[Xymon] leaking memory, alerts.cfg problems

[Tres Finocchiaro]

@Ribeiro,

Thanks kindly for the reply.  Please see my responses below.


> Maybe I’m confused, but what’s the point of using NOCOLUMMS for something
> that’s not one of the statuses that is sent by the client?

I agree.  I mentioned in my second post that I ran the "drop" statement per
instructions.  I've done this several time, but telnet keeps coming back.
 Hiding it using NOCOLUMNS is the only way to keep the page from going
purple.



> If you want to omit telnet, simply don’t list it in hosts.cfg for the host.

As aforementioned, we don't list in in hosts.cfg, we list # ssh instead.
 I'm not sure why it keeps coming back.


> If you want to drop an existing column, look into “Tips and Tricks” under
> the Help menu, and navigate to “How do I delete a test status?”.
>
As aforementioned, we did this.


> NOCOLUMNS is for something that the client will continue to send, and you
> can’t turn off, but don’t want to display.

Since the client is a switch, I'm not sure we have the ability to alter
anything from the "send" side of the fence.  Let me know if this assumption
is incorrect.

@Carl,

I just saw your reply come in.  I'll try your recommendations now.

-Tres

- Tres.Finocchiaro at gmail.com

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Ribeiro, Glauber <
glauber.ribeiro at experian.com> wrote:

>  Maybe I’m confused, but what’s the point of using NOCOLUMMS for
> something that’s not one of the statuses that is sent by the client? If you
> want to omit telnet, simply don’t list it in hosts.cfg for the host. If you
> want to drop an existing column, look into “Tips and Tricks” under the Help
> menu, and navigate to “How do I delete a test status?”.
>
>
>
> NOCOLUMNS is for something that the client will continue to send, and you
> can’t turn off, but don’t want to display.
>
>
>
> glauber
>
>
>
> *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Tres
> Finocchiaro
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 10, 2014 09:31
> *To:* Carl Inglis
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] leaking memory, alerts.cfg problems
>
>
>
> > The manpage says “*column* is one of *cpu*, *disk*, *files*, *memory*,
> *msgs*, *ports*, *procs*.” – it doesn’t mention “telnet” as an option to
> drop.
>
>
>
> Well, then the manpage should be updated.
>
> Here is the page normally:
> > http://i.imgur.com/8bKAzvg.png
>
> And here is the page with "0.0.0.0 .default. # NOCOLUMNS:telnet" added.
> > http://i.imgur.com/0DYn78E.png
>
>
>
> To entertain the suggestion, I've commented out the .default. line too but
> still no alerts... I'm not sure where else to look.
>
>
>
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