[hobbit] Questions about migrating from BB

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Apparently not. :-\

Checking for RRDtool ...
RRDtool include- or library-files not found. These are REQUIRED for hobbitd
RRDtool can be found at http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/
If you have RRDtool installed, use the "--rrdinclude DIR" and "--rrdlib DIR"
options to configure to specify where they are.

I guess no big deal.

Josh Luthman wrote:
> From memory..few years of dust on that...
> 
> After you do a ./configure.server it will ask about RRDtool if it can't
> be found - I would imagine if you just leave it blank it would skip over
> the RRDtool parts.  Also, like you said, ./configure.server --help may
> answer that better.
> 
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> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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> 
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu
> <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
> 
> Josh Luthman wrote:
>>> Next, my network machines. I don't really want to have to install
>> RRDTool on it. Is that really necessary? Isn't it only used for
> display,
>> or is it also needed by a machine that only does network testing? It
>> looks like then as far as splitting up which tests run from where,
> I can
>> use BBLOCATION and NET:$BBLOCATION, but it appears as if this is by
>> host, not by test. Any recommendations?
> 
>> When you say "machines" you're saying it plural - you'll only have to
>> install it on the bbdisplay (what server you query for WWW pages).  If
>> you don't want rrdtool you won't have graphs - when you do the
> configure
>> just say you don't have rrdtool.  The bbproxy/net machines have no
> need
>> for rrdtool.  Graphs aren't crucial but they can most certainly
> help in
>> several cases.
> 
> Yes, I have two network test machines that do not run the display --
> these were that I was talking about. I already have rrdtool on the
> display machine and the graphs work. I did not know there was a way to
> say that I don't have rrdtool. I'll look through configure, I suppose,
> but I didn't see anything like "--without-rrdtool" as is often present
> in other software.
> 
>> I know some people have issues using NET: but you might want to read
>> through the archives.  From my understanding, it is by host not
> test as
>> well.
> 
> Thanks, I'll hunt around.
> 
>>> Lastly, is there any concept of escalation in xymon as there is
> in BB? I
>> wouldn't necessarily miss it, but I do currently use it.
> (Escalation is
>> that no one can acknowledge a page in such a way that will keep it
> from
>> reaching the escalated party, except that person).
> 
>> Maybe look at the critical list of hosts -
>> http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2007/03/msg00315.html
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ryan Novosielski
> <novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>
>> <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>>> wrote:
> 
>> Good afternoon,
> 
>> I am new to this list and probably will be new to xymon shortly. I
> have
>> currently installed it and am testing it out.
> 
>> My current BB system consists of a BBDISPLAY machine, and two BBNET
>> machines. The two BBNET machines are on either sides of a firewall and
>> are housed on two different Solaris 10 zones.
> 
>> I /think/ I know how to set this up, but there are some aspects of it
>> that look like they might be irritating if there's no good answer
>> for them:
> 
>> First off, my BBDISPLAY does no network monitoring. This looks as
> simple
>> as setting DISABLE on the appropriate part of hobbitlaunch.cfg, so
> this
>> seems pretty easy.
> 
>> Next, my network machines. I don't really want to have to install
>> RRDTool on it. Is that really necessary? Isn't it only used for
> display,
>> or is it also needed by a machine that only does network testing? It
>> looks like then as far as splitting up which tests run from where,
> I can
>> use BBLOCATION and NET:$BBLOCATION, but it appears as if this is by
>> host, not by test. Any recommendations?
> 
>> Lastly, is there any concept of escalation in xymon as there is in
> BB? I
>> wouldn't necessarily miss it, but I do currently use it.
> (Escalation is
>> that no one can acknowledge a page in such a way that will keep it
> from
>> reaching the escalated party, except that person).
> 
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