From Foster.Patch@accuweather.com Wed Jun 24 08:23:57 2026
From: Foster.Patch@accuweather.com
To: xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Xymon Graph propagated with -nan
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:10:52 +0000
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Hello,

I have a custom monitor that I created which will monitor connections and req=
uests. (http://pastebin.com/bdLZfFAW) The monitor works properly, however the=
 graphing does not. This image displays what is wrong with the graph: http://=
imgur.com/ZFKkPYs. I have also attached my rrd dump of this monitor. (http://=
pastebin.com/CRadmAHu) Finally, attached is the graph definition for the test=
, located in graphs.cfg (http://pastebin.com/zX1HNi3p). I know the issue here=
 is that the last_ds is picking up the values as "U", which is bad, but I don=
't know what to do about it.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks,


Foster Patch
Web Server Technician
AccuWeather


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From Scot.Kreienkamp@la-z-boy.com Wed Jun 24 08:23:57 2026
From: Scot.Kreienkamp@la-z-boy.com
To: xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Xymon Graph propagated with -nan
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:36:00 +0000
Message-ID: <17082AAFC33A934082836458CB53494370E49580@MONDB03.na.lzb.hq>
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The script must report values in a specific format in either a status message=
 or a data message, separated by a colon like so:

$LABEL:$VALUE

Otherwise the NCV module will not pick it up.



Here's some examples from my workstations, everything between the BEGIN/END b=
ut not including the BEGIN/END lines is sent as the status message, including=
 the blank lines:

BEGIN
status corpvskreienl.na.lzb.hq.mounts green Fri Jun 17 10:29:34 EDT 2016 OK

<table border=3D1>
<tr><td>Color</td><td>Device</td><td>Mount Location</td><td>Filesystem type</=
td><td>Options</td></tr>
<tr><td>&green</td><td>rootfs</td><td>/</td><td>rootfs</td><td>rw</td></tr>
</table>

END



And a data message:

BEGIN
data corpvskreienl.na.lzb.hq.mounts

C:80
D:60

END



My tests all send status messages using HTML formatting, being very careful n=
ot to send a colon anywhere in the status report so as not to confuse the NCV=
 module.  You can use HTML formatting for colons, tables, etc in the status m=
essages and they will be passed through to the browser and display properly. =
 I will then send a second data only message with the NCV format for the NCV =
module to pick up.  Good practice for me always has been to include a blank l=
ine before and after the message body in both status and data messages.  It u=
sed to be required due to a bug if I remember correctly, not sure if it still=
 is but I always do it anyway out of habit and don't have any issues.


Scot Kreienkamp  | Senior Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy Corporate
One La-Z-Boy Drive | Monroe, Michigan 48162 | Office: 734-384-6403 | | Mobile=
: 7349151444 | Email: Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Foster Patch
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 10:11 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon Graph propagated with -nan

Hello,

I have a custom monitor that I created which will monitor connections and req=
uests. (http://pastebin.com/bdLZfFAW) The monitor works properly, however the=
 graphing does not. This image displays what is wrong with the graph: http://=
imgur.com/ZFKkPYs. I have also attached my rrd dump of this monitor. (http://=
pastebin.com/CRadmAHu) Finally, attached is the graph definition for the test=
, located in graphs.cfg (http://pastebin.com/zX1HNi3p). I know the issue here=
 is that the last_ds is picking up the values as "U", which is bad, but I don=
't know what to do about it.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks,


Foster Patch
Web Server Technician
AccuWeather


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From Foster.Patch@accuweather.com Wed Jun 24 08:23:57 2026
From: Foster.Patch@accuweather.com
To: xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Xymon Graph propagated with -nan
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:41:28 +0000
Message-ID: <aa997500e0244109a1d9a3ffd79a9c96@EXCH-01.accu.accuwx.com>
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Here is the text file that is created:

green 06/17/2016 14:39:20
ASP.NET Application Information

&green Everything is looking just fine! &green


&green   Connections Current:   9
&green   Requests Current:         3
&green   Request Wait Time:      0
&green   Requests Queued:        0
&green   Request Exec Time:      3009


You are suggesting I add an additional part to this that is for data only? Is=
 there any way I can change my status message so it is parsed correctly? Or s=
hould I just change it to HTML and include a data section?

Foster


From: Scot Kreienkamp [mailto:Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 10:36 AM
To: Foster Patch <Foster.Patch at accuweather.com>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: RE: Xymon Graph propagated with -nan

The script must report values in a specific format in either a status message=
 or a data message, separated by a colon like so:

$LABEL:$VALUE

Otherwise the NCV module will not pick it up.



Here's some examples from my workstations, everything between the BEGIN/END b=
ut not including the BEGIN/END lines is sent as the status message, including=
 the blank lines:

BEGIN
status corpvskreienl.na.lzb.hq.mounts green Fri Jun 17 10:29:34 EDT 2016 OK

<table border=3D1>
<tr><td>Color</td><td>Device</td><td>Mount Location</td><td>Filesystem type</=
td><td>Options</td></tr>
<tr><td>&green</td><td>rootfs</td><td>/</td><td>rootfs</td><td>rw</td></tr>
</table>

END



And a data message:

BEGIN
data corpvskreienl.na.lzb.hq.mounts

C:80
D:60

END



My tests all send status messages using HTML formatting, being very careful n=
ot to send a colon anywhere in the status report so as not to confuse the NCV=
 module.  You can use HTML formatting for colons, tables, etc in the status m=
essages and they will be passed through to the browser and display properly. =
 I will then send a second data only message with the NCV format for the NCV =
module to pick up.  Good practice for me always has been to include a blank l=
ine before and after the message body in both status and data messages.  It u=
sed to be required due to a bug if I remember correctly, not sure if it still=
 is but I always do it anyway out of habit and don't have any issues.


Scot Kreienkamp  | Senior Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy Corporate
One La-Z-Boy Drive | Monroe, Michigan 48162 | Office: 734-384-6403 | | Mobile=
: 7349151444 | Email: Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com<mailto:Scot.Kreienkamp =
at la-z-boy.com>
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Foster Patch
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 10:11 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon Graph propagated with -nan

Hello,

I have a custom monitor that I created which will monitor connections and req=
uests. (http://pastebin.com/bdLZfFAW) The monitor works properly, however the=
 graphing does not. This image displays what is wrong with the graph: http://=
imgur.com/ZFKkPYs. I have also attached my rrd dump of this monitor. (http://=
pastebin.com/CRadmAHu) Finally, attached is the graph definition for the test=
, located in graphs.cfg (http://pastebin.com/zX1HNi3p). I know the issue here=
 is that the last_ds is picking up the values as "U", which is bad, but I don=
't know what to do about it.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks,


Foster Patch
Web Server Technician
AccuWeather


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From Scot.Kreienkamp@la-z-boy.com Wed Jun 24 08:23:57 2026
From: Scot.Kreienkamp@la-z-boy.com
To: xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Xymon Graph propagated with -nan
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:55:23 +0000
Message-ID: <17082AAFC33A934082836458CB53494370E496B0@MONDB03.na.lzb.hq>
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It's getting confused because you aren't sending your data in the format it w=
ants, where the label /colon/value are the only things on the line for the NC=
V module to capture.  I would break it up into two files, the status message =
with HTML formatting and removing the colons, and the data message with just =
the label/colon/value on a line.  Not sure how you send a data message though=
 as it just creates files so you'll have to figure that part out as all mine =
are under Linux.  FYI, RRD dataset labels are limited to 19 characters.  It w=
ill truncate the label at 19 which could result in duplicates.

FILE1 (status):
green 06/17/2016 14:39:20
ASP.NET Application Information

&green<td>Everything is looking just fine! &green

<table>
<tr><td>&green</td><td>Connections Current&#58;</td><td>9</td></tr>
Etc,etc,etc
</table>

/FILE1


FILE2 (data):
Connections Current:9
Requests Current:3
Etc,etc,etc

/FILE2


Scot Kreienkamp  | Senior Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy Corporate
One La-Z-Boy Drive | Monroe, Michigan 48162 | Office: 734-384-6403 | | Mobile=
: 7349151444 | Email: Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com
From: Foster Patch [mailto:Foster.Patch at accuweather.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 10:41 AM
To: Scot Kreienkamp; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: RE: Xymon Graph propagated with -nan

Here is the text file that is created:

green 06/17/2016 14:39:20
ASP.NET Application Information

&green Everything is looking just fine! &green


&green   Connections Current:   9
&green   Requests Current:         3
&green   Request Wait Time:      0
&green   Requests Queued:        0
&green   Request Exec Time:      3009


You are suggesting I add an additional part to this that is for data only? Is=
 there any way I can change my status message so it is parsed correctly? Or s=
hould I just change it to HTML and include a data section?

Foster


From: Scot Kreienkamp [mailto:Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 10:36 AM
To: Foster Patch <Foster.Patch at accuweather.com<mailto:Foster.Patch at accu=
weather.com>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: Xymon Graph propagated with -nan

The script must report values in a specific format in either a status message=
 or a data message, separated by a colon like so:

$LABEL:$VALUE

Otherwise the NCV module will not pick it up.



Here's some examples from my workstations, everything between the BEGIN/END b=
ut not including the BEGIN/END lines is sent as the status message, including=
 the blank lines:

BEGIN
status corpvskreienl.na.lzb.hq.mounts green Fri Jun 17 10:29:34 EDT 2016 OK

<table border=3D1>
<tr><td>Color</td><td>Device</td><td>Mount Location</td><td>Filesystem type</=
td><td>Options</td></tr>
<tr><td>&green</td><td>rootfs</td><td>/</td><td>rootfs</td><td>rw</td></tr>
</table>

END



And a data message:

BEGIN
data corpvskreienl.na.lzb.hq.mounts

C:80
D:60

END



My tests all send status messages using HTML formatting, being very careful n=
ot to send a colon anywhere in the status report so as not to confuse the NCV=
 module.  You can use HTML formatting for colons, tables, etc in the status m=
essages and they will be passed through to the browser and display properly. =
 I will then send a second data only message with the NCV format for the NCV =
module to pick up.  Good practice for me always has been to include a blank l=
ine before and after the message body in both status and data messages.  It u=
sed to be required due to a bug if I remember correctly, not sure if it still=
 is but I always do it anyway out of habit and don't have any issues.
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Foster Patch
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 10:11 AM
To:xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon Graph propagated with -nan

Hello,

I have a custom monitor that I created which will monitor connections and req=
uests. (http://pastebin.com/bdLZfFAW) The monitor works properly, however the=
 graphing does not. This image displays what is wrong with the graph:http://i=
mgur.com/ZFKkPYs. I have also attached my rrd dump of this monitor. (http://p=
astebin.com/CRadmAHu) Finally, attached is the graph definition for the test,=
 located in graphs.cfg (http://pastebin.com/zX1HNi3p). I know the issue here =
is that the last_ds is picking up the values as "U", which is bad, but I don'=
t know what to do about it.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks,


Foster Patch
Web Server Technician
AccuWeather


This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is add=
ressed.  It may contain privileged, confidential information which is exempt =
from disclosure under applicable laws.  If you are not the intended recipient=
, you are strictly prohibited from disseminating or distributing this informa=
tion (other than to the intended recipient) or copying this information.  If =
you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately b=
y e-mail or by telephone at the above number. Thank you.

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