[Xymon] /var/core/ files

[Vernon Everett]

Hi

We do check for core files, and we do it as follows.

client-local.cfg
file: `/opt/csw/bin/sudo /usr/bin/find /var/core/ -type f 2> /dev/null`
This assumes appropriate sudo permissions are already set up for xymon user
on the client.

analysis.cfg
HOST=myserver
     FILE    %^/var/core/.* NOEXIST red

Salt to taste.

Cheers
V



On 8 August 2013 23:12, Nick Pettefar <Nick at pettefar.com> wrote:

> Thanks Martin, I'll give that a try.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick Pettefar
>
>
> On 8 August 2013 16:06, Ward, Martin <Martin.Ward at colt.net> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Nick,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> In the analysis.cfg file you can test for the existence or otherwise of a
>> file or files. The section from the man page is:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ----****
>>
>>      FILE filename [color] [things to check] [TRACK]****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>      DIR  directoryname  [color]  [size<MAXSIZE]   [size>MINSIZE]****
>>
>>      [TRACK]****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>      These entries control the status of the "files" column. They****
>>
>>      allow  you  to  check  on  various data for files and direc-****
>>
>>      tories.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>      filename and directoryname are  names  of  files  or  direc-****
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>>      tories,  with  a full path. You can use a regular expression****
>>
>>      to match the names of files and directories reported by  the****
>>
>>      client, if you prefix the expression with a '%' character.****
>>
>> ----****
>>
>> Since you want the non-existance of a core file to be green you could
>> create an entry like this:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> HOST=*****
>>
>>   FILE=/var/core/* red noexist****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Which should report the FILE column as green if nothing exists in
>> /var/core and red if anything appears.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I haven’t tried this so you may need to poke at it a little, but
>> hopefully it will give you a starting point.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> |\/|****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Nick
>> Pettefar
>> *Sent:* 08 August 2013 15:44
>> *To:* xymon
>> *Subject:* [Xymon] /var/core/ files****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Is there a way to be alerted if any core files are created in /var/core/
>> (Solaris 10)?  Just the presence of any core* file is sufficient.
>> ****
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Nick Pettefar****
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