Re: [Devmon] devmon bug

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

On Monday 25 May 2009 14:10:29 Cameron Seeber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Not sure if there is anyone out there??
> To go with my branch limits issue, I have found another major issue.
>
> Again I am testing against a Citrix Netscaler.
> I have ditched the service and vserver scanning until I can work out why
> its failing.
> I am left with the following three tests.
>
> memory, cpu, health
>
> memory and cpu are obvious.
> health is a check of the branch that displays all the fan speeds, temps
> etc.
>
> Now memory and cpu work fine, but the health test will show up as "Alarming
> on (cpu0,cpu1)"
> It seams as if the cpu test is somehow infecting the health test.
> If I remove the cpu test, the health test works fine.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on this?
> Pasted below are my templates in the order in which I believe they are run
> devmon.cfg is pretty much default.

[...]

> cpu
>
> oids
> Name : .1.3.6.1.4.1.5951.4.1.1.41.6.1.1 : branch
> Usage : .1.3.6.1.4.1.5951.4.1.1.41.6.1.2 : branch

[...]

> health
>
> oids
> Name : .1.3.6.1.4.1.5951.4.1.1.41.7.1.1 : branch
> Value : .1.3.6.1.4.1.5951.4.1.1.41.7.1.2 : branch

OIDs are defined as being unique, devmon leverages this to only poll a branch 
once (even if multiple tests use the same OID name, e.g. ,see the if_* tests). 
I am starting to use the actual OID name in the MIB for my new templates, I 
would recommend you do that too ...

Regards,
Buchan