[Xymon] 4.3.4 proxy to a 4.2.3 server

[Root, Paul]

Ok, thanks.

I'll check the primary, I thought I saw traffic from the 4.3.4 machine, maybe not.

Ah, ha! Right, the test server has rrd 1.4.5, I don't have that on the proxy.

Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is now CenturyLink


> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
> Behalf Of Henrik Størner
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:18 PM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] 4.3.4 proxy to a 4.2.3 server
>
> On 24-08-2011 21:32, Root, Paul wrote:
>
> > Is there an issue with a 4.3.4 sending proxy data to an older server?
>
> Don't think so. There has only been two changes in the proxy code going
> from 4.2.3 -> 4.3.4:
>
> a) the proxy will no longer forward "page" messages as sent by old (Big
> Brother style) clients - Xymon doesn't use these at all.
>
> b) the "--hobbitd" option has been removed; xymonproxy always assumes
> it
> is sending data to a Xymon server, so it re-packages combo-messages and
> adds information about what proxy the message passed through.
>
> I don't see either of these changes breaking compatibility with a 4.2.x
> server. On the old Hobbit server, do you see any connections from the
> proxy (check with netstat) ? Does the proxy log show that it is sending
> data to the old server ?
>
> > I also just found some other information, on the 4.3.4 in the log
> files:
> > 2011-08-24 14:20:52 Peer not up, flushing message queue
> > xymond_rrd: error while loading shared libraries: librrd.so.4: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> The rrdtool libraries are missing from the server where you are running
> Xymon, or at least xymond_rrd cannot find them. My guess is that you've
> compiled the Xymon server software on another system than where you are
> running it. Make sure you have rrdtool installed, with the same major
> version as you had on the system where it was compiled.
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
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