conn test periodically fails (fping execution code 99)

[Brian Bernstein]

I tried upgrading hobbit from 4.1.2p1 to 4.2beta in hopes that it
would either solve to problem, or atleast give a more telling error
message.

I had hoped this would help as this was listed in the notes under
improvements for 4.2 beta:
"If invoking fping failed, the error message was lost and only
a "failed with exit code 99" error was reported. Changed so that
the real cause of the error is reported in the bbtest-net log."

Unfortunately, I am still getting the same exact "failed with exit
code 99" error which is not helping me much in troubleshooting.

Now, I've noticed something else of interest-- there seems to be a
discrepancy in the version numbers for bbtest-net.

Whenever fping is having no issue and bbtest is in a green status,
the version is such:
bbtest-net version 4.2-beta-20060605

However, when the fping fails (as it has been doing every 3 minutes or
so), resulting in the bbtest status to turn yellow,
I get this version:
bbtest-net version 4.1.2p1

Is this a bug of the beta version of hobbit?

Also, I've decided to try to use hobbitping as a replacement for
fping, in hopes that perhaps that will solve my issue.
Following the notes about how to use it, I replace the FPING line to
the new destination, "$BBHOME/bin/hobbitping".
However, I still get the same errors involving fping.  It is as if the
FPING line in the config file has absolutely no effect.

Once again, any assistance in this issue will be greatly appreciated.

-Brian

On 6/30/06, Brian Bernstein <bernie9998 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having some trouble with the hobbit monitoring server.
>
> While at first, it seemed to be functioning fine, a few minutes later,
> the conn test failed across the board, and I received a yellow warning
> under the bbtest column.
>
> The actual error message under the bbtest details stated:
> Error output:
> Execution of '/usr/sbin/fping -Ae' failed with error-code 99
> fping invocation failed: No such file or directory
>
> This is really weird, as the output of 'ls -l /usr/sbin/fping' shows
> that it is in fact there, and all have permissions to execute it:
> -rwsr-xr-x  1 root root 23600 Jun  2  2005 /usr/sbin/fping
>
> Not to mention that this problem seems to be periodic, and not continual.
> The test will fail about every 3-5 minutes and then succeed about
> another 3-5 minutes later,
> only the repeat the process again.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> I'm running this on Fedora Core 2,
> hobbit version 4.1.2p1-1.
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
> -Brian
>