[Xymon] Trending too many interfaces

[Colin Coe]

Yep, in /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymonclient-linux.sh I have:
---
# Bug in RedHat's netstat spews annoying error messages.
netstat -ant 2>/dev/null
echo "[ifstat]"
/sbin/ifconfig lo
/sbin/ifconfig bond2
/sbin/ifconfig rhevm
# Report mdstat data if it exists
---

However there is no rhevm interface listed on the trending page.

CC

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Tim McCloskey <tm at freedom.com> wrote:
> What shows up under 'Client data available' for the [ifconfig] and [ifstat] details?  [ifconfig] should list all of the interfaces.  [ifstat] should only show what you defined.
>
>> The only interfaces I want graphed are "rhevm" and "bond2".
>
> That would be:
> echo "[ifstat]"
> /sbin/ifconfig rhevm
> /sbin/ifconfig bond2
>
> [ifstat] should show the output from the above commands, which should then be on the trends page under Network Traffic.
>
> I'll be taking a look at 4.3.2 sometime in the near future, maybe it's different there.
>
> Tim
>
> ________________________________________
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Colin Coe [colin.coe at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:02 PM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Trending too many interfaces
>
> Yeah, that's pretty much what I did, except I now notice that the
> bridge interfaces are not listed on the trending page.  One of these
> bridge interfaces has an IP address and I'd like to trend it.
>
> I've done a few quick greps through the source but can't see where
> these bridges a re being stripped out.
>
> CC
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Tim McCloskey <tm at freedom.com> wrote:
>> Colin,
>>
>> I have not installed any of the newer xymon versions, this is from 4.2.0.
>>
>> On a system with eth0->eth3 plumbed up I set the client shell script (client/bin/hobbitclient-linux.sh) to:
>>
>> echo "[ifstat]"
>> /sbin/ifconfig eth0
>> /sbin/ifconfig eth2
>>
>> Verified the data sent from one of the 'Client data available' data sets.
>> Removed the rrd files for ifstat from the server for that client. (stopped/started the client).
>>
>> On the trends page I see eth0 and eth2 only, no eth1 or eth3.
>>
>> Yeah, it's a hack but it's fairly minor and should be easy enough to manage.
>>
>> Just my 3 cents.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Colin Coe [colin.coe at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:19 PM
>> To: xymon at xymon.com
>> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Trending too many interfaces
>>
>> Hi Vernon and Tim
>>
>> I'm working in a new dev/test environment using Xymon 4.3.2.
>>
>> I'd wanted to avoid hacking the client-side script but if that's whats
>> required, I'll have a look.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> CC
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Tim McCloskey <tm at freedom.com> wrote:
>>> This is a crazy guess, you don't mention which version of xymon so this may be way off.  It may be way off anyway :)
>>>
>>> If you are talking about the trends/"Network Traffic" graph it seems to be getting that data from the 'ifstat' var.
>>>
>>> Some details follow.
>>>
>>> 1. what we graph for ifstat
>>> hobbitgraph.cfg:        FNPATTERN ifstat.(.+).rrd
>>> See data/rrd/$hostname/ifstat.*
>>>
>>> 2. where ifstat originates
>>> client/hobbitclient-linux.sh:
>>> echo "[ifstat]"
>>> /sbin/ifconfig
>>>
>>> 3. what happens to ifstat
>>> hobbitd/client/linux.c: ifstatstr = getdata("ifstat");
>>> hobbitd/client/linux.c: unix_ifstat_report(hostname, clienttype, os, hinfo, fromline, timestr, ifstatstr); <--- ifstatstr
>>>
>>> You should be able to modify the client shell script to report other than ifconfig -a (which seems to be what is currently captured).  Of course, there must be a better way.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Colin Coe [colin.coe at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:02 PM
>>> To: xymon at xymon.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Trending too many interfaces
>>>
>>> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>>>
>>> The only interfaces I want graphed are "rhevm" and "bond2".
>>>
>>
>>
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