Tag: Linux

Monitor V7000 active alerts in Xymon


Continue with my previous post on installing the Xymon, you can write your own monitor scripts. I wrote a script named v7000alerts to check whether there are active alerts in my IBM StorWize V7000. 1) Download the script v7000alerts to /home/xymon/server/ext, and run 'chmod a+x v7000alerts' and 'chown xymon:xymon v7000alerts'. 2) Add the following into /home/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg … Continue reading Monitor V7000 active alerts in Xymon →

Setup Xymon monitor


Xymon is an easy and nice and systems and network monitor tool. It was inspired by the Big Brother system and was called Hobbit. I have set it up in my environment (CentOS 6.5) to monitor some critical web sites and services. Here are my how-to notes: 1) Install Xymon from source code. 2) Change … Continue reading Setup Xymon monitor →

RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table


One of my VMware Linux virtual machine takes a long time to boot. And there are couple warnings on the screen complaining RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table. According to VMware KB2048572, this issue occurs when the Linux iputilis package causes a delay in the boot process. A warning message appears when the guestinfo … Continue reading RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table →