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xymon 4.2.2 problem

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list dOCtoR MADneSs · Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:19:37 +0100 ·
Hi,

I'm running xymon 4.2.2 client on an ARM based host, running linux. All is running ok but the memory test. I can run manually vmstat and I get results. I can start the hobbitclient-linux.sh script, and it doesn't give me the vmstat output. When i run manually vmstat with same parameters, I get an output.
Can some one help me, or at least give me a tip to find what's wrong ?

Regards,
Damien
list Henrik Størner · Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:38:52 +0100 ·
quoted from dOCtoR MADneSs
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 07:19:37PM +0100, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:
I'm running xymon 4.2.2 client on an ARM based host, running linux. All  
is running ok but the memory test. I can run manually vmstat and I get  
results. I can start the hobbitclient-linux.sh script, and it doesn't  
give me the vmstat output. When i run manually vmstat with same  
parameters, I get an output.
Can some one help me, or at least give me a tip to find what's wrong ?
vmstat is a bit special on the client side, because the client only
starts the vmstat data collection as a background process (using the
'nohup' utility), and then picks up the output on the next run.

This is because vmstat must be running for 5 minutes to pick up
the average values over a 5 minute period.

But if the client has been running for more than 5 minutes, then
you should see a [vmstat] section in the client message data.
If not, the first place to look would be the hobbitclient.log file
in the clients' logs/ directory.


Regards,
Henrik
list dOCtoR MADneSs · Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:52:48 +0100 ·
quoted from Henrik StørnerHenrik Størner a écrit :
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 07:19:37PM +0100, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

  
I'm running xymon 4.2.2 client on an ARM based host, running linux. All  

is running ok but the memory test. I can run manually vmstat and I get  

results. I can start the hobbitclient-linux.sh script, and it doesn't  

give me the vmstat output. When i run manually vmstat with same  

parameters, I get an output.

Can some one help me, or at least give me a tip to find what's wrong ?

    

vmstat is a bit special on the client side, because the client only

starts the vmstat data collection as a background process (using the

'nohup' utility), and then picks up the output on the next run.



This is because vmstat must be running for 5 minutes to pick up

the average values over a 5 minute period.



But if the client has been running for more than 5 minutes, then

you should see a [vmstat] section in the client message data.

If not, the first place to look would be the hobbitclient.log file

in the clients' logs/ directory.





Regards,

Henrik











  
Hi,

Thank you for your details on vmstat usage in xymon. I checked the log file, but it's totaly empty. I can't find any "debug" option to get more logs.
I'd really appreciate to get memory test working on this host (i've other hosts running ARM based linux, and memory test is OK, could it be due to vmstat version ?)