[Xymon] New graph display problems.

[KING, KEVIN (ATTSI)]

> 
> Kevin,
> >> How are you processing the devmon data into the RRD? What have you
> >> added
> >> to TEST2RRD= line in hobbitserver.cfg (or server.cfg on 4.3)?
> > Yes it is in xymonserver.cfg  And I am running 4.3.0
> >
> > # status view of a test should include a graph.
> >
> TEST2RRD="if_dsc=devmon,if_load=devmon,temp=devmon,itp_msu=devmon,cpu=l
> a,disk,
> >
> >> I have found that if you use TEST2RRD="mytest=devmon" then it won't
> >> display on the mytest page. if_load may be hard-coded to be handled
> by
> >> devmon RRD handler (haven't checked the source).
> >>
> >> My workaround was to copy the hobbitserver.cfg to say
> hobbithostcgi.cfg
> >> and remove the =devmon substrings, then change hobbitcgi.cfg to use
> the
> >> new file
> > Xymon 4.3.0 has "cgioptions.cfg"
> >
> I haven't bitten the bullet on migrating to 4.3 yet so I haven't got
> the
> new filenames burnt in yet ;)
> >> # hobbitsvc.cgi options for a normal (current) status display
> >> CGI_SVC_OPTS="--env=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbithostcgi.cfg
> >> --no-svcid --history=top"
> >> #CGI_SVC_OPTS="--env=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
> >> --no-svcid --history=top"
> > This is not this way in 4.3.0
> >
> > XYMONENV=/usr/local/bb/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
> >
> > # svcstatus.cgi options for a normal (current) status display
> > CGI_SVC_OPTS="--env=$XYMONENV --no-svcid --history=top"
> >
> > I will change the $ XYMONENV to the new config file with the =devmon
> removed as you suggested and see what happens. Would this not just be
> the same as just leving things as they are and just removing the
> =devmon from the current xymonserver.cfg file?
> If you remove =devmon then the RRD data collector won't process the
> data
> reported by devmon into the RRD files. So you have a choice - data but
> no graph, or graph but no data - neither that useful :(


This has proven to have a very interesting outcome. I now have graphs on new report and the if_load is no longer on the status page.  

-Kevin