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Re: [hobbit] BBWin load question (RESOLVED but is this a bug)



You should have DEFAULT section last. HOST entries should be defined
before DEFAULT.

There is a comment in the hobbit-clients.cfg.
# The special DEFAULT section can modify the built-in defaults - this must
# be placed at the end of the file.


On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:04 AM, McGraw, Robert P <rmcgraw (at) purdue.edu> wrote:
> I have finally resolved this problem. In my hobbit-client.cfg file I had a
>  DEFAULT entry which had a LOAD entry. The default entry was at the beginning
>  of the file and all my hosts below.
>
>  It seems that bbwin.c was getting the LOAD values of the DEFAULT and not the
>  LOAD value for the host. Since the call to get the LOAD values is a standard
>  hobbit subroutine call I assume that this is not a bbwin.c problem but a
>  hobbit problem. Once I commented out the entries in the DEFAULT things
>  started working fine.
>
>  So either there is a bug in how hobbit scans hobbit-client.cfg or the
>  DEFAULT is not working as I would have thought.
>
>  QUESTIONS: How does hobbit scan the hobbit-client.cfg file and how does it
>  handle entries in the DEFAULT group.
>
>
>  To resolve I went to bbwin.c and added the following lines so that I could
>  print the load, loadyellow and loadread values to see the values they were
>  being used.
>
>  sprintf(msgline, "load: %f, loadyellow: %f, loadred: %f\n", load1,
>  loadyellow, loadred);
>  addtobuffer(cpumsg, msgline);
>
>
>  I find having the load, loadyellow and loadred values printed on the web
>  page is kind of nice since these values can change with different hosts it
>  is nice to see the values that is causing the alarm.
>
>
>
>  Robert
>
>
>
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: McGraw, Robert P [mailto:rmcgraw (at) purdue.edu]
>  > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:25 AM
>  > To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
>  > Subject: RE: [hobbit] BBWin load question
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > > -----Original Message-----
>  > > From: Etienne Grignon [mailto:etienne.grignon (at) gmail.com]
>  > > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:07 AM
>  > > To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
>  > > Subject: Re: [hobbit] BBWin load question
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Hello Robert,
>  > >
>  > > 2008/4/10, McGraw, Robert P <rmcgraw (at) purdue.edu>:
>  > > >
>  > > >  Running BBWin on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
>  > > Service
>  > > >  Pack 2 (build 3790)
>  > > >
>  > > >  Running Hobbit 4.2.0 on the server
>  > > >
>  > > >  BBWin is running in central mode
>  > > >
>  > > >  The following is from the cpu bbdisplay
>  > > >
>  > > >  Thu Apr 10 15:22:48 2008 up: 0 days, 0 users, 58 procs, load=6%
>  > > >  yellow Load is HIGH
>  > > >  CPU states:
>  > > >      total  06%
>  > > >      cpu00  5.7%
>  > > >      cpu01  4.3%
>  > > >      cpu02  4.9%
>  > > >      cpu03  6.0%
>  > > >
>  > > >  This is my hobbit-client.cfg
>  > > >
>  > > >  HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
>  > > >         UP 30m
>  > > >         LOAD 40 70
>  > > >         DISK    * 90 95
>  > > >         PROC AGDigestSvc.exe  1 1
>  > > >         PROC AgDomSvc.exe  1 1
>  > > >
>  > > >  Can someone tell me what I am getting the yellow condition for the
>  > > LOAD? I
>  > > >  thought the LOAD values were in percentages
>  > > >
>  > >
>  > > Sorry for the delay. Are you sure  HOST=mailrelay.math.purdue.edu
>  > > really match your host ? Could you check in the procs column if the
>  > > specified procs rules are applied ?
>  >
>  > I have about 15 rules and they are working like a champ.
>  >
>  > Tue Apr 15 10:16:17 2008 - Processes OK
>  >
>  > green AGDigestSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AgDomSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AGFiltSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AgGreySvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AgIPLogSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AgLogSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AGRptSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AGSMTPSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AGSPOO~1.EXE (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AGSvcMon.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AGSysChk.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green AGUpSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green DkService.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  > green D4.exe (found 2, req. between 1 and 2)
>  > green AGSMTPSvc.exe (found 1, req. between 1 and 1)
>  >
>  > >
>  > > Could you tell me what bbwin patch did you apply on your hobbit 4.2
>  > > sources ? I mean, was it before or after January 31th ?
>  >
>  > I just installed BBWin within the last couple weeks and followed the
>  > instruction from your web page.
>  >
>  > Tue Apr 15 10:16:17 2008 up: 4 days, 0 users, 57 procs, load=28%
>  > red Load is CRITICAL
>  > CPU states:
>  >      total  28%
>  >      cpu00  8.0%
>  >      cpu01  13.5%
>  >      cpu02  17.0%
>  >      cpu03  70.6%
>  >
>  > >
>  > > Thanks,
>  > >
>  > > --
>  > > Etienne GRIGNON
>  > >
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>  > >
>  >
>  > Thanks very much for your help. Let me know and I will be glad to do any
>  > sniffing that you suggest.
>  >
>  > Robert
>  >
>  >
>  > FYI
>  >
>  > The client is
>  >
>  > OS:   Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Service Pack 2
>  > (build 3790)
>  >
>  > And the server is
>  >
>  > OS:   SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc
>  > SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
>  >
>
>