Re: [hobbit] RE: Hobbit Emails empty

["Josh Luthman" <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>]

Thinking about it I am using the Windows BB client too!  It is on one server
that I normally just cuss and disable the tests for, but it is reporting =)

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Hubbard, Greg L <greg.hubbard (at) eds.com>
wrote:

>  I have no problems with the Windows BB client -- I think Henrik did an
> excellent job with "backwards" compatibility.
>
> GLH
>
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> *From:* Galen Johnson [mailto:Galen.Johnson (at) sas.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:34 AM
>
> *To:* hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> *Subject:* RE: [hobbit] RE: Hobbit Emails empty
>
>  I don't think hobbit plays well with the BB windows client (I don't recal
> where I saw this).  Have you tried putting BBWin on one of the servers to
> see if that gives you any output?
>
>
>
> =G=
>
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> *From:* Kevin Doyle [mailto:kdoyle (at) peak5.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:00 AM
> *To:* hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> *Subject:* RE: [hobbit] RE: Hobbit Emails empty
>
>
>
> Some further information. My clients (mostly Windows2003 servers are
> running the Big Brother client, version 1-08d
>
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> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:47 AM
> *To:* hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] RE: Hobbit Emails empty
>
>
>
> Kevin,
>
> Try this:
>
> HOST=*
>
>      MAIL kdoyle (at) peak5.com COLOR=RED REPEAT=20 RECOVERED
>
> Josh
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Kevin Doyle <kdoyle (at) peak5.com> wrote:
>
> Yes here is the relevant line in my hobbit-alerts.cfg
>
>
>
> #
>
> # The hobbit-alerts.cfg file controls who receives alerts
>
> # when a status in the BB system goes into a critical
>
> # state (usually: red, yellow or purple).
>
> #
>
> # This file is made up from RULES and RECIPIENTS.
>
> #
>
> # A RULE is a filter made from the PAGE where a host
>
> # is located in BB; the HOST name, the SERVICE name,
>
> # the COLOR of the status, the TIME of day, and the
>
> # DURATION of the event.
>
> #
>
> # A RECIPIENT can be a MAIL address, or a SCRIPT.
>
> #
>
> # Recipients can also have rules associated with them,
>
> # that modify the rules for a single recipient, e.g.
>
> # you can define a rule for alerting, then add an
>
> # extra criteria e.g. so a single recipient does not get
>
> # alerted until after 20 minutes.
>
> #
>
> # A sample rule:
>
>
>
> HOST=* Color=red
>
>      MAIL kdoyle (at) peak5.com FORMAT=TEXT COLOR=RED REPEAT=20 RECOVERED
>
>
>
> #      MAIL cio (at) foo.com DURATION>60 COLOR=red
>
> #      SCRIPT /usr/local/bin/sendsms 1234567890 FORMAT=SMS
>
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>
> Can you share your ~/server/etc/hobbit-alerts.cfg please?
>
>
>
>
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>
> *From:* Kevin Doyle
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:12 PM
> *To:* 'hobbit (at) hswn.dk'
> *Subject:* Hobbit Emails empty
>
>
>
> I have a test Hobbit server running on CentOS 5.0 I am running Hobbit
> 4.1.2p2 and everything appears to be fuinctioning correct except alerting.
> When I trigger an alert, I get an email with only a subject and no body. I
> expected to get some information about the alert and the link to the
> monitored device. I am sure I am missing something fairly simple but I am
> new to Linux and Hobbit.
>
>
>
> Any Ideas?
>
>
>
> *Kevin P. Doyle*
>
> Sr. Systems Administrator
>
> *Peak5*
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