[xymon] monitor a directory size

[Johan Sjöberg]

When I read that man-page, I understand it as du is always run on the directory that is specified in dir:DIRECTORYNAME

So you should only add this to the correct host in client-local.cfg.
dir:/var/adm


>From the man-page:
"A directory monitoring entry is used to watch the size of a directory and any sub-directories. It looks like this:


    dir:DIRECTORYNAME

The dir:DIRECTORYNAME line defines the filename of the file to monitor. As with the "log:" entries, a filename enclosed in backticks means a command which will generate the filenames dynamically. The Xymon client will run the du(1) command with the directoryname as parameter, and send the output back to the Xymon server."

/Johan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Flemming [mailto:martin.flemming at desy.de]
> Sent: den 16 september 2010 15:44
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> 
> 
> You've have to add
> 
> dir:`du -k /var/adm`
> 
> in your client-local.cfg ...
> 
> then you've got hte size of your directory
> https://it-xymon3.desy.de/xymon/help/manpages/man5/client-
> local.cfg.5.html
> 
> cheers,
>  	martin
> 
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010, Johan Sjöberg wrote:
> 
> > I don't understand exactly what you mean, but you need to add it both to
> client-local.cfg and to hobbit-clients.cfg. Both these files are located on the
> Xymon server. Client-local.cfg tells the client to send information about that
> directory to the Xymon server, and hobbit-clients.cfg tells the server what
> to alert on in that information.
> >
> > /Johan
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kevin Kelly [mailto:kkelly at lifetouch.com]
> >> Sent: den 16 september 2010 15:08
> >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> >>
> >> I did add it to client-local.cfg on the client server, is client-local.cfg a
> different
> >> file?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Johan Sjöberg [mailto:johan.sjoberg at deltamanagement.se]
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:47 AM
> >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> >>
> >> Have you added it to client-local.cfg as well?
> >>
> >> /Johan
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kevin Kelly [mailto:kkelly at lifetouch.com]
> >> Sent: den 16 september 2010 14:40
> >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> >>
> >> Still nothing!
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Williams, Doug (Consultant-RIC)
> [mailto:Doug.Williams at dexone.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:31 PM
> >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> >>
> >> You need to reverse  SIZE>10m to SIZE<10m  if wanting to alert if greater
> than
> >> 10m.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kevin Kelly [mailto:kkelly at lifetouch.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 3:32 PM
> >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> >>
> >> That had no effect!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: sholmes42 at gmail.com [mailto:sholmes42 at gmail.com] On Behalf
> Of
> >> Steve Holmes
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:59 AM
> >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: Re: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Kevin Kelly <kkelly at lifetouch.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> 	I am trying to use the DIR in hobbit-client.cfg, but not having
> >> any luck. Does anyone use this?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 	Xymon server- hobbit-client.cfg
> >>
> >> 	Syntax that I used:
> >>
> >> 	DIR         /var/adm  yellow SIZE>10m track
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 	Client- localclient.cfg
> >>
> >> 	DIR /var/adm
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 	Any suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Try putting the word yellow after the SIZE>10m.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve
> >> --
> >>
> >> Truth never damages a cause that is just. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
> >> (1869-1948)
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