[Xymon] multiple xymon server IP

[Joseph Acquisto]

Oh, another thought.   

I would like the new xymon box to send out tests/ requests on the alias IP.  
(firewall issue again).

If I change the host IP to the alias in the various xymon config files (once the
old box is retired), and restart xymon, am I correct in assuming it would use 
the alias for outgoing xymon related stuff?

joe a.

>>> "Joseph Acquisto" <joea at j4computers.com> 07/04/12 6:48 AM >>>
This is what I had hoped to hear.

Thanks much.

joe a

>>> On 7/3/2012 at 10:13 PM, Isaac W Traxler <traxler at lsu.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If the two addresses are in the same network, it should be trivial. Just 
> create an ip-alias and go for it. Xymon will not care what interface the 
> packets come in over. It will get annoyed if you have clients transmit 
> every conditon to it twice (I have had that problem every now and then).
> 
> I curently have a dual homed server. One interface is connected to a 
> subnet inside of campus and the other interface goes directly outside of 
> campus to a state network. My default route is across the external 
> interface with routes defined for all campus address spaces to go over the 
> campus interface.
> 
> All of this works a lot better than expected. A few clients attempt to 
> send reports to both interfaces and for the ones that firewalls do not 
> block, I get double entries -- annoying. Someday I will get all the 
> clients configured properly.
> 
> Hopefully this info will help.
> 
> --
> Isaac Traxler                             AIX,Linux Admin
> Louisiana State University                traxler at lsu.edu 
> High Performance Computing                225-578-1923
> LONI AIX Clusters
> AIX, Linux Support
> 
> On Tue, 3 Jul 2012, Joseph Acquisto wrote:
> 
>> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:29:45 +0000
>> From: Joseph Acquisto <joea at j4computers.com>
>> To: xymon at xymon.com 
>> Subject: [Xymon] multiple xymon server IP
>> 
>> Built a new xymon server to replace an older box.   We have a DMZ.  To avoid 
> doing the paperwork to create new firewall rules I was hoping there was a way
>> to "multi home" the new box so that, once the current one is retired, it can 
> assume that IP be happy, from a xymon perspective.
>>
>> Simply changing the new server to a single (old box) IP is not feasible for 
> reasons I cannot get into.
>>
>> Thanks for any pointers.
>>
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