BBWin and procs & svcs
list Robert P McGraw
Where can I find information on how to configure hobbit-clients.cfg to monitor BBWin svcs entries? Thanks Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Magnus Carlebjörk
Hi Robert.
Well, I entered "man hobbit-clients.cfg" from my 4.3.0-0.20080402 installation and got:
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SVC STATUS COLUMN SETTINGS (WINDOWS SERVICES)
SVC startup status color
The "svcs" listing sent by the client will be scanned to check that specific services are run-
ning.
"servicename" is a simple string, in which case this string must show up in the "svcs" list-
ing. Note that servicename is case-sensitive.
If "servicename" contains whitespace (blanks or TAB), you must enclose the full string in dou-
ble quotes. You cannot use regular expression. Both options startup and status are required
and are simple strings, and must show up in the "svcs" listing as StartupType and Status
columns.
SVC Fax startup=manual status=stopped
SVC MSSQLSERVER startup=automatic status=started
You can have multiple "SVC" entries for the same host, all of the checks are merged into the
"svcs" status and the most severe check defines the color of the status.
Example: Check that SQL Server Agent is running:
SVC SQLSERVERAGENT startup=automatic status=started color=yellow
Defaults:
color="red".
Note that no service are checked by default.
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Here is a working example:
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HOST=BLAHUNGA
UP 1h
SVC "Apache2" startup=automatic status=started color=red
PROC pageant.exe 1 1
LOAD 80 95
DISK * 90 95
MEMPHYS 90 101
MEMSWAP 80 90
MEMACT 90 97
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/ Magnus
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McGraw, Robert P skrev:Where can I find information on how to configure hobbit-clients.cfg to monitor BBWin svcs entries? Thanks Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Steve Holmes
Robert, I don't do anything on the server side. BBWin just sends its stuff to the server and the server reports on it.Steve On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:24 PM, McGraw, Robert P <user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid>
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wrote:
Where can I find information on how to configure hobbit-clients.cfg to monitor BBWin svcs entries? Thanks Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
--
There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague
enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population.
-Paul Rusesabagina, humanitarian (b. 1954)
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are
convinced beyond doubt that they are right. -Laurens van der Post, explorer
and writer (1906-1996)
list Robert P McGraw
I was looking thought the hobbit archives and came across an example of how to setup hobbit-client.cfg to monitor the svcs. I have look through the documentation, BBWin forum, and the hobbit archive and found only one reference. So here is what I found and it seems to work. SVC AGDIGESTSVC startup=automatic status=started color=red If someone can tell me where I can get more information or documentation on the SVC it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all your help. Robert From: user-5425c7b245e1@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-5425c7b245e1@xymon.invalid] On Behalf Of Steve Holmes Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:28 PM To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: Re: [hobbit] BBWin and procs & svcs Robert, I don't do anything on the server side. BBWin just sends its stuff to the server and the server reports on it. Steve
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On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:24 PM, McGraw, Robert P <user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Where can I find information on how to configure hobbit-clients.cfg to
monitor BBWin svcs entries?
Thanks
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
--
There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague
enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population.
-Paul Rusesabagina, humanitarian (b. 1954)
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are
convinced beyond doubt that they are right. -Laurens van der Post, explorer
and writer (1906-1996)
list Jason Chambers
I guess it would be helpful if there was a one stop wiki article on how to setup centralized mode for BBwin and hobbit. I'm planning to do the same thing once my workload is lightened, but I want more information on configuration before I start messing around with this stuff. Anyone have a suggestion? I might solve a lot of questions if there was examples on this. Jason Chambers IT Help Desk Associate GEOSOFT INC. freedom to explore T +X XXX.XXX.XXXX #344 F +X XXX.XXX.XXXX Visit our user-be8ce7065ec5@xymon.invalid
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From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid]
Sent: April-07-08 3:38 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] BBWin and procs & svcs
I was looking thought the hobbit archives and came across an example of how to setup hobbit-client.cfg to monitor the svcs. I have look through the documentation, BBWin forum, and the hobbit archive and found only one reference. So here is what I found and it seems to work.
SVC AGDIGESTSVC startup=automatic status=started color=red
If someone can tell me where I can get more information or documentation on the SVC it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all your help.
Robert
From: user-5425c7b245e1@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-5425c7b245e1@xymon.invalid] On Behalf Of Steve Holmes
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:28 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] BBWin and procs & svcs
Robert, I don't do anything on the server side. BBWin just sends its stuff to the server and the server reports on it.
Steve
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:24 PM, McGraw, Robert P <user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Where can I find information on how to configure hobbit-clients.cfg to
monitor BBWin svcs entries?
Thanks
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid>
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Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
--
There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population.
-Paul Rusesabagina, humanitarian (b. 1954)
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are
convinced beyond doubt that they are right. -Laurens van der Post, explorer
and writer (1906-1996)
list Robert P McGraw
Thanks very much. I am running V 4.2.0 and looked through the man pages again and did not see anything. Maybe it was added in 4.3. This is what I needed. Thanks Robert
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-----Original Message----- From: Magnus Carlebjörk [mailto:user-c92457131d08@xymon.invalid] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:19 PM To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: Re: [hobbit] BBWin and procs & svcs Hi Robert. Well, I entered "man hobbit-clients.cfg" from my 4.3.0-0.20080402 installation and got: ++++ SVC STATUS COLUMN SETTINGS (WINDOWS SERVICES) SVC startup status color The "svcs" listing sent by the client will be scanned to check that specific services are run- ning. "servicename" is a simple string, in which case this string must show up in the "svcs" list- ing. Note that servicename is case-sensitive. If "servicename" contains whitespace (blanks or TAB), you must enclose the full string in dou- ble quotes. You cannot use regular expression. Both options startup and status are required and are simple strings, and must show up in the "svcs" listing as StartupType and Status columns. SVC Fax startup=manual status=stopped SVC MSSQLSERVER startup=automatic status=started You can have multiple "SVC" entries for the same host, all of the checks are merged into the "svcs" status and the most severe check defines the color of the status. Example: Check that SQL Server Agent is running: SVC SQLSERVERAGENT startup=automatic status=started color=yellow Defaults: color="red". Note that no service are checked by default. ++++ Here is a working example: ++++ HOST=BLAHUNGA UP 1h SVC "Apache2" startup=automatic status=started color=red PROC pageant.exe 1 1 LOAD 80 95 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 90 101 MEMSWAP 80 90 MEMACT 90 97 ++++ / Magnus McGraw, Robert P skrev:Where can I find information on how to configure hobbit-clients.cfg to monitor BBWin svcs entries? Thanks Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Robert P McGraw
I have to say installing BBwin was as easy. I just followed the direction in http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/ for V4.2. I guess it would have been easier if I was running V4.3. I had to tweak the BBwin.cfg file but again nothing major. One thing that made it easier for me is that I have cygwin installed on my W2K3 client. The BBWin.cfg and the tmp/msg. files are not very readable with notepad and so I just used the UNIX vi and did all my work within cygwin window. Again the only problem that I had was not finding information on the format of the SVC line for hobbit-client.cfg and this seems to be resolved in V4.3 Thanks again. Robert
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From: Jason Chambers [mailto:user-3fa671c0a30d@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:01 PM
To: 'user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid'
Subject: RE: [hobbit] BBWin and procs & svcs
I guess it would be helpful if there was a one stop wiki article on how to
setup centralized mode for BBwin and hobbit. I'm planning to do the same
thing once my workload is lightened, but I want more information on
configuration before I start messing around with this stuff. Anyone have a
suggestion? I might solve a lot of questions if there was examples on this.
Jason Chambers
IT Help Desk Associate
GEOSOFT INC.
freedom to explore
T +X XXX.XXX.XXXX #344
F +X XXX.XXX.XXXX
Visit our user-be8ce7065ec5@xymon.invalid
From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid]
Sent: April-07-08 3:38 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] BBWin and procs & svcs
I was looking thought the hobbit archives and came across an example of how
to setup hobbit-client.cfg to monitor the svcs. I have look through the
documentation, BBWin forum, and the hobbit archive and found only one
reference. So here is what I found and it seems to work.
SVC AGDIGESTSVC startup=automatic status=started color=red
If someone can tell me where I can get more information or documentation on
the SVC it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all your help.
Robert
From: user-5425c7b245e1@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-5425c7b245e1@xymon.invalid] On Behalf Of Steve
Holmes
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:28 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] BBWin and procs & svcs
Robert, I don't do anything on the server side. BBWin just sends its stuff
to the server and the server reports on it.
Steve
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:24 PM, McGraw, Robert P <user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
Where can I find information on how to configure hobbit-clients.cfg to
monitor BBWin svcs entries?
Thanks
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
--
There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague
enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population.
-Paul Rusesabagina, humanitarian (b. 1954)
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are
convinced beyond doubt that they are right. -Laurens van der Post, explorer
and writer (1906-1996)
list Etienne Grignon
Hi, 2008/4/7, McGraw, Robert P <user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid>:
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Again the only problem that I had was not finding information on the format of the SVC line for hobbit-client.cfg and this seems to be resolved in V4.3
Indeed, there is not a lot of documentation for the moment. We wrote some man pages with Henrik but it is not included in the 4.2 release. You have to get information from the man pages in the 4.3 snapshot. -- Etienne GRIGNON