[hobbit] Ping question

[Henrik Stoerner]

BBNET is ... well, a BB'ism. Hobbit completely ignores it, as well as
the BBPAGER and BBDISPLAY entries in bb-hosts.

But you're right - setting up server B to run network tests is the way
to go. See my other response.


Regards,
Henrik

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 01:15:45PM -0400, Galen Johnson wrote:
> Would making that a BBNET server do it?
> 
> =G= 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kern, Thomas [mailto:Thomas.Kern at hq.doe.gov] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 1:04 PM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Ping question
> 
> I don't know if the hobbit client itself can do that, but I think it would be easy enough to write a custom test script to be run at Client-B and report the status of Client-B/ProdServer connectivity to the real hobbit server via the old STATUS message functionality.
> 
> /Thomas Kern
> /301-903-2211  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Newman [mailto:jeffnewman75 at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:52 PM
> > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > Subject: [hobbit] Ping question
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have 1 hobbit server that successfully monitors all of my servers.
> > (with all of the problems everyone mails about, just had to say that 
> > up front heh)
> > 
> > But yes, I do have a question :-)
> > 
> > Hobbit server A monitors client B. Client B has a a private connection 
> > to a network that nobody else can be on except for it. Client B talks 
> > to some production server over that network. Today, that production 
> > server went down. Now I have been asked to do the following:
> > 
> > I need to be able to ping monitor the production server. I can ping 
> > the production server from Client B. Hobbit server A can ping client 
> > B, but not the prod. server (as only client B has that ability)
> > 
> > So in other words "Hobbit - I want you to ping prod server through 
> > client B" - the other way would be "Client B - I want you to ping 
> > prod. server and report the status to Hobbit"
> > 
> > Help! :-)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
> > 
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Henrik Storner