[Xymon] Bug in ping tests?

[Henrik Størner]

On 18-07-2012 21:56, Josh Luthman wrote:
> This would be the right time:
>
>   clientdata.log
> 2012-07-18 14:19:39 Tried to down BOARDBUSY: Invalid argument
>
> history.log
> 2012-07-18 14:19:39 Tried to down BOARDBUSY: Invalid argument
> 2012-07-18 14:27:36 Will not update
> /home/hobbituser/data/hist/foohostname,imaginenetworksllc,com.bbd -
> color unchanged (green)
> #last line repeated for every host that experience this problem
>
> hobbitd.log
> 2012-07-18 14:19:49 Setup complete
>
> page.log
> 2012-07-18 14:19:39 Tried to down BOARDBUSY: Invalid argument

The "BOARDBUSY" and "Setup complete" point to Hobbit being restarted. I 
noticed you did this, so that would be around that time.

The "Will not update" is normal - hobbitd_history does a sanity check 
when it receives the first status update for each status, to make sure 
the history-file is in sync with the current status (updates may have 
been lost while Xymon was down).

In other words nothing here that would explain what you're seeing.

What reason was given in the detailed status log for the ping test 
failing ? DNS lookup failure, ping timeout, ... ?


Regards,
Henrik