RE: {bb} bb-top.sh, bb-axis.sh

[Ralf.Strandell@silja.com]

I am using the bb-axis.sh to monitor a total of 26 Axis print servers.

Use the "axis" keyword in bb-hosts:

127.0.0.1	hostname	# axis


Known problems: bb-axis.sh uses ftp to get status reports from the Axis
print servers. Sometimes the ftp connection might hang because of network
related problems or bugs in ftp clients etc. As bb-axis.sh works
sequentially, all tests are blocked until the hung ftp process is killed.
This situation is easy to detect: all axis tests go purple, or clear if they
are "dialup". If you are unlucky enough to have such a system that hangs
occasionally, then you just need to adjust the PURPLEDELAY of bb-axis.sh and
have a cron job to kill old ftp-processes. But if you are lucky you will
never encounter this annoyance.

Of course I could modify the bb-axis.sh to make it parallel... I have just
been to lazy for that... If you have trouble with the script, then let me
know and I'll make some little modifications.

Note: If you want the bbchkhosts.sh diag script to work too, then add "axis"
there too. Something like this: bbchkhosts.sh: Around line 144:

	case $param
	in

          http* | dns | dig | BBNET | BBDISPLAY | BBPAGER | BBRELAY:* |
dialup | noping | testip | noconn | badconn:* | class:* | route:* | axis )


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Misty Stanley-Jones [mailto:misty@borkholder.com]
> Sent: 26. toukokuuta 2004 22:02
> To: bb@bb4.com
> Subject: {bb} bb-top.sh, bb-axis.sh
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get the above two ext scripts to work.  I get 
> no errors for 
> either of them, but no output in the BBDISPLAY.  For the bb-axis.sh 
> especially, I am wondering how the heck it knows the IP of 
> the print server 
> to monitor.  I can't see where to tell it that.  For the 
> bb-top.sh, I have an 
> empty bb-toptab because I wanted to see the default values.  
> Do I have to 
> have something in it?  Also should bb-top.sh be in the ext 
> scripts for the 
> server, or for the client for which I want it to run.
> 
> I realize these are two different scripts, but I wanted to 
> throw it out there 
> to see who else is using them.
> 
> Thanks,
> Misty
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> System Administrator
> Borkholder Corporation
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