[hobbit] Xymon FILE check (hobbit-clients.cfg)

[j.sansford at ntlworld.com]

Sorry for taking so long to get back to the list.

I managed to find an inconsistent configuration on one of our servers. Looks like the "client-local.cfg" file wasn't populated correctly. Putting in the name of the file here solved the problem.

Many thanks all,
James.

---- Greg Hubbard <glh.forums at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hard to debug this one -- especially since the Xymon "style" is to silently
> ignore errors in configuration files.  You say it is "random" but have you
> tried to correlate server operating system, etc. with success/failure?  Are
> you mixing BBWIN and UNIX agents?
> 
> You might pick one "failing" server and check the client log files for clues
> (not sure what to tell you to look for).  You might do the "is it plugged
> in?" things -- does the log file that you want to check exist, is it
> readable by the agent, did the agent recognize the file, was the file
> defined properly in the client-local.cfg file on the server, etc.
> 
> GLH
> 
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:34 AM, <j.sansford at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys - I'm having a bit of trouble getting this check to work. It seems
> > random whether it will work for servers or not.
> >
> > Some have the check working (and show a green status) however other hosts
> > have the check as clear, so Xymon thinks it isn't defined for those hosts.
> > Thing is, I have other checks defined in hobbit-clients.cfg for those hosts
> > which *are* working, which rules out the "HOST=" part not being read
> > properly.
> >
> > Any ideas..is this a known issue? Thanks!
> >
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