Re: [hobbit] Can´t receive client data

[Stewart L <stewartl42 (at) gmail.com>]

You could do a tcpdump on the system to make sure you are seeing the packets
hit the box...

tcpdump 'port 1984'

If you see packets, It's likely a hobbit issue. If not, you have a
networking issue.

Stew


On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Thorben Advena <advena (at) zdv.uni-tuebingen.de
> wrote:

> Zitat von Kevin Kelly <kkelly (at) lifetouch.com>:
>
>  Did the ip address of the server change? What is BBDISP set to in
>> hobbitclient.cfg on the clients?
>>
>
> Hi Kelly,
>
> BBDISP="134.2.3.205" --> this is my entry in the hobbitclient.cfg. The IP
> Address is my new xymon server, but i can´t receive the data -.-
>
>
>
> Zitat von Johan Sjöberg <johan.sjoberg (at) deltamanagement.se>:
>
>  Did you have a working setup with Hobbit 4.2.0, with clients that sent
>> data correctly? Are you using the same IP or DNS name on the new server as
>> configured in the clients?
>>
>> /Johan
>>
>
> Hi Johan,
>
> we have a working Hobbit 4.2.0 Server with nearly 200 Clients, which send
> data correctly. For my new Xymon Server i use not the same ip and not the
> same hostname. I know that all my clients send the data to the hobbit
> server, but i configured two clients to send the data over the hobbit client
> to the xymon server.
>
>
> Zitat von Stewart L <stewartl42 (at) gmail.com>:
>
>  Firewall in the way?
>>
>> Xymon uses port 1984.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> thanks for all your help. In the test stage i don´t start my firewall, so
> no firewall in the way and the xymon port is open, too.
>
>
>
>> On 8/12/09, Thorben Advena <thorben.advena (at) zdv.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> i installed a new server with sles11 and Xymon 4.2.3. I must move our
>>> old server with the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to the new machine.I reuse the
>>> most of the configuration files from the Hobbit Monitor 4.2.0 to
>>> configure Xymon.
>>>
>>> My biggest problem ist, that xymon can´t recieve any data from my hobbit
>>> clients on the other machines. So i can only see the conn-, info- and
>>> trends Information.The other way around i recieve all data from my
>>> server (Xymon Server) over the xymon client. So i can check cpu-, disk
>>> status and so on. Must i install on all my machines a xymon client to
>>> recieve data ? That would be devastating.
>>>
>>> I´m a amateur in Xymon and need help, because i can´t find a answer for
>>> my problem.
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Thorben Advena
>>>
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> Thorben Advena
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>
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>
> Wächterstraße 76
> D-72074 Tübingen
>
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>
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