To monitor local host resource, such as disk and CPU usage, you must install the Big Brother client on the machine to be monitored. The etc/bb-hosts file on a UNIX client must define both the client machine and the BBDISPLAY server it sends its status to. This must match the definitions in the bb-hosts file on the Big Brother server. To make sure the files match, we recommend you copy the complete bb-hosts file from the Big Brother server to each UNIX client .
By default, the client performs four tests: CPU, disk, messages, and processes. You can turn any test off for a client host by modifying the etc/bbdef-client.sh file on the client. There are four statements, each set to TRUE by default: DOCPU, DODISK, DOMSGS, and DOPROCS. Set the statement for any test you do not want performed on that client to FALSE.
By default, any test which is turned off reports a clear status to the server. You can change this by modifying the NOCPUCOLOR, NODISKCOLOR, NOMSGSCOLOR, or NOPROCSCOLOR statement in bbdef-client.sh. Either set the color you want, or set the color to "" (null) to have no status reported.
If you want to use an alias for the hostname instead of the hostname returned by the uname -a command, on the client host, create the file etc/bbaliasname. In this file, enter the alias hostname. This is all the setup needed on the client. You must also perform special setup on the BBDISPLAY, BBPAGER, and BBNET servers.