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Re: [hobbit] DNS not ok using xymon but ok using BB

Thanks for the info. I am able to successfully dig the "failing" DNS server ... 

# dig @<hostname> <hostname>

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1 <<>> @<hostname> <hostname>
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 1253
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;<hostname>.                      IN      A


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [hobbit] DNS not ok using xymon but ok using BB
From: Buchan Milne <bgmilne (at) staff.telkomsa.net>
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
CC: Bill Wagner <william.wagner (at) ipacc.com>
Date: 8/5/2009 9:06 AM

On Tuesday, 4 August 2009 21:44:56 Bill Wagner wrote:

I have recently installed xymon 4.2.3 on a solaris 10 platform.  I also
have BB running on another solaris 10 server.  The BB server has been
running for years.

My  issue:  I am monitoring seven DNS servers.   BB reports all seven as
DNS OK.  However xymon reports five servers as 'not ok'.  I am unable to
determine why the DNS test fails on these servers.

I have tested by changing hobbitlaunch.cfg to use:

        CMD bbtest-net --no-ares --debug --report --ping --checkresponse

I did not see any useful information from the log:

2009-08-04 15:33:30 Adding to combo msg: status <server>.dns red <!--
[flags:ordastLe] --> Tue Aug  4 15:33:07 2009 dns NOT ok
      status <server>.dns red <!-- [flags:ordastLe] --> Tue Aug  4
15:33:07 2009 dns NOT ok
By default, the DNS test tries to resolve the host's own hostname, e.g. if this server is server.mydomain.com, you should test with: 

$ dig @server.mydomain.com server.mydomain.com

You can have it test any other DNS record for any domain, please see 'man bb-
hosts' for more information.


Regards,
Buchan

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