[Bigsister-general] Setup problems - fqdn and non-fqdn showing up for the same hosts on different lines

["Eagen, Dave" <suppressed>]

Title: Setup problems - fqdn and non-fqdn showing up for the same hosts on different lines

I'm trying to install Big Sister and have run into some issues. Right now, my Big Sister server (palm) is showing up twice in the host listing. It shows once with the fully-qualified domain name with checks for conn, http, and smtp. This is a solaris 9 server. It shows a second time with the short, non-fullyqualified domain name with checks for cpu, disk, msgs, and procs. Unfortunately all those checks showing with the short name are purple.

My uxmon-net file is:

# Agent Configuration File
# The Big Sister Server expects communication
# every 10 minutes or server is considered down
# -----------------------------------------------------
# Set the default SNMP community to "public", the
#
# Set default frequency to 5 minutes for "ALL" checks
# KEYWORD       Default settings                        Apply To TEST
# -------------  ---------------------------             -----------------
DEFAULT         community=public frequency=5 perf=5     ALL
DEFAULT         version=1 proto=udp                     rpc
DEFAULT         proto=icmp                              ping

# Information about defined systems to monitor using DESCR command.
# You *must* DESCRIBE your system, here.
#
# KEYWORD       SYSTEM FEATURES                         Apply To HOST
# ---------      --------------------------              ------------
# DESCR         features=unix,linux                     localhost
# DESCR         features=unix,sysv,solaris              someotherhost
#DESCR          features=unix,solaris                   localhost
DESCR           features=unix,solaris                   localhost
DESCR           features=unix,solaris                   palm.mydomain.com
DESCR           features=unix,solaris                   palm

# Run the following tests.
# Note: host1(host2) is reported under host2
# Note: host can be an IP address
# Report Host   Health Test List
# ------------   -----------------------------------
localhost       load diskload memory
# localhost     fs=all(6%-10%),all-ufs(6%-10%),all-ext2(6%-10%) diskfree
localhost       fs=all(6%-10%),all-ufs(6%-10%) disk
localhost       syslog dumpdates
localhost       procs=init(1-1),sendmail(1-20) procs
# localhost     eventlog cpuload
localhost       cpuload
localhost       network
localhost       users
localhost       icmp_ping

# Create Graphs
DEFAULT frequency=10 perfdata=etc/perf options=perf bsdisplay
#DEFAULT        frequency=30 perfdata=etc/perfslow options=perf bsdisplay

# EDIT THIS, replace localhost by the name or IP address of your Big Sister server
#
# BigSis Server bsdisplay /options
# ------------   -----------------------------------
localhost        fqdn=no bsdisplay

# include file for specific hosts, do not name it uxmon-net.* as a new
# process is started for every file matching that pattern
include include_checks.$HOST

Interestingly, it seems like Big Sister has a lot of trouble parsing the uxmon-net file. When I run the start script, I often get these types of messages repeated numerous times:

  Agent uxmon: uxmon: WARNING: host f=5 appearing in uxmon config is unresolvable
  Agent uxmon: Wed Mar 15 08:49:45 2006: uxmon: check ALL failed to start up - ignored

Depending on what I modify in the file it complains about different areas. But, everything it complains about is either commented out or appears to be valid. Are there known uxmon-net parsing problems with Big Sister?

Additionally, I can't get sla reporting to work and I believe it's because of the fqdn. The sla reporting configuration file is formatted with sections seperated by periods, and having the domain name be palm.mydomain.com seems to mess up the parsing.

It seems I need to get the checks working with just the short name in order to use the sla reporting. How can I get the two entries merged so that just the short name is used? And is there really something wrong with my uxmon-net or are there parsing problems?

Thanks for your help.

-Dave

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