[Xymon] Configuring Devmon for the first time

Mon May 30 19:45:38 CEST 2011

Thanks for the reply, David!

I waited ~5 minutes and refreshed the bb.html page - the dm column isn't
showing up.  I tried accessing it via URL and the data is still blank
(Status not available).

# ./devmon -f -p -vvv
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Option 'bblocation' defaulting to:
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Nodename autodetected as localhost.localdomain
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Option 'bbdateformat' defaulting to: .
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Option 'dispport' defaulting to: 1984.
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Option 'dispserv' defaulting to: localhost.
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] ---Initilizing devmon...
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Verbosity level: 3
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Logging to /var/log/devmon.log
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Node 0 reporting to localhost
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Running under process id: 24542
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Entering poll loop
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Starting snmp queries
[11-05-30 at 13:43:18] Getting device status from hobbit at localhost:1984
[11-05-30 at 13:43:19] Performing test logic
[11-05-30 at 13:43:19] Done with test logic
[11-05-30 at 13:43:19] Sending messages to display server
status stouderapc.power green Mon May 30 13:43:19 2011

UPS status:

Vendor:              apc
Model:               Smart-UPS 2200 RM XL

UPS Status:          Online
Battery Status:      Battery OK

Runtime Remaining:   29.00 minutes (red=<15m)
Battery Capacity:    100%
UPS Load:            50% (yellow=70% red=90%)

Voltage in:          121v (yellow=>127,<110v red=135v)
Voltage out:         121v

Last failure due to: Self test
Time on battery:     0.00 secs

Devmon version 0.3.1-beta1 running on localhost.localdomain
status localhost,localdomain.dm green Mon May 30 13:43:19 2011

devmon, version 0.3.1-beta1

Node name:        localhost.localdomain
Node number:      0
Process ID:       24542

Cycle time:       60
Dead time:        180

Polled devices:   1
Polled tests:     1
Avg tests/node:   n/a
# clear msgs:     0

SNMP test time:   1
Test logic time:  0
BB msg xfer time: 0
This poll period: 1

Avg poll time:    wait

[11-05-30 at 13:43:19] Sleeping for 59 seconds.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:30 AM, David Baldwin <david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au
> wrote:

>  Josh,
>
> Sorry for the long post, just trying to put all the information I think is
> relevant in one place!
>
> I believe I have Devmon all ready to go short of one example test.  I
> copied the templates from SF and put them in the templates directory.  I am
> trying this with apc-9619.
>
> From what I've read, it simply looks to match a string in sysdesc of
> templates/apc-9619/specs with what comes back from the sysDescr snmp query.
>
>  Matching sysDescr is one way to do it, and what you have included below
> would indicate this is working OK for you. The way to specify the template
> you want explicitly is to use the tag "DEVMON:model(vendor;model)" where
> "vendor" and "model" match the lines in the template specs file.
>
> From what you've included, looks like the --readbbhosts is working OK. The
> next step is to actually poll the device to report.
>
> What do you get when you run "./devmon -f -p -vvv" ?
>
> David.
>
> This is what I have:
>
> # more templates/apc-9619/specs
> vendor  : apc
> model   : 9619
> snmpver : 1
> sysdesc : *MN:AP9619*
>
> # snmpwalk -v1 -ccommunity 172.16.0.60|grep MN\:AP9619
> SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: APC Web/SNMP Management Card (MB:v3.9.2
> PF:v3.6.1 PN:apc_hw02_aos_361.bin AF1:v3.5.8 AN1:apc_hw02_sumx_358.bin *MN:AP9619
> *HR:A10 SN: NA0829011474 MD:07/19/2008) (Embedded PowerNet SNMP Agent SW
> v2.2 compatible)
>
> devmon.cfg is looking at /home/xymon/server/etc/hosts.cfg
> #grep DEVMON /home/xymon/server/etc/hosts.cfg
> 172.16.0.60     stouderapc              # DEVMON:cid(imagineapc)
>
> # ./devmon --readbbhosts -f -p -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] Option 'bblocation' defaulting to:
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please
> wait...
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] Checking if       # bbd http://localhost.localdomain/matches NET:.
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] Checking if                 # DEVMON matches NET:.
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] Option 'bbdateformat' defaulting to: .
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] Option 'dispport' defaulting to: 1984.
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] Querying pre-existing hosts
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] Discovered stouderapc as a apc 9619
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:31] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
> [11-05-27 at 12:25:32] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
>
> ./devmon --readbbhosts
> #log shows
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Nodename autodetected as localhost.localdomain
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Option 'bbdateformat' defaulting to: .
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Option 'dispport' defaulting to: 1984.
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] ---Initilizing devmon...
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Verbosity level: 30
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Logging to /var/log/devmon.log
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Node 0 reporting to localhost
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Running under process id: 2361
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Entering poll loop
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Starting snmp queries
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Getting device status from hobbit at localhost:1984
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Performing test logic
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Done with test logic
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Sending messages to display server
> [11-05-27 at 12:14:57] Sleeping for 60 seconds.
> [11-05-27 at 12:15:13] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
>
> dm in Xymonreads:
>
> devmon, version 0.3.1-beta1
>
> Node name: localhost.localdomain
> Node number: 0
> Process ID: 28488
>
> Cycle time: 60
> Dead time: 180
>
> Polled devices:
> Polled tests:
> Avg tests/node: n/a
> # clear msgs: 0
>
> SNMP test time: 0
> Test logic time: 0
> BB msg xfer time: 0
> This poll period: 0
>
> Avg poll time: 0.2 seconds
>
> Poll time averaged over 5 poll cycles.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
>
>
> --
> David Baldwin - IT Unit
> Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
> Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
>
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