The other way to do it would be to use the NAME: directive in hosts.cfg. This way the internal name will stay the same and you won't have to change your clients. If you change the main name in hosts.cfg, you will need to use the RENAME command of the xymon program. <div>
<br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Larry Barber<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:57 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Chris.Morris@rwe.com" target="_blank">Chris.Morris@rwe.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff">This is because your client is reporting as "hostname" and
not as "<a href="http://hostname.example.org" target="_blank">hostname.example.org</a>".</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff">Run your client with the --hostname=<a href="http://hostname.example.org" target="_blank">hostname.example.org</a>
option or add a CLIENT:<a href="http://hostname.example.org" target="_blank">hostname.example.org</a> tag to the hosts.cfg entry on the
server.</font></span></div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com" target="_blank">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com" target="_blank">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph De
Nicolo<br><b>Sent:</b> 06 February 2013 15:45<br><b>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:xymon@xymon.com" target="_blank">xymon@xymon.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Xymon] Strange Client
Behavior<br></font><br></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<div></div>Xymon users,<br><br>Once upon a time I had a xymon client called
"hostname". In all the xymon server config files(hosts.cfg, analysis.cfg,
alerts.cfg) the client was written as "hostname" in the configs when setting
its properties and behavior(alerts, warnings, ect..). Now I wish to change the
way "hostname" appears on the xymon webpage to "<a href="http://hostname.example.org" target="_blank">hostname.example.org</a>". <br><br>Bear in
mind this "hostname" has a xymon client install so I can receive all standard
and custom reports & scripts. After changing all the server config files,
keeping them constant but now replaced every instance of "hostname" to "<a href="http://hostname.example.org" target="_blank">hostname.example.org</a>" the reports are
not showing up on the webpage. I can still see icons and reports for conn,
ssh, http, info.. but NOT the ones that are required by a client install(disk,
cpu, memory, procs, ports, etc...) all those reports disappeared after the
name change.<br><br>XYmon server and client service restarts didn't help. I
also hard rebooted the xymon server and that didn't help either. If I were to
change "<a href="http://hostname.example.org" target="_blank">hostname.example.org</a>" back
to "hostname", all the reports and tests will show up again! I'm confused
because I changed the names of another server and it was fine. So am I missing
something stupid? Anybody have any ideas or experience this
before?<br><br>Appreciate all the responses, Thanks,<br><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000099" size="4"><b><u>
<br></u></b></font>
<div>
<div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000099" size="4"><b><i>Joseph De
Nicolo</i></b></font></div>
<div><i><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#333333">Secure Database
Administrator<br></font></i></div>
<div><i><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#333333"><a href="http://www.barabasilab.com" target="_blank">Center for Complex Network
Research</a></font></i></div>
<div><i><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#333333">Northeastern
University</font></i></div>
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