[Xymon] BBWin client not appearing in server
Jaime Kikpole
jkikpole at cairodurham.org
Wed May 22 22:01:58 CEST 2019
The PowerShell version turned out to be really easy to use, once I figured
it out. I see why you prefer it. Thanks for the tip!
I only have two glitches remaining. First, I have a Windows 10 VM that is
giving a yellow alert on MEMSWAP. This is despite changing the
configuration. Here is what it looks like now.
DEFAULT
# These are the built-in defaults. You should only modify these
# lines, not add new ones (no PROC, DISK, LOG ... lines).
UP 1h
LOAD 5.0 10.0
DISK * 90 95
INODE * 70 90
MEMPHYS 100 101
MEMSWAP 50 80
MEMACT 90 97
PORT "LOCAL=%([\.:]22)$" STATE=ESTABLISHED min=0 TRACK=ssh
"TEXT=SSH logins"
PORT "LOCAL=%([\.:]80)$" STATE=ESTABLISHED min=0 TRACK=http
"TEXT=Web Connections"
[ ... other hosts here ... ]
HOST=host.domain.name
MEMSWAP 75 85
As far as I can tell, the settings for DEFAULT are still in effect for
host.domain.name. (This is not its real FQDN.) It is giving a yellow
alert for 55% utilization. Any suggestions on why it is using the DEFAULT
configuration instead of the HOST=... configuration?
The second issue is that Xymon keeps giving alerts for CPU over-utilization
when the systems are running just fine. The CPU page for those hosts will
have text like this:
Wed 22 May 15:54:07 2019 up: 6 days, 0 users, 82 procs, load=6.73%
If I'm reading this right, the CPU is reporting in percentage instead of
Unix-like "load" numbers, so Xymon is getting confused. Is that right?
Should I just make a new "LOAD 85 95" line in analysis.cfg for those hosts?
Thanks for all the help.
Jaime Kikpole
Director of Technology & Innovations
Cairo-Durham Central School District
(518) 622-8543, x59500
cairodurham.org <http://www.cairodurham.org>
Technical Support:
help at cairodurham.org
go.cairodurham.org/techtips
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On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 2:17 PM Kris Springer <kspringer at innovateteam.com>
wrote:
> I would suggest the Powershell client instead of the BBWin client, but
> it's up to you.
>
> Here's my instructions for the BBWin client.
>
>
>
>
> * - Install the BB-Xymon client http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin/
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin/> - Configure the client’s config -
> BBWin server address - servername.yourdomain.com
> <http://servername.yourdomain.com> - Hostname - PC-123 (must match the
> Hostname in the server hosts.cfg file) - Mode - local - Services - Add the
> services you want to monitor - Processes - Add the processes you want to
> monitor - XML File tab - Save - Start the BBwin service manually the first
> time - Configure the firewall to allow port 1984 - If you edit the config,
> restart the service - Give it about 30 minutes to clear the red messages
> that will pop up - You can manually edit the BBWin.cfg file and make all
> ‘msgs’ green *
> Also, if using the BBWin client I always use the GUI tool. It just works
> easier to add/remove services and processes to the config.
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwingui/
> <https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwingui/files/>
>
>
> If you want to use the Powershell client instead,
> https://www.krisspringer.com/posts/xymon-ps-client.php
>
> Kris Springer
>
>
>
> On 5/21/19 12:00 PM, Root, Paul T wrote:
>
> It is telling you the issue:
>
>
>
> *can't open C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system
> cannot find the file specified.*
>
>
>
>
>
> Seems like a strange place for a config file.
>
>
>
> *From:* Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole at cairodurham.org>
> <jkikpole at cairodurham.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 21, 2019 12:50 PM
> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] BBWin client not appearing in server
>
>
>
> I have some additional information. I changed the logging level from 3 to
> 4, restarted the service, and the logs now show the following.
>
>
>
> 2019/05/21 13:45:47 [INFO]: bbwin is started - using central configuration
> 2019/05/21 13:45:47 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: cpu review started
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: cpu review ended
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [disk]: drive string C:\
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [disk]: drive string D:\
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [disk]: drive string E:\
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [disk]: drive string F:\
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [filesystem]: start
> AgentFileSystem::InitCentralMode
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [filesystem]: checking file C:\Program Files
> (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [INFO]: [filesystem]: can't open C:\Program Files
> (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified.
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: start AgentMsgs::InitCentralMode
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: checking file C:\Program Files
> (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg
> 2019/05/21 13:45:48 [INFO]: [msgs]: can't open C:\Program Files
> (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified.
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: start AgentSvcs::InitCentralMode
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: checking file C:\Program Files
> (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [INFO]: [svcs]: can't open C:\Program Files
> (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The system cannot find the file specified.
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: can't open service BFE
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: can't open service Dnscache
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: can't open service mpssvc
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: can't open service
> SecurityHealthService
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: can't open service WdNisSvc
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: can't open service WinDefend
> 2019/05/21 13:45:49 [DEBUG]: [svcs]: can't open service WinHttpAutoProxySvc
>
>
>
> Any tips are greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>
> *Jaime Kikpole*
>
> *Director of Technology & Innovations*
> *Cairo-Durham Central School District*
> (518) 622-8543, x59500
> cairodurham.org <http://www.cairodurham.org>
>
> *Technical Support:*
> help at cairodurham.org
> go.cairodurham.org/techtips
>
> [image: Google Certified Educator, Level 1] [image: Google Certified
> Educator, Level 2]
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 1:26 PM Jaime Kikpole via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole at cairodurham.org>
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 13:18:56 -0400
> Subject: BBWin client not appearing in server
>
> I just learned of BBWin last night and have been trying to get it to work
> with my Xymon system. I've got it installed and started, added the system
> to hosts.cfg on the server, and I can now see it on conn, info, and trends,
> but nothing else. I only changed BBWin.cfg enough to set the "mode" to
> "central".
>
>
>
> The C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\logs\BBWin.log file shows these messages
> every 5 minutes:
>
> [filesystem]: can't open C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg
> : The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> [msgs]: can't open C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The
> system cannot find the file specified.
>
> [svcs]: can't open C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\tmp\clientlocal.cfg : The
> system cannot find the file specified.
>
>
>
> I've also found the following error when I restart the BBWin service:
>
> [filesystem]: failed to load logfetch status C:\Program Files
> (x86)\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified.
>
>
>
> I confirmed that these files are missing, but the "tmp" folder exists.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts on what I've missed?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Jaime Kikpole*
>
> *Director of Technology & Innovations*
> *Cairo-Durham Central School District*
> (518) 622-8543, x59500
> cairodurham.org <http://www.cairodurham.org>
>
> *Technical Support:*
> help at cairodurham.org
> go.cairodurham.org/techtips
>
> [image: Google Certified Educator, Level 1] [image: Google Certified
> Educator, Level 2]
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