[Xymon] flapping status

[Metron 6 (six)]

hello all,

it was this thing, i changed XYMONSERVERHOSTNAME and everything is fine
now..
thank you all...

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 10:02 PM, Root, Paul T <Paul.Root at centurylink.com>
wrote:

> Your new server has the configuration of your first server, so it has the
> original servers name and IP address as where to send.
>
>
>
> XYMONSERVERHOSTNAME and XYMONSERVERIP in your   xymonserver.cfg file.
>
>
>
> *From:* Metron 6 (six) [mailto:metron6 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, July 31, 2017 1:48 PM
> *To:* Root, Paul T
> *Cc:* Phil Crooker; xymon at xymon.com
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] flapping status
>
>
>
> hello all,
>
>
>
> this was it.. few days ago, i started another xymon server, on another
> host, using the same config, with minor changes..
>
> it was also checking my vpn hosts from the internet..
>
> when i stopped this second server, everything started to work ok, on the
> first one, no red/flapping, etc..
>
>
>
> can someone explain this ?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 7:22 PM, Root, Paul T <Paul.Root at centurylink.com>
> wrote:
>
> Are you running the ping test from multiple xymon servers?
>
>
>
> I do that, my main server is on one network, and I have 2 hybrid
> proxy/backup servers on the more protected network.
>
>
>
> Where is the NAT going on for this machine?
>
> Could it be a DNS issue?   Have you tried “testip” in hosts.cfg?
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Metron 6
> (six)
> *Sent:* Monday, July 31, 2017 11:03 AM
> *To:* Phil Crooker
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] flapping status
>
>
>
> hello,
>
>
>
> nothing changed.. ping tests are showing red/flapping, these are the only
> tests i run..
>
> all hosts with real ips are green.
>
> the strange is that i run a ping test for hours, and says 0% packet loss,
> but xymon keeps the host in ref/flapping condition..
>
> --- 10.122.2.1 ping statistics ---
>
> 104332 packets transmitted, 104261 received, 0% packet loss, time
> 104457908ms
>
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 70.537/74.760/110.730/1.034 ms
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 4:16 AM, Phil Crooker <Phil.Crooker at orix.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> This could be a number of things. The obvious question is what has changed
> (that you can see)? Any new routers, changes to the VPN setup? What tests
> are showing red/flapping? Are all tests for these affected hosts
> red/flapping? You say it is only those systems with a private network, do
> you have others that aren't a private network through the same VPN that are
> OK? What is happening at the VPN gateways at each end, can you run tcpdump
> on these systems to find any patterns? If tests are flapping, that means
> some packets are getting through, you should be able to see this on the
> gateways.
>
>
>
> hope this helps, Phil
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> on behalf of Metron 6 (six) <
> metron6 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, 30 July 2017 2:03 AM
> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* [Xymon] flapping status
>
>
>
> hello all,
>
> the last 4-5 days, i have a major problem with my xymon server.
>
> I run it for several years, monitoring connectivity on misc servers on my
> local network.
>
> Xymon server is connected to my local network via a VPN, and it seems that
> the problem is with the computers that have a private ip (10.xx.xx.xx).
>
>
>
> when i restart xymon, everything seems ok for a few minutes.
>
> after this, all become red and i have a "flapping status" warning.
>
>
>
> i tried to change values in tasks.cfg with no result.
>
> i unistalled/installed xymon, with no result.
>
> my configuration is very close to the default, except hosts.cfg of course.
>
> i tried to ping for hours a host on my localnet, from xymon server,
> successfully, with no packet lost..
>
>
>
> can anyone help me with this ?
>
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> regards,
> Metron 6 (six)
>
> Metron6 at gmail.com
>
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