[Xymon] Client hostname on server

[Novosielski, Ryan]

I definitely agree, and know that I could probably fix this by manually setting the hostname in the client software... But I am reticent to do that if I don't understand why it is happening. Is this just how it works when you run the client via the server? Where is the server name set?

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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Another Xymon User [xymon at epperson.homelinux.net]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 9:01 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Client hostname on server

If you don't want to lose the history, use "rename" instead of "drop".  But the core issue is probably that the client side is still reporting as "xymon".

On 2013-02-22 8:11, Mike Burger wrote:

Hi, I run 4.3.10 and the client name for my server has always been the same as the server name (xymon). This is not the hostname of the machine. The server machine is also listed elsewhere in hosts.cfg with just the network tests under its actual hostname. I've decided it would be better to have the client tests (cpu, disk, etc.) under the host's real name as well and keep the xymon stuff under the xymon name. Originally I had the actual hostname in hosts.cfg in a CLIENT: tag. I've since removed that next to the host name xymon and moved it to the real host name. However, even after a restart, nothing has changed -- all client tests are still kept up to date under hostname xymon. The client is launched by the server in tasks.cfg as per usual. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks.

Did you run run a xymon drop on the old host name? Have you checked the
config on the client to make sure it doesn't have the wrong hostname
manually set?