[Xymon] Phantom red statuses (Fwd: Xymon [750466] mgmtconsole:msgs CRITICAL (RED))

[Greg Earle]

> On Feb 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, xymon-request at xymon.com wrote:
> 
> Is there any chance you have multiple servers reporting in with the name
> 'mgmtconsole'?  Especially if you're not using FQDN (which it doesn't seem
> like you are), that seems like something that might cause this: Two
> different servers with the same name, each sending their own red/green
> states every few minutes.

Thanks JC.  Interesting theory: you see, the old syslog server was on a
separate machine and it never had this Flapping status issue, despite it
getting all of the same syslog messages.  "mgmtconsole" is my Xymon server
so I thought "Oh maybe because it's acting as both server and client that's
what's screwing it up", but before this I never got any anomalous alerts
from "mgmtconsole" itself, just the expected reds/yellows from any
(ab)normal condition that triggered them.

So no, there aren't two different servers (and yes, I don't use FQHN's).

The perma-red state is back, btw.  So, given that the old syslog server
wasn't in perma-red/Flapping state, why would the new syslog/Xymon combo
server be in it?  Also, given that the actual contents of "/var/log/messages"
aren't causing red alerts, is the red alert state caused solely by it
flapping between yellow and green?  (I still don't get why the old machine
wasn't in a similar perma-red/Flapping state.)

Where should I look to try and cure this?

Thanks,

	- Greg