[hobbit] conn test stuck on red

[Leon Volfson]

ok, thanks.


any ideas about the second issue?

(I still have a problem with ms-sql and ftp ports always red, no matter 
what I do).



Buchan Milne wrote:

> On Monday, 3 August 2009 14:01:36 Leon Volfson wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I'm using version 4.3.0-beta2 on Ubuntu 8.04.1 server.
>>
>>
>> I've experienced some ISP networking problems this morning, which made
>> Xymon mark all the connections red.
>>
>> After a few minutes the network went back to normal, but the red
>> "lights" stayed on.
>>
>> It was only the conn test, all the other including telnets to port 80
>> were green.
>>
>> I tried restarts and such - nothing helped. The only thing that did help
>> was "apt-get dpkg-reconfigure".
>>
>>
>> The one thing that I did notice is that it always tried to ping an
>> OpenDNS server, as this is the one I have in resolv.conf.
>>     
>
> Don't use OpenDNS for name resolution on a monitoring system, as the false 
> positive results will hurt you ...
>
> Or, if you must, use the 'testip' option for every host in bb-hosts.
>
>   
>> What I wanted to ask is if there are any ways to remove some cache or
>> temp files instead of doing dpkg-reconfigure as it's a bit of an ugly
>> solution,
>>     
>
> Well, the things that could have made a difference here are:
> -restarting hobbit
> -invalidating any (non-hobbit) name resolution caches (e.g. nscd etc.).
>
>   
>> although absolutely clean and fast - took me 5 seconds without loosing
>> any data.
>>     
>
> Regards,
> Buchan
>
>   
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