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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>After I start httpd and xymon, two aspects of monitoring fail: </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>1. the conn test is always red for the 90 or so servers we monitor and </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>2. the http [wget] test is white on the four web servers we run. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>We monitor both Windows 2003 servers and mostly Redhat AS 3<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>servers. The other monitoring tests like disk and cpu work.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>netstat –van shows port 1984 is up and listening. The output on the xymon startup is what I would call nominal.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>hobbit 4.2.0 has worked for years on a Redhat AS 3 server at our agency. We’re trying to upgrade here to RHEL 5.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I’ve tried substituting hobbit 4.2.0 for xymon with the same results.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The use of yum is not an option for installation on our USDOJ network.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Any ideas on why I’m getting red?</FONT></P>
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