[hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg

[Rich Smrcina]

Check the log file on the client for any errors.

Verify that the host name on the client is the same as that defined in 
bb-hosts.

Manocchia, Robert wrote:
> I confirmed that there were no hosts listed in the Ghost clients report. I
> also checked twice that the client was running and I was able to telnet to
> <Hobbitserver> 1984.
> 
>   Is there anything else I can check.
> 
> Robert Manocchia
> UNIX System Administrator
> IDEXX Laboratories
> 207 556-6860
> EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: henrik at hswn.dk [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] 
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 1:40 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg
> 
> On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 10:15:16PM -0400, Manocchia, Robert wrote:
>> I have the hobbit client running on HPUX 11.11 and I can see three tests
>> (conn, info, and trends). I have added the following to the
>> hobbit-clients.cfg file on the server.
>>
>> HOST=dione.namerica.idexxi.com
>>         UP      1h
>>         LOAD    2.8 4.0
>>         DISK    * 85 95
>>
>> Which appears before the defaults keyword.
>>
>> I restarted both the server and the client but still do not see the UP
> LOAD
>> and DISK columns.
> 
> Sounds like you haven't got the Hobbit client running on that server, 
> or at least - it isn't reporting into Hobbit with the right hostname.
> 
> Check the "Reports->Ghost clients" report and see if your host is listed
> there - it will be, if the client uses a different hostname than what
> you have in bb-hosts. In that case, put a CLIENT:clientname entry in
> bb-hosts so Hobbit knows how to connect the two names.
> 
> If it's not in the Ghost client list, then you must check if the client
> is running at all, and if it can connect to the Hobbit server to send
> data (from the client, run "telnet HOBBITHOST 1984" and see if it will
> connect).
> 
> BTW, there won't be an UP or LOAD column - these data are presented as
> part of the "cpu" status.
> 
> And there's no need to restart anything when changing this
> configuration.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Henrik
> 
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