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Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with hobbit 4.2.0

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list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:36:28 +0200 ·
Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is 
installed, I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100 ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.
list Neil Franken · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:44:56 +0200 ·
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 01 September 2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0
quoted from Benoit Schmid

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is 
installed, I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.
list Tony Larco · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:43:53 -0400 ·
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a thought.
quoted from Neil Franken

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 01 September 2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is 
installed, I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

-- 

Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:40:05 +0200 ·
Hello,

A traceroute just show two hops:
The router in between and the my target host.

But this does help.

Regards,
quoted from Neil Franken

Neil Franken a écrit :
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01 September 2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is installed, I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Josh Luthman · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:53:22 -0400 ·
Slow dns?

On Sep 1, 2010 8:42 AM, "Benoit SCHMID" <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hello,

A traceroute just show two hops:
The router in between and the my target host.

But this does help.

Regards,

Neil Franken a écrit :

Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would show
you something? Sorry...
list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:37 +0200 ·
No because I would get the same problem with my wget tests.
quoted from Josh Luthman

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Slow dns?
On Sep 1, 2010 8:42 AM, "Benoit SCHMID" <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid 
<mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>> wrote:

Hello,

A traceroute just show two hops:
The router in between and the my target host.

But this does help.

Regards,

Neil Franken a écrit :

Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would show
you something? Sorry...
list Josh Luthman · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:02:55 -0400 ·
Are you using the exact same URL for both? No added or dropped directory or
file?
quoted from Benoit Schmid

On Sep 1, 2010 9:00 AM, "Benoit SCHMID" <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:

No because I would get the same problem with my wget tests.

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Slow dns?

On Sep 1, 2010 8:42 AM, "Benoit SCHMID" <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid<mailto:
user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid...
list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:07:13 +0200 ·
Hello,

Yes, I use http://hostname.unige.ch as the url.

See you,
quoted from Josh Luthman

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Are you using the exact same URL for both? No added or dropped directory 
or file?
On Sep 1, 2010 9:00 AM, "Benoit SCHMID" <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid 
<mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>> wrote:

No because I would get the same problem with my wget tests.

Josh Luthman a écrit :

    Slow dns?

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list Josh Luthman · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:13:41 -0400 ·
That's probably redirecting.  I know APC units will cause problems if you
don't include /login.htm in testing the URL.
quoted from Benoit Schmid

On Sep 1, 2010 9:09 AM, "Benoit SCHMID" <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hello,

Yes, I use http://hostname.unige.ch as the url.

See you,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Are you using the exact same URL for both? No added or dropped directory
or file?
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list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:31:45 +0200 ·
Hello,

I doubt that it is redirecting because I receive the same bytes number 
for hobbit and bb4:

bb4 info:
---
http://xxx.unige.ch - Server OK
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:24:18 GMT
Server: Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.2.2.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server
Content-Location: index.html.en
Vary: negotiate,accept-language
TCN: choice
Last-Modified: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:08:58 GMT
ETag: "0-37a7-43ea098a_47fb1d59"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 14247
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Language: en
Expires: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:24:18 GMT


Seconds: 0.01
---

hobbit info:
---
http://xxx.unige.ch/ - OK

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:25:24 GMT
Server: Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.2.2.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server
Content-Location: index.html.en
Vary: negotiate,accept-language
TCN: choice
Last-Modified: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:08:58 GMT
ETag: "0-37a7-43ea098a;47fb1d59"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 14247
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Language: en

Seconds:     3.61
---

Regards,
quoted from Josh Luthman

Josh Luthman a écrit :
That's probably redirecting.  I know APC units will cause problems if 
you don't include /login.htm in testing the URL.
On Sep 1, 2010 9:09 AM, "Benoit SCHMID" <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid 
<mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>> wrote:

Hello,

Yes, I use http://hostname.unige.ch as the url.

See you,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Are you using the exact same URL for both? No added or dropped
    directory or file?
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list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:12 +0200 ·
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,
quoted from Tony Larco

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 01 September 2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is 
installed, I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Josh Luthman · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:41:33 -0400 ·
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
quoted from Benoit Schmid


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01 September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Ralph Mitchell · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:49:07 -0400 ·
I think I've seen Henrik (or maybe someone else) recommend installing a
local caching name server alongside Xymon because every name is queried
every time it's used.

Ralph Mitchell


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Josh Luthman
quoted from Josh Luthman
<user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid>wrote:
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01 September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Josh Luthman · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:55:54 -0400 ·
Many recommend that.  I think it should be standard practice.
signature

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


quoted from Ralph Mitchell
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Ralph Mitchell <user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I think I've seen Henrik (or maybe someone else) recommend installing a
local caching name server alongside Xymon because every name is queried
every time it's used.
Ralph Mitchell

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Josh Luthman <user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid>
quoted from Ralph Mitchell
wrote:
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a
thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01 September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:17 +0200 ·
Hello,

If I do, from the hobbit server:
nslookup xxx.unige.ch ip_address_dns
respond very fast.

In resolv.conf, the dns in the first line is our authoritative name server.

Therefore it does not seems to be the dns time.

Regards,
quoted from Josh Luthman

Josh Luthman a écrit :
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01 September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Josh Luthman · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:04:41 -0400 ·
Well instead of guessing - look at bbtest and see what the DNS test
times are.  If you can, share the entire output.
signature

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


quoted from Benoit Schmid
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

If I do, from the hobbit server:
nslookup xxx.unige.ch ip_address_dns
respond very fast.

In resolv.conf, the dns in the first line is our authoritative name server.

Therefore it does not seems to be the dns time.

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01 September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:12:54 +0200 ·
Hello,

Could you please tell me where I can get this info?

Thanks in advance for your help.
quoted from Josh Luthman

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Well instead of guessing - look at bbtest and see what the DNS test
times are.  If you can, share the entire output.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

If I do, from the hobbit server:
nslookup xxx.unige.ch ip_address_dns
respond very fast.

In resolv.conf, the dns in the first line is our authoritative name server.

Therefore it does not seems to be the dns time.

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01 September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Josh Luthman · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:17:39 -0400 ·
On your bbdisplay it is probably the very first line item.  For
example it says bbtest on this page:

http://xymon.com/xymon/servers/servers.html

Linked to this:
http://xymon.com/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=voodoo.hswn.dk&SERVICE=bbtest
signature

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


quoted from Benoit Schmid
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

Could you please tell me where I can get this info?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Well instead of guessing - look at bbtest and see what the DNS test
times are.  If you can, share the entire output.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

If I do, from the hobbit server:
nslookup xxx.unige.ch ip_address_dns
respond very fast.

In resolv.conf, the dns in the first line is our authoritative name
server.

Therefore it does not seems to be the dns time.

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a
thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01
September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Benoit Schmid · Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:40:36 +0200 ·
Hello,

Unfortunately, I have :Status not available.

for
http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=xxx.unige.ch&SERVICE=bbtest

But the following works fine:
http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=xxx.unige.ch&SERVICE=http

Regards,
quoted from Josh Luthman

Josh Luthman a écrit :
On your bbdisplay it is probably the very first line item.  For
example it says bbtest on this page:

http://xymon.com/xymon/servers/servers.html

Linked to this:
http://xymon.com/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=voodoo.hswn.dk&SERVICE=bbtest

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

Could you please tell me where I can get this info?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Well instead of guessing - look at bbtest and see what the DNS test
times are.  If you can, share the entire output.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

If I do, from the hobbit server:
nslookup xxx.unige.ch ip_address_dns
respond very fast.

In resolv.conf, the dns in the first line is our authoritative name
server.

Therefore it does not seems to be the dns time.

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a
thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01
September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than 100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Josh Luthman · Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:45:42 -0400 ·
Is that the host performing the http test or the host the test is
being performed on?
signature

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


quoted from Benoit Schmid
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

Unfortunately, I have :Status not available.

for
http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=xxx.unige.ch&SERVICE=bbtest

But the following works fine:
http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=xxx.unige.ch&SERVICE=http

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
On your bbdisplay it is probably the very first line item.  For
example it says bbtest on this page:

http://xymon.com/xymon/servers/servers.html

Linked to this:

http://xymon.com/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=voodoo.hswn.dk&SERVICE=bbtest

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

Could you please tell me where I can get this info?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Well instead of guessing - look at bbtest and see what the DNS test
times are.  If you can, share the entire output.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

If I do, from the hobbit server:
nslookup xxx.unige.ch ip_address_dns
respond very fast.

In resolv.conf, the dns in the first line is our authoritative name
server.

Therefore it does not seems to be the dns time.

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID
<user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a
thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01
September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time
with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than
100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response
times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

list Benoit Schmid · Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:03:34 +0200 ·
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Hello,

Sorry it was the host on which the test was performed.
For the host  performing the test:

bbtest-net version 4.2.0
SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 (+ security patches to 2006-09-29)
LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20217

Statistics:
 Hosts total           :      255
 Hosts with no tests   :       44
 Total test count      :      408
 Status messages       :      444
 Alert status msgs     :        0
 Transmissions         :        7

DNS statistics:
 # hostnames resolved  :      215
 # succesful           :      197
 # failed              :       18
 # calls to dnsresolve :      407

TCP test statistics:
 # TCP tests total     :      253
 # HTTP tests          :       71
 # Simple TCP tests    :      182
 # Connection attempts :      253
 # bytes written       :    13350
 # bytes read          :   552532


TIME SPENT
Event                                            Starttime          Duration
bbtest-net startup                       1283414487.151447                 -
Service definitions loaded               1283414487.154896
0.003449
Tests loaded                             1283414487.289917
0.135021
DNS lookups completed                    1283414487.295936
0.006019
Test engine setup completed              1283414487.316852
0.020916
TCP tests completed                      1283414498.007502
10.690650
PING test completed (154 hosts)          1283414498.470491
0.462989
PING test results sent                   1283414498.477492
0.007001
Test result collection completed         1283414498.477818
0.000326
LDAP test engine setup completed         1283414498.477820
0.000002
LDAP tests executed                      1283414498.477823
0.000003
LDAP tests result collection completed   1283414498.477824
0.000001
Test results transmitted                 1283414498.483055
0.005231
bbtest-net completed                     1283414498.490716
0.007661
TIME TOTAL
11.339269
quoted from Josh Luthman


On 09/01/2010 05:45 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
Is that the host performing the http test or the host the test is
being performed on?

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

Unfortunately, I have :Status not available.

for
http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=xxx.unige.ch&SERVICE=bbtest

But the following works fine:
http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=xxx.unige.ch&SERVICE=http

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
On your bbdisplay it is probably the very first line item.  For
example it says bbtest on this page:

http://xymon.com/xymon/servers/servers.html

Linked to this:

http://xymon.com/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=voodoo.hswn.dk&SERVICE=bbtest

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

Could you please tell me where I can get this info?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Well instead of guessing - look at bbtest and see what the DNS test
times are.  If you can, share the entire output.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

If I do, from the hobbit server:
nslookup xxx.unige.ch ip_address_dns
respond very fast.

In resolv.conf, the dns in the first line is our authoritative name
server.

Therefore it does not seems to be the dns time.

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID
<user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a
thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01
September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time
with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than
100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response
times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

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list Benoit Schmid · Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:54:43 +0200 ·
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Hello,

Has anyone an idea on how I could trace why I have these wrong response
time?

Regards,
quoted from Benoit Schmid

On 09/02/2010 10:03 AM, Benoit SCHMID wrote:
Hello,

Sorry it was the host on which the test was performed.
For the host  performing the test:

bbtest-net version 4.2.0
SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 (+ security patches to 2006-09-29)
LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20217

Statistics:
 Hosts total           :      255
 Hosts with no tests   :       44
 Total test count      :      408
 Status messages       :      444
 Alert status msgs     :        0
 Transmissions         :        7

DNS statistics:
 # hostnames resolved  :      215
 # succesful           :      197
 # failed              :       18
 # calls to dnsresolve :      407

TCP test statistics:
 # TCP tests total     :      253
 # HTTP tests          :       71
 # Simple TCP tests    :      182
 # Connection attempts :      253
 # bytes written       :    13350
 # bytes read          :   552532


TIME SPENT
Event                                            Starttime          Duration
bbtest-net startup                       1283414487.151447                 -
Service definitions loaded               1283414487.154896
0.003449
Tests loaded                             1283414487.289917
0.135021
DNS lookups completed                    1283414487.295936
0.006019
Test engine setup completed              1283414487.316852
0.020916
TCP tests completed                      1283414498.007502
10.690650
PING test completed (154 hosts)          1283414498.470491
0.462989
PING test results sent                   1283414498.477492
0.007001
Test result collection completed         1283414498.477818
0.000326
LDAP test engine setup completed         1283414498.477820
0.000002
LDAP tests executed                      1283414498.477823
0.000003
LDAP tests result collection completed   1283414498.477824
0.000001
Test results transmitted                 1283414498.483055
0.005231
bbtest-net completed                     1283414498.490716
0.007661
TIME TOTAL
11.339269


On 09/01/2010 05:45 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
Is that the host performing the http test or the host the test is
being performed on?
Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,

Unfortunately, I have :Status not available.

for
http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=xxx.unige.ch&SERVICE=bbtest

But the following works fine:
http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=xxx.unige.ch&SERVICE=http

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
On your bbdisplay it is probably the very first line item.  For
example it says bbtest on this page:

http://xymon.com/xymon/servers/servers.html

Linked to this:

http://xymon.com/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=voodoo.hswn.dk&SERVICE=bbtest

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

Could you please tell me where I can get this info?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Josh Luthman a écrit :
Well instead of guessing - look at bbtest and see what the DNS test
times are.  If you can, share the entire output.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

If I do, from the hobbit server:
nslookup xxx.unige.ch ip_address_dns
respond very fast.

In resolv.conf, the dns in the first line is our authoritative name
server.

Therefore it does not seems to be the dns time.

Regards,

Josh Luthman a écrit :
I want to say that Xymon doesn't use cache, issuing a query upon every
new host, but I am not certain.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Benoit SCHMID
<user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Hello,

As I have already said, this would be dur to the dns,
I would have had the pb with wget too wouldn't I?

Regards,

Tony Larco a écrit :
I am wondering if you have a DNS issue causing latency.  Just a
thought.

"Neil Franken" <user-507e5171be69@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you done a trace route from the Xymon server? Maybe that would
show
you something? Sorry just a suggestion from the top of my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit SCHMID [mailto:user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid] Sent: 01
September
2010 08:36 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] Wrong (or badly interpreted) http response time
with
hobbit 4.2.0

Hello,

I have monitored machines that are reporting around 3.5 seconds
for the HTTP response time during the whole day (curve flat).

If I do wgets, from the Solaris machine where hobbit server is
installed,
I get response times that is lower than 100 ms.

Our old BB server reports response times that are also lower than
100
ms.

Would you know why my hobbit monitor report such high response
times?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

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list Henrik Størner · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:56:04 +0000 (UTC) ·
quoted from Benoit Schmid
In <user-ad1a318f090e@xymon.invalid> Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> writes:
Has anyone an idea on how I could trace why I have these wrong response
time?
The only real way of tracing it is to run bbtest-net with "--debug".

 bbcmd bbtest-net --debug my.server.name

You'll probably want to dump that output to a file...

What you'll get from this looks something like this:

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 About to do 3 TCP tests running 256 in parallel, abs.max 1014
  2010-09-23 14:50:14 3 tests pending - 3 active tests, 0 slow tests
"3 active tests" means at this point the connection is being established.
For debugging your http problems, it is probably best to trim your
list of tests in the bb-hosts file so you only run one test.

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 Doing select with maxfd=4
We're waiting for data from the server

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 select returned 1
  2010-09-23 14:50:14 read 680 bytes from socket
We now got 680 bytes.

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 HDC IN : state=0, leftinchunk=0, len=440
  2010-09-23 14:50:14 HDC OUT: state=0, leftinchunk=0, len=0
Xymon is decoding the "chunked data" sent by the HTTP server.

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 TCP tests completed normally
Connection has been closed

  Address=172.16.10.2:80, open=1, res=0, err=0, connecttime=0.001439, totaltime=0.00351
The time spent doing the connect, and the total time. The latter
is the one that is reported to the Xymon server.


Regards,
Henrik
list Benoit Schmid · Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:41:06 +0200 ·
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Hash: SHA1

Hello,

I have run the command but it returns a "correct" time:

2010-10-01 16:31:00 Adding tcp test IP=129.194.x.y, port=80,
service=http, silent=0
...
2010-10-01 16:31:00 TCP tests completed normally
Address=129.194.x.y:80, open=1, res=0, err=0, connecttime=0.000529,
totaltime=0.019607
httpstatus = 200, open=1, errcode=0, parsestatus=0
Response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:31:00 GMT
Server: Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.2.2.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server
Content-Location: index.html.en
Vary: negotiate,accept-language
TCN: choice
Last-Modified: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:13:38 GMT
ETag: "0-37a8-4b0133e2;4b0133e2"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 14248
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Language: en

URL                      : http://x.unige.ch/
HTTP status              : 200
HTTP headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:31:00 GMT
Server: Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.2.2.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server
Content-Location: index.html.en
Vary: negotiate,accept-language
TCN: choice
Last-Modified: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:13:38 GMT
ETag: "0-37a8-4b0133e2;4b0133e2"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 14248
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Language: en

HTTP output
(NULL)
- ---------------------------------------------
...
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Calc http color host x : 2010-10-01 16:31:00
http://x.unige.ch(green) 2010-10-01 16:31:00  --> green
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Adding to combo msg: status x.http green Fri Oct  1
 16:31:00 2010: OK
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Calc content color host x : 2010-10-01 16:31:00 Flu
shing combo message
      status x.http green Fri Oct  1 16:31:00 2010: OK
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Transport setup is:
2010-10-01 16:31:00 bbdportnumber = 1984
2010-10-01 16:31:00 bbdispproxyhost = NONE
2010-10-01 16:31:00 bbdispproxyport = 0
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Recipient listed as '10.194.x.y'
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Standard BB protocol on port 1984
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Will connect to address 10.194.x.y port 1984
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Connect status is 0
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Sent 517 bytes
2010-10-01 16:31:00 Closing connection
2010-10-01 16:31:00 1 status messages merged into 1 transmissions

Honestly, I do not not understand why It reports:
Seconds:     3.47
in hobbit as the bbnet reports
connecttime=0.000529, totaltime=0.019607
quoted from Henrik Størner

Thanks in advance for your help.

On 09/23/2010 02:56 PM, Henrik Størner wrote:
In <user-ad1a318f090e@xymon.invalid> Benoit SCHMID <user-eb70faf94883@xymon.invalid> writes:
Has anyone an idea on how I could trace why I have these wrong response
time?
The only real way of tracing it is to run bbtest-net with "--debug".

 bbcmd bbtest-net --debug my.server.name

You'll probably want to dump that output to a file...

What you'll get from this looks something like this:

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 About to do 3 TCP tests running 256 in parallel, abs.max 1014
  2010-09-23 14:50:14 3 tests pending - 3 active tests, 0 slow tests
"3 active tests" means at this point the connection is being established.
For debugging your http problems, it is probably best to trim your
list of tests in the bb-hosts file so you only run one test.

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 Doing select with maxfd=4
We're waiting for data from the server

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 select returned 1
  2010-09-23 14:50:14 read 680 bytes from socket
We now got 680 bytes.

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 HDC IN : state=0, leftinchunk=0, len=440
  2010-09-23 14:50:14 HDC OUT: state=0, leftinchunk=0, len=0
Xymon is decoding the "chunked data" sent by the HTTP server.

  2010-09-23 14:50:14 TCP tests completed normally
Connection has been closed

  Address=172.16.10.2:80, open=1, res=0, err=0, connecttime=0.001439, totaltime=0.00351
The time spent doing the connect, and the total time. The latter
is the one that is reported to the Xymon server.


Regards,
Henrik

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quoted from Benoit Schmid

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