[xymon] TS - bb-hosts problem

[Steve Holmes]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Steve Holmes <sholmes42 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:54 AM, d.tom.schmitt at L-3com.com wrote:
>
>  *I am getting a yellow alert on my Xymon server under ‘BBTEST’*:
>
>  Bottom of Form
>
> Mon Aug 30 07:43:57 2010
>
>
>
> bbtest-net version 4.3.0-0.beta2
>
> SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.8e-rhel5 01 Jul 2008
>
> LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20343
>
>
>
> Statistics:
>
>  Hosts total           :      951
>
>  Hosts with no tests   :        0
>
>  Total test count      :     1008
>
>  Status messages       :     1012
>
>  Alert status msgs     :        0
>
>  Transmissions         :       14
>
>
>
> DNS statistics:
>
>  # hostnames resolved  :      975
>
>  # succesful           :      573
>
>  # failed              :      382
>
>  # calls to dnsresolve :     1002
>
>
>
> TCP test statistics:
>
>  # TCP tests total     :       40
>
>  # HTTP tests          :       30
>
>  # Simple TCP tests    :       10
>
>  # Connection attempts :       40
>
>  # bytes written       :     4682
>
>  # bytes read          :   109923
>
>
>
>
>
> *Error output:*
>
> *Host cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause
> strange results*
>
> * *
>
>
>
> TIME SPENT
>
> Event                                            Starttime
> Duration
>
> bbtest-net startup                             8802.037154
> -
>
> Service definitions loaded                     8802.038670
> 0.001516
>
> Tests loaded                                   8802.134488
> 0.095818
>
> DNS lookups completed                          8807.226739
> 5.092251
>
> Test engine setup completed                    8807.245081
> 0.018342
>
> TCP tests completed                            8810.416313
> 3.171232
>
> PING test completed (951 hosts)                8859.946266
>         49.529953
>
> PING test results sent                         8859.949945
> 0.003679
>
> Test result collection completed               8859.950004
> 0.000059
>
> LDAP test engine setup completed               8859.950006
> 0.000002
>
> LDAP tests executed                            8859.950008
> 0.000002
>
> LDAP tests result collection completed         8859.950010
> 0.000002
>
> DNS tests executed                             8860.077831
> 0.127821
>
> NTP tests executed                             8861.305830
> 1.227999
>
> Test results transmitted                       8861.339357
> 0.033527
>
> bbtest-net completed                           8861.340730
> 0.001373
>
> TIME TOTAL
>                     59.303576
>
>
>
> *Here is a ‘grep’ of bb-hosts:*
>
>                 [root at monitorp etc]# grep -i cswflex4 bb-hosts
>
> 0.0.0.0         <http://cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com>cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com
>
> 128.170.31.14   cswflex4.csw.L-3com.com         # conn
>
> 0.0.0.0 <http://cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com>cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
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> 0.0.0.0 <http://cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com>cswflex4.csw.l-3com.com
>
> [root at monitorp etc]#
>
>
>
>
>
> I cannot find a second entry with an IP address.
>
> I have hundreds of other servers with 0.0.0.0 entries so I cannot figure
> out what is happening?
>
>
>
> Running Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.5 on Dell R-610.
>
> I tried to do a ‘drop hostname’, could there be a duplicate in the Xymon
> data base?
>
> If so, how do you remove the bad one so you don’t loose the history being
> gathered by the client on the Windows server.
>
> The client is the big brother client.
>
>
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> * *
>
> *Tom Schmitt*
>
> *
> *
>
> It says the duplicate is in bb-hosts. Grep bb-hosts for that hostname. If
> you have 'include'd files grep those, too. You should be able to verify the
> duplicate and maybe even find it.
>
> Steve
>

Sorry, ignore my last reply. I ready the OP first on my iPhone and missed
the part about your grep of bb-hosts.
You might try adding the 'prefer' keyword on the line with the IP address.

Steve
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