Disk test, NFS and FTP queries 🔗 link

Hello List,

I'm rather familiar with BigBrother but new to Xymon.

My Xymon server 4.2.3 runs on CentOS and my monitored nodes are a mix of
Solaris, Windows, Cisco, and NetApp hosts.

Q1.
Is there a way to avoid the Solaris 10 virtual filesystems
(i.e./etc/dfs/sharetab) from being listed/graphed in the disk test?
(possibly via conf setting on the Xymon client, rather than on the server)

Also, the web page shows seven filesystems, whereas the RRD graphs show nine
of them...
(those 7 plus /devices and /var/run). How do I get rid of them?


Q2.
I manage to monitor NFS mounted filesystems (from a NetApp filer) via an
external script from deadcat.net, but is there a way to get them show up in
the disk test/column?
This way I get to:
   a. save a column ;-)
   b. have all the filesystems shown under one roof
   c. have NFS filesystems automagically graphed

Q3.
Is there a functionality similar to the BB www/notes html files, and a
template that matches the current xymon fonts/style?
Or, where can I add custom info about my monitored nodes? I.e. serial
numbers, helpdesk contacts, etc...

Q4.
I have had to enable ftp on one Solaris 10 box to allow it to just ftp
itself (don't ask!), and therefore I configured  /etc/hosts.allow as
follows:

[actarus]$ grep ftp /etc/hosts.allow
in.ftpd:        actarus
[actarus]$

Now, on the bb-hosts on the Xymon server, if I put:
10.11.12.13  actarus        #  http://actarus/ ssh !telnet !ftp !smtp
it gets RED, telling me that FTP is up
and if I put
10.11.12.13  actarus        #  http://actarus/ ssh !telnet ftp  !smtp#
it gets YELLOW with the following message:

Service ftp on actarus is not OK : Unexpected service response


In fact, if I ftp actarus from the Xymon server cli, I get:

$ ftp actarus
Connected to actarus.boing.com.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp> quit
$

Is there a way around this?


Thank in advance for your help

Loris

Loris Serena wrote:

Can you possibly do this by listing them in the NORRDDISKS= section of
hobbitserver.cfg?  See also the hobbitserver.cfg man page.

an external script from deadcat.net <http://deadcat.net>;, but is there

As a separate test, do not think you'll be able to do this.

Works just like BB, there is a notes directory.  Also in the
hobbitserver.cfg file, and mentioned in man page.

Connected to actarus.boing.com <http://actarus.boing.com>;.

Not sure what you want.  !ftp is telling you ftp is up and responding
and shouldn't, but it is, hence the red.  However, the FTP service
/isn't/ responding correctly to your xymon server, since it disconnects
(due to your access rules).  Either you need to allow the xymon server
to connect (via your hosts.allow rules), not monitor it, or hack around
on the bb-services file (maybe even adding a custom ftp service that
only checks connectivity).

In <user-cdc7fe58fab6@xymon.invalid> Loris Serena <user-718e3cd16d56@xymon.invalid> writes:

The hobbitclient-sunos.sh script in ~xymon/client/bin/ does some
work to filter out the not-so-interesting filesystems. You can
tweak that shell-script to do what you want - if it makes sense
to ignore them everywhere, then please send me your modifications.

Delete the corresponding ~xymon/data/rrd/HOSTNAME/disk,<whatever>.rrd
files.

Xymon supports the same notes-files as BB. So just put the notes-files
in ~xymon/server/www/notes/

The best way would probably be to copy the [ftp] section in the
~xymon/server/etc/bb-services file and create a new entry that
expects the "421" response - you would have to call it something
other than ftp, though.


Regards,
Henrik

-- 
Henrik Storner

Hi Henrik,

(months later, I know...) this is what worked for me in the
hobbitclient-sunos.sh (Xymon 4.2.3).

As usual, other users mileage may vary.


-bash-3.00$ diff hobbitclient-sunos.sh.orig hobbitclient-sunos.sh
25c25
< FSTYPES=`/bin/df -n -l|awk '{print $3}'|egrep -v
"^proc|^fd|^mntfs|^ctfs|^devfs|^objfs|^nfs|^lofs"|sort|uniq`
---

FSTYPES=`/bin/df -n |awk '{print $NF}'|egrep -v

"^proc|^fd|^mntfs|^ctfs|^devfs|^objfs|^sharefs|^lofs"|sort -r|uniq`
28c28
< /bin/df -F $1 -k | grep -v " /var/run"
---

/bin/df -F $1 -h | egrep -v " /var/run| /etc/svc/volatile"

31c31
<   /bin/df -F $1 -k | grep -v " /var/run" | tail +2
---

  /bin/df -F $1 -h | egrep -v " /var/run| /etc/svc/volatile" | tail +2

36c36
< mount
---

/usr/sbin/mount

-bash-3.00$


Regards,


Loris


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In <user-cdc7fe58fab6@xymon.invalid> Loris
Serena <user-718e3cd16d56@xymon.invalid> writes:

The hobbitclient-sunos.sh script in ~xymon/client/bin/ does some
work to filter out the not-so-interesting filesystems. You can
tweak that shell-script to do what you want - if it makes sense
to ignore them everywhere, then please send me your modifications.

Delete the corresponding ~xymon/data/rrd/HOSTNAME/disk,<whatever>.rrd
files.