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Few more questions
by gwege＠infomanage.net 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

Hey Guys, Thanks for answering my previous inquiry so promptly. I have a few more questions: Is it possible to disable and acknowledge alerts via email, how? Can I configure a maximum time limit a alert can be acknowledged for? Can I restrict what hosts can be disabled on the enable/disable page? Can the SMS alert format be reconfigured to display more or less information? Thanks! Regards, Greg

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Need help about devmon and solaris 10 snmp agent
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

I am trying to test out devmon in my environment. I can't get access to a cisco siwtch except Unix machines. So I am using a solaris 10 as example snmp machine. But looks like I have templates/device/spec or solaris10:/etc/snmp/conf files misconfigured. So I got mismatched error message. See R1 for detail error message. R1: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Other_Docs/HOWTO… T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Learn.Laugh.Share. Reallivemoms is right place! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

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inactive user accounts
by rlapuz＠fcpp.fujitsu.com 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Hi everyone! Does Hobbit supports monitoring of behavior of user/email accounts like if the account has been inactive for 30 days? If not, can someone give me any idea on how to do it? Thanks in advance Regards Ryan

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Highlights of the 4.3.0 version
by henrik＠hswn.dk 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

In another thread, someone asked about what new features are planned for version 4.3.0. I've summarized them below; they have all been implemented by now. Some of them have been contributed by others over the past year - I'm pleased to have finally gotten their patches merged. There are some open bug-reports, and the plan now is to try and get those fixed. Once that is done I'll ask you all to start testing the beta-versions, and then a new release is hopefully available soon. This doesn't mean that I won't consider adding new stuff before the 4.3.0 release, but right now the plan is to get 4.3.0 shipped with the current set of features. But if I've missed someone's favourite patch or feature request, do let me know. Major new features ------------------ * PAGE setting for alert- and client-configuration handles hosts on multiple pages, so any pagename can be used. * Flap detection of statuses that change color rapidly. The status is kept at the most critical level until it stops flapping. * Holiday support for alerts, including variable holidays (Easter etc) * Split NCV support - graph data from NCV can be split into multiple RRD databases allowing for varying number of datasets. * RRD database parameters are now configurable (i.e. number of datapoints stored, whether to store min/max values etc). Note that this only applies to newly created RRD files, not existing ones. * Distributed worker modules allow sharing the load across multiple Hobbit servers * RRD updates are now cached for up to 30 minutes before being written to disk. This makes the I/O load on large installations much lighter. * Detection of statuses that are reported by multiple hosts * Client backend-support for the z/OS and z/VSE clients by Rich Smirna Display things -------------- * Graph zooming now limits the lower/upper bounds of a graph (requires rrdtool 1.2.x) * The trends page default data-period can be configured to something other than the default 48-hour view, and the user can select a different period on-the-fly. * Hosts can be sorted automatically on the overview webpage with a "group-sorted" group definition. * NOCOLUMNS setting in bb-hosts let you suppress certain columns on a per-host basis * Host-comments are displayed as tool-tips, to save screen space. Checks and graphs ----------------- * Network tests can use a specific source IP instead of the default * The validity-period of network tests is configurable, instead of being fixed at the default 30-minute setting * Client file checks can check for a symlink * "trends" report for RRD handling allows generating custom-made RRD files * Hobbit host- and status-counts are tracked in an RRD file Miscellaneous ------------- * NCV reports can handle color-icons before the name:value data * hobbitlaunch tasks can be configured to run on certain hosts only * Time-warp detection and warning * Local unix-socket interface to Hobbit daemon * hobbitd_capture can collect several statuses and hand off such a batch to an external command * Support for SHA-224/256/384/512 digests Regards, Henrik

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[hobbit] Sending Hobbit alerts to numeric pager
by Robert-Manocchia＠IDEXX.com 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Thanks I created a script to grab the info I wanted to send and it worked fine. I'm now just tweaking it to get meaningful info with the page. Thanks. Robert Manocchia UNIX System Administrator IDEXX Laboratories 207 556-6860 EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com -----Original Message----- From: s_aiello at comcast.net [mailto:s_aiello at comcast.net] Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 8:48 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Sending Hobbit alerts to numeric pager I would suggest the following: MAIL <areacode><number>@page.provider.com FORMAT=SMS from the hobbit-alerts.cfg man page: FORMAT=formatstring Format of the text message with the alert. Default is "TEXT" (suitable for e-mail alerts). "PLAIN" is the same as text, but without the URL link to the status webpage. "SMS" is a short message with no subject for SMS alerts. "SCRIPT" is a brief message template for scripts. You can also tweak your existing script, for Hobbit to use, If you want to customize the message output. ~Steve On Friday 10 August 2007 08:32, Manocchia, Robert wrote: > I need to alert via a numeric page when a red alert happens for certain > services (conn, disk etc...). The page number has the following format: > > > > <areacode><number>@page.provider.com > > > > We successfully send pages out via sendmail regularly via a script on > another server. > > > > How do I incorporate this method into Hobbit. Do I just use the MAIL > keyword in hobbit-alerts.cfg or is there something else I need to do. > > > > I've checked out all the documentation but cannot get a clue what to do. > > > > > > Robert Manocchia > > UNIX System Administrator > > IDEXX Laboratories > > 207 556-6860 > > EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Sending Hobbit alerts to numeric pager
by Robert-Manocchia＠IDEXX.com 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

I need to alert via a numeric page when a red alert happens for certain services (conn, disk etc...). The page number has the following format: <areacode><number>@page.provider.com We successfully send pages out via sendmail regularly via a script on another server. How do I incorporate this method into Hobbit. Do I just use the MAIL keyword in hobbit-alerts.cfg or is there something else I need to do. I've checked out all the documentation but cannot get a clue what to do. Robert Manocchia UNIX System Administrator IDEXX Laboratories 207 556-6860 EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com

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Automatically enable a disabled test -> bug?
by dortsen＠gmail.com 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hi everyone, I've noticed something unexpected on my hobbit installation. When I disable a lot of hosts (a bunch of access points for example) to perform some maintenance jobs on them, after a short while, hobbit seems to have "forgotten" I disabled the hosts until I click on OK. When I start with the first few AP's, the other ones that are to be dealt with later have changed their status from blue to green again... Is this a bug or do I misinterpret the "until OK" checkbox in the enable/disable section on the hobbit server? To clarify my question, here's what I do: On the hobbit server, I go to the menu "Administration -> Enable/disable". I log in and on that page I select a bunch of AP's (by matching a pagename pattern as a filter). I then select almost all the AP's on the Hosts list (upright of the browser) and I select the "conn" test to disable. Then I enter some text in the "Cause:" textbox. Then I'm starting to doubt about the "Duration:". Until now, I believed you could either set a few hours or days as duration, or until I enabled the tests again (the "until OK: checkbox). But I'm starting to think that that checkbox is not a way of disabling a test on a host forever... Am I right? Does this checkbox mean that hobbit will continue to run the disabled tests and when they succeed, hobbit will automatically enable the tests again (change status from blue to green)? If the above is true, what do I need to do when I want to disable a few tests (not all) on a host for an unknown period of time (in other words: forever, until I explicitly enable)? Or have I hit a bug? Thanks, Dennis

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[hobbit] Purple color
by ravindra.x.pai＠jpmchase.com 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hi Everything is correct , connection is Green , rest everything is Purple Thanks & Regards Ravindra Pai Ph : 469-477-1067 "Domnick Eger" <deger at cobercafe.net> 08/07/2007 05:03 PM To <ravindra.x.pai at jpmchase.com> cc Subject RE: [hobbit] Purple color I would check /var/run/hobbitclient-runtime.cfg, make sure you have one of the bbdisplay set. BBDISP="10.1.5.18" BBDISPLAYS="" Then restart the client. From: ravindra.x.pai at jpmchase.com [mailto:ravindra.x.pai at jpmchase.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 11:49 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Purple color Hi I am getting purple color in my web server...I belive it means the server is not getting updated...My TCP/IP , DNS looks ok , hobbit is running... Is there any thing I can check.. Thanks & Regards Ravindra Pai Ph : 469-477-1067 This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Although this transmission and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. Please refer to http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures for disclosures relating to UK legal entities. ----------------------------------------- This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Although this transmission and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. Please refer to http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures for disclosures relating to UK legal entities.

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Purple color
by ravindra.x.pai＠jpmchase.com 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hi I am getting purple color in my web server...I belive it means the server is not getting updated...My TCP/IP , DNS looks ok , hobbit is running... Is there any thing I can check.. Thanks & Regards Ravindra Pai Ph : 469-477-1067 ----------------------------------------- This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Although this transmission and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. Please refer to http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures for disclosures relating to UK legal entities.

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[hobbit] Purple color
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Make sure the http tag is still in the bb-hosts file. .....Bruce -----Original Message----- From: ravindra.x.pai at jpmchase.com [mailto:ravindra.x.pai at jpmchase.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:49 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Purple color Hi I am getting purple color in my web server...I belive it means the server is not getting updated...My TCP/IP , DNS looks ok , hobbit is running... Is there any thing I can check.. Thanks & Regards Ravindra Pai Ph : 469-477-1067 _____ This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Although this transmission and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. Please refer to http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures for disclosures relating to UK legal entities. ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this message may 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, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------

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