Re: [hobbit] Xymon Client dies unexpectedly?

["J. Bobby Lopez" <jbl (at) jbldata.com>]

Only document I found which references core dumps is:
http://192.168.0.1/xymon/help/known-issues.html

Haven't found any debug options yet for the client issues :(


On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com>wrote:

> The core files would generally be somewhere in the Xymon home directory
> structure.  You might also want to look in the hobbit name pages to see how
> to enable debug options on the various components.
>
> Ralph Mitchell
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM, J. Bobby Lopez <jbl (at) jbldata.com> wrote:
>
>> I was searching for something like that, but haven't found any.  Where
>> would the core files reside?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> That sounds like the client runs once, sends some info, then quits.
>>>  Thirty minutes later the display goes purple because no further reports
>>> were received.  Are there any core files??
>>>
>>> Ralph Mitchell
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:26 AM, J. Bobby Lopez <jbl (at) jbldata.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Having an odd problem that I'm not quite sure how to troubleshoot it.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using Xymon 4.2.3 on Debian (kernel 2.4.27-2-386).
>>>>
>>>> I have one client which was was installed as user 'xymon'
>>>> (configure/make/make install).
>>>>
>>>> I run the client with 'runclient.sh start' and I see the services go
>>>> great on the web interface.  All looks great.
>>>>
>>>> After about 30 minutes however, the client seems to stop sending reports
>>>> to the server, and all services go purple.
>>>>
>>>> Here's what I see when looking at the process listing on the client when
>>>> things are working correctly:
>>>>
>>>> xymon (at) JBLDMZWEB01:~/client$ ps -ef | grep hobbit
>>>> xymon    25702     1  0 05:23 ?        00:00:00
>>>> /home/xymon/client/bin/hobbitlaunch
>>>> --config=/home/xymon/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg
>>>> --log=/home/xymon/client/logs/clientlaunch.log
>>>> --pidfile=/home/xymon/client/logs/clientlaunch.JBLDMZWEB01.pid
>>>> xymon    25724     1  0 05:23 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
>>>> 1>/home/xymon/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.JBLDMZWEB01.25707 2>&1; mv
>>>> /home/xymon/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.JBLDMZWEB01.25707
>>>> /home/xymon/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.JBLDMZWEB01
>>>>
>>>> And then when the client stops reporting to the server, the process
>>>> listing looks like this:
>>>>
>>>> xymon (at) JBLDMZWEB01:~/client$ ps -ef | grep hobbit
>>>> xymon    25702     1  0 05:23 ?        00:00:00
>>>> /home/xymon/client/bin/hobbitlaunch
>>>> --config=/home/xymon/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg
>>>> --log=/home/xymon/client/logs/clientlaunch.log
>>>> --pidfile=/home/xymon/client/logs/clientlaunch.JBLDMZWEB01.pid
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So other than the virtual memory stats missing from the process list, it
>>>> seems like it should still be sending reports.
>>>>
>>>> I've checked the log files in 'logs/' and 'tmp/' but found nothing
>>>> useful.
>>>>
>>>> This is a pretty fresh install of the Xymon server/client, so there
>>>> isn't really much that hsould be affecting it.
>>>>
>>>> Should I be running the client as root?  Does it provide more logs that
>>>> way?
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> J. Bobby Lopez
>>>> Web: http://jbldata.com/
>>>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jbobbylopez
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> J. Bobby Lopez
>> Web: http://jbldata.com/
>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jbobbylopez
>>
>>
>


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