hobit problem
list Rebecca Henderson
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes. Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Gary Baluha
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local config, or are they configured to use the server-side config? On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <
▸
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Rebecca Henderson
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client side. How would I know for sure. -----Original Message----- From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem Importance: Low
▸
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config,
or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
▸
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Gary Baluha
The default compile option is to use the server-side config. I'm not sure if it's different for AIX than unix (I don't imagine it would be), but you can check the clientlaunch.cfg file. Look for the [client] section, and if the line that looks like "CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitclient.sh" doesn't have "--local" appended to it, than it is using the server-side config files. Add --local and restart the hobbit client to switch to using the client-side config file. On Dec 10, 2007 4:12 PM, Rebecca Henderson <
▸
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config,
or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Greg L Hubbard
Actually, I think AIX has problems with the client fetch business. You are better off with configuring these thresholds on the Hobbit server and let it do the calculations.
▸
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:13 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config, or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Rebecca Henderson
I'm thinking that if there is an entry in the hobbit-client-config File on the server then it would be server side. I am new at this so I apologize if my questions seem elementary. Thanks!
▸
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config,
or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Rebecca Henderson
Ok, I'll try the --local.
▸
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:17 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
The default compile option is to use the server-side config. I'm not
sure
if it's different for AIX than unix (I don't imagine it would be), but
you
can check the clientlaunch.cfg file. Look for the [client] section, and
if the line that looks like "CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitclient.sh"
doesn't have "--local" appended to it, than it is using the server-side
config files. Add --local and restart the hobbit client to switch to
using the client-side config file.
On Dec 10, 2007 4:12 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid
]user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: [ mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid ]user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:[
mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid ]user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; [ mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid ]user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
▸
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config,
or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:[ mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid
]user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
▸
[ mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid
]user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid > wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Rebecca Henderson
Ok, thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Actually, I think AIX has problems with the client fetch business. You
are better off with configuring these thresholds on the Hobbit server
and let it do the calculations.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:13 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config, or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Rebecca Henderson
I did try the --local and found this in my /usr/local/hobbit/client/logs file /usr/local/hobbit/Aix5HobbitClient/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh[67]: /usr/local/hobbit/Aix5HobbitClient/client/bin/hobbitd_client: not found /usr/local/hobbit/Aix5HobbitClient/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh[67]: /usr/local/hobbit/Aix5HobbitClient/client/bin/hobbitd_client: not found /usr/local/hobbit/Aix5HobbitClient/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh[67]: /usr/local/hobbit/Aix5HobbitClient/client/bin/hobbitd_client: not found
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-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:52 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Ok, I'll try the --local.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:17 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
The default compile option is to use the server-side config. I'm not
sure
if it's different for AIX than unix (I don't imagine it would be), but
you
can check the clientlaunch.cfg file. Look for the [client] section, and
if the line that looks like "CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitclient.sh"
doesn't have "--local" appended to it, than it is using the server-side
config files. Add --local and restart the hobbit client to switch to
using the client-side config file.
On Dec 10, 2007 4:12 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid
]user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: [ mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid ]user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:[
mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid ]user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; [ mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid ]user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config,
or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:[ mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid
]user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
[ mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid
]user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid > wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
[ mailto:user-095ef1c764a2@xymon.invalid ] user-095ef1c764a2@xymon.invalid
list Rebecca Henderson
Hi, I tried this both ways, with the --local on the client and editing the Server side hobbit-clients.cfg, reloaded the server and still does not pick up the new params or the IGNORE? Any suggestions? Thank you in advance, Becki
▸
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:14 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Ok, thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Actually, I think AIX has problems with the client fetch business. You
are better off with configuring these thresholds on the Hobbit server
and let it do the calculations.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:13 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config, or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Larry Barber
I can't tell from what you have posted, but is the DEFAULT stanza the last entry in your configuration file? It should be, if you have it at the top it will always match and the later entries will be ignored. Thanks, Larry Barber On Dec 11, 2007 12:03 PM, Rebecca Henderson <
▸
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi,
I tried this both ways, with the --local on the client and
editing the Server side hobbit-clients.cfg, reloaded the server
and still does not pick up the new params or the IGNORE?
Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance,
Becki
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:14 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Ok, thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Actually, I think AIX has problems with the client fetch business. You
are better off with configuring these thresholds on the Hobbit server
and let it do the calculations.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:13 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config, or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Greg L Hubbard
Becki, You need to pick one approach, and use that. And how do you know it is not working? If you put your settings in hobbit-clients.cfg, they are never sent to the client. Instead, the Hobbit server takes these parameters into account when it receives data from each Hobbit client. From the Hobbit man page for client-local.cfg: "The client-local.cfg file contains settings that are used by each Hobbit client when it runs on a monitored host. It provides a convenient way of configuring clients from a central location without having to setup special configuration maintenance tools on all clients. The client-local.cfg file is currently used to configure what logfiles the client should fetch data from, to be used as the basis for the "msgs" status column; and to configure which files and directories are being monitored in the "files" status column. Note that there is a dependency between the client-local.cfg file and the hobbit-clients.cfg(5) file. When monitoring e.g. a logfile, you must first enter it into the client-local.cfg file, to trigger the Hobbit client into reporting any data about the logfile. Next, you must configure hobbit-clients.cfg so the Hobbit server knows what to look for in the file data sent by the client. So: client-local.cfg defines what raw data is collected by the client, and hobbit-clients.cfg defines how to analyze them. " Try this: Pick a host (maybe your Hobbit server) that has a working client. Update the hobbit-clients file with some silly settings, just for that host. Maybe you can alarm on a disk partition that is over 1 percent used, or something like that. Then sit back and watch for the status updates and the alarms to appear. Unless I have it wrong, you may be getting confused by the presence of two very different configuration methods, coupled with the fact that Hobbit is the "strong silent type" and quietly ignores many input errors. GLH
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:04 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Hi,
I tried this both ways, with the --local on the client and editing the
Server side hobbit-clients.cfg, reloaded the server and still does not
pick up the new params or the IGNORE?
Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance,
Becki
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:14 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Ok, thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Actually, I think AIX has problems with the client fetch business. You
are better off with configuring these thresholds on the Hobbit server
and let it do the calculations.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:13 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config, or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Rebecca Henderson
I have it working now. The dev box helped me prove that the server needs Manage the config files "as you had said" for thresholds for AIX. I just need to move that to production. Thanks for all you help. You pointed me in the right direction. Testing server side vs. client side management. Very grateful for your assistance!
▸
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:04 AM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Becki,
You need to pick one approach, and use that. And how do you know it is
not working?
If you put your settings in hobbit-clients.cfg, they are never sent to
the client. Instead, the Hobbit server takes these parameters into
account when it receives data from each Hobbit client.
From the Hobbit man page for client-local.cfg:
"The client-local.cfg file contains settings that are used by each
Hobbit client when it runs on a monitored host. It provides a convenient
way of configuring clients from a central location without having to
setup special configuration maintenance tools on all clients.
The client-local.cfg file is currently used to configure what logfiles
the client should fetch data from, to be used as the basis for the
"msgs" status column; and to configure which files and directories are
being monitored in the "files" status column.
Note that there is a dependency between the client-local.cfg file and
the hobbit-clients.cfg(5) file. When monitoring e.g. a logfile, you must
first enter it into the client-local.cfg file, to trigger the Hobbit
client into reporting any data about the logfile. Next, you must
configure hobbit-clients.cfg so the Hobbit server knows what to look for
in the file data sent by the client. So: client-local.cfg defines what
raw data is collected by the client, and hobbit-clients.cfg defines how
to analyze them. "
Try this:
Pick a host (maybe your Hobbit server) that has a working client.
Update the hobbit-clients file with some silly settings, just for that
host. Maybe you can alarm on a disk partition that is over 1 percent
used, or something like that. Then sit back and watch for the status
updates and the alarms to appear.
Unless I have it wrong, you may be getting confused by the presence of
two very different configuration methods, coupled with the fact that
Hobbit is the "strong silent type" and quietly ignores many input
errors.
GLH
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:04 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Hi,
I tried this both ways, with the --local on the client and editing the
Server side hobbit-clients.cfg, reloaded the server and still does not
pick up the new params or the IGNORE?
Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance,
Becki
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:14 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Ok, thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Actually, I think AIX has problems with the client fetch business. You
are better off with configuring these thresholds on the Hobbit server
and let it do the calculations.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:13 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config, or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki
list Greg L Hubbard
My pleasure. Good luck!
▸
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:59 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
I have it working now. The dev box helped me prove that the server needs
Manage the config files "as you had said" for thresholds for AIX.
I just need to move that to production.
Thanks for all you help. You pointed me in the right direction.
Testing server side vs. client side management. Very grateful for your
assistance!
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:04 AM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Becki,
You need to pick one approach, and use that. And how do you know it is
not working?
If you put your settings in hobbit-clients.cfg, they are never sent to
the client. Instead, the Hobbit server takes these parameters into
account when it receives data from each Hobbit client.
From the Hobbit man page for client-local.cfg:
"The client-local.cfg file contains settings that are used by each
Hobbit client when it runs on a monitored host. It provides a convenient
way of configuring clients from a central location without having to
setup special configuration maintenance tools on all clients.
The client-local.cfg file is currently used to configure what logfiles
the client should fetch data from, to be used as the basis for the
"msgs" status column; and to configure which files and directories are
being monitored in the "files" status column.
Note that there is a dependency between the client-local.cfg file and
the hobbit-clients.cfg(5) file. When monitoring e.g. a logfile, you must
first enter it into the client-local.cfg file, to trigger the Hobbit
client into reporting any data about the logfile. Next, you must
configure hobbit-clients.cfg so the Hobbit server knows what to look for
in the file data sent by the client. So: client-local.cfg defines what
raw data is collected by the client, and hobbit-clients.cfg defines how
to analyze them. "
Try this:
Pick a host (maybe your Hobbit server) that has a working client.
Update the hobbit-clients file with some silly settings, just for that
host. Maybe you can alarm on a disk partition that is over 1 percent
used, or something like that. Then sit back and watch for the status
updates and the alarms to appear.
Unless I have it wrong, you may be getting confused by the presence of
two very different configuration methods, coupled with the fact that
Hobbit is the "strong silent type" and quietly ignores many input
errors.
GLH
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:04 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Hi,
I tried this both ways, with the --local on the client and editing the
Server side hobbit-clients.cfg, reloaded the server and still does not
pick up the new params or the IGNORE?
Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance,
Becki
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:14 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Ok, thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Actually, I think AIX has problems with the client fetch business. You
are better off with configuring these thresholds on the Hobbit server
and let it do the calculations.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Henderson [mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:13 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobit problem
Well, that's a good question. I would think they would use the client
side.
How would I know for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Rebecca Henderson; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobit problem
Importance: Low
Obvious question, but are the clients configured to use the local
config, or are they configured to use the server-side config?
On Dec 10, 2007 3:38 PM, Rebecca Henderson <[
mailto:user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid ]
user-89b343014dc7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with aix clients.
Here is my localclient.cfg
DEFAULT
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
I have tried
HOST=myservername
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 97 99
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
SWAP 70 90
MEMACT 90 97
DISK /var IGNORE
When I make changes to the localclient.cfg it never picks up the
changes.
Like
The IGNORE?
Am I doing something wrong?
Host name is ok, ip is ok.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becki