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list Thorben Advena · Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:56:47 +0200 · 
Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for my problem.

Kind regards
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list Stewart L · Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:36:07 -0400 · 
Firewall in the way?

Xymon uses port 1984.
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena

On 8/12/09, Thorben Advena <user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our
old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the
most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to
configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and
trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my
server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk
status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to
recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for
my problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena
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list Johan Sjöberg · Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:28:52 +0200 · 
Did you have a working setup with Hobbit 4.2.0, with clients that sent data correctly? Are you using the same IP or DNS name on the new server as configured in the clients?

/Johan
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-----Original Message-----
From: Thorben Advena [mailto:user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid] Sent: den 12 augusti 2009 13:57
To: Hobbit Mailing List
Subject: [hobbit] Can´t receive client data

Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for my problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena
<http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=thMx..&search=reuse>;

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list Kevin Kelly · Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:30:39 -0500 · 
Did the ip address of the server change? What is BBDISP set to in hobbitclient.cfg on the clients?
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena

-----Original Message-----
From: Thorben Advena [mailto:user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:57 AM
To: Hobbit Mailing List
Subject: [hobbit] Can´t receive client data

Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for my problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena
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list Jef Jagers · Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:48:12 +0200 · 
IP of the server can be changed on the client machine in $installpath/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg.

You need to change following:
BBDISP="IP New Server"

If you use another port then the default one, you also need to change this in the same file.


Regards, Jef Jagers
Systems Engineer
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-----Original Message-----
From: Thorben Advena [mailto:user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid] Sent: woensdag, augustus 12, 2009 13:57
To: Hobbit Mailing List
Subject: [hobbit] Can´t receive client data

Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for my problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena
<http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=thMx..&search=reuse>;

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list Josh Luthman · Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:51:04 -0400 · 
1) Check BBDISP on the clients is getting to the new server
2) Check firewall (telnet bbdisp 1984)

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Thorben Advena <
▸ quoted from Jef Jagers
user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our old
server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the most of
the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and trends
Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my server (Xymon
Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk status and so on.
Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to recieve data ? That
would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for my
problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena
<http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=thMx..&search=reuse>;

--
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list Thorben Advena · Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:16:24 +0200 · 
Zitat von Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid>:

Did the ip address of the server change? What is BBDISP set to in  hobbitclient.cfg on the clients?
Hi Kelly,

BBDISP="134.2.3.205" --> this is my entry in the hobbitclient.cfg. The  IP Address is my new xymon server, but i can´t receive the data -.-


Zitat von Johan Sjöberg <user-74c177c1220d@xymon.invalid>:
▸ quoted from Johan Sjöberg
Did you have a working setup with Hobbit 4.2.0, with clients that  sent data correctly? Are you using the same IP or DNS name on the  new server as configured in the clients?

/Johan
Hi Johan,

we have a working Hobbit 4.2.0 Server with nearly 200 Clients, which  send data correctly. For my new Xymon Server i use not the same ip and  not the same hostname. I know that all my clients send the data to the  hobbit server, but i configured two clients to send the data over the  hobbit client to the xymon server.


Zitat von Stewart L <user-a046134cfd06@xymon.invalid>:

Firewall in the way?

Xymon uses port 1984.
Hi,

thanks for all your help. In the test stage i don´t start my firewall,  so no firewall in the way and the xymon port is open, too.
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena


On 8/12/09, Thorben Advena <user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our
old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the
most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to
configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and
trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my
server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk
status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to
recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for
my problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena

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list Stewart L · Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:07:02 -0400 · 
You could do a tcpdump on the system to make sure you are seeing the packets
hit the box...

tcpdump 'port 1984'

If you see packets, It's likely a hobbit issue. If not, you have a
networking issue.

Stew


On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Thorben Advena <user-77808a204e0e@xymon.invalid
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena
wrote:
Zitat von Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid>:

 Did the ip address of the server change? What is BBDISP set to in
hobbitclient.cfg on the clients?

Hi Kelly,

BBDISP="134.2.3.205" --> this is my entry in the hobbitclient.cfg. The IP
Address is my new xymon server, but i can´t receive the data -.-


Zitat von Johan Sjöberg <user-74c177c1220d@xymon.invalid>:

 Did you have a working setup with Hobbit 4.2.0, with clients that sent
data correctly? Are you using the same IP or DNS name on the new server as
configured in the clients?

/Johan

Hi Johan,

we have a working Hobbit 4.2.0 Server with nearly 200 Clients, which send
data correctly. For my new Xymon Server i use not the same ip and not the
same hostname. I know that all my clients send the data to the hobbit
server, but i configured two clients to send the data over the hobbit client
to the xymon server.


Zitat von Stewart L <user-a046134cfd06@xymon.invalid>:

 Firewall in the way?
Xymon uses port 1984.

Hi,

thanks for all your help. In the test stage i don´t start my firewall, so
no firewall in the way and the xymon port is open, too.


On 8/12/09, Thorben Advena <user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our
old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the
most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to
configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and
trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my
server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk
status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to
recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for
my problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena

--
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Thorben Advena
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D-72074 Tübingen

Tel: +XXXXXX XX-XXXXX
Fax: +XXXXXX XX-XXXX

Email: user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid

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bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers.
list Thorben Advena · Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:54:54 +0200 · 
Hi,

I do a tcpdump on my system and it worked well, so my network isn´t a  
problem. The Hobbit Server is in the same subnetwork as the xymon  
server.

So i think my problem is on the two test clients. On the clients, a  
hobbit client is installed. Is that my problem ? Maybe i must install  
a xymon client to get data ?

regards Thorben

Zitat von Stewart L <user-a046134cfd06@xymon.invalid>:
▸ quoted from Stewart L
You could do a tcpdump on the system to make sure you are seeing the packets
hit the box...

tcpdump 'port 1984'

If you see packets, It's likely a hobbit issue. If not, you have a
networking issue.

Stew


On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Thorben Advena <user-77808a204e0e@xymon.invalid
wrote:
Zitat von Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid>:

 Did the ip address of the server change? What is BBDISP set to in
hobbitclient.cfg on the clients?

Hi Kelly,

BBDISP="134.2.3.205" --> this is my entry in the hobbitclient.cfg. The IP
Address is my new xymon server, but i can´t receive the data -.-


Zitat von Johan Sjöberg <user-74c177c1220d@xymon.invalid>:

 Did you have a working setup with Hobbit 4.2.0, with clients that sent
data correctly? Are you using the same IP or DNS name on the new server as
configured in the clients?

/Johan

Hi Johan,

we have a working Hobbit 4.2.0 Server with nearly 200 Clients, which send
data correctly. For my new Xymon Server i use not the same ip and not the
same hostname. I know that all my clients send the data to the hobbit
server, but i configured two clients to send the data over the hobbit client
to the xymon server.


Zitat von Stewart L <user-a046134cfd06@xymon.invalid>:

 Firewall in the way?
Xymon uses port 1984.

Hi,

thanks for all your help. In the test stage i don´t start my firewall, so
no firewall in the way and the xymon port is open, too.


On 8/12/09, Thorben Advena <user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our
old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the
most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to
configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and
trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my
server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk
status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to
recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for
my problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena

--
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Thorben Advena
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Email: user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid

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beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The
bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers.

Thorben Advena
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list Kevin Kelly · Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:02:45 -0500 · 
What does a 'ps -ef|grep hobbit" show?
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena

-----Original Message-----
From: Thorben Advena [mailto:user-77808a204e0e@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:55 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Can´t receive client data

Hi,

I do a tcpdump on my system and it worked well, so my network isn´t a  
problem. The Hobbit Server is in the same subnetwork as the xymon  
server.

So i think my problem is on the two test clients. On the clients, a  
hobbit client is installed. Is that my problem ? Maybe i must install  
a xymon client to get data ?

regards Thorben

Zitat von Stewart L <user-a046134cfd06@xymon.invalid>:

You could do a tcpdump on the system to make sure you are seeing the packets
hit the box...

tcpdump 'port 1984'

If you see packets, It's likely a hobbit issue. If not, you have a
networking issue.

Stew


On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Thorben Advena <user-77808a204e0e@xymon.invalid
wrote:
Zitat von Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid>:

 Did the ip address of the server change? What is BBDISP set to in
hobbitclient.cfg on the clients?

Hi Kelly,

BBDISP="134.2.3.205" --> this is my entry in the hobbitclient.cfg. The IP
Address is my new xymon server, but i can´t receive the data -.-


Zitat von Johan Sjöberg <user-74c177c1220d@xymon.invalid>:

 Did you have a working setup with Hobbit 4.2.0, with clients that sent
data correctly? Are you using the same IP or DNS name on the new server as
configured in the clients?

/Johan

Hi Johan,

we have a working Hobbit 4.2.0 Server with nearly 200 Clients, which send
data correctly. For my new Xymon Server i use not the same ip and not the
same hostname. I know that all my clients send the data to the hobbit
server, but i configured two clients to send the data over the hobbit client
to the xymon server.


Zitat von Stewart L <user-a046134cfd06@xymon.invalid>:

 Firewall in the way?
Xymon uses port 1984.

Hi,

thanks for all your help. In the test stage i don´t start my firewall, so
no firewall in the way and the xymon port is open, too.


On 8/12/09, Thorben Advena <user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our
old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the
most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to
configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and
trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my
server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk
status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to
recieve data ? That would be devastating.

I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for
my problem.

Kind regards
Thorben Advena

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beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The
bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers.

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list Buchan Milne · Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:59:43 +0100 ·
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena
On Wednesday, 12 August 2009 12:56:47 Thorben Advena wrote:
Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our
old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the
most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to
configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and

trends Information.
The network tests etc. are run on the server side. I assume you have clients already installed, reporting to the old server.

The other way around i recieve all data from my
▸ quoted from Kevin Kelly
server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk
status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to
recieve data ?
No, however you probably have the existing clients configured to send their data to the old server. You can either:
1)Hope that everything works, and switch the IPs / hostname of your hobbit server, tben it will receive the data
2)Enable the bbproxy task on the existing hobbit server, to proxy the data the clients send to the new server as well. When you are ready to switch, you can sync all the data across, and then just switch the IPs. You will need to change things on the existing server so hobbitd listens on a different port (e.g. 1985), and bbproxy listens on the normal port (1984), forwarding to the local hobbitd on port 1985, and the new hobbitd on port 1984 at the new IP.

Regards,
Buchan
list Brian Catlin · Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:39:39 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) · 
You missed the one obvious one - on the clients - you need to go into the
config files and make sure to configure in the server you want them to talk
to.  You can actually set them to send to both servers until you are ready
and sure the new server is stable.

I am dong this right now with about 30 clients.  Converting from a Solaris 9
implementation with 4.0 to a pair of RHEL5.2 64 bit servers with 4.2.3/  

Next on my project list - get the bleeding ldap working for Xymon/  (Already
have the wiki entry on it - no joy so far)

Brian
 
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▸ quoted from Buchan Milne
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Buchan Milne
Date: 8/13/2009 12:03:26 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: Thorben Advena
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Can´t receive client data
 
On Wednesday, 12 August 2009 12:56:47 Thorben Advena wrote:
Hi,

i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our
old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the
most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to
configure Xymon.

My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and
trends Information.
 
The network tests etc. are run on the server side. I assume you have clients
already installed, reporting to the old server.
 
The other way around i recieve all data from my
server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk
status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to
recieve data ?
 
No, however you probably have the existing clients configured to send their
data to the old server. You can either:
1)Hope that everything works, and switch the IPs / hostname of your hobbit
server, tben it will receive the data
2)Enable the bbproxy task on the existing hobbit server, to proxy the data
the
clients send to the new server as well. When you are ready to switch, you
can
sync all the data across, and then just switch the IPs. You will need to
change things on the existing server so hobbitd listens on a different port
(e.g. 1985), and bbproxy listens on the normal port (1984), forwarding to
the
local hobbitd on port 1985, and the new hobbitd on port 1984 at the new IP.
 
Regards,
Buchan
list Thorben Advena · Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:49:40 +0200 · 
Hi,

i have a problem with my xymon server OR client. I wrote some weeks  ago an email with some informations and got some answers. I tried all,  but my xymon server works not well.

My biggest problem is, that xymon can´t recieve any data from the xymon
clients. So i can only see the conn-, info- and trends Information.

The problem is, that i don´t have any network activity. The client  can´t sent any data and the server can´t receive data.

In the hobbitclient.cfg on a client, i wrote the IP address from the  xymon server.
I copied the hobbit-clients.cfg from my old working hobbit server.
▸ quoted from Kevin Kelly

I can´t find a answer for my problem.

kind regards,
thorben advena

Thorben Advena
Zentrale Systeme / Auszubildener

Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung
Universität Tübingen

Wächterstraße 76
D-72074 Tübingen

Tel: +XXXXXX XX-XXXXX
Fax: +XXXXXX XX-XXXX

Email: user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid
list David Baldwin · Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:52:46 +1000 ·
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena
Thorben Advena wrote:
Hi,

i have a problem with my xymon server OR client. I wrote some weeks
ago an email with some informations and got some answers. I tried all,
but my xymon server works not well.

My biggest problem is, that xymon can´t recieve any data from the xymon
clients. So i can only see the conn-, info- and trends Information.

The problem is, that i don´t have any network activity. The client
can´t sent any data and the server can´t receive data.

On you server try:
% # netstat -an | grep 1984 | grep LISTEN
It should return:
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:1984               
0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN
If not, your hobbitd is not started.

Next on your server try
% bb localhost hobbitdboard
You should get a list of hosts, tests, status, etc information.

Then on both your server and a client try:
% bb server hobbitboard

If you get something like:
2009-09-08 09:50:56 Could not connect to bbd at server:1984 - Connection
refused
2009-09-08 09:50:56 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed

It is possible you are running a host firewall (e.g. iptables) and need
to allow connections through that.

David.
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena
In the hobbitclient.cfg on a client, i wrote the IP address from the
xymon server.
I copied the hobbit-clients.cfg from my old working hobbit server.

I can´t find a answer for my problem.

kind regards,
thorben advena

Thorben Advena
Zentrale Systeme / Auszubildener

Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung
Universität Tübingen

Wächterstraße 76
D-72074 Tübingen

Tel: +XXXXXX XX-XXXXX
Fax: +XXXXXX XX-XXXX

Email: user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid

-- 

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Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
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list Thorben Advena · Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:45:41 +0200 · 
On you server try:
systest6:~ # netstat -an | grep 1984 | grep LISTEN
▸ quoted from David Baldwin
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:1984            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN


Next on your server try
% bb localhost hobbitdboard
You should get a list of hosts, tests, status, etc information.
I get a long list of hosts, tests, status ect.
▸ quoted from David Baldwin


Then on both your server and a client try:
% bb server hobbitboard

If you get something like:
2009-09-08 09:50:56 Could not connect to bbd at server:1984 - Connection
refused
2009-09-08 09:50:56 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed

I get this error message in my hobbitclient.log on the client and on  
my server i get this message:

systest6:~ # /zdv-system/xymon/server/bin/bb server hobbitboard
2009-09-08 09:39:50 Cannot determine IP address of message recipient server
2009-09-08 09:39:50 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Cannot  
resolve hostname


No firewall (e.g. iptables) is running on the server and client.

Telnet from the client to the server is working:

telnet 134.2.3.206 1984
Trying 134.2.3.206...
Connected to 134.2.3.206.
Escape character is '^]'.

Ping is working, too:

ping 134.2.3.206
PING 134.2.3.206 (134.2.3.206) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 134.2.3.206: icmp_seq=1 ttl=62 time=0.438 ms
64 bytes from 134.2.3.206: icmp_seq=2 ttl=62 time=0.344 ms
64 bytes from 134.2.3.206: icmp_seq=3 ttl=62 time=0.343 ms
--- 134.2.3.206 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.343/0.375/0.438/0.044 ms

Also traceroute is working:

traceroute 134.2.3.206
traceroute to 134.2.3.206 (134.2.3.206), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
  1  134.2.248.52 (134.2.248.52)  0.417 ms   0.296 ms   0.390 ms
  2  134.2.252.186 (134.2.252.186)  0.473 ms   0.358 ms   0.341 ms
  3  systest6.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (134.2.3.206)  0.378 ms   X.298 ms   
  X.309 ms
▸ quoted from David Baldwin


regards  Thorben Advena


Thorben Advena
Zentrale Systeme / Auszubildener

Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung
Universität Tübingen

Wächterstraße 76
D-72074 Tübingen

Tel: +XXXXXX XX-XXXXX
Fax: +XXXXXX XX-XXXX

Email: user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid
list David Baldwin · Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:59:56 +1000 · 
Thorben,
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena
Next on your server try
% bb localhost hobbitdboard
You should get a list of hosts, tests, status, etc information.
I get a long list of hosts, tests, status ect.


Then on both your server and a client try:
% bb server hobbitboard

Sorry, I meant substitute your server name for 'server', so from below,
I'd guess:
% bb 134.2.3.206 hobbitdboard
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena
If you get something like:
2009-09-08 09:50:56 Could not connect to bbd at server:1984 - Connection
refused
2009-09-08 09:50:56 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection
failed

I get this error message in my hobbitclient.log on the client and on
my server i get this message:

systest6:~ # /zdv-system/xymon/server/bin/bb server hobbitboard
2009-09-08 09:39:50 Cannot determine IP address of message recipient
server
2009-09-08 09:39:50 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Cannot
resolve hostname


No firewall (e.g. iptables) is running on the server and client.

Telnet from the client to the server is working:

telnet 134.2.3.206 1984
Trying 134.2.3.206...
Connected to 134.2.3.206.
Escape character is '^]'.

telnet won't work. If you have nc installed you can do:

% echo hobbitdboard | nc 134.2.3.206 1984

David.
▸ quoted from David Baldwin

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Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
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list Thorben Advena · Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:23:57 +0200 ·
▸ quoted from David Baldwin
telnet won't work. If you have nc installed you can do:

% echo hobbitdboard | nc 134.2.3.206 1984

David.
systest6:~ # echo hobbitdboard | nc6 134.2.3.206 1984
nc6: using stream socket
systest6:~ #

I get no echo.
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena


Thorben Advena
Zentrale Systeme / Auszubildener

Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung
Universität Tübingen

Wächterstraße 76
D-72074 Tübingen

Tel: +XXXXXX XX-XXXXX
Fax: +XXXXXX XX-XXXX

Email: user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid
list David Baldwin · Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:01:56 +1000 ·
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena
Thorben Advena wrote:
telnet won't work. If you have nc installed you can do:

% echo hobbitdboard | nc 134.2.3.206 1984

David.
systest6:~ # echo hobbitdboard | nc6 134.2.3.206 1984
nc6: using stream socket
systest6:~ #

I get no echo.
Assuming the arguments to nc6 are the same as nc, try:

% echo hobbitdboard | nc6 -v 134.2.3.206 1984

You should either see something like:
Connection to 134.2.3.206 1984 port [tcp/bb] succeeded!
...

OR if there is a problem:

nc: connect to 134.2.3.206 port 1984 (tcp) failed: Connection refused


What happened when you run following on server or client machines?

% bb 134.2.3.206 hobbitdboard
▸ quoted from David Baldwin

David.

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Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
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list Thorben Advena · Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:36:32 +0200 ·
▸ quoted from David Baldwin
Assuming the arguments to nc6 are the same as nc, try:

% echo hobbitdboard | nc6 -v 134.2.3.206 1984

You should either see something like:
Connection to 134.2.3.206 1984 port [tcp/bb] succeeded!
...

OR if there is a problem:

nc: connect to 134.2.3.206 port 1984 (tcp) failed: Connection refused

Hi,

ohm:~ # echo hobbitdboard | nc6 -v 134.2.3.206 1984
nc6: systest6.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (134.2.3.206) 1984 [bb] open
ohm:~ #

from the client i can´t get a connection to my server 134.2.3.206:1984
▸ quoted from David Baldwin
What happened when you run following on server or client machines?

% bb 134.2.3.206 hobbitdboard

I get the same list of host from my xymon. Here are a extract from the  
command:


447|0|0|134.2.3.206|-1|clear <!-- [flags:ordAstLe] --> Wed Sep  9  
08:27:02 2009 conn ok : Disabled
zrinfo01.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de|trends|green||0|0|0|0|0||0|
zrinfo01.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de|info|green||0|0|0|0|0||0|
zrinfo01.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de|conn|blue|ordAstLe|1249540699|1252477647|2147483647|0|-1|134.2.3.206|-1|red <!-- [flags:ordAstLe] --> Wed Sep  9 08:27:02 2009 conn NOT  
ok

I add the complete output from the command to this email as a txt file.
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena

regards Thorben Advena

Thorben Advena
Zentrale Systeme / Auszubildener

Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung
Universität Tübingen

Wächterstraße 76
D-72074 Tübingen

Tel: +XXXXXX XX-XXXXX
Fax: +XXXXXX XX-XXXX

Email: user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid
list Johan Sjöberg · Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:57:24 +0200 · 
Hi.

One of our customers want one repeat of an SMS alert, and then nothing more, regardless of acknowledgement. Is it possible to configure the number of repeats thst will be sent out? I tried adding a second sms line to hobbit-alerts.cfg, with a duration of 10 minutes more than the first one, but only the first sms was sent out, even though the downtime was longer than the second duration. It also looks fine when I check the "info" page.

Regards,
Johan Sjöberg
list Gabriel Petrescu · Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:52:45 +0300 · 
maybe you allready tried this:

use a program to monitor the traffic and see if there is any
communication between 2 computers.
than check the firewall
the settings of client and server
check on server for ghost client, it means the name in bb-host is
different from the real name of the client

gabi
www.fotoblog.ro

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Thorben
▸ quoted from Thorben Advena
Advena<user-77808a204e0e@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Assuming the arguments to nc6 are the same as nc, try:

% echo hobbitdboard | nc6 -v 134.2.3.206 1984

You should either see something like:
Connection to 134.2.3.206 1984 port [tcp/bb] succeeded!
...

OR if there is a problem:

nc: connect to 134.2.3.206 port 1984 (tcp) failed: Connection refused

Hi,

ohm:~ # echo hobbitdboard | nc6 -v 134.2.3.206 1984
nc6: systest6.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (134.2.3.206) 1984 [bb] open
ohm:~ #

from the client i can´t get a connection to my server 134.2.3.206:1984

What happened when you run following on server or client machines?

% bb 134.2.3.206 hobbitdboard

I get the same list of host from my xymon. Here are a extract from the
command:


447|0|0|134.2.3.206|-1|clear <!-- [flags:ordAstLe] --> Wed Sep  9 08:27:02
2009 conn ok : Disabled
zrinfo01.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de|trends|green||0|0|0|0|0||0|
zrinfo01.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de|info|green||0|0|0|0|0||0|
zrinfo01.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de|conn|blue|ordAstLe|1249540699|1252477647|2147483647|0|-1|134.2.3.206|-1|red
<!-- [flags:ordAstLe] --> Wed Sep  9 08:27:02 2009 conn NOT ok

I add the complete output from the command to this email as a txt file.

regards Thorben Advena

Thorben Advena
Zentrale Systeme / Auszubildener

Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung
Universität Tübingen

Wächterstraße 76
D-72074 Tübingen

Tel: +XXXXXX XX-XXXXX
Fax: +XXXXXX XX-XXXX

Email: user-f6b52b625c54@xymon.invalid