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fallback alert service
by joost＠seat-ibiza.nl 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, Maybe this is already possible, or it's a feature request for the next release. Anyway, I'd like to have some kind of fallback alert method in case the used alert service is down. E.g. if I need to be alerted through a sms2email gateway which is down, it should use the next sms gateway. I figured it would be simple if the same dependency system could used for this purpose. Thanks, Joost

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netapp.pl and uptime
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi ! I've got several red-alerts by the netapp.pl for two of my four Netapps like this : Subject: [hobbit-patrol] Hobbit [435531] adxstore1:uptime CRITICAL (RED) red Sat Nov 10 11:23:07 2007 &red Last restart was 00:00:00 hh:mm:ss ago (ALERT=00:30:00). Storage adxstore1 was restarted at Sat Nov 10 11:23:07 2007 netapp.pl version 1.10 - column uptime lifetime 60, tested in ~ 00:00:00 (max 00:02:00) But if i'm login into the netapp and call uptime everything seems to be ok adxstore1> uptime 11:58am up 9 days, 35 mins, 0 NFS ops, 13648371 CIFS ops, 24 HTTP ops, 20870163 FCP ops, 0 iSCSI ops Any hints why ? Chhers, Martin

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Release 3.0 ?
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Ive been waiting for Release 3.0 for a while becuase Ive been ask to officially deploy hobbit on a wider basic. Now Ive been ask for a timeline. I hate to roll out a snap shot now only to find it being released soon after. Thanks for a great product Henrik!!!!!! -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _p_ Mike Nemeth | ___| |_____ email(w) michael.nemeth at lmco.com Work: 856 359-1425 |><___________) | Home Page:http://www.geocities.com/mjnemeth/ | Work Page:http://scorpion/~nemethm/ | Work Page:http://phlccase/SWUNIX/mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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alert-mail track number
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi ! .. only for understanding .. What's the meaning of the track alert-mail-number in the subject ? e.g Hobbit [698912] scotty:conn CRITICAL (RED) and e.g some alerts have got a zero [0] and still got that only didn't count up ... Hobbit [0] sc-node-2:cluster CRITICAL (RED) ... and how i could start from zero for all host/test (?) again .. Cheers, Martin ______________________________________________________ Martin Flemming DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de ______________________________________________________

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monitoring files and messages
by santoshbabu_perumal＠platts.com 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, can anyone help me to monitor files and procs in the Hobbit-client.cfg file i have mentioned the following entries HOST=tower FILE /var/adm/sa/sar12 LOG /var/log/syslog WARNING COLOR=yellow but i could not able to see anything on the gui.i can see white icon if i click on this i see no files checked status and if i click msg icon i cann see only /var/adm/messages i coild not see /var/log/sulog.how can i resolve this problem.please help me on this Thanks in advance -------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is intended only for the recipient, and may be a confidential attorney-client communication or may otherwise be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please be aware that any dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. reserves the right, subject to applicable local law, to monitor and review the content of any electronic message or information sent to or from McGraw-Hill employee e-mail addresses without informing the sender or recipient of the message. --------------------------------------------------------

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CPU utilization (vmstat graph) on a dedicated column
by me2unix＠gmail.com 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi all, How can I show the vmstat graph which appears under the trends column on a seperate column of its own ? Can this be done without send bb status commands to the server from every client? Thanks, Hezki

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single alert for a host going puprle
by me2unix＠gmail.com 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi When a client is down all monitored services will get purple. This is usually causing multiple alerts to be sent for each service. Recipients can get really annoyed by the amount of alerts while they only care to know that the client should be restarted. Is there a way to get just a single alert telling you the client stopped running, or at least just one purple event ? Has anyone configured the alerts file to prevent this situation? Thanks, Hezki

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hobbit security transmission
by emichels＠quicksoft.com.br 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi, Is there any way to encrypt data transmitted from the Hobbit Client to the Hobbit Server? Currently, if someone put a sniffer on the network will have access to all information transmitted, as they are in plain text. Regards, Eduard

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purple after 30 minutes - clientlaunch.cfg INTERVAL set to 60m
by iainonthemove＠gmail.com 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hello, I am trying to run a local script which I launch from my clientlaunch.cfg as shown below [testHost] ENVFILE $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/etc/hobbitclient.cfg CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/ext/testHost.sh LOGFILE $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/testHost.log INTERVAL 60m The test runs, completes and sends GREEN status back to the monitroing server. After 30 minutes this expires and it is then displayed as PURPLE. Does anyone know how I can extend the time that my tests are valid for? Do I need to do something both on the client and server? I found the following post http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2005/06/msg00257.html but the link within it is no longer there. Thanks in advance, Iain. -- Iain Miller iainonthemove at gmail.com

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Ignored PURPLE status update from 127.0.0.1 for .unknown
by toaster＠imber.com 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

I had this problem a while ago and it has jumped up out the wood work again. Problem is I don't know what I did last time to solve it. I get a yellow hobbitd button and the error message is Ignored PURPLE status update from 127.0.0.1 for .unknown I am running hobbit 4.2.0. Here is the bbgen output: bbgen for Hobbit version 4.2.0 Statistics: Hosts : 36 Status messages : 255 Purple messages : 0 Pages : 1 And bbtest: bbtest-net version 4.2.0 Statistics: Hosts total : 36 Hosts with no tests : 1 Total test count : 106 Status messages : 107 Alert status msgs : 0 Transmissions : 2 DNS statistics: # hostnames resolved : 38 # succesful : 38 # failed : 0 # calls to dnsresolve : 105 TCP test statistics: # TCP tests total : 71 # HTTP tests : 9 # Simple TCP tests : 62 # Connection attempts : 71 # bytes written : 1342 # bytes read : 231511 I thought it all started when I removed a host from bb-hosts but I'm not 100% sure. I removed the host by commenting out the host in bb-hosts and then running bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "drop host" Any ideas? Thanks, Lee

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