Re: {bb} Purple client tests

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

On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 16:48, MT wrote:
> Hello Brothers,
> 
> Does anyone have an idea why some client tests would be purple (e.g.  
> cpu)?  Other client tests on the same machine are working fine.  I  
> figure it's because BB can't send the data to BBDISP, but why not for  
> ALL the client tests on that machine?

Depending on client version and configuration, the client may send
each test individually or as one big "combo" message. As a result,
it is possible that individual tests might fail to get through.
However, with the default test frequency and purple delay, this
would mean that the "cpu" status went astray six times in a row
while the other tests didn't. This isn't very likely.

It is also possible to switch off individual client tests. Normally,
this would still send status, only it would be "clear". So, unless
other people have access to the configuration of this machine or it
is a likely target of attack, this can also be discounted.

I would think that the most likely cause is that the "cpu" test is
actually failing on this client. If there is nothing relevant
appearing in BBOUT on either the client of server, I would try
running the "uptime" command manually or add some more debugging
output to the bb-cpu.sh script.

Cheers, Phil.



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