No communication between server and clients (HP-UX)

[PaneVino]

Hello All,

On several version I encouter communication problems between server and clients.

OS: HP-UX zl31 B.11.23 U ia64 0118840027 unlimited-user license]
Compiled with ansi-c (older gcc and gnu-tools will not compile zabbix) :
HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.10 [Mar 22 2006]


I tried several zabbix versions( 1.4.1 1.4.2 and 1.4.3-4689) on the server and even tried 1.3.8 for the clients.... But, no result.

In the host-item configuration I only added 1 or 2 items (agent.version and agent.ping), but every time this error come's up :

SERVER :
164747 Timeout while answering request
164747 Get value from agent failed. Error: ZBX_TCP_READ() failed [Interrupted system call]
164747 Host [zl34]: first network error, wait for 15 seconds
164747 Parameter [agent.ping] will be checked after 120 seconds on host [zl34]

AGENT:
164746 get_active_checks('zl31.zwitserleven.nl',10051)
164746 Sending [ZBX_GET_ACTIVE_CHECKS
zl34.zwitserleven.nl
]
164746 Before read
164746 In parse_list_of_checks('ZBX_EOF
')
164746 In disable_all_metrics()
164746 Parsed [ZBX_EOF]
164746 In process_active_checks('zl31.zwitserleven.nl',10051 )
164746 In get_min_nextcheck()
164746 Sleeping for 60 seconds



I really like to demo a working zabbix to the company here, before 'they' move over to another system

[Alexei]

Please try 1.4.2 on both server and agent side. It is likely that you hit byte-order bug of 1.4 and 1.4.1. This bug appear only with communications between different platforms (Intel-Sparc, Intel-PA-RISC, etc).

[PaneVino]

I started out running 1.4.2 on both server and clients ... Well, running ... :-\

[PaneVino]

Anyone to help me out on this ?

[753713]

Hi,
i have this same error (ZBX_TCP_READ() failed [Interrupted system call] ) in the latest pre 1.4.2 in connect from Ubuntu Zabbix Server to Windows 2003 Server.

Any Ideas???

Christian

[PaneVino]

well... i actually got zabbix on hpux working!!!

BUT (yes a big BUT here ...)

Zabbix-server 1.4.2
Zabbix-client 1.1.7 on the remote systems!

I tried versions between 1.1.7 and 1.5-svn. like 1.3.9, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2 and got the can-not-communicatie error,except with 1.1.7 ...

Other problem is the lack of support for hpux system.... Nong of the clients, even the 1.4.2, can run a proc.num :-\

I'm probably going to loose zabbix and go over to bigbro/larrd for system monitoring. A shame...

[753713]

Hi,

when i installing the windows agent from http://www.suiviperf.com/zabbix/ funktioned Zabbix Server with no problems.

is the windows zabbix agent from http://www.suiviperf.com/zabbix/ differently to original zabbix agent???

Christian

[NOB]

Hi,
i have this same error (ZBX_TCP_READ() failed [Interrupted system call] ) in the latest pre 1.4.2 in connect from Ubuntu Zabbix Server to Windows 2003 Server.

Any Ideas???

Christian

I have the same problem connecting to one Windows 2003 64-bit System.
There are a LOT of connections hanging in the TCP-state "CLOSE_WAIT".

The mistake I did was to switch the servers but did not correctly reconfigure
this agent.
So the old ZABBIX-Server tried to communicate with the agent and there
are a lot of "CLOSE_WAIT", too.

What do you see doing a "netstat -an" on the Windows server.
Does it show a relatively large number of connections just waiting to be
closed ?

BTW: Active checks work fine !
Just the passive ones don't.

Regards,

Norbert.

[753713]

Hi,

I have too, a lot of processes with CLOSE_WAIT with Zabbix Agent 1.4.2:

TCP agent:10050 zabbix:32885 CLOSE_WAIT


Christian

[RohrbaGe]

Hi,

I have also > 50 of those records.

I will restart the server now.

I have last week started to monitor eventlogs.,
but switched now for tests of.

Gerald

[RohrbaGe]

Stiil I have the same problem.

After restart, disabling Active checks and enabling debug the agent was
activated yesterday at 15:00

The service is still active, but from 3:30 in the moring there is no
eventlog entry anymore form debug, and the agent is not delivering data.
Restarting the service has helped, but this is not a real solution.



How can I get the information, where the problem is?
Is it an agent problem or an server related?

The Server a old W2K machine is located in sweden, zabbix is in Germany.
I did not saw any problem on the line

Gerald