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

[Bill Wagner <william.wagner (at) ipacc.com>]

Thanks, Buchan. 
By changing the bb-hosts entries for the DNS servers, I have what I 
want.  I assume the other two DNS servers "work" as is because they are 
resolved in the first of the three searched domains.

Bill

-------- 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
>
>
>