I am getting a yellow alert on my Xymon server under 'BBTEST':
Bottom of Form
Mon Aug 30 07:43:57 2010
bbtest-net version 4.3.0-0.beta2
SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.8e-rhel5 01 Jul 2008
LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20343
Statistics:
Hosts total : 951
Hosts with no tests : 0
Total test count : 1008
Status messages : 1012
Alert status msgs : 0
Transmissions : 14
DNS statistics:
hostnames resolved : 975
succesful : 573
failed : 382
calls to dnsresolve : 1002
TCP test statistics:
TCP tests total : 40
HTTP tests : 30
Simple TCP tests : 10
Connection attempts : 40
bytes written : 4682
bytes read : 109923
Error output:
Host cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause strange results
TIME SPENT
Event Starttime Duration
bbtest-net startup 8802.037154
Service definitions loaded 8802.038670 0.001516
Tests loaded 8802.134488 0.095818
DNS lookups completed 8807.226739 5.092251
Test engine setup completed 8807.245081 0.018342
TCP tests completed 8810.416313 3.171232
PING test completed (951 hosts) 8859.946266 49.529953
PING test results sent 8859.949945 0.003679
Test result collection completed 8859.950004 0.000059
LDAP test engine setup completed 8859.950006 0.000002
LDAP tests executed 8859.950008 0.000002
LDAP tests result collection completed 8859.950010 0.000002
DNS tests executed 8860.077831 0.127821
NTP tests executed 8861.305830 1.227999
Test results transmitted 8861.339357 0.033527
bbtest-net completed 8861.340730 0.001373
TIME TOTAL 59.303576
Here is a 'grep' of bb-hosts:
[root at monitorp etc]# grep -i cswflex4 bb-hosts0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com
128.170.31.14 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com # conn
0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
[root at monitorp etc]#
I cannot find a second entry with an IP address.
I have hundreds of other servers with 0.0.0.0 entries so I cannot figure out what is happening?
Running Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.5 on Dell R-610.
I tried to do a 'drop hostname', could there be a duplicate in the Xymon data base?
If so, how do you remove the bad one so you don't loose the history being gathered by the client on the Windows server.
The client is the big brother client.
Thanks,
Tom Schmitt
Senior IT Staff - R&D
L-3 Communication Systems West
640 North 2200 West
P.O. Box 16850
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone (801) 594-3030
Cell (801) 231-7230
eFax (413) 480-6873
D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com
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Isn't the hostname the "primary key"? Can you use the same hostname with multiple IP addresses?
/Johan
From: d.tom.schmitt at L-3com.com [mailto:d.tom.schmitt at L-3com.com] Sent: den 30 augusti 2010 15:54 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [xymon] TS - bb-hosts problem Importance: High
I am getting a yellow alert on my Xymon server under 'BBTEST':
Bottom of Form Mon Aug 30 07:43:57 2010
bbtest-net version 4.3.0-0.beta2 SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.8e-rhel5 01 Jul 2008 LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20343
Statistics: Hosts total : 951 Hosts with no tests : 0 Total test count : 1008 Status messages : 1012 Alert status msgs : 0 Transmissions : 14
DNS statistics:
hostnames resolved : 975
succesful : 573
failed : 382
calls to dnsresolve : 1002
TCP test statistics:
TCP tests total : 40
HTTP tests : 30
Simple TCP tests : 10
Connection attempts : 40
bytes written : 4682
bytes read : 109923
Error output: Host cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause strange results
TIME SPENT Event Starttime Duration bbtest-net startup 8802.037154 - Service definitions loaded 8802.038670 0.001516 Tests loaded 8802.134488 0.095818 DNS lookups completed 8807.226739 5.092251 Test engine setup completed 8807.245081 0.018342 TCP tests completed 8810.416313 3.171232 PING test completed (951 hosts) 8859.946266 49.529953 PING test results sent 8859.949945 0.003679 Test result collection completed 8859.950004 0.000059 LDAP test engine setup completed 8859.950006 0.000002 LDAP tests executed 8859.950008 0.000002 LDAP tests result collection completed 8859.950010 0.000002 DNS tests executed 8860.077831 0.127821 NTP tests executed 8861.305830 1.227999 Test results transmitted 8861.339357 0.033527 bbtest-net completed 8861.340730 0.001373 TIME TOTAL 59.303576
Here is a 'grep' of bb-hosts: [root at monitorp etc]# grep -i cswflex4 bb-hosts 0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com 128.170.31.14 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com # conn 0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com 0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com [root at monitorp etc]#
I cannot find a second entry with an IP address. I have hundreds of other servers with 0.0.0.0 entries so I cannot figure out what is happening?
Running Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.5 on Dell R-610. I tried to do a 'drop hostname', could there be a duplicate in the Xymon data base? If so, how do you remove the bad one so you don't loose the history being gathered by the client on the Windows server. The client is the big brother client.
Thanks,
Tom Schmitt Senior IT Staff - R&D L-3 Communication Systems West 640 North 2200 West P.O. Box 16850 Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Phone (801) 594-3030 Cell (801) 231-7230 eFax (413) 480-6873 D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com<mailto:D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com> \\\\||//// \ ~ ~ / | @ @ | --oOo---(_)---oOo--
On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:54 AM, d.tom.schmitt at L-3com.com wrote:
I am getting a yellow alert on my Xymon server under ‘BBTEST’:
Mon Aug 30 07:43:57 2010
bbtest-net version 4.3.0-0.beta2
SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.8e-rhel5 01 Jul 2008
LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20343
Statistics:
Hosts total : 951
Hosts with no tests : 0
Total test count : 1008
Status messages : 1012
Alert status msgs : 0
Transmissions : 14
DNS statistics:
hostnames resolved : 975
succesful : 573
failed : 382
calls to dnsresolve : 1002
TCP test statistics:
TCP tests total : 40
HTTP tests : 30
Simple TCP tests : 10
Connection attempts : 40
bytes written : 4682
bytes read : 109923
Error output:
Host cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause strange results
TIME SPENT
Event Starttime Duration
bbtest-net startup 8802.037154 -
Service definitions loaded 8802.038670 0.001516
Tests loaded 8802.134488 0.095818
DNS lookups completed 8807.226739 5.092251
Test engine setup completed 8807.245081 0.018342
TCP tests completed 8810.416313 3.171232
PING test completed (951 hosts) 8859.946266 49.529953
PING test results sent 8859.949945 0.003679
Test result collection completed 8859.950004 0.000059
LDAP test engine setup completed 8859.950006 0.000002
LDAP tests executed 8859.950008 0.000002
LDAP tests result collection completed 8859.950010 0.000002
DNS tests executed 8860.077831 0.127821
NTP tests executed 8861.305830 1.227999
Test results transmitted 8861.339357 0.033527
bbtest-net completed 8861.340730 0.001373
TIME TOTAL 59.303576
Here is a ‘grep’ of bb-hosts:
[root at monitorp etc]# grep -i cswflex4 bb-hosts0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com
128.170.31.14 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com # conn
0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
[root at monitorp etc]#
I cannot find a second entry with an IP address.
I have hundreds of other servers with 0.0.0.0 entries so I cannot figure out what is happening?
Running Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.5 on Dell R-610.
I tried to do a ‘drop hostname’, could there be a duplicate in the Xymon data base?
If so, how do you remove the bad one so you don’t loose the history being gathered by the client on the Windows server.
The client is the big brother client.
Thanks,
Tom Schmitt
Senior IT Staff - R&D
L-3 Communication Systems West
640 North 2200 West
P.O. Box 16850
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone (801) 594-3030
Cell (801) 231-7230
eFax (413) 480-6873
D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com
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It says the duplicate is in bb-hosts. Grep bb-hosts for that hostname. If you have 'include'd files grep those, too. You should be able to verify the duplicate and maybe even find it.
Steve
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Steve Holmes <sholmes42 at gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:54 AM, d.tom.schmitt at L-3com.com wrote:
*I am getting a yellow alert on my Xymon server under ‘BBTEST’*:
Bottom of Form
Mon Aug 30 07:43:57 2010
bbtest-net version 4.3.0-0.beta2
SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.8e-rhel5 01 Jul 2008
LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20343
Statistics:
Hosts total : 951
Hosts with no tests : 0
Total test count : 1008
Status messages : 1012
Alert status msgs : 0
Transmissions : 14
DNS statistics:
hostnames resolved : 975
succesful : 573
failed : 382
calls to dnsresolve : 1002
TCP test statistics:
TCP tests total : 40
HTTP tests : 30
Simple TCP tests : 10
Connection attempts : 40
bytes written : 4682
bytes read : 109923
*Error output:*
*Host cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause strange results*
TIME SPENT
Event Starttime Duration
bbtest-net startup 8802.037154
Service definitions loaded 8802.038670 0.001516
Tests loaded 8802.134488 0.095818
DNS lookups completed 8807.226739 5.092251
Test engine setup completed 8807.245081 0.018342
TCP tests completed 8810.416313 3.171232
PING test completed (951 hosts) 8859.946266 49.529953
PING test results sent 8859.949945 0.003679
Test result collection completed 8859.950004 0.000059
LDAP test engine setup completed 8859.950006 0.000002
LDAP tests executed 8859.950008 0.000002
LDAP tests result collection completed 8859.950010 0.000002
DNS tests executed 8860.077831 0.127821
NTP tests executed 8861.305830 1.227999
Test results transmitted 8861.339357 0.033527
bbtest-net completed 8861.340730 0.001373
TIME TOTAL 59.303576
*Here is a ‘grep’ of bb-hosts:*
[root at monitorp etc]# grep -i cswflex4 bb-hosts0.0.0.0 <http://cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com>cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com
128.170.31.14 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com # conn
0.0.0.0 <http://cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com>cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
0.0.0.0 <http://cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com>cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
[root at monitorp etc]#
I cannot find a second entry with an IP address.
I have hundreds of other servers with 0.0.0.0 entries so I cannot figure out what is happening?
Running Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.5 on Dell R-610.
I tried to do a ‘drop hostname’, could there be a duplicate in the Xymon data base?
If so, how do you remove the bad one so you don’t loose the history being gathered by the client on the Windows server.
The client is the big brother client.
*Thanks,*
*Tom Schmitt*
It says the duplicate is in bb-hosts. Grep bb-hosts for that hostname. If you have 'include'd files grep those, too. You should be able to verify the duplicate and maybe even find it.
Steve
Sorry, ignore my last reply. I ready the OP first on my iPhone and missed the part about your grep of bb-hosts. You might try adding the 'prefer' keyword on the line with the IP address.
Steve
On Mon, August 30, 2010 09:54, d.tom.schmitt at L-3com.com wrote: [SNIP]
Error output:
Host cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause strange results
[SNIP]
[root at monitorp etc]# grep -i cswflex4 bb-hosts0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com
128.170.31.14 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com # conn
0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
[root at monitorp etc]#
I cannot find a second entry with an IP address.
I have hundreds of other servers with 0.0.0.0 entries so I cannot figure out what is happening?
Since case isn't relevant in hostnames, I'd say the error message isn't strictly correct: cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com actually appears four times in bb-hosts, not two. As indicated by the error, this may cause strange results.
I'm not sure what your point is about the 0.0.0.0 ip. With no TESTIP tag, the ip will only be used if hostname lookup fails. And used or not used, you have four instances of the hostname in bb-hosts, which can give strange results.
Or maybe I'm not reading your post correctly.
Only the device with an IP address is tested. The 0.0.0.0 entries are so that you can show the tests on other web pages in xymon. I do this on over 100 devices so the 0.0.0.0 entries should not be causing the problem.
I am still at a loss where it is getting the message. I should be able to have one actual test entry with the IP address on the line and Multiple 0.0.0.0 entries that are associated with it. Why is just this one entry having a problem????
Do I have to remove all the entries for this hosts including the Xymon DB entry and add them back in again?
Thanks,
Tom Schmitt
Senior IT Staff - R&D
L-3 Communication Systems West
640 North 2200 West
P.O. Box 16850
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone (801) 594-3030
Cell (801) 231-7230
eFax (413) 480-6873
D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com
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--oOo---(_)---oOo-------Original Message----- From: epperson at alumni.unc.edu [mailto:epperson at alumni.unc.edu] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:13 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [xymon] TS - bb-hosts problem Importance: High
On Mon, August 30, 2010 09:54, d.tom.schmitt at L-3com.com wrote: [SNIP]
Error output:
Host cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause strange results
[SNIP]
[root at monitorp etc]# grep -i cswflex4 bb-hosts0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com
128.170.31.14 cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com # conn
0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
0.0.0.0 cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
[root at monitorp etc]#
I cannot find a second entry with an IP address.
I have hundreds of other servers with 0.0.0.0 entries so I cannot
figure
out what is happening?
Since case isn't relevant in hostnames, I'd say the error message isn't strictly correct: cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com actually appears four times in bb-hosts, not two. As indicated by the error, this may cause strange results.
I'm not sure what your point is about the 0.0.0.0 ip. With no TESTIP tag, the ip will only be used if hostname lookup fails. And used or not used, you have four instances of the hostname in bb-hosts, which can give strange results.
Or maybe I'm not reading your post correctly.
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