[hobbit] Custom graphs in Xymon

7 May 2010

      The examples you pasted in look completely correct to me.  However, just to
be fully with you, I'd like to ask (just to be thorough, not a jerk)
regarding the term "The script outputs the following on the page:"
Just to cross all the t's and dot all the i's:

you have a script running on a client, launched from clientlaunch.cfg
and gathering data remotely.
It is being sent back to the server and properly making it to the page,
showing up in it's own column.
The script is also sending/setting all appropriate BB environment
variables:

(and example from one of my scripts)
Xymon Variables
$ENV{BBPROG}    = "library.pl";
my($TESTNAME)   = "library";
my($BBHOME)     = $ENV{BBHOME};
my($BB)         = $ENV{BB};
my($BBDISP)     = $ENV{BBDISP};
my($BBVAR)      = $ENV{BBVAR};

You are also sending all approprate red/green/yellow/clear, etc.
messages along back to the server

Note that this may not affect your display, but is just good "gathering"
practice in pulling data back from remote hosts.  Even if you're only
setting a "clear", it is good to do.
Unless I'm just missing something in the paste-in you're showing, I'm not
seeing any overt problems.  How about the logs?  Anything there? Like maybe
permissioning problems or some such?
/var/log/xymon/rrd-status.log
/var/log/rrd-data.log
(or wherever your installation's logs are) ?

Jerald M. Sheets jr.
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Cami <camis at mweb.co.za> wrote:
...
Hi..
I'm having an issue with creating a system graph in Xymon.
The script outputs the following on the page:
Fri May 7 16:42:19 SAST 2010
edge01 : 5
edge02 : 7
edge03 : 2
edge04 : 6
hobbitgraph ncv:fmsconns                  Zoom graph
Its a script to monitor concurrent connections so its value goes up and
down.
In hobbitserver.cfg, i have the following:
TEST2RRD="cpu=la,cpu2=la[......],fmsconns=ncv"
GRAPHS="la,disk[...........],fmsconns"
NCV_fmsconns="edge01:GAUGE,edge02:GAUGE"
in hobbitgraph.cfg
[fmsconns]
TITLE Fmsconns info
YAXIS Connections
DEF:pct=fmsconns.rrd:util:AVERAGE
LINE2:pct#00CC00:NParts
GPRINT:pct:LAST: \: %3.1lf (cur)
GPRINT:pct:MAX: \: %3.1lf (max)
GPRINT:pct:MIN: \: %3.1lf (min)
GPRINT:pct:AVERAGE: \: %3.1lf (avg)\n
On the
I used the howto @ http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/howtograph.html as a
guideline
but its clear i'm lacking some understanding. I'm guessing the contents in
hobbitgraph.cfg
is off as i'm doing an rrdtool dump and the output looks ok?
  &lt;lastupdate> 1273230835 &lt;/lastupdate> &lt;!-- 2010-05-07 13:13:55 SAST
-->
  &lt;ds>
          &lt;name> jhbedge01optinetnet &lt;/name>
          &lt;type> DERIVE &lt;/type>
          &lt;minimal_heartbeat> 600 &lt;/minimal_heartbeat>
          &lt;min> NaN &lt;/min>
          &lt;max> NaN &lt;/max>

          &lt;!-- PDP Status -->
          &lt;last_ds> 4 &lt;/last_ds>
          &lt;value> 0.0000000000e+00 &lt;/value>
          &lt;unknown_sec> 0 &lt;/unknown_sec>
  &lt;/ds>

  &lt;ds>
          &lt;name> jhbedge02optinetnet &lt;/name>
          &lt;type> DERIVE &lt;/type>
          &lt;minimal_heartbeat> 600 &lt;/minimal_heartbeat>
          &lt;min> NaN &lt;/min>
          &lt;max> NaN &lt;/max>

          &lt;!-- PDP Status -->
          &lt;last_ds> 3 &lt;/last_ds>
          &lt;value> 7.9207920792e-02 &lt;/value>
          &lt;unknown_sec> 0 &lt;/unknown_sec>
  &lt;/ds>
Anyone have any ideas/tips?
Regards,
Cami
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[hobbit] Custom graphs in Xymon

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Xymon Variables

The script outputs the following on the page:

hobbitgraph ncv:fmsconns Zoom graph