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Problem to check logs with Hobbit

list L.M.J
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:58:04 +0200
Message-Id: <user-470334a94fb1@xymon.invalid>

Le Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:34:46 -0400,
"Kauffman, Tom" <user-3feba9e60a8b@xymon.invalid> a écrit :
On your hobbit server -

1) set up etc/client-local.cfg to reference the logs you want AND any exclusions. For AIX, I have:
[aix]
log:/var/log/syslog:10240
        ignore 3004-004
        ignore 3004-035
        ignore 3004
log:/var/log/console.log:10240
log:/var/log/dsmsched.log:10240

2) set up etc/hobbit-clients.cfg to create your alerting criteria. For AIX, I've got these set:
HOST=%.*
          LOG /var/log/syslog %.*crit.su.*to.root red
        LOG /var/log/syslog %.*crit.su   yellow
        LOG %/var/(adm|log)/console.log %.*not.responding.still.trying yellow


Change client-local.cfg first. Allow 15 to 20 minutes for this to propagate to the client; look for a file
called logfetch.<hostname>.cfg in client/tmp. This should match your entries in client-local.cfg.

Once the logs sart coming in, play with the client-local.cfg and a test system, to track what you're
interested in.

Hi & thanks once again for you tutorial but that's crazy, I still can't see any log reported to the server!
I'm monitoring oracle & mysql databases, Netapp filers, DNS, DHCP, smtp, imap, firewall via devmons, SAP via
CheckMySAP plugin, a lot processes on 4 different OS, etc... but I'm incapable to monitor a nasty log
file :-/ 
 Is there some well-know bugs about this issue? I'm using Hobbit 4.2.0 without allinonepatch.

  Thanks for any help

    Best regards,

      LMJ