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PAGE=3Dtargetstring Rule matching an alert by the name of the page in BB.
"targetstring" is the path of the page as defined in the bb-hosts file.
EXPAGE=3Dtargetstring Rule excluding a host if the pagename matches.
CLASS=3Dclassname Rule match by the client class-name. You specify the
class-name for a host when starting the client through the
"--class=3DNAME" option to the runclient.sh script. If no class is
specified, the host by default goes into a class named by the operating
system.
EXCLASS=3Dclassname Exclude all hosts belonging to "classname" from this
rule.=20

These are probably the ones that will interest you most.

What we have done, is under our default definitions we have=20
#DEFAULT
HOST=3D* EXHOST=3Dfirewall,sec01 EXCLASS=3Dwin32 EXPAGE=3D%win/*
(This includes all hosts, except the firewall & security server, all
win32 servers, and all hosts listed in /win/*

All of our Windows servers are listed under sub-pages of the win page.
These pages and sub-pages, are as defined in bb-hosts.

Example from bb-hosts
---snip---
page win Windows Servers
subpage win_prod_dc Domain Controllers
3.4.5.4   DC05        #
subpage win_prod_fps File/Print
3.4.5.5   FPS01       #
subpage win_prod_mls Exchange
3.4.5.6   MAIL01		#
3.4.5.7   MAIL02	#
subpage win_prod Production
3.4.5.8   PROD01        #
3.4.5.9   PROD02        #
---snip---
Since all of these will be listed on web pages that match the regex
%win/*
They will be excluded from the default definition.

You can now create a section in=20

hobbit-client.cfg
# Windows Defaults
PAGE=3D%win/*
        LOAD 50 80
        DISK 85 90

Hope that helps.

Regards
    Vernon







-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Arlofski [mailto:waa-hobbitml (at) revpol.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, 1 July 2008 5:33 AM
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: [hobbit] CPU % load on Windows XP


We have approximately 20 virtual XP workstations on a VMWare ESX 3.02
server where the bbwin clients on the XP workstations are reporting back
to hobbit CPU loads of between 1% and up to 15% or a little more. This
seems appropriate for the tiny amount of work they are performing.

However, when the CPU load for one of these virtual XP workstations
reaches 7% CPU load (as reported on the CPU page), Hobbit sets the color
to Yellow.

When the CPU load gets to just around 10%-11% CPU load Hobbit sets the
color to red.

The hobbit-clients.cfg man page explains the default load as follows:

Defaults: warnlevel=3D5.0, paniclevel=3D10.0

Which I understand to be *NIX load levels, not %loads as indicated by
Windows systems.

But in the Reports --> Config Reports page, under the CPU for each host
I see:

UNIX - Yellow: Load average > 1.5, Red: Load average > 3.0 Windows -
Yellow: CPU utilisation > 80%, Red: CPU utilisation > 95%

So based on that information, I am assuming that the defaults for CPU
load on Windows clients is 80% =3D yellow and 95% =3D red.


Have I done misunderstood?

Do I need to add an explicit HOST entry in hobbit-clients.cfg for
Windows=20
machines like so:

HOST=3D%^win.*
	LOAD 80 95


Thanks for any help - especially help that points me to a document that
I=20
missed in my searching. :)



--
Bill Arlofski
Reverse Polarity, LLC
http://www.revpol.com/

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