hobbit, file and bbwin question
list Robert P McGraw
Is anyone in the hobbit world using BBWin in central mode to monitor the
status of a file on the Window side and reporting back to a UNIX hobbit
server? If so I could really use your help.
MYSETUP
CLIENT
Hostname: mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2
(build 3790)
BBWin: BBWin V.12
SERVER
Hostname: zorn.math.purdue.edu
OS: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
On the server I have the following two files
client-local.cfg
[mailrelay.math.purdue.edu]
file:c:\testbbwin
hobbit-clients.cfg
HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
UP 30m
LOAD 40.0 70.0
DISK * 90 95
FILE c:\testbbwin red MTIME<600
On the BBwin client my clientlocal.cfg file has
file:c:\testbbwin
file:c:\testbbwin does not seem to add any information in the
msg.mailrelay file.
QUESTIONS:
I do get any information in the msg.mailrelay file about the
file:c:\testbbwin. Is the code built in BBWin to capture the file:
information to add to the msg.mailrelay file or is this something that I
have to write?
Can you provide your files so I can see an example.
I really need to monitor a file on the Window side and this would be a great
help.
I also I am not a window type guy. We run as few window machines as possible
and only where necessary.
Thanks
Robert
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Aaron Zink
Robert, I too have never been able to get this to work. The BBWin 0.11 release notes say it is supposed to, but I've had no luck. My clientlocal.cfg and hobbit-client.cfg look similar to yours. I've tried slashes, doublebackslashes, quotes, etc but it always shows up as "no files monitored". It sounds like you are one step ahead of me since your clientlocal.cfg is actually being downloaded. Mine is 1 byte on the client. If anyone has this working, would you mind posting client-local.cfg and hobbit-client.cfg snips? Aaron Zink Corporate IT Manager eHarmony.com XXX.XXX.XXXX
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-----Original Message-----
From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 09:55
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Is anyone in the hobbit world using BBWin in central mode to monitor the
status of a file on the Window side and reporting back to a UNIX hobbit
server? If so I could really use your help.
MYSETUP
CLIENT
Hostname: mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2
(build 3790)
BBWin: BBWin V.12
SERVER
Hostname: zorn.math.purdue.edu
OS: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
On the server I have the following two files
client-local.cfg
[mailrelay.math.purdue.edu]
file:c:\testbbwin
hobbit-clients.cfg
HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
UP 30m
LOAD 40.0 70.0
DISK * 90 95
FILE c:\testbbwin red MTIME<600
On the BBwin client my clientlocal.cfg file has
file:c:\testbbwin
file:c:\testbbwin does not seem to add any information in the
msg.mailrelay file.
QUESTIONS:
I do get any information in the msg.mailrelay file about the
file:c:\testbbwin. Is the code built in BBWin to capture the file:
information to add to the msg.mailrelay file or is this something that I
have to write?
Can you provide your files so I can see an example.
I really need to monitor a file on the Window side and this would be a great
help.
I also I am not a window type guy. We run as few window machines as possible
and only where necessary.
Thanks
Robert
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Galen Johnson
There were some issues with bbwin .11 in this respect. BBWin .12 is currently available and I believe there were some patches applied to make this work...Etienne can speak to that better than I. =G=
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-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Zink [mailto:user-d721f5a4f642@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:45 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Robert,
I too have never been able to get this to work. The BBWin 0.11 release notes say it is supposed to, but I've had no luck. My clientlocal.cfg and hobbit-client.cfg look similar to yours. I've tried slashes, doublebackslashes, quotes, etc but it always shows up as "no files monitored".
It sounds like you are one step ahead of me since your clientlocal.cfg is actually being downloaded. Mine is 1 byte on the client.
If anyone has this working, would you mind posting client-local.cfg and hobbit-client.cfg snips?
Aaron Zink
Corporate IT Manager
eHarmony.com
XXX.XXX.XXXX
-----Original Message-----
From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 09:55
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Is anyone in the hobbit world using BBWin in central mode to monitor the
status of a file on the Window side and reporting back to a UNIX hobbit
server? If so I could really use your help.
MYSETUP
CLIENT
Hostname: mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2
(build 3790)
BBWin: BBWin V.12
SERVER
Hostname: zorn.math.purdue.edu
OS: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
On the server I have the following two files
client-local.cfg
[mailrelay.math.purdue.edu]
file:c:\testbbwin
hobbit-clients.cfg
HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
UP 30m
LOAD 40.0 70.0
DISK * 90 95
FILE c:\testbbwin red MTIME<600
On the BBwin client my clientlocal.cfg file has
file:c:\testbbwin
file:c:\testbbwin does not seem to add any information in the
msg.mailrelay file.
QUESTIONS:
I do get any information in the msg.mailrelay file about the
file:c:\testbbwin. Is the code built in BBWin to capture the file:
information to add to the msg.mailrelay file or is this something that I
have to write?
Can you provide your files so I can see an example.
I really need to monitor a file on the Window side and this would be a great
help.
I also I am not a window type guy. We run as few window machines as possible
and only where necessary.
Thanks
Robert
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Robert P McGraw
Thanks for the input I have install Win V.12 and it acts the same way. Thanks again. Robert
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-----Original Message-----
From: Galen Johnson [mailto:user-87f955643e3d@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:08 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
There were some issues with bbwin .11 in this respect. BBWin .12 is
currently available and I believe there were some patches applied to make
this work...Etienne can speak to that better than I.
=G=
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Zink [mailto:user-d721f5a4f642@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:45 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Robert,
I too have never been able to get this to work. The BBWin 0.11 release
notes say it is supposed to, but I've had no luck. My clientlocal.cfg and
hobbit-client.cfg look similar to yours. I've tried slashes,
doublebackslashes, quotes, etc but it always shows up as "no files
monitored".
It sounds like you are one step ahead of me since your clientlocal.cfg is
actually being downloaded. Mine is 1 byte on the client.
If anyone has this working, would you mind posting client-local.cfg and
hobbit-client.cfg snips?
Aaron Zink
Corporate IT Manager
eHarmony.com
XXX.XXX.XXXX
-----Original Message-----
From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 09:55
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Is anyone in the hobbit world using BBWin in central mode to monitor the
status of a file on the Window side and reporting back to a UNIX hobbit
server? If so I could really use your help.
MYSETUP
CLIENT
Hostname: mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2
(build 3790)
BBWin: BBWin V.12
SERVER
Hostname: zorn.math.purdue.edu
OS: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
On the server I have the following two files
client-local.cfg
[mailrelay.math.purdue.edu]
file:c:\testbbwin
hobbit-clients.cfg
HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
UP 30m
LOAD 40.0 70.0
DISK * 90 95
FILE c:\testbbwin red MTIME<600
On the BBwin client my clientlocal.cfg file has
file:c:\testbbwin
file:c:\testbbwin does not seem to add any information in the
msg.mailrelay file.
QUESTIONS:
I do get any information in the msg.mailrelay file about the
file:c:\testbbwin. Is the code built in BBWin to capture the file:
information to add to the msg.mailrelay file or is this something that I
have to write?
Can you provide your files so I can see an example.
I really need to monitor a file on the Window side and this would be a
great
help.
I also I am not a window type guy. We run as few window machines as
possible
and only where necessary.
Thanks
Robert
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Robert P McGraw
Aaron, Thanks for you input. Have installed BBWin V.12 and it behaves the same way. I have sent this in to the BBwin mail list but had not hear back and so I want to ask others their experience. I just did not want to be fighting windmills.
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Thanks again
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Zink [mailto:user-d721f5a4f642@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:45 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Robert,
I too have never been able to get this to work. The BBWin 0.11 release
notes say it is supposed to, but I've had no luck. My clientlocal.cfg and
hobbit-client.cfg look similar to yours. I've tried slashes,
doublebackslashes, quotes, etc but it always shows up as "no files
monitored".
It sounds like you are one step ahead of me since your clientlocal.cfg is
actually being downloaded. Mine is 1 byte on the client.
If anyone has this working, would you mind posting client-local.cfg and
hobbit-client.cfg snips?
Aaron Zink
Corporate IT Manager
eHarmony.com
XXX.XXX.XXXX
-----Original Message-----
From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 09:55
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Is anyone in the hobbit world using BBWin in central mode to monitor the
status of a file on the Window side and reporting back to a UNIX hobbit
server? If so I could really use your help.
MYSETUP
CLIENT
Hostname: mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2
(build 3790)
BBWin: BBWin V.12
SERVER
Hostname: zorn.math.purdue.edu
OS: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
On the server I have the following two files
client-local.cfg
[mailrelay.math.purdue.edu]
file:c:\testbbwin
hobbit-clients.cfg
HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
UP 30m
LOAD 40.0 70.0
DISK * 90 95
FILE c:\testbbwin red MTIME<600
On the BBwin client my clientlocal.cfg file has
file:c:\testbbwin
file:c:\testbbwin does not seem to add any information in the
msg.mailrelay file.
QUESTIONS:
I do get any information in the msg.mailrelay file about the
file:c:\testbbwin. Is the code built in BBWin to capture the file:
information to add to the msg.mailrelay file or is this something that I
have to write?
Can you provide your files so I can see an example.
I really need to monitor a file on the Window side and this would be a
great
help.
I also I am not a window type guy. We run as few window machines as
possible
and only where necessary.
Thanks
Robert
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Aaron Zink
Thanks Galen, but I am also seeing the same result with BBWin 0.12. The downloaded clientlocal.cfg is still 1 byte and files aren't being checked. FYI, filesystem.dll is loaded. BBWin.log with extended debugging looks normal: 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent started 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent ended 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [disk]: init disk agent AgentDisk::Init 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Begin Msgs Initialization AgentMsgs::Init 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Ending Msgs Initialization 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: Starting hobbit client agent. 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: cpu review started 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: cpu review ended 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [disk]: drive string C:\ 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [disk]: drive string D:\ 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [filesystem]: start AgentFileSystem::InitCentralMode 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [filesystem]: checking file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [filesystem]: reading file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: start AgentMsgs::InitCentralMode 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: checking file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: reading file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:06 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: start AgentSvcs::InitCentralMode 2008/06/10 12:03:06 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: checking file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:06 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: reading file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg - Aaron Zink
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-----Original Message-----
From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:48
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Thanks for the input
I have install Win V.12 and it acts the same way.
Thanks again.
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Galen Johnson [mailto:user-87f955643e3d@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:08 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
There were some issues with bbwin .11 in this respect. BBWin .12 is
currently available and I believe there were some patches applied to make
this work...Etienne can speak to that better than I.
=G=
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Zink [mailto:user-d721f5a4f642@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:45 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Robert,
I too have never been able to get this to work. The BBWin 0.11 release
notes say it is supposed to, but I've had no luck. My clientlocal.cfg and
hobbit-client.cfg look similar to yours. I've tried slashes,
doublebackslashes, quotes, etc but it always shows up as "no files
monitored".
It sounds like you are one step ahead of me since your clientlocal.cfg is
actually being downloaded. Mine is 1 byte on the client.
If anyone has this working, would you mind posting client-local.cfg and
hobbit-client.cfg snips?
Aaron Zink
Corporate IT Manager
eHarmony.com
XXX.XXX.XXXX
-----Original Message-----
From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 09:55
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question
Is anyone in the hobbit world using BBWin in central mode to monitor the
status of a file on the Window side and reporting back to a UNIX hobbit
server? If so I could really use your help.
MYSETUP
CLIENT
Hostname: mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2
(build 3790)
BBWin: BBWin V.12
SERVER
Hostname: zorn.math.purdue.edu
OS: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
On the server I have the following two files
client-local.cfg
[mailrelay.math.purdue.edu]
file:c:\testbbwin
hobbit-clients.cfg
HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
UP 30m
LOAD 40.0 70.0
DISK * 90 95
FILE c:\testbbwin red MTIME<600
On the BBwin client my clientlocal.cfg file has
file:c:\testbbwin
file:c:\testbbwin does not seem to add any information in the
msg.mailrelay file.
QUESTIONS:
I do get any information in the msg.mailrelay file about the
file:c:\testbbwin. Is the code built in BBWin to capture the file:
information to add to the msg.mailrelay file or is this something that I
have to write?
Can you provide your files so I can see an example.
I really need to monitor a file on the Window side and this would be a
great
help.
I also I am not a window type guy. We run as few window machines as
possible
and only where necessary.
Thanks
Robert
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Robert P McGraw
After thinking about this I also had the same problem where the clientlocal.cfg had nothing in the file. The problem was the order of the entries in the client-local.cfg file. I had put my hostname specific entry after the OS [win32] entry and that did not work. [win32] is blank and so the blank clientlocal.cfg file mailrelay.math.purdue.edu is my Win host and so now I have [mailrelay.math.purdue.edu] file:c:\testbbwin before [win32] From the client-local.cfg on the server it say: # The client-local.cfg file contains configuration for # the Hobbit clients running on monitored systems. When # clients contact the Hobbit server, they get the section # from this file which matches their hostname or operating # system The key word is "or" in the forth line "hostname or operating". I believe what it matches first is what will get used and searching stops or at least that is what I saw. Hope this helps
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Robert
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Zink [mailto:user-d721f5a4f642@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 3:05 PM To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: RE: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question Thanks Galen, but I am also seeing the same result with BBWin 0.12. The downloaded clientlocal.cfg is still 1 byte and files aren't being checked. FYI, filesystem.dll is loaded. BBWin.log with extended debugging looks normal: 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent started 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent ended 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [disk]: init disk agent AgentDisk::Init 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified. 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Begin Msgs Initialization AgentMsgs::Init 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Ending Msgs Initialization 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: Starting hobbit client agent. 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [INFO]: bbwin is started. 2008/06/10 12:03:03 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: cpu review started 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: cpu review ended 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [disk]: drive string C:\ 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [disk]: drive string D:\ 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [filesystem]: start AgentFileSystem::InitCentralMode 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [filesystem]: checking file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [filesystem]: reading file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: start AgentMsgs::InitCentralMode 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: checking file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:04 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: reading file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:06 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: start AgentSvcs::InitCentralMode 2008/06/10 12:03:06 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: checking file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg 2008/06/10 12:03:06 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: reading file C:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg - Aaron Zink -----Original Message----- From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:48 To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question Thanks for the input I have install Win V.12 and it acts the same way. Thanks again. Robert-----Original Message----- From: Galen Johnson [mailto:user-87f955643e3d@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:08 PM To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question There were some issues with bbwin .11 in this respect. BBWin .12 is currently available and I believe there were some patches applied to make this work...Etienne can speak to that better than I. =G= -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Zink [mailto:user-d721f5a4f642@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:45 PM To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question Robert, I too have never been able to get this to work. The BBWin 0.11 release notes say it is supposed to, but I've had no luck. My clientlocal.cfg and hobbit-client.cfg look similar to yours. I've tried slashes, doublebackslashes, quotes, etc but it always shows up as "no files monitored". It sounds like you are one step ahead of me since your clientlocal.cfg is actually being downloaded. Mine is 1 byte on the client. If anyone has this working, would you mind posting client-local.cfg and hobbit-client.cfg snips? Aaron Zink Corporate IT Manager eHarmony.com XXX.XXX.XXXX -----Original Message----- From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 09:55 To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: [hobbit] hobbit, file and bbwin question Is anyone in the hobbit world using BBWin in central mode to monitor the status of a file on the Window side and reporting back to a UNIX hobbit server? If so I could really use your help. MYSETUP CLIENT Hostname: mailrelay.math.purdue.edu OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790) BBWin: BBWin V.12 SERVER Hostname: zorn.math.purdue.edu OS: SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R On the server I have the following two files client-local.cfg [mailrelay.math.purdue.edu] file:c:\testbbwin hobbit-clients.cfg HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu UP 30m LOAD 40.0 70.0 DISK * 90 95 FILE c:\testbbwin red MTIME<600 On the BBwin client my clientlocal.cfg file has file:c:\testbbwin file:c:\testbbwin does not seem to add any information in the msg.mailrelay file. QUESTIONS: I do get any information in the msg.mailrelay file about the file:c:\testbbwin. Is the code built in BBWin to capture the file: information to add to the msg.mailrelay file or is this something that I have to write? Can you provide your files so I can see an example. I really need to monitor a file on the Window side and this would be a great help. I also I am not a window type guy. We run as few window machines as possible and only where necessary. Thanks Robert Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX