Questions on "howtograph.txt"

Hi Henrik,

I have been attempting to implement NCV graphing in hobbit, on version 4.1.2 and have run into a few problems/questions:

First, the question: In the "slab" example, you custom test sends the string "inode_cache" but in your NCV_slab entry in hobbitserver.cfg, you have "inodecache:GAUGE". How does this work???

Second, the problem: We have a custom test which checks printer toner levels by going to the web page of the printer with lynx. Our test, called "toner" sends data in the format:

lj102.toner

black     : 67
cyan      : 56
  magenta   : 78
  yellow    : 43

The data does go into the rrd, but does not appear in the "<last_ds>" field, as in your slab example, but rather in the <value> field. Our graph shows up, but there is no data in it.

I'm fairly sure that the graphs will work once the <last_ds> field is populated, but not sure where I made a mistake.

Any thoughts?

PS: I have been a BB user since 1999, and moved our servers to hobbit last Fall. We absolutely love it. Thanks Henrik!

Larry Sherman

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