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BBWIN 64 Bit

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list Michael S. Fisher · Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:35:29 -0800 · 
Hi All,

I have yet to find some useful docs that say whether or not BBWIN will work
for 64bit machines...

I have the clients configrued correctly and bb-hosts setup correctly but
clients are not reporting and no ghost clients exist.

Does it work on x64?

Thanks.
list Raymond Storer · Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:41:14 -0500 · 
I have it configured and running on both Server 2003 R2 x64 and Server 2008 x64 without issue.

Don't forget to allow it through the Windows (other vendor?) Firewall

Ray
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Subject: [hobbit] BBWIN 64 Bit


Hi All,

I have yet to find some useful docs that say whether or not BBWIN will work for 64bit machines...

I have the clients configrued correctly and bb-hosts setup correctly but clients are not reporting and no ghost clients exist.

Does it work on x64?

Thanks.


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list Michael S. Fisher · Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:47:10 -0800 · 
Weird..

I have it on Windows 2003 R2 x64 with NO firewall anywhere on the box or in
between the client or server...
list Benedikt Kristinsson · Tue, 3 Mar 2009 23:49:18 -0000 · 
Yes it does. As a matter of fact I have even documented it. (Im not sure if google has found it yet though)

http://system.keilir.net/windows.html

Here  you go. 

Regards,
Benedikt
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Subject: [hobbit] BBWIN 64 Bit
 
Hi All,

I have yet to find some useful docs that say whether or not BBWIN will work for 64bit machines...

I have the clients configrued correctly and bb-hosts setup correctly but clients are not reporting and no ghost clients exist.

Does it work on x64?

Thanks.
list Michael S. Fisher · Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:04:22 -0800 · 
I have tried adding

      <setting name="hostname" value="server.network.com" />

into the bbwin config file, restarted the service, but still nothing to
report...
list Graeme A Shea · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:06:14 +1100 · 
It runs fine the only issue I have come across is making sure your
external scripts are 32/64 bit compliant.  Depending upon how they are
launched they will run in either a 32 or 64 bit environment. As an
example the BBWin registry entries will be in different spots for the 32
or 64 bit versions of the interpreters. 

Regards

Graeme
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Subject: [hobbit] BBWIN 64 Bit

 
Hi All,

I have yet to find some useful docs that say whether or not BBWIN will
work for 64bit machines...

I have the clients configrued correctly and bb-hosts setup correctly but
clients are not reporting and no ghost clients exist.

Does it work on x64?

Thanks.



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list Pkc_mls · Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:33:38 +0100 ·
▸ quoted from Michael S. Fisher
user-ab09d151b26b@xymon.invalid a écrit :
I have tried adding

<setting name="hostname" value="server.network.com" />

into the bbwin config file, restarted the service, but still nothing 
to report...

you need to set the hostname in the registry then restart the bbwin.
the hostname can be modified in HKLM\Software\BBWin.
list Michael S. Fisher · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 08:35:23 -0800 · 
There is no reg key under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\\BBWin

The reg key for x64 is

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BBWin

and I have modified the hostname to match the host name in bb-hosts

Restarted service and still no reporting..;)

Banging my head against a wall because all of you say it works...
list Graeme A Shea · Thu, 5 Mar 2009 03:43:40 +1100 · 
Is there anything appearing in ghost clients on the server?
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Regards

Graeme

 
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Subject: Re: [hobbit] BBWIN 64 Bit

 
There is no reg key under 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\\BBWin

The reg key for x64 is

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BBWin

and I have modified the hostname to match the host name in bb-hosts

Restarted service and still no reporting..;)

Banging my head against a wall because all of you say it works...


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list Michael S. Fisher · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 08:53:20 -0800 · 
Nope...ghost clients are empty and nothing is being reported from the
clients...

I have bb-hosts setup with the host name and ip so BB is doing its conn
tests and other things like !ftp and !telnet but no client data is being
reported...
list Graeme A Shea · Thu, 5 Mar 2009 04:12:30 +1100 · 
My immediate thought is a name resolution problem on the client. Can you
ping from the client to the Xymon server using the same server name as
in the BBWin config file.
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Regards

Graeme

 
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Subject: RE: [hobbit] BBWIN 64 Bit

 
Nope...ghost clients are empty and nothing is being reported from the
clients...

I have bb-hosts setup with the host name and ip so BB is doing its conn
tests and other things like !ftp and !telnet but no client data is being
reported...


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list Michael S. Fisher · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 09:16:36 -0800 · 
I have a static IP address specified but DNS is also resolving
list Graeme A Shea · Thu, 5 Mar 2009 04:28:53 +1100 · 
Can you ping? Is there a firewall in the way? To state the obvious
either something is stopping the data being generated, getting out or it
is getting lost along the way. Is it possible it has something to do
with the rights of the account the service is running under? To narrow
it down further may need to put sniffer on it to have a look at the
packets themselves.

 
Hope this helps
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Regards

Graeme

 
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I have a static IP address specified but DNS is also resolving


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list James Haverstock · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:33:10 -0500 · 
Can you telnet to port 1984 on the server from the client?
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Subject: RE: [hobbit] BBWIN 64 Bit

 
Can you ping? Is there a firewall in the way? To state the obvious either
something is stopping the data being generated, getting out or it is getting
lost along the way. Is it possible it has something to do with the rights of
the account the service is running under? To narrow it down further may need
to put sniffer on it to have a look at the packets themselves.

 
Hope this helps

 
Regards

Graeme

 
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list Benedikt Kristinsson · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 18:33:09 -0000 · 
Could you please include the message you are responding to so we know what you actually are responding to?

Did you read my guide at http://system.keilir.net/windows.html ? It explains exactly what you need to do get it working on 64bit windows (tested on server 2003 and 2008)
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Regards,
Benedikt

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I have a static IP address specified but DNS is also resolving
list Michael S. Fisher · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 10:37:18 -0800 · 
I did use your guide and have set my registry AND hostname in the bb config
file.

I can ping the server and DNS resolves ok.

Im in the process of capturing packets to find out if anything is actually
being sent from the client


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Could you please include the message you are responding to so we know what
you actually are responding to?

Did you read my guide at http://system.keilir.net/windows.html ? It
explains exactly what you need to do get it working on 64bit windows
(tested on server 2003 and 2008)

Regards,
Benedikt

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I have a static IP address specified but DNS is also resolving
list Benedikt Kristinsson · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 19:01:08 -0000 · 
And is the BBwin service running? Otherwise you have to start it with "net start bbwin".  Regards,
Benedikt
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I did use your guide and have set my registry AND hostname in the bb config file.

I can ping the server and DNS resolves ok. 
Im in the process of capturing packets to find out if anything is actually being sent from the client


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Could you please include the message you are responding to so we know what you actually are responding to?

Did you read my guide at http://system.keilir.net/windows.html ? It explains exactly what you need to do get it working on 64bit windows (tested on server 2003 and 2008)

Regards,
Benedikt

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list Michael S. Fisher · Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:10:37 -0800 · 
RESOLVED!

As i was writing the below info, i decided to inculde event logs...LIKE A
RETARD i didnt check them first and of course it was complaing of error in
attributes in the bb cfg file...after clearing that error, VIOLA!

Sorry for making a headache for all of you .;)

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Here is the total current status:

BB Service is STARTED

BB Hostname is set in 3 different places.. (HKLM\SOFTWARE\BBWIN,
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BBWin, in the bbcfg file)

Network Monitor captured traffic to and from client and server BUT ONLY
TESTS INITIATED BY THE SERVER (http, telnet, ftp..etc..) NO CLIENT DATA IS
BEING SENT.
list Anna Jonna Armannsdottir · Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:03:28 +0000 ·
▸ quoted from Benedikt Kristinsson
On mið, 2009-03-04 at 18:33 +0000, Benedikt Kristinsson wrote:
Could you please include the message you are responding to so we know
what you actually are responding to?
[KLIP]
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 I have a static IP address specified but DNS is also resolving

It is actually very refreshing to read messages that are terse, exact and to the point. There was absolutely no need for the user to resend all the messages that already have been sent in this thread and that may or may not have been relevant to the users text. 
It is simply common sense to cut away irrelevant sections of the previous messages, and to include only the parts that are relevant to ones own message. 
Also what does the following type of posting actually do for the
reader: 
A: Because people read from top to bottom.
Q: Why is top posting bad?

Best regards, -- 
Kindest Regards, Anna Jonna Ármannsdóttir,       %&   A: Because people read from top to bottom.
Unix System Aministration, Computing Services,   %&   Q: Why is top posting bad?
University of Iceland.