[hobbit] Solaris clients don't report

Mon Nov 3 14:17:25 CET 2008

Being able to run the BigBrother client has only negated the need to check step 7.
Please continue, and perform check 5. and 6.
As you have stated, you are running an RC version.
It is possible you have stumbled upon a bug of some sort, unique to your build.

Use snoop to check the client is sending, and again on the server to ensure it is receiving.

Regards
     Vernon

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From: Hanrahan, Kevin [mailto:Kevin.Hanrahan at elavon.com]
Sent: Monday, 3 November 2008 10:19 AM
To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk'
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Solaris clients don't report

thanks for the reply...here is what I see:

sysmon  4956     1   0 20:08:43 ?           0:00 sh -c iostat -c 300 2 1>/home/sysmon/client/tmp/hobbit_iostatcpu.kc2b3.4919 2>&
  sysmon  4955     1   0 20:08:43 ?           0:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 1>/home/sysmon/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.kc2b3.4919 2>&1; mv
  sysmon  3341     1   0   Oct 30 ?           0:05 /home/sysmon/client/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/home/sysmon/client/etc/clientlau
  sysmon  4957     1   0 20:08:43 ?           0:00 sh -c iostat -dxsrP 300 2 1>/home/sysmon/client/tmp/hobbit_iostatdisk.kc2b3.491

I can't run a ghost client report..I am currently running version RC5 on the server and it was not in there yet but I can tell you this...If I run the old BigBrother client, it works so, no firewall, no connection or delivery problem...strange eh?

any further feedback appreciated

kh

From: Everett, Vernon [mailto:Vernon.Everett at woodside.com.au]
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:15 AM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Solaris clients don't report

OK, let's try that again, without accidentally hitting send in the middle of typing.

And if those all turn up OK, have you checked the rest of the basics?
Have you looked for the host names in the ghost client report?
If the host name is not as specified in the bb-hosts, or is using FQDN, they will appear in the ghost report.

Check something is being sent over the network. (Getting there is another story.)
Use snoop, and specify port 1984 on the hobbit client.
If the client is trying to send, repeat the process on the server, and specify the client as originating host.
Make sure packets are coming in from the client.

But check TJ's reply first.
The steps I use are -
1. Check the logs. Is the client writing to any of them?
2. Use ps to check the client is running
3. Check the configs if they are correct
4. Check the ghost reports and edit bb-hosts if required.
5. Use snoop on the client to ensure it is trying to send
6. Use snoop (or tcpdump) on the server to check for incoming packets.
7. If you have a problem with 5. or 6. check the firewall.
Normally by now, things should be working OK.

Good luck.
    Vernon
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From: T.J. Yang [mailto:tj_yang at hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, 2 November 2008 8:26 PM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Solaris clients don't report
2. check if hobbit client procesess are running fine ?

ps -eaf |grep hobbit

bash-3.00# ps -eaf |grep hobbitc
 hobbitc   634     1   0   Oct 31 ?           0:01 /opt/hobbitclient42/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/etc/opt/moto/hobbitclient42
 hobbitc  1753     1   0 05:20:09 ?           0:00 sh -c iostat -c 300 2 1>/var/opt/hobbitclient42/tmp/hobbit_iostatcpu.netin
 hobbitc  1752  1751   0 05:20:09 ?           0:00 vmstat 300 2
 hobbitc  1754  1753   0 05:20:09 ?           0:00 iostat -c 300 2
 hobbitc  1751     1   0 05:20:09 ?           0:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 1>/var/opt/hobbitclient42/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.netinstall.
 hobbitc  1756  1755   0 05:20:09 ?           0:00 iostat -dxsrP 300 2
 hobbitc  1755     1   0 05:20:09 ?           0:00 sh -c iostat -dxsrP 300 2 1>/var/opt/hobbitclient42/tmp/hobbit_iostatdisk.
bash-3.00#
3. check hobbitclient.cfg,following is an example sending hb message to two hb servers.

BBDISP="0.0.0.0"             # IP address of the Hobbit server
BBDISPLAYS="192.168.1.3 192.168.1.2"             # IP address of the Hobbit server
tj

From: Hanrahan, Kevin<mailto:Kevin.Hanrahan at elavon.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:03 PM
To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk'<mailto:'hobbit at hswn.dk'>
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Solaris clients don't report

there is not much there:

bash-3.00$ tail clientlaunch.log
2008-10-30 17:14:57 hobbitlaunch starting
2008-10-30 17:14:57 Loading tasklist configuration from /home/sysmon/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg

the other log is completely empty...zero bytes

ideas?

From: T.J. Yang [mailto:tj_yang at hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:37 PM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk<mailto:hobbit at hswn.dk>
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Solaris clients don't report

please check your hobbit client  log files.

bash-3.00# ls
clientlaunch.log  hobbitclient.log
bash-3.00#

From: Hanrahan, Kevin<mailto:Kevin.Hanrahan at elavon.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:52 AM
To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk'<mailto:'hobbit at hswn.dk'>
Subject: [hobbit] Solaris clients don't report

Hi all,
  I can't get any solaris clients to report to the Hobbit server. I build the clients on the servers like I have with the all my linux clients, but none seem to report. They are all running solaris 10. There isn't anything blocking port 1984 between the boxes. The only difference I see is that I am using "gmake" instead of "make" to build the client. Could that be the problem? Can anybody offer suggestions?

thanks

kh

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