Re: {bb} Synchronization problem.

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 08:14, Balaji Santhanakrishnan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
>           I have 2 Big Brother Servers. One is in India having Big
> Brother Version 1.9e and other is in US having 1.8a. US Big brother
> Server is monitoring Servers and links in US and India Server is
> monitoring Servers and links in India. Both are getting synchronized
> using BBRELAY option. 
> 
>  
> 
>           Now the Actual problem is whatever information India Server
> collects from Big Brother Clients Such as DISC, Memory, and Process are
> not getting synchronized in US server( It is showing purple in US
> server) but vice versa is working fine. But information such as Ping,
> HTTP and SMTP information collects by India Server and US server are
> getting synchronized properly. What should I do? Shall I need to update
> Big brother version in US server? Or any other solution available for
> this?
> 
>  
> 
> Note: This problem arises after the up gradation of Big Brother Version
> in India Server.

That sounds strange. There does not appear to be any difference
between network tests and client tests in the way that the messages
are relayed. A couple of things do occur to me though.

First, because there is now an appreciable difference in age between
the two versions, you may now effectively be sending messages from a
1.9e client to a 1.8a server. This can often cause problems whereas
the opposite, old client to new server, normally does not pose
difficulties.

In order to avoid this, I would try to upgrade the US server (to the
same version as the one in India if possible) as soon as possible.
Another option might be to run a 1.8a client on the server in India,
but that feels like it may be more difficult to configure.

The second possible cause of difficulty is "combo" message handling.
>From the README.CHANGES file, it looks like the US server dates from
a time when "combo" message handling was changing. If the relaying
the client data is producing "combo" messages, it may be that the
US server isn't processing them correctly. Again, updating the US
server is probably the best way to proceed.

If you have not already looked closely, I'd also suggest reviewing
the BBOUT log file on both machines to see if they show anything
unusual.

Cheers, Phil.



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