[Xymon] False Alarm

[Larry Barber]

Is it possible you have two different hosts reporting under the same name?
If your reports are coming in more frequently than every five minutes
(check alert history) then you likely have two different machines reporting
the same name.

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Gautier Begin <gbegin at csc.com> wrote:

> Jeremy,
>
> Yes, all files in the tmp directory match the hostname of the machine. It
> seems as the mismatch is coming from the hobbitd on the server.
> The false alarm is coming up just one time then wanishes.
>
> Cordialement, Regards,Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
>
> Gautier BEGIN
>
> Admin and Tools Team
> CSC Computer Sciences Luxembourg S.A.
> 12D Impasse Drosbach
> L-1882 Luxembourg
>
> Global Outsourcing Service | p:+352 24 834 276 | m:+352 621 229 172 |
> gbegin at csc.com | www.csc.com
>
>
> CSC • This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient,
> please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake
> in delivery.  NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to
> bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written
> agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail
> for such purpose
> •
> CSC Computer Sciences SAS • Registered Office: Immeuble Le Balzac, 10
> Place des Vosges, 92072 Paris La Défense Cedex, France • Registered in
> France: RCS Nanterre B 315 268 664
>
>
>
> From:        Jeremy Laidman <jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au>
> To:        Gautier Begin/LUX/CSC at CSC
> Cc:        xymon at xymon.com
> Date:        03/28/2012 04:49 AM
> Subject:        Re: [Xymon] False Alarm
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Gautier Begin <gbegin at csc.com> wrote:
> > Since last Thuesday, we encourter false alarms on procs and disk tests.
> It
> > seems as real alarms are attributed to a wrong hostname because in the
> > attached data, we see that the xymon agent process is configured for an
> > other hostname.
>
> On the client, do you have a file in /tmp (or $XYMONTMP) called
> "msg.<name-of-host>.txt"?  Does the filename match the hostname?  Does
> the contents show the correct hostname?
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xymon mailing list
> Xymon at xymon.com
> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.xymon.com/pipermail/xymon/attachments/20120328/d3f42a61/attachment.html>