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Title
How To Read the Nightly Administrator Emails Generated by the K1000 -
Description
Describes what the nightly administrator emails from the K1000 are and how to read them.
The nightly emails are titled "KBOX Daily Run Output" and "KBOX Security Run Output" and come from the address 'Charlie Root'.
The email address that it is sent to is configured under Settings | General | System Administrator Email.
The messages are the result of a standard FreeBSD process.
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Resolution
Explanations are in BOLD typeface below the sample output. Customer output will vary slightly from that shown below.
Removing stale files from /var/preserve:
Cleaning out old system announcements:
Removing stale files from /var/rwho:
Backup passwd and group files:
Verifying group file syntax:
Backing up mail aliases:
All of the above are the standard FreeBSD maintenance messages.
Disk status:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/twed0s1a 2026030 36780 1827168 2% / devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev
/dev/twed0s1f 134105316 1003568 122373324 1% /kbox
/dev/twed0s1e 10154158 6365810 2976016 68% /usr
/dev/twed0s1d 2026030 3858 1860090 0% /var
/dev/twed1s1d 151368706 2722542 136536668 2% /kbackup
Last dump(s) done (Dump '>' file systems):
This table reports various information about your disks. Of interest are /kbox and /kbackup. /kbox is where all the software for the kbox server lives. It's also where we keep the software packages you upload to the server. If this starts getting close to full, you should consider removing old unused packages or contacting KACE for an upgrade. /kbackup is the drive where /kbox backups are stored. It should generally be about as full as the /kbox. Again, if it is near full, you should consider some cleanup actions. The other mount points should not move very much in terms of usage.
Network interface status:
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs
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em0 1500 00:30:48:73:07:4c 332146 0 204673 0
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em0 1500 192.168.2 kboxdev 308055 - 201832 -
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em0 1500 fe80:1::230:4 fe80:1::230:48ff: 0 - 4 -
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em1* 1500 00:30:48:73:07:4d 0 0 0 0
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plip0 1500 0 0 0 0
0
lo0 16384 699 0 699 0
0
lo0 16384 your-net localhost 699 - 699 -
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lo0 16384 localhost ::1 0 - 0 -
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lo0 16384 fe80:4::1 fe80:4::1 0 - 0 - -
This table is reporting information about the network status of the KBOX. In general, you should be making sure that Ierrs/Oerrs are zero. Other values indicate some sort of network failure. If you notice consistent errors, please contact KACE support for assistance.
Local system status: 3:04PM up 3 days, 4:12, 0 users, load averages: 0.05, 0.20, 0.15
This indicates the amount of time the kbox has been up since the last time it was powered off. You shouldn't see any users logged into the machine, and the load averages will vary with how busy the kbox was when this report was run.
Mail in local queue:
/var/spool/mqueue is empty
Total requests: 0
Mail in submit queue:
/var/spool/clientmqueue is empty
Total requests: 0
Security check: (output mailed separately)
Checking for rejected mail hosts:
Checking for denied zone transfers (AXFR and IXFR):
tar: Removing leading /' from member names
Standard FreeBSD messages regarding the health of the mail systems. There should not be anything in the mail queues. If there is, please check your SMTP setting in the KBOX user interface.
[Thu Mar 17 15:05:31 PST 2005] KBOX Backup: Backup Complete.
Backup files available for off-box storage via ftp.
This is a KBOX specific message telling you that the backups have successfully completed and are on the /kbackup disk, available through the ftp interface.
[Thu Mar 17 15:05:31 PST 2005] KBOX RAID Status
Disk Array Detail Info not available during a rebuild.
If Rebuild in progress, % completion listed below
Disk Array Detail Status:
Unit UnitType Status %Cmpl Port Stripe Size(GB) Blocks
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u0 RAID-1 OK - - - 149.05 312579760
u0-0 DISK OK - p0 - 149.05 312579760
u0-1 DISK OK - p1 - 149.05 312579760
Disk Array REBUILD Status:
/c0/u0 is not rebuilding, its current state is OK
Indicates the status of your raid drives. If you ever see errors indicating the disks are DEGRADED or not REBUILDING properly, please contact KACE support to address the problem.
[Thu Mar 17 15:05:31 PST 2005] KBOX Database Maintenance
Daily routines to maintain database performance.
DB Table Maintenance Log:
# Connecting to localhost...
# Disconnecting from localhost...
KBDB.ADVISORY OK KBDB.AUTHENTICATION OK
KBDB.CATEGORY OK KBDB.CLIENT_DISTRIBUTION OK
KBDB.FILTER OK KBDB.FS OK KBDB.FS_LABEL_JT OK
KBDB.GLOBAL_OPTIONS OK
KBDB.LABEL OK KBDB.LDAP_FILTER OK
KBDB.LICENSE OK KBDB.LICENSE_MODE OK
KBDB.MACHINE OK KBDB.MACHINE_CUSTOM_INVENTORY OK
KBDB.MACHINE_DISKS OK KBDB.MACHINE_LABEL_JT OK (etc)
-- End of daily output --
The database is checked nightly for any inconsistencies and automatically repaired. If you seen any failures in this output, please contact KACE support for assistance.
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Common message you may see:
Approaching the limit on PV entries, consider increasing the vm.pmap.shpg perproc or the vm.pmap.pv_
This message will display if there are too many tasks running at one time. Most often, KACE support has seen this with an overloaded scheduled provision or multiple provisions taking place at one time.
Another culprit can be too many tasks scheduled to occur at one time frame. For example, large scripting deployments taking place at the same time as scheduled patch deployments.
If you have ruled these suggestions out as possible culprits, please visit the Agent Task Status under Support | Troubleshooting Tools | Display Agent Task Status and change View By: to All Tasks to see what was running at the time of this message.
If you are unable to identify the culprit(s), please reach out to KACE Support for assistance and include this article with your submission.