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Monitoring and ESX host
by jdustin＠usm.maine.edu 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

>>> On 7/2/2007 at 12:03 PM, Aaron Stranberg <a_stranberg at hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, I am searching for folks that are successfully monitoring > aVMware ESX3 host with either the hobbit client or BB client? I am inthe > unfortunate situation of not having a test environment to test withand would > appreciate getting a head start on others exeprience. Anyspecific RPM for > hobbit that is known to work on the ESX3 host, detailson dependency packages > that were required would be most welcome.Thanks-Aaron Here is a snippet of the code I run on ESX3: my $esxtop = "sudo /usr/bin/esxtop -b -d $interval"; open(CMD,"$esxtop |") || die "error - could not open $esxtop $!\n"; my $count = 0; while( <CMD> ) { chomp; s/\"//g; my (@row) = split/\,/; $count++; if ( $count <= 2 ) { next; } # skip 1st few results, just titles and 100% values my $util = int($row[9]); # round to INT, because RRD does not like floating-point &SendHobbit($util); } This is a PERL script, called by the "standard" Hobbit client running inside the service console. The only ESX-specific parameter I am watching is overall CPU utilization. The subroutine SendHobbit "prints" the data to tcp/1984 with the following line: print SOCK "status $MACHINE.pcpu $COLOR $datenow\npcpuBusy : $util\n"; I was able to compile the Hobbit client on a RedHat box, then ZIP the client and manually install on ESX. Good luck! -- -- Jon Dustin - Network Specialist University of Southern Maine Portland, ME

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Need help on telnet fine tune in bb-services
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

I have 3 login servers(login1-3), login1 is in trouble (taking long long time to see the prompt and then failed) The current configuration in bb-services for telnet monitoring is like following, [telnet] options banner,telnet port 23 Above configuration will make all three servesr show up as green because telnetd answer the poll. I am looking for better configuration option to fail the login1 testing since it is failing the telnet service to telnet clients. Also both login2 and login3 are normal but only on login3's telnet hb page, I see the full login banner. On login2, I only see the OS version number(1st line of banner ?), why the difference ? R1: bb-services manpage, T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Don�t miss your chance to WIN $10,000 and other great prizes from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0540003042mrt/direct/01/

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client-local.cfg not propagating
by rpeters＠columbia.com 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

Hello all, I have a client that isn't receiving the client-local.cfg information. The 'files' and 'msgs' categories are reported as 'clear' since there is no data on which to base a status. I've re-installed the client, uninstalled and copied the directory from a working client, and re-installed a working client to validate that it isn't a server issue. What would cause a client to NOT download this configuration? Any thoughts? Thanks

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Depends tag in bb-hosts and displayed result behind "info" icon?
by dortsen＠gmail.com 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

Hi All, When I specify a dependency in the bb-hosts file, is there some place where I can verify that the depends tag is correctly interpreted? An alert as specified in hobbit-alerts.cfg shows a table in the webpage (when you click in the info icon) for that specific host when an alert is sent to whom. Is there something similar visible for the depends tag? Or is there really no other option then finding out whether I made no typos when something really happens? Thanks in advance, Dennis

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Contribution -> Server-side login/generic script - Bash Version
by giovanni＠redix.com.br 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

Hi everyone! Attached follows a "login"/generic server-side script made on bash shell-script language. This script is just like the perl version, just made in a generic way to be easily extensible... I made this version because i couldn't get the perl version to work on my Gentoo server with perl 5.8.8, not to mention that i know perl as much as i know how to build nuclear submarines ;-) With best regards, -- Giovanni M. Frainer

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New Monitors Added
by gjohnson＠trantor.org 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

New monitors recently added to The Shire: * termuser - http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/monitors:termuser --- The Shire

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sla reporting output to customers
by sigurdur＠basis.is 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

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[hobbit] how to disable msgs clear status?
by flyzone＠technologist.com 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

Hi! I have written a new messages check, i think is better from the default that came with hobbit, cause I can use regexp to define block of line in logfile and use another regexp to check the status of the message, so all the block of lines is define by that rule. Problem: Im using the same column name msgs and the hobbit overwrite it with a clear status (no log data available). I havent set any LOG file in the localclient.cfg or hobbit-clients.cfg files, and I have also tried with the "no clear" option: CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitclient.sh --local --no-clear-msgs Or also in the server hobbitlaunch.cfg. But the same problem persist: status is overwrite by the hobbit. Someone can help me? Thanks P.S: my new script is on deadcat website. -- We've Got Your Name at http://www.mail.com! Get a FREE E-mail Account Today - Choose From 100+ Domains

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Help - NCV graph issue
by jonescr＠cisco.com 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

I'm having problems getting some particular NCV graphs to display (I get missing graph link) . I have successfully added other NCV graphs, and I thought I knew what I was doing, but alas I am stuck and cannot figure out what I've done wrong. I'm hoping that Henrik or anyone can see what I'm doing wrong. What I've checked so far: * Script is properly sending data message to Hobbit * Hobbit is receiving the data and creating RRD files * The RRD files are being updated * proper? definitions in TEST2RRD * proper? definition in hobbitgraph.cfg, using correct rrd filename and ds name I have a server-side script that collects database connection stats for Tomcat processes (5 seperate processes per server). The collector script is working fine, and I verified that rrd files are being created and populated. The DS is "dbconn": extt$ ~/local/bin/rrdtool dump ../../data/rrd/host1/tc_1_1-dbconn.rrd |grep name <name> dbconn </name> data is definitely going into the rrd file(s): ext$ ~/local/bin/rrdtool dump ../../data/rrd/host/tc_1_1-dbconn.rrd |grep row |grep -v NaN  <row><v> 2.0000000000e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 2.0000000000e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 2.6633333333e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 3.6533333333e+00 </v></row>  <row><v> 5.2866666667e+00 </v></row> Here is the test definition I am using in hobbitgraph.cfg: [tc_1_1-dbconn] TITLE Tomcat Database Connections YAXIS # DEF:dbconn=tc_1_1-dbconn.rrd:dbconn:AVERAGE LINE2:dbconn#00CCCC:database connections COMMENT:(5 Minute Combined Avg)\n GPRINT:modjk:LAST: \: %5.6lf (cur) GPRINT:modjk:MAX: \: %5.6lf (max) here is the relavant additions I made to the TEST2RRD section of hobbitserver.cfg: TEST2RRD="<hobbit default settings>,tc_1_1-dbconn=ncv,tc_1_2-dbconn=ncv,tc_1_3-dbconn=ncv,tc_1_4-dbconn=ncv,tc_1_5-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_1-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_2-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_3-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_4-dbconn=ncv,tc_2_5-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_1-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_2-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_3-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_4-dbconn=ncv,tc_3_5-dbconn=ncv" Once I can get this single graph working, I plan on creating a definition that will display all of the dbconn data in one graph (per host). -Charles

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[hobbit] Citrix Test
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Where did you download citrix.zip? -----Original Message----- From: Michael Frey [mailto:Michael.Frey at aptconsulting.com] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:04 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Citrix Test I am trying to configure the tests included in citrix.zip. Can someone explain how to get this test working? Michael Frey. Manager, Microsoft and Hosting Services. APT Inc. 7540 Windsor Dr. Suite 204. Allentown, PA 18195. Ph. 610.366.1100, ext 15 Fax 610.366.7375 http://www.aptconsulting.com http://www.WebtrialZ.com To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk ---------------------------------------------------- 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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