[hobbit] ghostlist

[Josh Luthman]

I believe a "ghost" is where there is data/history for a host but it is not
listed on bb-hosts.

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Hubbard, Greg L <greg.hubbard at eds.com>
wrote:

>  I thought "ghosts" were clients that send in data, but their name is not
> a match in the bb-hosts file.  If you decide to get rid of a client, you
> have to a) update bb-hosts to suspend polling, and b) update the client so
> either the agent does not run, or so that it sends its data elsewhere.
>
> GLH
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Ralph Mitchell [mailto:ralphmitchell at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, May 19, 2008 11:57 AM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] ghostlist
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps there is something wrong with my install then, I notice changes to
>> the bb-hosts file as they are picked up (i.e. without having to force the
>> change with s restart or HUP) yet I have waited over 24 hours and the output
>> from bb ghostlist is still reporting an entry as a ghost. A full restart of
>> hobbit resolves the issue.
>
>
> I'm getting the same thing, though up to now it wasn't bothering me...  :)
>
> It has been at least 3 days since I last updated my bb-hosts file to remove
> a couple of systems.  I also did "bb localhost 'drop xxx'".  There's no
> information left in the data directory belonging to those systems, and yet
> they still show up in the ghostlist.
>
> The removed systems also show up in the Ghost Client report in the web
> page.  After 5 minutes, they disappear, then return some time later.  Even
> after they drop out of the Ghost Client report, they still show up in "bb
> localhost ghostlist".
>
> This is in a test system running the Jan 25 2008 snapshot of 4.3.0.
>
> Ralph Mitchell
>
>


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