On Mon, 10 May 2010 08:21:51 +0200, Cami <camis at mweb.co.za> wrote:

Hi Jerald,

1. Correct

2. Correct:

   Mon May 10 08:14:11 SAST 2010

edge01 : 2 edge02 : 2

Client data available hobbitgraph ncv:fmsconns

3. correct.
4. Correct:

$BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$TEST $COLOUR date $STATUS"

I've checked the rrd logs, unfortunately there's no mention of any issues at all so i'm kinda stuck.

Thanks, Cami

Jerald Sheets wrote:

...

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:

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

(and example from one of my scripts)

Xymon Variables

$ENV{BBPROG} = "library.pl <http://library.pl>"; my($TESTNAME) = "library"; my($BBHOME) = $ENV{BBHOME}; my($BB) = $ENV{BB}; my($BBDISP) = $ENV{BBDISP}; my($BBVAR) = $ENV{BBVAR};

4. 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 <mailto: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?


      <lastupdate> 1273230835 </lastupdate> <!-- 2010-05-07
13:13:55 SAST -->

      <ds>
              <name> jhbedge01optinetnet </name>
              <type> DERIVE </type>
              <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat>
              <min> NaN </min>
              <max> NaN </max>

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

      <ds>
              <name> jhbedge02optinetnet </name>
              <type> DERIVE </type>
              <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat>
              <min> NaN </min>
              <max> NaN </max>

              <!-- PDP Status -->
              <last_ds> 3 </last_ds>
              <value> 7.9207920792e-02 </value>
              <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>
      </ds>

Anyone have any ideas/tips?

Regards,
Cami



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Hi,

Just a few detail, I remember I had to add a new line at the end of custom scripts to get graphs working, like this : $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$TEST $COLOUR date $STATUS "

May be this is not mandatory anymore, but you should add this.

Regards, Damien

On May 10, 2010, at 2:21 AM, Cami wrote:

$BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$TEST $COLOUR date $STATUS"

Total non-sequitur, and I'm not near my installation at the moment...

Does the British/European spelling of "COLOR" work? Or, is this your own variable from elsewhere in your script?

--jms

I have also found that there must be a space between colon delimited items on a page or custom graphing does not function properly.

    .....Bruce






 
 

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From: Geoff Hallford [mailto:geoff.hallford at gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 7:35 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Custom graphs in Xymon

As with the new line at the end, I have also found this to be case, but I have also found that if you add a space before the item : value pair, that is sometimes necessary ... not sure why. Example (see, there is a space before each " item : value" pair:

5/10/2010 8:05:01 AM

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On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:

On May 10, 2010, at 2:21 AM, Cami wrote:

$BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$TEST $COLOUR date $STATUS"

Total non-sequitur, and I'm not near my installation at the moment...

Does the British/European spelling of "COLOR" work? Or, is this your own variable from elsewhere in your script?

--jms

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I can't believe I missed that LOL!

Good catch, Bruce!

Jerald Sheets Sent from my iPad Please disregard spelling/grammar errors

On May 7, 2010, at 6:13 PM, "White, Bruce" <bewhite at fellowes.com> wrote:

Notice the name of the data field in your rrd file:

jhbedge02optinetnet

It does not match the edge02 in your other definitions. Not sure why its assigning that name, but that looks to me to be the problem.

.....Bruce

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-----Original Message----- From: Cami [mailto:camis at mweb.co.za] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 9:51 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Custom graphs in Xymon

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?

   <lastupdate> 1273230835 </lastupdate> <!-- 2010-05-07 13:13:55

SAST -->

   <ds>
           <name> jhbedge01optinetnet </name>
           <type> DERIVE </type>
           <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat>
           <min> NaN </min>
           <max> NaN </max>

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

   <ds>
           <name> jhbedge02optinetnet </name>
           <type> DERIVE </type>
           <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat>
           <min> NaN </min>
           <max> NaN </max>

           <!-- PDP Status -->
           <last_ds> 3 </last_ds>
           <value> 7.9207920792e-02 </value>
           <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>
   </ds>

Anyone have any ideas/tips?

Regards, Cami

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