[hobbit] Need Help Setting up Two PAGERS/DISPLAYS/Xymon Servers

[wiskbroom at hotmail.com]

Hello all, and Happy New Year!

I am still puzzled on how best to deploy two or more Xymon servers, each one separated by a WAN, and residing in separate datacenters.

In reviewing the following documents, specifically:

1.  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Administration_Guide#HA-WAN_approach

It mentions a requirement:

a script that can detect failing of hobbit.test.com services.

a.  Could someone please elaborate on the required script mentioned above?
b.  What other requirements within the server/etc dir files are required in order to "monitor" each of the other Xymon servers?

and on 

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Administration_Guide#HA-WAN_2_approach

The ascii drawing shows:

          hobbit1.test.com                     hobbit2.test.com
                   | Primary                         | Standby Xymon server
                   |  <-----  bbproxy    ----->      | 
      LAN1         |                                 |     LAN2                        
     --------------------------             -------------------------
     ^          ^     ^                                ^
     |          |     |                                |
     |          |     |                                |
     |          |     |                                |
     |          |     |                                |    
 hobbitc A     hobbitc B                              hobbitc C 

LAN1= has hobbitc A,B
LAN2= has hobbitc C                   
a.   How do I use "bbproxy" to send and/or receive (?) data to/from other Xymon servers?

b.  What other requirements within the server/etc dir files are required in order to "monitor" each of the other Xymon servers?

I have so many questions on setting this up, but would first like to get this working.  I already have a successful standalone, but need to move on.

Thanks all in advance,

.vp


> Hello;
>
> I am trying to setup 2 now, possibly up to 4 later, Xymon servers.  Each server would be located at one of several data centers, each would be receiving data from clients located at their own sites.  I am trying to eliminate having to go to each Xymon server individually for data and was wondering if perhaps there is a better way to show reports for the others?
>
> I've read this:
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Administration_Guide#HA-WAN_2_approach
>
> Unfortunately this doesn't explain how it was done, especially the bbproxy part, nor how to configure my clients (BBWin, and various unixes, and a few Cisco devices later). By the way, I have a test XP workstation with BBWin and IP's for two of my Xymon servers, one is showing no data at all for this workstation.
>
> Finally, I am of course very interested in holding a setup that does not page/email/alert for each other, except for when the other/peer is down?
>
> Thank you all in advance,
>
> .vadim