You also need to add "mytest=ncv" into the TEST2RRD variable in xymonserver.cfg. Without this, the xymond_rrd module won't receive/accept the data.

If the values are not COUNTER/DERIVE in nature, you might also want to add NCV_mytest="x:GAUGE,x:GAUGE" into xymonserver.cfg. Or SPLITNCV_mytest if you want separate RRD files.

J

On 2 November 2013 07:30, Steve Coile <scoile at mcclatchyinteractive.com>wrote:

I'm trying to write a data collector to deliver data to Xymon through the data channel. From my reading, it should be as simple as (from *xymoncmd* ):

$XYMON --merge $XYMSRV "data $MACHINE.mytest" <<EOD x:3 y:7 EOD

But I can't find a corresponding *mytest.rrd* file on my server.

I haven't found any documentation that indicates I need to prepare the server to receive the new data feed, nor that the collector must be run from *xymonlauncher*. I'd like to prove the script before I attempt to add it as a client task.

Help?

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