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Hobbit Newbie question

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list Wayne S Catterton · Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:34:33 -0400 ·
Hi,

We currently have a big brother install (very old version), and are
looking to upgrade it, we are looking at upgrading with hobbit, but one
of the things we have going is we have another group that has their own
BB implementration and they send us a BB feed, we were wondering if
Hobbit can take BB data?

Thanks,

Wayne Catterton - CCNA
Network Engineer
XO Communications
Beaverton, OR
list Thomas Kern · Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:38:01 -0400 ·
Yes, I have two old linux systems with old BB clients sending data to
Hobbit. All of the old-style data still works, but no new hobbit-style
data or functionality.

/Thomas Kern
/XXX-XXX-XXXX  
quoted from Wayne S Catterton
-----Original Message-----
From: Catterton, Wayne S [mailto:user-5df43d90cf34@xymon.invalid] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:35 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit Newbie question

Hi,

We currently have a big brother install (very old version), and are
looking to upgrade it, we are looking at upgrading with hobbit, but one
of the things we have going is we have another group that has their own
BB implementration and they send us a BB feed, we were wondering if
Hobbit can take BB data?

Thanks,

Wayne Catterton - CCNA
Network Engineer
XO Communications
Beaverton, OR

list Jim Smith · Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:39:54 -0500 ·
All of my clients are running BB and sending data to my Hobbit server,
so the answer is obviously "yes"!  And I LOVE Hobbit.

 
Jim Smith

SVHS

Little Rock, AR
quoted from Thomas Kern

 
From: Catterton, Wayne S [mailto:user-5df43d90cf34@xymon.invalid] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:35 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit Newbie question

 
Hi, 
We currently have a big brother install (very old version), and are
looking to upgrade it, we are looking at upgrading with hobbit, but one
of the things we have going is we have another group that has their own
BB implementration and they send us a BB feed, we were wondering if
Hobbit can take BB data?

Thanks, 
Wayne Catterton - CCNA Network Engineer XO Communications Beaverton, OR 

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list Wayne S Catterton · Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:44:10 -0400 ·
What do you mean when you say all of the old-style data still works, but
no new hobbit-style data or functionality?   Do you mean that hobbit can
handle all the old data, but BB cannot handle the hobbit data? 
quoted from Jim Smith
-----Original Message-----
From: Kern, Thomas [mailto:user-f1ebafb19faf@xymon.invalid] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:38 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit Newbie question

Yes, I have two old linux systems with old BB clients sending data to
Hobbit. All of the old-style data still works, but no new hobbit-style
data or functionality.

/Thomas Kern
/XXX-XXX-XXXX  
-----Original Message-----
From: Catterton, Wayne S [mailto:user-5df43d90cf34@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:35 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit Newbie question

Hi,

We currently have a big brother install (very old version), and are looking to upgrade it, we are looking at upgrading with hobbit, but one of the things we have going is we have another group that has their own BB implementration and they send us a BB feed, we were wondering if Hobbit can take BB data?

Thanks,

Wayne Catterton - CCNA
Network Engineer
XO Communications
Beaverton, OR

list Ralph Mitchell · Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:51:04 -0500 ·
quoted from Wayne S Catterton
On 7/9/07, Catterton, Wayne S <user-5df43d90cf34@xymon.invalid> wrote:
What do you mean when you say all of the old-style data still works, but
no new hobbit-style data or functionality?   Do you mean that hobbit can
handle all the old data, but BB cannot handle the hobbit data?
That's exactly right.  A BB client can feed a Hobbit server, but a
Hobbit client cannot feed a BB server.  Hobbit just does things
differently, and BB can't handle it.

Ralph Mitchell
list Steve Holmes · Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:05:07 -0400 ·
Let's be clear:

Client                  Sever

 BB      ->           Hobbit      OK (Hobbit will understand)

Hobbit  ->            BB          NOT OK (BB will not understand messages
from the Hobbit client.)

The statement "no new hobit-style data or functionality" means that without
the hobbit client running on the other department's servers, there will be
some tests not done (e.g. the ports check) that your hobbit clients might be
doing and sending to your hobbit server.

Steve Holmes
quoted from Ralph Mitchell

On 7/9/07, Ralph Mitchell <user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On 7/9/07, Catterton, Wayne S <user-5df43d90cf34@xymon.invalid> wrote:
What do you mean when you say all of the old-style data still works, but
no new hobbit-style data or functionality?   Do you mean that hobbit can
handle all the old data, but BB cannot handle the hobbit data?
That's exactly right.  A BB client can feed a Hobbit server, but a
Hobbit client cannot feed a BB server.  Hobbit just does things
differently, and BB can't handle it.

Ralph Mitchell

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