Windows Client 🔗 link

On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 13:30 -0500, Stew Lambert wrote:

Hello all,

I’m trying to create a hobbit client for windows.  Can someone tell me
how the info is to be sent?  

  Should it be sent via a file or straight connection.  Any ideas
would be great.

 
Thanks,

Stew

 
P.S.  I know this has been said before, but….

Many, Many, Many THANKS for all your work Henrik

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel J McDonald [mailto:user-290ce4e24e19@xymon.invalid] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 9:22 AM
To: Hobbit List
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Windows Client

On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 13:30 -0500, Stew Lambert wrote:

Hello all,

I'm trying to create a hobbit client for windows.  Can someone tell me
how the info is to be sent?  

tcp port 1984

Possibly a format.

Documented in the man pages:
http://yourhobbitserver/hobbit/help/manpages/man1/bb.1.html

  Should it be sent via a file or straight connection.  Any ideas
would be great.

 
Thanks,

Stew

 
P.S.  I know this has been said before, but..

Many, Many, Many THANKS for all your work Henrik

Le 01/08/2006 08:20, Everett, Vernon a écrit :

Hi all
 
I have been asleep for a while, and not monitoring what's been going 
on, but can anybody tell me the status of the Windows client?
When I last paid close attention to the list, the client was in beta, 
and if I recall, did a pretty OK job. (I installed it on a test system)
But that was at the old job.
 
New job, new Hobbit installation, and the Windoze crowd want to see 
the client.
 
What's news?

Everett, Vernon wrote:

Hi all
 
I have been asleep for a while, and not monitoring what's been going 
on, but can anybody tell me the status of the Windows client?
When I last paid close attention to the list, the client was in beta, 
and if I recall, did a pretty OK job. (I installed it on a test system)
But that was at the old job.
 
New job, new Hobbit installation, and the Windoze crowd want to see 
the client.
 
What's news?
 
Regards
    Vernon

Le 01/08/2006 08:20, Everett, Vernon a écrit :

Hi all
 I have been asleep for a while, and not monitoring what's been going on, but can anybody tell me the status of the Windows client?
When I last paid close attention to the list, the client was in beta, and if I recall, did a pretty OK job. (I installed it on a test system)
But that was at the old job.
 New job, new Hobbit installation, and the Windoze crowd want to see the client.
 What's news?

-----Original Message-----
From: Frédéric Mangeant [mailto:user-b6ea1d850181@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:39 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Windows Client

Le 01/08/2006 08:20, Everett, Vernon a écrit :

Hi all
 I have been asleep for a while, and not monitoring what's been going on, but can anybody tell me the status of the Windows client?
When I last paid close attention to the list, the client was in beta, and if I recall, did a pretty OK job. (I installed it on a test system)
But that was at the old job.
 New job, new Hobbit installation, and the Windoze crowd want to see the client.
 What's news?

0.8 has been released :-)

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=597086

-- 

Frédéric Mangeant

Steria EDC Sophia-Antipolis

Brodie, Kent wrote:

Does anyone know if there's going to be a gui wrapper around the config of this?    I am reasonably impressed by the window client's abilities (just fired it up on one of my windows nodes), but I can tell that the windows sysadmins here will be a bit put off by having to manually make registry entries, and manually edit the xml config file.   (It's one thing for us unix-dudes(or dudettes) to edit hobbit config items, but I know the windows guys like the gui way.    The (older, yet still mostly functional) BBNT client is quite easy to install, configure, and run.    I'm hoping that's what we ultimately end up with for the hobbit windows client!


Kent C. Brodie - user-da7f7d5174c0@xymon.invalid
Department of Physiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
(XXX) XXX-XXXX
-----Original Message-----
From: Frédéric Mangeant [mailto:user-b6ea1d850181@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:39 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Windows Client

Le 01/08/2006 08:20, Everett, Vernon a écrit :
  

Hi all
 I have been asleep for a while, and not monitoring what's been going on, but can anybody tell me the status of the Windows client?
When I last paid close attention to the list, the client was in beta, and if I recall, did a pretty OK job. (I installed it on a test system)
But that was at the old job.
 New job, new Hobbit installation, and the Windoze crowd want to see the client.
 What's news?
    

0.8 has been released :-)

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=597086

  

ZanDAhaR wrote:

Brodie, Kent wrote:

Does anyone know if there's going to be a gui wrapper around the config of this?    I am reasonably impressed by the window client's abilities (just fired it up on one of my windows nodes), but I can tell that the windows sysadmins here will be a bit put off by having to manually make registry entries, and manually edit the xml config file.   (It's one thing for us unix-dudes(or dudettes) to edit hobbit config items, but I know the windows guys like the gui way.    The (older, yet still mostly functional) BBNT client is quite easy to install, configure, and run.    I'm hoping that's what we ultimately end up with for the hobbit windows client!


Kent C. Brodie - user-da7f7d5174c0@xymon.invalid
Department of Physiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
(XXX) XXX-XXXX
-----Original Message-----
From: Frédéric Mangeant [mailto:user-b6ea1d850181@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:39 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Windows Client

Le 01/08/2006 08:20, Everett, Vernon a écrit :
 

Hi all
 I have been asleep for a while, and not monitoring what's been going on, but can anybody tell me the status of the Windows client?
When I last paid close attention to the list, the client was in beta, and if I recall, did a pretty OK job. (I installed it on a test system)
But that was at the old job.
 New job, new Hobbit installation, and the Windoze crowd want to see the client.
 What's news?
    

0.8 has been released :-)

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=597086

  

I had been very wary of this client until about 10 mins ago when I installed and configured it and I also must say I'm reasonably impressed. The migrate from BBNT script had me up and running in about 60 seconds without having to worry about the config file and setting everything from scartch.

Is there a separate mailing list for the windows client or are we all putting together here on the hobbit list ?

I have a few more questions and want to make sure they are going to the right place :)

Cheers

Allan

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything with it.

The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...

Single devmon server.

solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm

      'verbose'       => 1,
      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,


# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?

Nothing in the devmon log file...


Thanks

Craig Cook
--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:05 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help


Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774 user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.

SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do > anything with it.

The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...
Single devmon server.
solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon

--readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, > 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying > all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and > snmp v2 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for > switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com > sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software > IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version > 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 > by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match > powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] > switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com > did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : > 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900 > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered switch1.example.com as a cisco > 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon > --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, > 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying > all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts > [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for > switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com > sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software > IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version > 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 > by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match > powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 > [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com > did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 > [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : > 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm
      'verbose'       => 1,

      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,

# vi hosts.db > switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?
Nothing in the devmon log file...

Thanks

Craig Cook

--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services
http://www.cookitservices.com

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  
SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do 
anything with it.

The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:05
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too
have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having
same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even
used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and
looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in
the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774 user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an
SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything with it.

The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...

Single devmon server.

solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm

      'verbose'       => 1,
      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,


# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?

Nothing in the devmon log file...


Thanks

Craig Cook
--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:27
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

We are currently monitor Cisco 6506, Cisco 4003, Cisco 1700 and Netapp
boxes with devmon.

You have to create a template for the devices named by the model in the
System Description of the snmp output. By this way the devmon daemon is
able to determine what devices to query. You can use existing templates
as a basis and change them to fit to your needs

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:05
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too
have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having
same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even
used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and
looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in
the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774 user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an
SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything with it.

The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...

Single devmon server.

solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm

      'verbose'       => 1,
      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,


# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?

Nothing in the devmon log file...


Thanks

Craig Cook
--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid] Sent: 15 September 2006 16:07
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

A little correction:

Which device to query is determined by entries in the bb-hosts file.

You need the templates to specify what OID's to query, how to
calculate/handle the output, define thresholds, generating the
message...

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:27
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

We are currently monitor Cisco 6506, Cisco 4003, Cisco 1700 and Netapp
boxes with devmon.

You have to create a template for the devices named by the model in the
System Description of the snmp output. By this way the devmon daemon is
able to determine what devices to query. You can use existing templates
as a basis and change them to fit to your needs

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:05
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too
have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having
same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even
used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and
looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in
the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774 user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an
SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything with it.

The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...

Single devmon server.

solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm

      'verbose'       => 1,
      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,


# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?

Nothing in the devmon log file...


Thanks

Craig Cook
--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:user-ee957b46acd2@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 17:18
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Related to this would anyone be willing to send me any cisco, hp/dell
(printer) oids they know work?

But as for helping as Johann said you add a DEVMON tag to the bb-hosts
for the switch etc you want tested (you can force using
DEVMON:model(<vendor>;<model>) ) after you have done this you run devmon
--readbbhosts and it will search through for usable tests it can run and
report any entries that do not have matching templates, you can also
look in /var/logs/devmon.log for useful output messages

Any templates you create must follow this structure

DIR:name (best to use vendor-model)
  |
  |--specs (must contain vendor, model, snmpver and sysDesc)
  |--DIR:test (this will be the name reported to hobbit)
         |
         |-- oids (contains oids and handles you assign
	   |-- message (message format reported to hobbit)
         |-- thresholds(when to generate status changes and messages to
use)
         |-- transforms (data manipulation)
         |-- exceptions (what is sounds like)

Thanks,
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid] Sent: 15 September 2006 16:07
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

A little correction:

Which device to query is determined by entries in the bb-hosts file.

You need the templates to specify what OID's to query, how to
calculate/handle the output, define thresholds, generating the
message...

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:27
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

We are currently monitor Cisco 6506, Cisco 4003, Cisco 1700 and Netapp
boxes with devmon.

You have to create a template for the devices named by the model in the
System Description of the snmp output. By this way the devmon daemon is
able to determine what devices to query. You can use existing templates
as a basis and change them to fit to your needs

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:05
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too
have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having
same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even
used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and
looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in
the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774 user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an
SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything with it.

The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...

Single devmon server.

solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models, 19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm

      'verbose'       => 1,
      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,


# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?

Nothing in the devmon log file...


Thanks

Craig Cook
--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:user-ee957b46acd2@xymon.invalid] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:18 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Related to this would anyone be willing to send me any cisco, hp/dell
(printer) oids they know work?

But as for helping as Johann said you add a DEVMON tag to the bb-hosts for the switch etc you want tested (you can force using
DEVMON:model(<vendor>;<model>) ) after you have done this you run devmon --readbbhosts and it will search through for usable tests it can run and report any entries that do not have matching templates, you can also look in /var/logs/devmon.log for useful output messages

Any templates you create must follow this structure

DIR:name (best to use vendor-model)
  |
  |--specs (must contain vendor, model, snmpver and sysDesc)
  |--DIR:test (this will be the name reported to hobbit)
         |
         |-- oids (contains oids and handles you assign
	   |-- message (message format reported to hobbit)
         |-- thresholds(when to generate status changes and messages to
use)
         |-- transforms (data manipulation)
         |-- exceptions (what is sounds like)

Thanks,
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 15 September 2006 16:07
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

A little correction:

Which device to query is determined by entries in the bb-hosts file.

You need the templates to specify what OID's to query, how to calculate/handle the output, define thresholds, generating the message...

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:27
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

We are currently monitor Cisco 6506, Cisco 4003, Cisco 1700 and Netapp boxes with devmon.

You have to create a template for the devices named by the model in the System Description of the snmp output. By this way the devmon daemon is able to determine what devices to query. You can use existing templates as a basis and change them to fit to your needs

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:05
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher
Unix/Linux Systems Administrator
Securities America Financial Corporation
(XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774
user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid
Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  > SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything > with it.
The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...
Single devmon server.
solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts > [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models,

19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts > in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco > Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software > (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) > Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 > : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match apc :
9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com > did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco :
2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match > cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered > switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  > /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 > vendors, 19 models,
19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts > in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System > Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version > 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco > Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 > : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match apc :
9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com > did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco :
2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match > cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm
      'verbose'       => 1,

      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,

# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?
Nothing in the devmon log file...

Thanks

Craig Cook

--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services > http://www.cookitservices.com

From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:user-ee957b46acd2@xymon.invalid] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:18 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Related to this would anyone be willing to send me any cisco, hp/dell
(printer) oids they know work?

But as for helping as Johann said you add a DEVMON tag to the bb-hosts for the switch etc you want tested (you can force using
DEVMON:model(<vendor>;<model>) ) after you have done this you run devmon --readbbhosts and it will search through for usable tests it can run and report any entries that do not have matching templates, you can also look in /var/logs/devmon.log for useful output messages

Any templates you create must follow this structure

DIR:name (best to use vendor-model)
  |
  |--specs (must contain vendor, model, snmpver and sysDesc)
  |--DIR:test (this will be the name reported to hobbit)
         |
         |-- oids (contains oids and handles you assign
	   |-- message (message format reported to hobbit)
         |-- thresholds(when to generate status changes and messages to
use)
         |-- transforms (data manipulation)
         |-- exceptions (what is sounds like)

Thanks,
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 15 September 2006 16:07
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

A little correction:

Which device to query is determined by entries in the bb-hosts file.

You need the templates to specify what OID's to query, how to calculate/handle the output, define thresholds, generating the message...

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:27
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

We are currently monitor Cisco 6506, Cisco 4003, Cisco 1700 and Netapp boxes with devmon.

You have to create a template for the devices named by the model in the System Description of the snmp output. By this way the devmon daemon is able to determine what devices to query. You can use existing templates as a basis and change them to fit to your needs

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:05
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher
Unix/Linux Systems Administrator
Securities America Financial Corporation
(XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774
user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid
Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  > SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything > with it.
The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...
Single devmon server.
solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts > [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models,

19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts > in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco > Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software > (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) > Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 > : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match apc :
9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com > did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco :
2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match > cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered > switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  > /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 > vendors, 19 models,
19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts > in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System > Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version > 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco > Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 > : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match apc :
9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com > did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco :
2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match > cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm
      'verbose'       => 1,

      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,

# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?
Nothing in the devmon log file...

Thanks

Craig Cook

--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services > http://www.cookitservices.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 18:01
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Also forgot to mention my devmon.log file is empty.  Permissions on it
are fine.

Trent

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774 user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an
SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:user-ee957b46acd2@xymon.invalid] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:18 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Related to this would anyone be willing to send me any cisco, hp/dell
(printer) oids they know work?

But as for helping as Johann said you add a DEVMON tag to the bb-hosts for the switch etc you want tested (you can force using
DEVMON:model(<vendor>;<model>) ) after you have done this you run devmon --readbbhosts and it will search through for usable tests it can run and report any entries that do not have matching templates, you can also look in /var/logs/devmon.log for useful output messages

Any templates you create must follow this structure

DIR:name (best to use vendor-model)
  |
  |--specs (must contain vendor, model, snmpver and sysDesc)
  |--DIR:test (this will be the name reported to hobbit)
         |
         |-- oids (contains oids and handles you assign
	   |-- message (message format reported to hobbit)
         |-- thresholds(when to generate status changes and messages to
use)
         |-- transforms (data manipulation)
         |-- exceptions (what is sounds like)

Thanks,
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 15 September 2006 16:07
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

A little correction:

Which device to query is determined by entries in the bb-hosts file.

You need the templates to specify what OID's to query, how to calculate/handle the output, define thresholds, generating the message...

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:27
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

We are currently monitor Cisco 6506, Cisco 4003, Cisco 1700 and Netapp boxes with devmon.

You have to create a template for the devices named by the model in the System Description of the snmp output. By this way the devmon daemon is able to determine what devices to query. You can use existing templates as a basis and change them to fit to your needs

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:05
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher
Unix/Linux Systems Administrator
Securities America Financial Corporation
(XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774
user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid
Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  > SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything > with it.
The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...
Single devmon server.
solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts > [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models,

19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts > in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco > Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software > (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) > Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 > : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match apc :
9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com > did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco :
2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match > cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered > switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  > /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 > vendors, 19 models,
19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts > in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System > Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version > 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco > Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 > : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match apc :
9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com > did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco :
2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match > cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm
      'verbose'       => 1,

      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,

# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?
Nothing in the devmon log file...

Thanks

Craig Cook

--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services > http://www.cookitservices.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 12:01 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help


Also forgot to mention my devmon.log file is empty.  Permissions on it are fine.

Trent

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774 user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:user-ee957b46acd2@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:18 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Related to this would anyone be willing to send me any cisco, hp/dell

(printer) oids they know work?

But as for helping as Johann said you add a DEVMON tag to the
bb-hosts for the switch etc you want tested (you can force using

DEVMON:model(<vendor>;<model>) ) after you have done this you > run devmon --readbbhosts and it will search through for > usable tests it can run and report any entries that do not > have matching templates, you can also look in > /var/logs/devmon.log for useful output messages

Any templates you create must follow this structure
DIR:name (best to use vendor-model)

  |
  |--specs (must contain vendor, model, snmpver and sysDesc)
  |--DIR:test (this will be the name reported to hobbit)
         |
         |-- oids (contains oids and handles you assign
	   |-- message (message format reported to hobbit)
         |-- thresholds(when to generate status changes and
messages to
use)
         |-- transforms (data manipulation)
         |-- exceptions (what is sounds like)

Thanks,

Jason

From: Aiello, Steve (GE, Corporate, consultant) [mailto:user-49fae449733a@xymon.invalid] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 11:22 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

You may want to use the Devmon mailing list for your devmon woes, user-7cdab8524266@xymon.invalid.

By default, when you start devmon, devmon runs as a daemon. to troubleshoot you can use the -f option to keep it in the foreground, i.e.  ./devmon -f -vvvv

that may output information to point you in the right direction.

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 12:01 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Also forgot to mention my devmon.log file is empty.  > Permissions on it are fine.

Trent
Trent Melcher

Unix/Linux Systems Administrator
Securities America Financial Corporation
(XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774
user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid
Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member > NASD/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America > Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory

-----Original Message-----

From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:user-ee957b46acd2@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:18 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Related to this would anyone be willing to send me any
cisco, hp/dell

(printer) oids they know work?

But as for helping as Johann said you add a DEVMON tag to the > > bb-hosts for the switch etc you want tested (you can force using

DEVMON:model(<vendor>;<model>) ) after you have done this you run > > devmon --readbbhosts and it will search through for usable tests it > > can run and report any entries that do not have matching templates, > > you can also look in /var/logs/devmon.log for useful output messages

Any templates you create must follow this structure
DIR:name (best to use vendor-model)

  |
  |--specs (must contain vendor, model, snmpver and sysDesc)
  |--DIR:test (this will be the name reported to hobbit)
         |
         |-- oids (contains oids and handles you assign
	   |-- message (message format reported to hobbit)
         |-- thresholds(when to generate status changes and messages > > to
use)
         |-- transforms (data manipulation)
         |-- exceptions (what is sounds like)

Thanks,

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 5:23 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Yup,

I can send you the templates we are currently using...

-----Original Message-----
From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:user-ee957b46acd2@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 17:18
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Related to this would anyone be willing to send me any cisco, hp/dell
(printer) oids they know work?

But as for helping as Johann said you add a DEVMON tag to the bb-hosts for the switch etc you want tested (you can force using
DEVMON:model(<vendor>;<model>) ) after you have done this you run devmon --readbbhosts and it will search through for usable tests it can run and report any entries that do not have matching templates, you can also look in /var/logs/devmon.log for useful output messages

Any templates you create must follow this structure

DIR:name (best to use vendor-model)
  |
  |--specs (must contain vendor, model, snmpver and sysDesc)
  |--DIR:test (this will be the name reported to hobbit)
         |
         |-- oids (contains oids and handles you assign
	   |-- message (message format reported to hobbit)
         |-- thresholds(when to generate status changes and messages to
use)
         |-- transforms (data manipulation)
         |-- exceptions (what is sounds like)

Thanks,
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 15 September 2006 16:07
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

A little correction:

Which device to query is determined by entries in the bb-hosts file.

You need the templates to specify what OID's to query, how to calculate/handle the output, define thresholds, generating the message...

-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Eggers [mailto:user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:27
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

We are currently monitor Cisco 6506, Cisco 4003, Cisco 1700 and Netapp boxes with devmon.

You have to create a template for the devices named by the model in the System Description of the snmp output. By this way the devmon daemon is able to determine what devices to query. You can use existing templates as a basis and change them to fit to your needs

-----Original Message-----
From: Trent Melcher [mailto:user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 15. September 2006 16:05
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] devmon help

Craig 
Run strings against the hosts.db and you will see better output.  I too have been trying to setup devmon and cant get it working either,  having same problems as you.  Run devmon with the --readbbhosts option, I even used the -vv to see some info, it identifies the switch correctly and looks like its using the right template, but no output or anything in the log file.

Anyone else have this working?

Trent Melcher
Unix/Linux Systems Administrator
Securities America Financial Corporation
(XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774
user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid
Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC.
Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cook [mailto:user-618593604956@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] devmon help

I have a cisco 3550 switch I am trying to use devmon with.  > SNMP is enabled in the switch, but devmon does not seem to do anything > with it.
The templates dir has cisco-3500 listed as a device it knows about...
Single devmon server.
solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts > [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Saw 5 vendors, 19 models,

19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:01:46] SNMP querying all hosts > in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:01:46] Querying new hosts using cid 'public' and snmp v2 > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com > [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco > Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software > (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) > Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 > : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match apc :
9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com > did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco :
2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not match > cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 2900 : C2900 [06-09-14 at 13:01:47] Discovered > switch1.example.com as a cisco 3550 solaris1:/usr/local/devmon#  > /usr/local/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Saw 5 > vendors, 19 models,
19 sysdescs & 57 templates [06-09-14 at 13:02:11] SNMP querying all hosts > in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[06-09-14 at 13:02:11] Querying pre-existing hosts [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > DEBUG SNMP: Dethawing data for switch1.example.com [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com sysdesc = ::: Cisco Internetwork Operating System > Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version > 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco > Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh :::
[06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match powerware : 9170 > : BestLink [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match apc : > 9609 : MN: AP9606 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match apc :
9205 : Mod: AP9205 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match apc : 9619 : MN:AP9619 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com > did not match cisco : 1700 : C1700 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] > switch1.example.com did not match cisco :
2970 : C2970 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not match > cisco : 3725 : C3725 [06-09-14 at 13:02:12] switch1.example.com did not > match cisco : 2900 : C2900

I changed this in dm_config.pm
      'verbose'       => 1,

      'debug'         => 1,
      'print_msg'     => 1,

# vi hosts.db
switch1.example.com^[192.168.1.2^[cisco^[3550^[all^[public^[^[

Are the "^["'s messing this up?
Nothing in the devmon log file...

Thanks

Craig Cook

--
Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services > http://www.cookitservices.com

On 9/18/06, Kevin <user-a004b26f09c6@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Can somebody tell me about this windows client I have heard mentioned?
Where do I get it? Does it work? What advantage does it have over the BB
windows client?

On 9/19/06, Ralph Mitchell <user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid> wrote:

It's here:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin

I haven't tried it as I'm not allowed to use Hobbit to monitor
systems.  I'm just barely allowed to use it for URL: monitoring.
Office politics... :)

           

Ralph Mitchell wrote:

On 9/18/06, Kevin <user-a004b26f09c6@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Can somebody tell me about this windows client I have heard mentioned?
Where do I get it? Does it work? What advantage does it have over the BB
windows client?

It's here:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin

I haven't tried it as I'm not allowed to use Hobbit to monitor
systems.  I'm just barely allowed to use it for URL: monitoring.
Office politics... :)

Ralph Mitchell

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Kevin wrote:

Can somebody tell me about this windows client I have heard mentioned?  Where do I get it? Does it work? What advantage does it have over the BB windows client?

On Jan 20, 2011 9:48 PM, "Vernon Everett" <user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi all

Can anybody tell me the current status of Windows clients for Xymon?
Is BBWin still the best we have?
I remember seeing somebody on the list working on a new Windows client.
Where are we on that?

Regards
Vernon

In <AANLkTimfVMpA=J=oZ1GY6LwgRH2pm=user-f4a837752ec8@xymon.invalid> Vernon Everett <user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid> writes:

Can anybody tell me the current status of Windows clients for Xymon?
Is BBWin still the best we have?
I remember seeing somebody on the list working on a new Windows client.
Where are we on that?

On 22/01/11 4:21 AM, Henrik Størner wrote:

In <AANLkTimfVMpA=J=oZ1GY6LwgRH2pm=user-f4a837752ec8@xymon.invalid> Vernon Everett <user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid> writes:

Can anybody tell me the current status of Windows clients for Xymon?
Is BBWin still the best we have?
I remember seeing somebody on the list working on a new Windows client.
Where are we on that?

It is working pretty well, but is still being developed very much.
For production use,  I would probably stick with BBWin, but you are
very welcome to try out the Xymonclient - it's available on 
Sourceforge at 
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/

There has been some talk about releasing it at the same time as
the 4.3.0 server release. I think that could be a possibility, but
Dave Baldwin (who has done most of the development after my initial
proof-of-concept version) has some say in this.


Regards,
Henrik

 
Hi all

Apologies if this has been asked recently, but what is the current
status of the Windows client?
Is it still BBWin 12, or has there been any progress made on something
newer?

Regards
     Vernon


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On 11 July 2012 15:27, Neil Simmonds <user-8188d25e65e4@xymon.invalid>wrote:

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If you goe here, http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin/****

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You’ll see that it’s now at 13.****

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Behalf Of *Vernon Everett
*Sent:* 11 July 2012 04:11
*To:* Xymon mailinglist
*Subject:* [Xymon] Windows Client****

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Hi all

Apologies if this has been asked recently, but what is the current status
of the Windows client?
Is it still BBWin 12, or has there been any progress made on something
newer?

Regards
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From: Xymon on behalf of Neil Simmonds
Sent: Monday, 22 July 2013 10:50 PM
To: Phil Crooker; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Windows Client

I know this has probably come up before but does anyone know if there is an alternative Windows client to BBWin that actually works. I've got problems with both 0.12 and 0.13 versions of the client.

0.12 doesn't seem to work on Windows Server 2008 and 0.13 has a memory leak. This issue has been recently raised on the BBWin sourceforge big list and the reply was, 0.13 is mostly just a port from VS 2008 to VS2010. I don't have the time to spend on improving it and to be honest it's probably not worth spending the time. We really need a client developed on C# so that it can take advantage of .NET's capabilities of hooking into the OS much more cleanly.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable I wouldn't really be comfortable attempting something like this even though I have started to look at learning C#.


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I agree, BBWin is not ideal, but it is surprisingly resilient considering
it is alpha code and with all the changes in Windows...


One way would be to put up some funding - maybe someone is willing to put
in the work. I'd be happy to contribute (monetarily that is - I, too, am no
programmer). We have a big 'investment' in xymon and it would be great if
the windows side was strengthened.


BTW, I have been using BBWin 0.13 on both 2008R2 and 2012, a dozen systems
so far, for a month or two in production. I think there was a problem once
(on a system with *huge* logging) where we have to restart BBWin but
otherwise it has been stable. It just takes (at times considerable)
patience to work out the foibles.


*From:* Xymon on behalf of Neil Simmonds
*Sent:* Monday, 22 July 2013 10:50 PM
*To:* Phil Crooker; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* [Xymon] Windows Client


I know this has probably come up before but does anyone know if there is an
alternative Windows client to BBWin that actually works. I’ve got problems
with both 0.12 and 0.13 versions of the client.


0.12 doesn’t seem to work on Windows Server 2008 and 0.13 has a memory
leak. This issue has been recently raised on the BBWin sourceforge big list
and the reply was, 0.13 is mostly just a port from VS 2008 to VS2010. I
don't have the time to spend on improving it and to be honest it's probably
not worth spending the time. We really need a client developed on C# so
that it can take advantage of .NET's capabilities of hooking into the OS
much more cleanly.


I appreciate that this is open source software and as such I don’t expect
people to jump on it and fix it, however it appears that BBWin may not be
fit for purpose in the near future. I’ve looked at MrBig and WinPSClient
but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code and WinPSClient hasn’t
been changed in 2 ¼ years.


Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I’d look into it myself but I’m not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable I wouldn’t
really be comfortable attempting something like this even though I have
started to look at learning C#.


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----- Original Message -----
From: B-Art Gillis
Sent: 07/23/13 04:04 PM
To: Phil Crooker, Neil Simmonds, xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

Hi there,
You can always try the checkwin agent. see: http://code.google.com/p/checkwin/
When using the NSClient++ (nagios) agent, just be shure to use the NSClient++ 0.3.9 version.
I didn't had the time to adapt this check to the NSclient++ 0.4.X version but till now, checkwin is working on all our Windows server versions. (not tested on Windows 8)
B-Art

 *Sent:* dinsdag 23 juli 2013 1:47
 *To:* Neil Simmonds;  xymon at xymon.com 
 *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Windows Client
I agree, BBWin is not ideal, but it is surprisingly resilient considering it is alpha code and with all the changes in Windows...
One way would be to put up some funding - maybe someone is willing to put in the work. I'd be happy to contribute (monetarily that is - I, too, am no programmer). We have a big 'investment' in xymon and it would be great if the windows side was strengthened.
BTW, I have been using BBWin 0.13 on both 2008R2 and 2012, a dozen systems so far, for a month or two in production. I think there was a problem once (on a system with *huge* logging) where we have to restart BBWin but otherwise it has been stable. It just takes (at times considerable) patience to work out the foibles.

From: Xymon on behalf of Neil Simmonds
 *Sent:* Monday, 22 July 2013 10:50 PM
 *To:* Phil Crooker;  xymon at xymon.com 
 *Subject:* [Xymon] Windows Client
I know this has probably come up before but does anyone know if there is an alternative Windows client to BBWin that actually works. I’ve got problems with both 0.12 and 0.13 versions of the client.
0.12 doesn’t seem to work on Windows Server 2008 and 0.13 has a memory leak. This issue has been recently raised on the BBWin sourceforge big list and the reply was, 0.13 is mostly just a port from VS 2008 to VS2010. I don't have the time to spend on improving it and to be honest it's probably not worth spending the time. We really need a client developed on C# so that it can take advantage of .NET's capabilities of hooking into the OS much more cleanly.
I appreciate that this is open source software and as such I don’t expect people to jump on it and fix it, however it appears that BBWin may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I’ve looked at MrBig and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code and WinPSClient hasn’t been changed in 2 ¼ years.
Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps writing something? I’d look into it myself but I’m not a programmer so although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable I wouldn’t really be comfortable attempting something like this even though I have started to look at learning C#.
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On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I’ve looked at MrBig and
WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code and
WinPSClient hasn’t been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I’d look into it myself but I’m not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:53 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ... and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces. As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.

Regards,
Henrik

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Hunter
Sent: 23 July 2013 16:33
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

Requiring you reverse your network model - the Xymon server needs to talk to all of the clients. This is one of the reasons we dumped Nagios.


----- Original Message -----

From: B-Art Gillis

Sent: 07/23/13 04:04 PM

To: Phil Crooker, Neil Simmonds, xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>

Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client


Hi there,

You can always try the checkwin agent. see: http://code.google.com/p/checkwin/

When using the NSClient++ (nagios) agent, just be shure to use the NSClient++ 0.3.9 version.

I didn't had the time to adapt this check to the NSclient++ 0.4.X version but till now, checkwin is working on all our Windows server versions. (not tested on Windows 8)

B-Art


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com<mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] On Behalf Of Phil Crooker
Sent: dinsdag 23 juli 2013 1:47
To: Neil Simmonds; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client


I agree, BBWin is not ideal, but it is surprisingly resilient considering it is alpha code and with all the changes in Windows...


One way would be to put up some funding - maybe someone is willing to put in the work. I'd be happy to contribute (monetarily that is - I, too, am no programmer). We have a big 'investment' in xymon and it would be great if the windows side was strengthened.


BTW, I have been using BBWin 0.13 on both 2008R2 and 2012, a dozen systems so far, for a month or two in production. I think there was a problem once (on a system with *huge* logging) where we have to restart BBWin but otherwise it has been stable. It just takes (at times considerable) patience to work out the foibles.


From: Xymon on behalf of Neil Simmonds
Sent: Monday, 22 July 2013 10:50 PM
To: Phil Crooker; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [Xymon] Windows Client


I know this has probably come up before but does anyone know if there is an alternative Windows client to BBWin that actually works. I’ve got problems with both 0.12 and 0.13 versions of the client.


0.12 doesn’t seem to work on Windows Server 2008 and 0.13 has a memory leak. This issue has been recently raised on the BBWin sourceforge big list and the reply was, 0.13 is mostly just a port from VS 2008 to VS2010. I don't have the time to spend on improving it and to be honest it's probably not worth spending the time. We really need a client developed on C# so that it can take advantage of .NET's capabilities of hooking into the OS much more cleanly.


I appreciate that this is open source software and as such I don’t expect people to jump on it and fix it, however it appears that BBWin may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I’ve looked at MrBig and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code and WinPSClient hasn’t been changed in 2 ¼ years.


Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps writing something? I’d look into it myself but I’m not a programmer so although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable I wouldn’t really be comfortable attempting something like this even though I have started to look at learning C#.


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To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

I'm a fan of WinPSClient and would like to see that become more widely utilized.
The chief drawback I have is no great way to run external scripts.

Been working a lot with PowerShell lately so I might dive in one of these days....

Cheers.
Darin

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:53 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to
dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main
problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is
not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ...
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces.
As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.

Regards,
Henrik

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----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Simmonds
Sent: 07/24/13 12:11 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

Unfortunately we use quite a lot of External scripts and we also can't use Powershell. We have scripting disabled on all servers and while we might be able to get signed scripting allowed, we would require to run the client as a service which would have to run under the Local System account. Experience has shown us that this causes significant problems when trying to run signed scripts.

The last time we had a requirement to run a Powershell script as an external on BBWin, I ended up having to rewrite it in VBScript as we couldn't get the PS script to work as a signed script under the Local System account.

Unfortunately I don't make the rules under which I have to work, I just have to make the best of them and work within those rules for monitoring.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Dugan, Darin D
[ITSYS]
Sent: 23 July 2013 17:06
To:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

I'm a fan of WinPSClient and would like to see that become more widely utilized.
The chief drawback I have is no great way to run external scripts.

Been working a lot with PowerShell lately so I might dive in one of these days....

Cheers.
Darin

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:53 AM
To:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to
dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main
problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is
not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ...
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces.
As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.

Regards,
Henrik

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From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Hunter
Sent: 24 July 2013 12:27
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

A C# client is defintely the way to go. Unfortunately my C# knowledge isn't sufficient for a project on this scale. I could only assist with debugging, etc.


----- Original Message -----

From: Neil Simmonds

Sent: 07/24/13 12:11 PM

To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>

Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

Unfortunately we use quite a lot of External scripts and we also can't use Powershell. We have scripting disabled on all servers and while we might be able to get signed scripting allowed, we would require to run the client as a service which would have to run under the Local System account. Experience has shown us that this causes significant problems when trying to run signed scripts.

The last time we had a requirement to run a Powershell script as an external on BBWin, I ended up having to rewrite it in VBScript as we couldn't get the PS script to work as a signed script under the Local System account.

Unfortunately I don't make the rules under which I have to work, I just have to make the best of them and work within those rules for monitoring.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Dugan, Darin D
[ITSYS]
Sent: 23 July 2013 17:06
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

I'm a fan of WinPSClient and would like to see that become more widely utilized.
The chief drawback I have is no great way to run external scripts.

Been working a lot with PowerShell lately so I might dive in one of these days....

Cheers.
Darin

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:53 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to
dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main
problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is
not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ...
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces.
As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.

Regards,
Henrik

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----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Simmonds
Sent: 07/24/13 01:38 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

I’m currently looking at the code for BBWin (I’m checking out some ways of possibly finding memory leaks), I’ve checked it out from sourceforge SVN but when trying to build I’m getting the following error.
4> SubWCRev : E155036: The working copy at 'F:\BBWin Code\Trunk\Core'
4> is too old (format 10) to work with client version '1.8.0 (r1490375)' (expects format 31). You need to upgrade the working copy first.
I’m using Visual Studio 2010 express which I thought was the version that the current BBWin was created in but this looks like I might be wrong. Can anyone help with this?

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com]  *On Behalf Of *Malcolm Hunter
 *Sent:* 24 July 2013 12:27
 *To:* xymon at xymon.com
 *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Windows Client
A C# client is defintely the way to go. Unfortunately my C# knowledge isn't sufficient for a project on this scale. I could only assist with debugging, etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Simmonds
Sent: 07/24/13 12:11 PM
To:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client
Unfortunately we use quite a lot of External scripts and we also can't use Powershell. We have scripting disabled on all servers and while we might be able to get signed scripting allowed, we would require to run the client as a service which would have to run under the Local System account. Experience has shown us that this causes significant problems when trying to run signed scripts.

The last time we had a requirement to run a Powershell script as an external on BBWin, I ended up having to rewrite it in VBScript as we couldn't get the PS script to work as a signed script under the Local System account.

Unfortunately I don't make the rules under which I have to work, I just have to make the best of them and work within those rules for monitoring.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [ xymon-bounces at xymon.com ] On Behalf Of Dugan, Darin D
[ITSYS]
Sent: 23 July 2013 17:06
To:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

I'm a fan of WinPSClient and would like to see that become more widely utilized.
The chief drawback I have is no great way to run external scripts.

Been working a lot with PowerShell lately so I might dive in one of these days....

Cheers.
Darin

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [ xymon-bounces at xymon.com ] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:53 AM
To:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to
dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main
problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is
not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ...
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces.
As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.

Regards,
Henrik

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----- Original Message -----
From: Malcolm Hunter
Sent: 07/24/13 02:17 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

Did you follow the instructions in the help Development -> Building BBWin?
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Simmonds
Sent: 07/24/13 01:38 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

I’m currently looking at the code for BBWin (I’m checking out some ways of possibly finding memory leaks), I’ve checked it out from sourceforge SVN but when trying to build I’m getting the following error.
4> SubWCRev : E155036: The working copy at 'F:\BBWin Code\Trunk\Core'
4> is too old (format 10) to work with client version '1.8.0 (r1490375)' (expects format 31). You need to upgrade the working copy first.
I’m using Visual Studio 2010 express which I thought was the version that the current BBWin was created in but this looks like I might be wrong. Can anyone help with this?

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com]  *On Behalf Of *Malcolm Hunter
 *Sent:* 24 July 2013 12:27
 *To:* xymon at xymon.com
 *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Windows Client
A C# client is defintely the way to go. Unfortunately my C# knowledge isn't sufficient for a project on this scale. I could only assist with debugging, etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Simmonds
Sent: 07/24/13 12:11 PM
To:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client
Unfortunately we use quite a lot of External scripts and we also can't use Powershell. We have scripting disabled on all servers and while we might be able to get signed scripting allowed, we would require to run the client as a service which would have to run under the Local System account. Experience has shown us that this causes significant problems when trying to run signed scripts.

The last time we had a requirement to run a Powershell script as an external on BBWin, I ended up having to rewrite it in VBScript as we couldn't get the PS script to work as a signed script under the Local System account.

Unfortunately I don't make the rules under which I have to work, I just have to make the best of them and work within those rules for monitoring.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [ xymon-bounces at xymon.com ] On Behalf Of Dugan, Darin D
[ITSYS]
Sent: 23 July 2013 17:06
To:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

I'm a fan of WinPSClient and would like to see that become more widely utilized.
The chief drawback I have is no great way to run external scripts.

Been working a lot with PowerShell lately so I might dive in one of these days....

Cheers.
Darin

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [ xymon-bounces at xymon.com ] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:53 AM
To:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to
dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main
problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is
not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ...
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces.
As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.

Regards,
Henrik

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I'm a fan of WinPSClient and would like to see that become more widely utilized. The chief drawback I have is no great way to run external scripts.

Been working a lot with PowerShell lately so I might dive in one of these days....

Cheers.
Darin

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:53 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig 
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code 
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps 
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so 
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ... 
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces. As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.

Regards,
Henrik

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From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:53 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ...
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces. As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.


Regards,
Henrik

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Scot Kreienkamp
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 1:21 PM
To: Henrik Størner; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

Henrik,

I would not advise anyone to go with the PS client especially in a production setting.  I had it deployed on about 20 servers and ended up going back and removing it.  It is VERY much a resource hog when it runs, pegging my servers at 100% processor for 30-60 seconds, and in my plain vanilla environment was unstable to boot.  It was some time ago so the details are a bit fuzzy but it caused some major problems for me.

Sorry for the late response.... been on vacation to San Francisco with the family.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:53 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig 
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code 
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps 
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so 
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ...
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces. As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.


Regards,
Henrik


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-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Dugan, Darin D [ITSYS]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:16 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

FWIW, I've never seen the extreme resource hog behavior some have described with WinPSClient. Now it's entirely possible there were small spikes that I didn't notice, but definitely nothing in the 30+ second range. The systems where I ran this (at a previous job) were mostly Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 VMs on ESX. Generally speaking the underlying hosts were not overtaxed. For those seeing issues are you running older versions of PowerShell or Windows? Are the machines already operating at a fairly high utilization?

Cheers.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Scot Kreienkamp
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 1:21 PM
To: Henrik Størner; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

Henrik,

I would not advise anyone to go with the PS client especially in a production setting.  I had it deployed on about 20 servers and ended up going back and removing it.  It is VERY much a resource hog when it runs, pegging my servers at 100% processor for 30-60 seconds, and in my plain vanilla environment was unstable to boot.  It was some time ago so the details are a bit fuzzy but it caused some major problems for me.

Sorry for the late response.... been on vacation to San Francisco with the family.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:53 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 22-07-2013 15:20, Neil Simmonds wrote:

it appears that BBWin
may not be fit for purpose in the near future. I've looked at MrBig
and WinPSClient but MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code
and WinPSClient hasn't been changed in 2 ¼ years.

Is anyone aware of any other options or has anyone considered perhaps
writing something? I'd look into it myself but I'm not a programmer so
although my VBScript and Shell script abilities are reasonable

If you are not too scared to delve into Powershell, then I would really like you to dig into the WinPSClient.

It does work - despite not having been changed for quite some time. The main problem with it appears to be that it is a bit ressource-consuming; Powershell is not the most effective scripting language.

But it is one that is supported on all current versions of Windows ...
and it does provide you with hooks into all of the Microsoft monitoring interfaces. As I understand, getting data with Powershell is just as "easy" as doing it in C#.


Regards,
Henrik


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On 30-07-2013 16:32, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:

Couldn't tell  you what version of PS I was running, but it was the
current one of the time.  I never saw anything but a small spike
reported back to Xymon, so if you're looking there you won't see
them.  I only saw them when I was watching the task manager on the
server itself.  The servers were sitting between 10-15% usage
generally, and would only spike when the WinPSClient ran.  This was
on 2008R2 VM's on ESX4 at the time.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:17 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 30-07-2013 16:32, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:

Couldn't tell  you what version of PS I was running, but it was the
current one of the time.  I never saw anything but a small spike
reported back to Xymon, so if you're looking there you won't see
them.  I only saw them when I was watching the task manager on the
server itself.  The servers were sitting between 10-15% usage
generally, and would only spike when the WinPSClient ran.  This was
on 2008R2 VM's on ESX4 at the time.

My "gut feeling" is that it is the eventlog-scanning that causes many of
these spikes - it certainly was/is with the old BBWin client, and I
would suspect that WinPSClient has the same problem.

Could be wrong - it's been quite some time since I delved into it.


Regards,
Henrik


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On 31/07/13 1:17 AM, Henrik Størner wrote:

On 30-07-2013 16:32, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:

Couldn't tell  you what version of PS I was running, but it was the
current one of the time.  I never saw anything but a small spike
reported back to Xymon, so if you're looking there you won't see
them.  I only saw them when I was watching the task manager on the
server itself.  The servers were sitting between 10-15% usage
generally, and would only spike when the WinPSClient ran.  This was
on 2008R2 VM's on ESX4 at the time.

My "gut feeling" is that it is the eventlog-scanning that causes many
of these spikes - it certainly was/is with the old BBWin client, and I
would suspect that WinPSClient has the same problem.

Could be wrong - it's been quite some time since I delved into it.

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From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of David Baldwin
Sent: 31 July 2013 00:30
To: Henrik Størner
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 31/07/13 1:17 AM, Henrik Størner wrote:

On 30-07-2013 16:32, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:

Couldn't tell  you what version of PS I was running, but it was the
current one of the time.  I never saw anything but a small spike
reported back to Xymon, so if you're looking there you won't see
them.  I only saw them when I was watching the task manager on the
server itself.  The servers were sitting between 10-15% usage
generally, and would only spike when the WinPSClient ran.  This was
on 2008R2 VM's on ESX4 at the time.

My "gut feeling" is that it is the eventlog-scanning that causes many
of these spikes - it certainly was/is with the old BBWin client, and I
would suspect that WinPSClient has the same problem.

Could be wrong - it's been quite some time since I delved into it.

The eventlog scanning was unfinished business. The Get-EventLog cmdlet is very
basic - from memory, despite it having options like -After it would in fact scan the
entire event log every time. Get-WinEvent is the updated version - not sure if that
was available on 2003. I'd started looking at the .Net eventlog stuff as a
workaround and that was more promising, but since I log ship everything to a
central server with syslog and process it there, eventlog stuff was not a high
priority with me.

David.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Simmonds
Sent: 08/01/13 09:14 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

It's my experience with the BBWin client that it's the Event log part that seems to be causing the memory leak. Even when you have a decent set of ignores it still has to scan all the recent messages and on a Domain Controller or some other busy system this can be quite a large amount of messages.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of David Baldwin
Sent: 31 July 2013 00:30
To: Henrik Størner
Cc:  xymon at xymon.com 
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 31/07/13 1:17 AM, Henrik Størner wrote:

On 30-07-2013 16:32, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:

Couldn't tell you what version of PS I was running, but it was the
current one of the time. I never saw anything but a small spike
reported back to Xymon, so if you're looking there you won't see
them. I only saw them when I was watching the task manager on the
server itself. The servers were sitting between 10-15% usage
generally, and would only spike when the WinPSClient ran. This was
on 2008R2 VM's on ESX4 at the time.

My "gut feeling" is that it is the eventlog-scanning that causes many
of these spikes - it certainly was/is with the old BBWin client, and I
would suspect that WinPSClient has the same problem.

Could be wrong - it's been quite some time since I delved into it.

The eventlog scanning was unfinished business. The Get-EventLog cmdlet is very
basic - from memory, despite it having options like -After it would in fact scan the
entire event log every time. Get-WinEvent is the updated version - not sure if that
was available on 2003. I'd started looking at the .Net eventlog stuff as a
workaround and that was more promising, but since I log ship everything to a
central server with syslog and process it there, eventlog stuff was not a high
priority with me.

David.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ulric Eriksson
Sent: giovedì 1 agosto 2013 19:40
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 07/22/2013 03:20 PM, Neil Simmonds wrote:

MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code

Who am I then? :)

Ulric

----- Original Message -----
From: Ulric Eriksson
Sent: 08/02/13 11:53 AM
To: Morsiani, Massimo
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 08/02/2013 11:07 AM, Morsiani, Massimo wrote: > Hi Ulric, > > does MrBig support centralized configuration as BBWin? > I don't know how BBWin works in that regard, but yes, MrBig has a central configuration daemon for this purpose. See here: http://mrbig.365-24.se/Doc/config.php Ulric 


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On 08/02/2013 01:44 PM, Malcolm Hunter wrote:

BBWin works (mostly) the same as the Xymon client - it downloads the
clientlocal.cfg from the server. I say "mostly", because it doesn't work
with some settings - particularly event logs.

Does MiniCFG push the config to the clients?

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ulric Eriksson
Sent: 01 August 2013 18:40
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 07/22/2013 03:20 PM, Neil Simmonds wrote:

MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code

Who am I then? :)

Ulric

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user-8188d25e65e4@xymon.invalid> wrote:

My apologies Ulric, I based the assumption on the fact that it doesn't
seem to have changed in 2 years.

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ulric Eriksson
Sent: 01 August 2013 18:40
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Windows Client

On 07/22/2013 03:20 PM, Neil Simmonds wrote:

MrBig seems to have no one maintaining the code

Who am I then? :)

Ulric

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