[Xymon] timediff

[Cami]

On 2011/08/02 02:40 PM, Malcolm Hunter wrote:
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Henrik Størner
>> Sent: 08/02/11 09:22 AM
>> To: xymon at xymon.com
>> Subject: Re: [Xymon] timediff
>
>>> Both the Xymon server and client machine (Windows) are syncing off the
>>> same router/source. The times look identical so where does the 138
>>> seconds skew come from?
>>
>> First, see the explanation of the CLOCK setting in the analysis.cfg
>> man-page.
>>
>> The client inserts a timestamp in the client message, usually just
>> before it transmits the message to the Xymon server (not sure if that is
>> the case with BBWin, though - it might add the timestamp when it begins
>> collecting data, which could explain it if the eventlog scanning takes a
>> long time). This timestamp is then compared with the time that Xymon
>> receives the message. In your case, they are 138 seconds different.
>
> BBWin builds the data file as it performs the tests, so it will always depend on how long it takes to do all of the tests. I'll raise a bug report to put the [clock] section at the end of the file.

Much appreciated, this would save me (and i'm sure a lot others) a world 
of headaches.

Cami