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Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86

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list Mike Rowell · Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:46:33 +0100 ·
At the moment I'm seeing some rather strange things from clients and
indeed a server running on solaris 10 x86.

 
Occasionally and without pattern they will go purple, logging into the
server and checking the logs indicate that there is no problem at all..
I've setup a new hobbit server on a new Solaris 10 x86 server and have
seen in the last 48hours it's gone purple at least 3 times, the only
client on this server is the server itself so it's not a load issue. 

 
The clients going purple are on our live monitoring solution, I have
tried them in both local and nonlocal mode but with similar results
every now and again they will go purple for no reason.

 
I've added -debug to the hobbitd lines in an effort to debug the problem
but as yet I havn't found anything, has anyone else come across any
similar issues?

 
Regards,

 
Mike Rowell


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list Jason Lee · Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:25:45 +0100 ·
Hi Mike, I don't know about your problem, but,

 
We're running lots of hobbit clients and servers on Solaris 10 x86
without any problems. 

This includes running the full hobbit client inside Solaris 10 zones.

 
Jason.
quoted from Mike Rowell

 
From: Mike Rowell [mailto:user-63f3e97eb1de@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 09 August 2006 13:47
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86

 
At the moment I'm seeing some rather strange things from clients and
indeed a server running on solaris 10 x86.

 
Occasionally and without pattern they will go purple, logging into the
server and checking the logs indicate that there is no problem at all..
I've setup a new hobbit server on a new Solaris 10 x86 server and have
seen in the last 48hours it's gone purple at least 3 times, the only
client on this server is the server itself so it's not a load issue. 

 
The clients going purple are on our live monitoring solution, I have
tried them in both local and nonlocal mode but with similar results
every now and again they will go purple for no reason.

 
I've added -debug to the hobbitd lines in an effort to debug the problem
but as yet I havn't found anything, has anyone else come across any
similar issues?

 
Regards,

 
Mike Rowell


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list Jerry Yu · Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:37:08 -0400 ·
Mike,
I had similar symptoms on CentOS/RHL. It turns out a oversized [ports]
section caused truncation of message thus [files] [msgs] [procs] may fail to
get their data due to truncation. Check whether your 'hobbitd' turns YELLOW
at the same time. If so, 'client data' for hobbitd history page will have
lines saying this that oversized and truncated.
quoted from Jason Lee

On 8/9/06, Jason Lee <user-642f59cc2cb5@xymon.invalid> wrote:
 Hi Mike, I don't know about your problem, but,


We're running lots of hobbit clients and servers on Solaris 10 x86 without
any problems.

This includes running the full hobbit client inside Solaris 10 zones.


Jason.


*From:* Mike Rowell [mailto:user-63f3e97eb1de@xymon.invalid]
*Sent:* 09 August 2006 13:47
*To:* user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
*Subject:* [hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86


At the moment I'm seeing some rather strange things from clients and
indeed a server running on solaris 10 x86.


Occasionally and without pattern they will go purple, logging into the
server and checking the logs indicate that there is no problem at all.. I've
setup a new hobbit server on a new Solaris 10 x86 server and have seen in
the last 48hours it's gone purple at least 3 times, the only client on this
server is the server itself so it's not a load issue.


The clients going purple are on our live monitoring solution, I have tried
them in both local and nonlocal mode but with similar results every now and
again they will go purple for no reason.


I've added –debug to the hobbitd lines in an effort to debug the problem
but as yet I havn't found anything, has anyone else come across any similar
issues?


Regards,


Mike Rowell


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list Vernon Everett · Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:57:42 +0800 ·
Hi
 
I have had this problem as well.
I know, it a horribly vague problem description, but there is not much
else to report.
I was also getting messages truncated and a yellow on hobbitd.
When I tried to change them in the config files, nothing changes. The
truncated size remained the same, hobbitd remains yellow, and tests
remain purple.
I then edited the hobbitd_buffer.c and increased the size limits, did a
recompile, and it's been great ever since.
Probably not a good thing to do considering my wealth of ignorance
regarding C, but as they say in the military, if it works, it's a good
idea.
 
Cheers
   Vernon
quoted from Jerry Yu


From: Jerry Yu [mailto:user-764c1f364fe0@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Thursday, 10 August 2006 3:37 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86


Mike,
I had similar symptoms on CentOS/RHL. It turns out a oversized [ports]
section caused truncation of message thus [files] [msgs] [procs] may
fail to get their data due to truncation. Check whether your 'hobbitd'
turns YELLOW at the same time. If so, 'client data' for hobbitd history
page will have lines saying this that oversized and truncated. 


On 8/9/06, Jason Lee <user-642f59cc2cb5@xymon.invalid> wrote: 

	Hi Mike, I don't know about your problem, but,

	 
	We're running lots of hobbit clients and servers on Solaris 10
x86 without any problems. 

	This includes running the full hobbit client inside Solaris 10
zones.

	 
	Jason.

	 
	From: Mike Rowell [mailto:user-63f3e97eb1de@xymon.invalid] 
	Sent: 09 August 2006 13:47
	To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
	Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit on Solaris 10 x86

	 
	At the moment I'm seeing some rather strange things from clients
and indeed a server running on solaris 10 x86.

	 
	Occasionally and without pattern they will go purple, logging
into the server and checking the logs indicate that there is no problem
at all.. I've setup a new hobbit server on a new Solaris 10 x86 server
and have seen in the last 48hours it's gone purple at least 3 times, the
only client on this server is the server itself so it's not a load
issue. 

	 
	The clients going purple are on our live monitoring solution, I
have tried them in both local and nonlocal mode but with similar results
every now and again they will go purple for no reason.

	 
	I've added -debug to the hobbitd lines in an effort to debug the
problem but as yet I havn't found anything, has anyone else come across
any similar issues?

	 
	Regards,

	 
	Mike Rowell 

	
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