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<P><FONT SIZE=2>There are around three(?) VMS BB clients on deadcat of various vintages - don't know if they are built for Alphas and/or VAXs - or the version of VMS. You "may" get lucky and one of them "may" support VAX architecture. If you find a usable VAX BB client, then that should take care of the transport mechanism out of the VAX client; you will still need to hack on the VAX tests to get the messages into a format that hobbit accepts (or hack on the hobbit server side to handle the VAX messaging).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Assuming that there is no VAX C license/compiler - may need to drill into HP support concerning a GNU C port for VAX. There were (still past tense?) issues trying to compile GNU products using the VAX C libraries.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>If none of the above are practical, maybe you can get a fairly recent version of perl ~5.003+ onto the VAX. For this, you may be able to use the Big Sister perl-based client to handle transport out of the VAX. Mr. Aeby's BS code can get pretty wild - you may have to resort to grabbing an older BS release if there is too much strain using the current BS offerings with possibly dated perl release on your VAX.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: henrik@hswn.dk [<A HREF="mailto:henrik@hswn.dk">mailto:henrik@hswn.dk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:11 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: hobbit@hswn.dk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [hobbit] VAX Client</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 02:09:38PM +0530, arun.nale@tcs.com wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Can we monitor applications running on VAX using Hobbit or BB.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>There are two ways of monitoring: Either by looking at your server</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>across the network (e.g. requesting a webpage, trying to connect to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>a mail server etc); or by running some script locally on your VAX</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that performs some local checks - e.g. if a certain process or job</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is running.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Network based monitoring is built into Hobbit, so if you setup a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Hobbit server, it will be able to monitor all of the common TCP/IP</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>based services. And even some of the not-so-common ones :-)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Running a script locally means that you must 1) create such a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>script; and 2) you need a tool to feed the result of your script</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>into Hobbit. This combination is what we call a Hobbit "client",</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and Hobbit includes client packages for most of the common Unix-</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>like operating systems.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Would it be possible to create a client package for a VAX ? Sure,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>but I'd need some help from you. You know how to monitor a VAX</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(it's been 15 years since I last touched one of those), so you could</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>probably come up with a script that checks what the load and disk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>utilisation is on the box; and what processes and tasks are active.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Second, we need a C compiler for the VAX. Is GNU C (gcc) available?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>With a C compiler, you can try to build the Hobbit client programs.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>It might require some tweaking to get the Makefile right for the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>client, but once that is done you'll have the program needed to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>send your status from the VAX over to Hobbit.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Henrik</FONT>
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