many businesses have Hobbitmon wide open for the viewing, such as Henrik's demo, if any? -- 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

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Possible to have Hobbit retain and use cookies?
by martin.e.rogers＠googlemail.com 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

We have an issue in using Hobbit to monitor a system of WebLogic and Oracle application servers. Hobbit is monitoring each of our 4 WebLogic servers on a regular (30/60 second) basis. By default, WebLogic creates a unique HTTPSession when each request is served; this is keyed with a JSESSIONID cookie which is sent back with the reply. A browser, or our load generator (Grinder) retains the cookie. Hobbit seems to be discarding these cookies; the result is that each request is generating a new Session. This has little performance overhead, but serves to confuse our WebLogic statistics; we can not tell how many 'real' users there are logged on to our system, because they are masked by 700+ 'hobbit' sessions. It is possible to have Hobbit retain these cookies and send with subsequent requests to the same URL? Martin

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Using Hobbit to monitor a specific port for availability?
by CallahanT＠tessco.com 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

How would I get hobbit to monitor a specific port to ensure it is listening? For instance, I want to monitor a Java program that listens on port 8888, but just want hobbit to check if it can connect, and then disconnect. How could I do this? Thanks, Tom Callahan

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Getting red for disk /cdrom being 100% full.
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

INFO: SunOS zorn 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R Running hobbit 4.2.0. The host zorn it the hobbit server. Below if information being returned under the "disk" heading. The problem is that hobbit is reporting "red" because RED /cdrom/sol_10_807_sparc/s1 (100% used) has reached the PANIC level (95%) Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/md/dsk/d0 16526762 12802540 3558955 79% / /dev/md/dsk/d3 8263373 6865699 1315041 84% /var /dev/dsk/c3t102d0s6 906514080 725338492 172110448 81% /export/users /dev/dsk/c3t102d1s6 98989396 75838865 22160638 78% /export/pkgs /dev/dsk/c3t102d1s7 53621849 3167622 49918009 6% /export/csw /dev/dsk/c3t102d2s6 98989396 31142015 66857488 32% /export/jumpstart /dev/dsk/c3t102d2s7 53621849 52716 53032915 1% /export/patchsvr /dev/dsk/c3t102d3s6 50869921 20223963 30137259 41% /export/varmail /dev/dsk/c3t102d4s6 832492688 326229172 497938590 40% /export/loc1 /vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/sol_10_807_sparc/s6 31 2 26 8% /cdrom/sol_10_807_sparc/s6 /vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/sol_10_807_sparc/s5 31 2 26 8% /cdrom/sol_10_807_sparc/s5 /vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/sol_10_807_sparc/s4 31 2 26 8% /cdrom/sol_10_807_sparc/s4 /vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/sol_10_807_sparc/s3 31 2 26 8% /cdrom/sol_10_807_sparc/s3 /vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/sol_10_807_sparc/s2 31 2 26 8% /cdrom/sol_10_807_sparc/s2 /vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/sol_10_807_sparc/s1 174639 157917 0 100% /cdrom/sol_10_807_sparc/s1 swap 14135032 1408 14133624 1% /etc/svc/volatile swap 14137184 3560 14133624 1% /tmp swap 14133664 40 14133624 1% /var/run I have modified the df command client/bin/hobbitclient-sunos.sh to strip this out and it works correctly for the trends. How/where do I modify hobbit to skip the /vol so it does not get reported as being 100% full. Thanks Robert -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Lines to flag red or yellow in msgs
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Is it possible for me to define lines that appear in msgs to activate a red or yellow alert? I have a bond0 interface (bonded interface consisting of eth0 and eth1) and if I unplug and plug the cat5 cable (simulating it being down) I get these messages: Mar 10 14:48:15 hostname kernel: e100: eth1: e100_watchdog: link down Mar 10 14:48:15 hostname kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it Mar 10 14:48:17 hostname kernel: e100: eth1: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex Mar 10 14:48:17 hostname kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1. The /var/log/messages is definitely making it to the Hobbit Server as I can see the text on the msgs web page, but it isn't flagging them as a bad message. Josh -- 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

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SSL Check
by david＠stenhouseconsulting.com 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

My hobbit server is using an SSL cert to encrypt logins. I have the HTTPS tag in the BB-HOSTS file and it does return the Certificate status. I have two windows boxes that are also using SSL to encrypt logins. BB-HOSTS file is again configured with HTTPS tag, however, I do not have the SSL column in the display. Did I miss something? David Gilmore Vice President 401.453.6900 x12 [cid:image001.jpg at 01C88441.786AE070] ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.

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BBWin help - msgs perl expressions
by Jason.Chambers＠geosoft.com 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi All, I'm not too sure how to write perl expressions, but I was wondering if someone can give me assistance. I get these alerts from BBWIN: red 2008-Mar-10 13:56:10 [xxx.geosoft.com] &red application: error - 2008/03/10 13:55:51 - MMReceiver (3506) - n/a "Possible SMTP attack. From 192.168.xxx.xxx - received 20 RSET requests" But want to write a perl expression to ignore all those messages even if the "received ## RSET requests" Can someone write me the code on how to go about doing this? I want to learn incase I have future needs for it. Thanks in advanced, Jason Chambers IT Help Desk Associate GEOSOFT INC. freedom to explore T +1 416.369.0111 #344 F +1 416.369.9599 Visit our site at www.geosoft.com

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Hobbitd_rrd extra-script stopped working
by tschenk＠pironet-ndh.com 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi all, I have a problem with rrds generated by an external script. With 4.2.0 it generated clean rrds, but with last weeks snapshot I only get sporadic entries with large gaps. Debug mode seems to show interrupts in parsing the input from the script. 2008-03-11 15:57:01 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 475497 @@status#475497/hostname|1205247421.042587|195.94.xx.xx||hostname|sap|12 05249221|green||green|1204643804|0||0||0|0 2008-03-11 15:57:01 startpos 405795, fillpos 407723, endpos 406804 2008-03-11 15:57:01 -> do_external(hostname, sap) 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Saving msg to file /opt/hobbit/server/tmp/rrd_msg_14081 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Calling helper script /opt/hobbit/server/ext/ext-rrd.sh hostname sap /opt/hobbit /server/tmp/rrd_msg_14081 2008-03-11 15:57:01 <- do_external(hostname, sap) 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Helper input 'DS:ds0:GAUGE:600:0:1' 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Helper input 'sapavail.rrd' 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Helper input '1' 2008-03-11 15:57:01 Flushing '/hostname/sapavail.rrd' with 1 updates pending, template 'ds0' 2008-03-11 15:57:01 000014081 : Unlinking temp file 2008-03-11 15:57:01 get_hobbitd_message: Interrupted Any idea? Thanks, Thomas

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hobbit-perfdata usage
by emarganne＠be.tiauto.com 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hello all, I am currently testing Hobbit 4.3.0-0.20080103 and everything is working fine. But I do not have found a way to have the hobbit-perfdata feature work. When I click on the "show" button the browsers wants to trigger a download of the .sh wrapper. Could someone explain me how that work or if any newer release fixes the bug. Also the other new things are self explanatory that one is not. What is meant to do I can not find any documentation about it. Regards, Etienne Marganne. DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you are Not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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