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This is a general/first time question about NFS mounted file systems.

If I understand correctly (please correct me if I am wrong), by default
Xymon Linux client doesn't check NFS mounts.

I had a user ask to monitor a FILE which is on an NFS mounted filesystem.
However, after adding FILE to analysis.cfg on the Xymon server, it still
doesn't show up for this host (been watching for over 30-minutes and it
still says "No files checked".

So, how do I get this to work?

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~hobbituser/server/etc/client-local.cfg

[FUUBAR.imaginenetworksllc.com]
file:/opt/bad-exi-backup

~hobbituser/server/etc/clients.cfg

HOST=FUUBAR.imaginenetworksllc.com
        PROC    smokeping 1 -1 red
        FILE    /opt/bad-esxi-backup red noexist #this will make it red if
the file exists

Bunch of documentation in the config files, too.  It's more typical to have
an opposite (red when a file is missing).  You can also do something like
make time:

FILE    /some/whare/folder/anotherfolder/output.png red mtime<600 #red if
made more than 10 minutes ago

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On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Zoltan Forray <user-755163d80bce@xymon.invalid> wrote:

The client must be configured to send the file information to the server so that it can be analyzed by the server.  You’ve only done the server side analysis part, you still need to configure the client to send the information back to the server.  That’s done in client-local.cfg on the xymon server.  That config is downloaded from the server by the client at the end of each data transmission. This is true for any check of any file.  The NFS check you’re talking about is for overall disk usage.


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From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 10:45 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] NFS mounts

This is a general/first time question about NFS mounted file systems.

If I understand correctly (please correct me if I am wrong), by default Xymon Linux client doesn't check NFS mounts.

I had a user ask to monitor a FILE which is on an NFS mounted filesystem.  However, after adding FILE to analysis.cfg on the Xymon server, it still doesn't show up for this host (been watching for over 30-minutes and it still says "No files checked".

So, how do I get this to work?

--
Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Xymon Monitor Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services

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