Ah-ha! Thanks, Ryan. I checked your idea against the stamps of the last status changes for that host/test and found this:
$ tail /export/xymon/data/hist/pwmu002.cpu Mon Nov 5 13:30:54 2012 green 1352143854 2333190 Sun Dec 2 13:37:24 2012 yellow 1354477044 1807 # Turned yellow on "Sun Dec 2 13:37:24 2012" Sun Dec 2 14:07:31 2012 green 1354478851 # Turned green on "Sun Dec 2 14:07:31 2012"
The "13:37:24" and "14:07:31" stamp corresponds to the time stamps of the last two files in the ".../histlogs/pwmu002/cpu/" file:
ls -rt /export/xymon/data/histlogs/pwmu002/cpu/ <snip> -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Dec 2 13:37 Sun_Dec_2_13:37:24_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Dec 2 14:07 Sun_Dec_2_14:07:31_2012
-----Original Message----- From: Novosielski, Ryan [mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:45 AM To: Mills, David (IS) Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: EXT :Re: [Xymon] Connecting the "history" file dots...
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On 12/12/2012 12:43 PM, Mills, David (IS) wrote:
Hi, All!
In poking around my data directory, I see a listing like this for the "cpu" test data for one of my hosts:
$ ls -rt /export/xymon/data/histlogs/pwmu002/cpu/ total 61 drwxr-xr-x 22 hobbit monitor 22 Dec 30 2010 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Feb 17 2012 Fri_Feb_17_00:30:59_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Feb 17 2012 Fri_Feb_17_01:51:10_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Feb 25 2012 Sat_Feb_25_09:41:40_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Feb 25 2012 Sat_Feb_25_12:52:12_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Jun 24 10:21 Sun_Jun_24_10:21:19_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.8K Jun 24 11:19 Sun_Jun_24_11:19:10_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.8K Jun 24 11:54 Sun_Jun_24_11:54:21_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Nov 5 12:41 Mon_Nov_5_12:40:58_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Nov 5 13:30 Mon_Nov_5_13:30:54_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Dec 2 13:37 Sun_Dec_2_13:37:24_2012 -rw-r--r-- 1 hobbit monitor 1.9K Dec 2 14:07 Sun_Dec_2_14:07:31_2012
Each of these files is some sort of snapshot of the data displayed when you click on the "cpu" icon for the indicated host in Xymon.
Why then, is the most recent data file a couple weeks old but the data displayed for the "cpu" icon is current on the screen?
My immediate guess is because it has been green for a couple of weeks, and the "current" status is accessed a different way (not using history files).
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