On 01/10/13 13:30, Joseph De Nicolo wrote:

Xymon Users,

I was wondering if anybody had experience with using xymon to monitor a bacula backup server. I am running a dedicated xymon server, and the bacula backup server is offsite for backup reasons. I have a xymon client only installation on the bacula server so I can receive cpu, disk, and the other system monitors. I came across this xymon extension script ( http://www.revpol.com/xymon_bacula_check_script ) and I installed in on the client side ( bacula backup server ). I followed the instructions (using method 2 bconsole access & modifying the script to fit my environment ) and the test of the xymon user ability to use bconsole works fine.

I am not seeing a backup or bacula section on the xymon server webpage. My guess is that I have to add it somehow to the hosts.cfg file on the server side but this is my first custom script / xymon extension that I had to use so I'm not sure what the syntax should look like for the hosts.cfg. Should I specify the full script name like this ( 155.x.x.101 backup # ssh xymon_bacula_check.sh )? Perhaps there is something else im missing server side that needs to be done like put the custom script in server/ext ?

Appreciate the help Thanks, *_ _* */Joseph De Nicolo/*

Hi Joseph,

You can run that (or any external script) manually like so:

~xymon/client/bin/xymoncmd ~xymon/client/ext/xymon_bacula_check.sh

and the new column should automatically and immediately appear for your bacula server on your xymon interface.

If that works, then I have a couple guesses as to what might be wrong:

Is it possible that you cut and pasted that older information on that page into the ~xymon/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg file on the bacula server?

That page was written back when Xymon was in mid process of a complete system name change from hobbit to xymon. For a while, many files and variables had kept their "hobbit" name. So any mention of hobbit in there should probably now be "xymon" assuming your running a relatively recent version of Xymon.

Also, the instructions on that page do not mention it, but I am pretty sure that you need to restart the xymon client on the bacula server for it to reread the clientlaunch.cfg file so it can start running that script every 5 mins.

I'll verify and then I will update that page. ;)

Hope this helps.

-- Bill Arlofski Reverse Polarity, LLC