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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi all</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I got no response from this, and after doing a little more
experimenting and debugging, found the answer myself, which I am posting, to add
it to the knowledge pool.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>As stated, we are trying to create a status for a cluster
system, where there is no physical machine to send the test
from.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Instead, it will be coming from any one of the cluster
members.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We started with the basics, and sent a status
message file which looked like the one below.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>(I am refering to the file you will find in
~hobbit/client/tmp/msg.$(hostname).txt)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009></SPAN><SPAN
class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This caused
issues, generating false alerts. See previous mail for more
details.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Eventually, by ignoring these, and just continuing to forge
ahead, we added a few more tests to the file, an to our surprise, the false
alerts went away.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>It seems, xymon/hobbit is not happy to receive such a
minimalist status message file.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I also found I did not need to add much
either.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>A data file looking like this enough. Disk results went
green, and reflected the correct status.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>client PERDBS41_EV_SQL2005.bbwin
win32<BR>[date]<BR>Thu Jan 22 11:46:02 WST
2009<BR>[disk]<BR>Filesystem
1K-blocks Used
Avail Capacity
Mounted
Summary(Total\Avail)<BR>I
314568732 24666084 289902648
7.%
/FIXED/I
300.00gb\276.47gb<BR>J
26210012 6593428 19616584
25%
/FIXED/J
25.00gb\18.71gb<BR>K
26210012 6593428 19616584
25%
/FIXED/K
25.00gb\18.71gb<BR>L
26210012 6593428 19616584
25%
/FIXED/L
25.00gb\18.71gb<BR>[clientversion]</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>[who]</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Strange, but there you have it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954025423-22012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>
Vernon</FONT></DIV></SPAN><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Everett, Vernon
[mailto:Vernon.Everett@woodside.com.au] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 19 January 2009
4:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] Generating
custom client data file <BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif" size=2>
<DIV>Greetings all</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have an interesting question/problem, and I am hoping somebody can help
me. (I think this might be one for Henrik though)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We have a Windoze database cluster, with bbwin on each, which works
OK.</DIV>
<DIV>Those who know the Microsoft cluster software, will know that the "active"
disks could be resident on any server.</DIV>
<DIV>As a result, you may have a disk appear on one server, then "disappear",
and suddenly "reappear" on another server in the cluster.</DIV>
<DIV>This makes consistent monitoring and trending difficult.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We decided to try and write a test which created a consistent view of the
cluster.</DIV>
<DIV>To do this, we created a script which runs on all the members of the
cluster, but only the "active" member would send results, pretending to be a
server called $CLUSTER_NAME</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>To make this happen, we decided to send a new data file to the hobbit
server, as if it was a new client altogether.</DIV>
<DIV>(Data file like the one you see when you click on "Client Data" link in the
disk view)</DIV>
<DIV>Of course, there is no physical server with this name, it's just a
"place-holder" and an entry in bb-hosts.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We ended up sending just the basics - at least to start with. It looked
like this.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New, monospace">client <FONT
face="Courier New, monospace">DBS_CLUSTER</FONT>.bbwin
win32<BR>[date]<BR>19/01/2009 2:55:51
PM<BR>[disk]<BR>Filesystem
1K-blocks Used
Avail Capacity
Mounted
Summary(Total\Avail)<BR>I
314568732 23992884 290575848
7.%
/FIXED/I
300.00gb\277.11gb<BR>J
26210012 6593428 19616584
25%
/FIXED/J 25.00gb\18.71gb</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New, monospace"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Then something really strange happened. (see attached image)</DIV>
<DIV>It graphed the 2 drives OK, but these 2 red entries appeared. They are not
related to any disk, and we have no idea where they are coming from.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Any ideas or suggestions welcome</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV> Vernon</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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