Xymon server reporting to itself and another Xymon server
Hi All,
I have two new Xymon servers A and B. All clients will send data to both servers
excerpt from xymonclient.cfg:
XYMSRV="0.0.0.0" # IP address of the Xymon server
XYMSERVERS="serverA serverB" # IP of multiple Xymon servers. XYMSRV must be "0.0.0.0".
No problem so far.
I want serverA to be a client to itself and serverB and vice versa. Modifying the xymonclient.cfg file on the
server sends the server (as a client), but also all the client data that reports to it.
Xymond excerpt:
Multi-source statuses
clientA:conn reported by serverB and serverA
clientB:conn reported by serverB and serverA
clientC:conn reported by serverB and serverA
...
Latest error messages:
Flapping detected for clientA:conn - 5 changes in 620 seconds
Flapping detected for clientB:conn - 5 changes in 620 seconds
Flapping detected for clientB:conn - 5 changes in 620 seconds
So obviously that's not the way to do it. Do I have to do anything with xymonproxy? I don't want to change
all my clients.
Thanks in advance
Greg Shea
EMC Corporation
In <1000317354.93250.1296234910618.JavaMail.root at sz0161a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> shea4th at comcast.net writes:
I have two new Xymon servers A and B. All clients will send data to both servers
excerpt from xymonclient.cfg:
XYMSRV="0.0.0.0" XYMSERVERS="serverA serverB"
I want serverA to be a client to itself and serverB and vice versa. Modifying the xymonclient.cfg file on the server sends the server (as a client), but also all the client data that reports to it.
What do you have in tasks.cfg as the ENVFILE setting ?
All of the server-tasks should use xymonserver.cfg for the ENVFILE setting, and in xymonserver.cfg there should only be a XYMSRV="serverA" (or serverB, depending on what server this is).
Only the client task should point to the xymonclient.cfg file in ENVFILE.
The "conn" test is reported by the "xymonnet" task. The only way it can be reported as "multi-source" is if your xymonserver.cfg is setup with both servers as the target (in XYMSRV / XYMSERVERS).
Regards, Henrik
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In <1000317354.93250.1296234910618.JavaMail.root at sz0161a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> shea4th at comcast.net writes:
I have two new Xymon servers A and B. All clients will send data to both servers
excerpt from xymonclient.cfg:
XYMSRV="0.0.0.0" XYMSERVERS="serverA serverB"
I want serverA to be a client to itself and serverB and vice versa. Modifying the xymonclient.cfg file on the server sends the server (as a client), but also all the client data that reports to it.
What do you have in tasks.cfg as the ENVFILE setting ?
All of the server-tasks should use xymonserver.cfg for the ENVFILE setting, and in xymonserver.cfg there should only be a XYMSRV="serverA" (or serverB, depending on what server this is).
Only the client task should point to the xymonclient.cfg file in ENVFILE.
The "conn" test is reported by the "xymonnet" task. The only way it can be reported as "multi-source" is if your xymonserver.cfg is setup with both servers as the target (in XYMSRV / XYMSERVERS).
Regards, Henrik
Hi Henrik,
Thanks for the reply.
This is a standard install on RH5, all I changed was the xymonclient.cfg file to include both servers [xymon at yxmprdr01 ~]$ ls cgi-bin cgi-secure client data server [xymon at yxmprdr01 ~]$ grep ENVFILE server/etc/tasks.cfg ENVFILE /apps/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg ... ENVFILE /apps/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
[xymon at yxmprdr01 ~]$ grep XYMSRV server/etc/xymonserver.cfg XYMSRV="$XYMONSERVERIP" # IP of a single Xymon server XYMSERVERS="" # IP of multiple Xymon servers. If used, XYMSRV must be 0.0.0.0 BBDISP="$XYMSRV"
[xymon at yxmprdr01 ~]$ grep XYMONSERVERIP server/etc/xymonserver.cfg XYMONSERVERIP="10.10.10.69" # The IP-address of your server. Use the real one, not 127.0.0.1 . XYMSRV="$XYMONSERVERIP" # IP of a single Xymon server MACHINEADDR="$XYMONSERVERIP" # This systems IP-address BBSERVERIP="$XYMONSERVERIP"
[xymon at yxmprdr01 ~]$ more client/etc/xymonclient.cfg
Environment settings for the Xymon client.
XYMSRV="0.0.0.0" # IP address of the Xymon server XYMSERVERS="10.10.10.69 10.10.10.70" # IP of multiple Xymon servers. XYMSRV must be "0.0.0.0". CONFIGCLASS="$SERVEROSTYPE" # Default configuration class for logfiles
Thanks Greg Shea EMC Corporation
In <1657155542.252641.1296496527460.JavaMail.root at sz0161a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> shea4th at comcast.net writes:
All of the server-tasks should use xymonserver.cfg for the ENVFILE=20 setting, and in xymonserver.cfg there should only be a XYMSRV=3D"serverA"= =20 (or serverB, depending on what server this is).=20
Only the client task should point to the xymonclient.cfg file in=20 ENVFILE.=20
The "conn" test is reported by the "xymonnet" task. The only way=20 it can be reported as "multi-source" is if your xymonserver.cfg=20 is setup with both servers as the target (in XYMSRV / XYMSERVERS).=20
This is a standard install on RH5, all I changed was the xymonclient.cfg file to include both servers
So if you run "xymoncmd --env=/apps/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg" and then at the shell prompt do an echo $XYMSRV echo $XYMONSERVERS the first one reports the IP, and the second is blank ?
Since the "conn" status claims to be flapping, it would be interesting if you had a look at the historical status logs - especially the "Status message received from ..." text near the bottom of the status page. That can tell you if the two reports originated from one system, or from two different systems (and in that case, which ones).
Regards, Henrik
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