20 Apr
2012
20 Apr
'12
8:59 p.m.
On 19-04-2012 20:29, John Horne wrote:
Also I am wondering what the difference is between the 'data' channel and the 'usermsg' channel? If the usermsg channel is 'for whatever the user wants to use it for', then I would prefer using that.
The main difference is that the graph-handling module (xymond_rrd) in the default configuration receives data messages, so if you use a data-message then you must take care to avoid using data-names which are already in use by the standard Xymon tools - and hence recognized by xymond_rrd as something it should parse and build a graph from.
"usermsg" is untouched by the standard Xymon tools, so how that is used is completely up to you.
Regards, Henrik