Strange Client Behavior
list Joseph de Nicolo
Xymon users, Once upon a time I had a xymon client called "hostname". In all the xymon server config files(hosts.cfg, analysis.cfg, alerts.cfg) the client was written as "hostname" in the configs when setting its properties and behavior(alerts, warnings, ect..). Now I wish to change the way "hostname" appears on the xymon webpage to "hostname.example.org". Bear in mind this "hostname" has a xymon client install so I can receive all standard and custom reports & scripts. After changing all the server config files, keeping them constant but now replaced every instance of "hostname" to "hostname.example.org" the reports are not showing up on the webpage. I can still see icons and reports for conn, ssh, http, info.. but NOT the ones that are required by a client install(disk, cpu, memory, procs, ports, etc...) all those reports disappeared after the name change. XYmon server and client service restarts didn't help. I also hard rebooted the xymon server and that didn't help either. If I were to change " hostname.example.org" back to "hostname", all the reports and tests will show up again! I'm confused because I changed the names of another server and it was fine. So am I missing something stupid? Anybody have any ideas or experience this before? Appreciate all the responses, Thanks, • * *Joseph De Nicolo* *Secure Database Administrator • *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>* *Northeastern University*
list Chris Morris
This is because your client is reporting as "hostname" and not as "hostname.example.org". Run your client with the --hostname=hostname.example.org option or add a CLIENT:hostname.example.org tag to the hosts.cfg entry on the server. From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Joseph De Nicolo Sent: 06 February 2013 15:45 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] Strange Client Behavior
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Xymon users, Once upon a time I had a xymon client called "hostname". In all the xymon server config files(hosts.cfg, analysis.cfg, alerts.cfg) the client was written as "hostname" in the configs when setting its properties and behavior(alerts, warnings, ect..). Now I wish to change the way "hostname" appears on the xymon webpage to "hostname.example.org". Bear in mind this "hostname" has a xymon client install so I can receive all standard and custom reports & scripts. After changing all the server config files, keeping them constant but now replaced every instance of "hostname" to "hostname.example.org" the reports are not showing up on the webpage. I can still see icons and reports for conn, ssh, http, info.. but NOT the ones that are required by a client install(disk, cpu, memory, procs, ports, etc...) all those reports disappeared after the name change. XYmon server and client service restarts didn't help. I also hard rebooted the xymon server and that didn't help either. If I were to change "hostname.example.org" back to "hostname", all the reports and tests will show up again! I'm confused because I changed the names of another server and it was fine. So am I missing something stupid? Anybody have any ideas or experience this before? Appreciate all the responses, Thanks, Joseph De Nicolo Secure Database Administrator Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>; Northeastern University
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list Carl Inglis
Have you checked your Ghost Clients page? If the hostname doesn’t match between what the server’s expecting and what the client’s sending, then the reports will land on the Ghost Clients page. Hope that helps. Carl Carl Inglis Systems Administrator Rakon UK Limited Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS, United Kingdom Tel: +XX (X)XXXX XXXXXX | Fax:+XX (X) XXXX XXXXXX | Mob: +44 (0) 7786 552915 user-96685bdc864b@xymon.invalid | www.rakon.com [The Queens Awards for Enterprise 2012] [Rakon Logo] We are an organisation committed to working towards accreditation for the Investors in People Standard. This message together with any attachments contains confidential information and may be subject to privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you may not distribute it in any way, you must notify the sender immediately and delete any copies of the message along with its attachments. Rakon UK Ltd is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered Office: Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS Company Registration Number: 5128090. Please be aware that Rakon UK Limited may monitor email traffic data including the date, time, subject line, sender and recipients for the purposes of security and usage monitoring. Automated monitoring systems may also be applied to ascertain whether incoming/outgoing emails are likely to contain viruses, other destructive devices or inappropriate content.
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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Joseph De Nicolo
Sent: 06 February 2013 15:45
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Strange Client Behavior
Xymon users,
Once upon a time I had a xymon client called "hostname". In all the xymon server config files(hosts.cfg, analysis.cfg, alerts.cfg) the client was written as "hostname" in the configs when setting its properties and behavior(alerts, warnings, ect..). Now I wish to change the way "hostname" appears on the xymon webpage to "hostname.example.org<http://hostname.example.org>";. Bear in mind this "hostname" has a xymon client install so I can receive all standard and custom reports & scripts. After changing all the server config files, keeping them constant but now replaced every instance of "hostname" to "hostname.example.org<http://hostname.example.org>"; the reports are not showing up on the webpage. I can still see icons and reports for conn, ssh, http, info.. but NOT the ones that are required by a client install(disk, cpu, memory, procs, ports, etc...) all those reports disappeared after the name change. XYmon server and client service restarts didn't help. I also hard rebooted the xymon server and that didn't help either. If I were to change "hostname.example.org<http://hostname.example.org>"; back to "hostname", all the reports and tests will show up again! I'm confused because I changed the names of another server and it was fine. So am I missing something stupid? Anybody have any ideas or experience this before? Appreciate all the responses, Thanks, Joseph De Nicolo Secure Database Administrator Center for Complex Network Research<http://www.barabasilab.com>; Northeastern University [http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/SsLaZiO77/icon_sciarpa01.gif]
list Joseph de Nicolo
Yes "hostname" is in the ghosts clients page, but so is the other server that I changed the name of and that one is fine.
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* * *Joseph De Nicolo* *Secure Database Administrator • *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>* *Northeastern University*
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On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Carl Inglis <user-96685bdc864b@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you checked your Ghost Clients page? **** ** ** If the hostname doesn’t match between what the server’s expecting and what the client’s sending, then the reports will land on the Ghost Clients page. **** ** ** Hope that helps.**** Carl**** ** ** Carl Inglis * Systems Administrator* *Rakon UK Limited* Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS, United Kingdom Tel: +XX (X)XXXX XXXXXX | Fax:+XX (X) XXXX XXXXXX | Mob: +44 (0) 7786 552915 user-96685bdc864b@xymon.invalid | www.rakon.com
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list Joseph de Nicolo
Running the client with the --hostname= parameter worked like a charm. Thanks a lot!
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* * *Joseph De Nicolo* *Secure Database Administrator • *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>* *Northeastern University*
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On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Joseph De Nicolo <user-9941ac507054@xymon.invalid>wrote:
Yes "hostname" is in the ghosts clients page, but so is the other server that I changed the name of and that one is fine. * * *Joseph De Nicolo* *Secure Database Administrator • *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>* *Northeastern University* On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Carl Inglis <user-96685bdc864b@xymon.invalid>wrote:Have you checked your Ghost Clients page? **** ** ** If the hostname doesn’t match between what the server’s expecting and what the client’s sending, then the reports will land on the Ghost Clients page.**** ** ** Hope that helps.**** Carl**** ** ** Carl Inglis * Systems Administrator* *Rakon UK Limited* Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS, United Kingdom Tel: +XX (X)XXXX XXXXXX | Fax:+XX (X) XXXX XXXXXX | Mob: +44 (0) 7786 552915 user-96685bdc864b@xymon.invalid | www.rakon.com [image: The Queens Awards for Enterprise 2012] [image: Rakon Logo] We are an organisation committed to working towards accreditation for the Investors in People Standard. This message together with any attachments contains confidential information and may be subject to privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you may not distribute it in any way, you must notify the sender immediately and delete any copies of the message along with its attachments. *Rakon UK Ltd is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered Office: Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS Company Registration Number: 5128090. Please be aware that Rakon UK Limited may monitor email traffic data including the date, time, subject line, sender and recipients for the purposes of security and usage monitoring. Automated monitoring systems may also be applied to ascertain whether incoming/outgoing emails are likely to contain viruses, other destructive devices or inappropriate content. * *From:* xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Joseph De Nicolo *Sent:* 06 February 2013 15:45 *To:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* [Xymon] Strange Client Behavior**** ** ** Xymon users, Once upon a time I had a xymon client called "hostname". In all the xymon server config files(hosts.cfg, analysis.cfg, alerts.cfg) the client was written as "hostname" in the configs when setting its properties and behavior(alerts, warnings, ect..). Now I wish to change the way "hostname" appears on the xymon webpage to "hostname.example.org". Bear in mind this "hostname" has a xymon client install so I can receive all standard and custom reports & scripts. After changing all the server config files, keeping them constant but now replaced every instance of "hostname" to "hostname.example.org" the reports are not showing up on the webpage. I can still see icons and reports for conn, ssh, http, info.. but NOT the ones that are required by a client install(disk, cpu, memory, procs, ports, etc...) all those reports disappeared after the name change. XYmon server and client service restarts didn't help. I also hard rebooted the xymon server and that didn't help either. If I were to change " hostname.example.org" back to "hostname", all the reports and tests will show up again! I'm confused because I changed the names of another server and it was fine. So am I missing something stupid? Anybody have any ideas or experience this before? Appreciate all the responses, Thanks, * ***** *Joseph De Nicolo***** *Secure Database Administrator***** *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>***** *Northeastern University***** ****
list Larry Barber
The other way to do it would be to use the NAME: directive in hosts.cfg. This way the internal name will stay the same and you won't have to change your clients. If you change the main name in hosts.cfg, you will need to use the RENAME command of the xymon program. Thanks, Larry Barber
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On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:57 AM, <user-e510f6c03e57@xymon.invalid> wrote:
** This is because your client is reporting as "hostname" and not as " hostname.example.org". Run your client with the --hostname=hostname.example.org option or add a CLIENT:hostname.example.org tag to the hosts.cfg entry on the server. *From:* xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Joseph De Nicolo *Sent:* 06 February 2013 15:45 *To:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* [Xymon] Strange Client Behavior Xymon users, Once upon a time I had a xymon client called "hostname". In all the xymon server config files(hosts.cfg, analysis.cfg, alerts.cfg) the client was written as "hostname" in the configs when setting its properties and behavior(alerts, warnings, ect..). Now I wish to change the way "hostname" appears on the xymon webpage to "hostname.example.org". Bear in mind this "hostname" has a xymon client install so I can receive all standard and custom reports & scripts. After changing all the server config files, keeping them constant but now replaced every instance of "hostname" to "hostname.example.org" the reports are not showing up on the webpage. I can still see icons and reports for conn, ssh, http, info.. but NOT the ones that are required by a client install(disk, cpu, memory, procs, ports, etc...) all those reports disappeared after the name change. XYmon server and client service restarts didn't help. I also hard rebooted the xymon server and that didn't help either. If I were to change " hostname.example.org" back to "hostname", all the reports and tests will show up again! I'm confused because I changed the names of another server and it was fine. So am I missing something stupid? Anybody have any ideas or experience this before? Appreciate all the responses, Thanks, • * *Joseph De Nicolo* *Secure Database Administrator • *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>* *Northeastern University* **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither the RWE Group of Companies nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************