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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=699272003-17112007><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
color=#0000ff size=2>My suggestions:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=699272003-17112007><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
color=#0000ff size=2>[1] a. Try fping instead of the regular ping. And set the
concurrency to an acceptable level. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=699272003-17112007><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
color=#0000ff size=2>[1] b. You may also want to shorten the timeout period, if
you prefer to use ping instead.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=699272003-17112007><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
color=#0000ff size=2>[2] Also, you have failed DNS lookups on several hosts. For
faster performance, try adding the "--dns=ip" option to bbtest-net. NOTE: Use
this if DNS entries for hosts do not matter much.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Michael A. Price
[mailto:mprice@sgt-inc.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 16, 2007 7:21
PM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] bbtest goes
yellow<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have a problem with
my hobbit server, when ever a ping monitored host goes down, the bbtest column
goes yellow on my hobbit server. I think it is because of the ping tests
taking forever… but how can I fix this?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<H3><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Fri
Nov 16 11:16:24 2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H3><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">bbtest-net version 4.2.0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.7m 23 Feb 2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20213<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Statistics:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Hosts total : 302<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Hosts with no tests : 0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Total test count : 306<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Status messages : 307<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Alert status msgs : 0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Transmissions : 5<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">DNS statistics:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # hostnames resolved : 302<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # succesful : 5<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # failed : 297<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # calls to dnsresolve : 306<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TCP test statistics:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # TCP tests total : 2<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # HTTP tests : 1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # Simple TCP tests : 1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # Connection attempts : 2<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # bytes written : 135<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> # bytes read : 553<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Error output:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Timeout waiting for data from child, killing it<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Timeout waiting for data from child, killing it<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Child process terminated with signal 15<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Timeout waiting for data from child, killing it<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Timeout waiting for data from child, killing it<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Child process terminated with signal 15<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TIME SPENT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Event Starttime Duration<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">bbtest-net startup 1195211784.377827 -<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Service definitions loaded 1195211784.378930 0.001103 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tests loaded 1195211784.397124 0.018194 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">DNS lookups completed 1195211784.397132 0.000008 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Test engine setup completed 1195211784.444487 0.047355 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TCP tests completed 1195211784.445259 0.000772 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PING</SPAN></FONT></st1:place> test completed (302 hosts) 1195211809.051296 24.606037 <o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PING</SPAN></FONT></st1:place> test results sent 1195211869.064344 60.013048 <o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Test result collection completed 1195211869.064360 0.000016 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">LDAP test engine setup completed 1195211869.064372 0.000012 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">LDAP tests executed 1195211869.064377 0.000005 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">LDAP tests result collection completed 1195211869.064380 0.000003 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NSLOOKUP tests executed 1195211869.067454 0.003074 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Test results transmitted 1195211869.069890 0.002436 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">bbtest-net completed 1195211869.070715 0.000825 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TIME TOTAL 84.692888 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,
michael<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>