[Xymon] rrd files not getting created. - SUMMARY
navraj shrestha
shresthanav17 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 17:21:16 CET 2016
Yes this is a new install on Rhel 7.2, xymon 4.3.27
I haven't got any graphs, not in trends too.
checked for showgraph.sh in cgi-bin , it doesn't exist there
<Directory "/usr/lib/xymon/cgi-bin">
So what do I have to do now,
and my rrd directory is also empty.
Thanks
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Root, Paul T <Paul.Root at centurylink.com>
wrote:
> Sorry, I saw this yesterday, but then got side tracked, and didn’t answer.
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> First, NEVER remove the mailing list, there are so many guys that know so
> much more about xymon than I do. And that goes for just about everyone
> except maybe Henrik and JC.
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> So this looks like a configuration issue in general, not a failed custom
> graph.
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> Do you get graphs for anything? In trends of in specific tests?
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> Does showgraph.sh exist in you xymon-cgi directory? You can find you
> xymon-cgi directory location in the xymon-apache.conf file, which should be
> in your httpd configuration directory.
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> Is this a new install?
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> What version of xymon are using, and what operating system?
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> *From:* navraj shrestha [mailto:shresthanav17 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, December 05, 2016 6:34 PM
> *To:* Root, Paul T
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] rrd files not getting created. - SUMMARY
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> thanks Root for your reply,
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> When I click magnifying glass I get this error"The requested URL
> /xymon-cgi/showgraph.sh was not found on this server". And I am not
> creating a custom graphs, Do I have to make any changes to xymonserver.cfg?
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> Thanks
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>
> Navraj
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> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Root, Paul T <Paul.Root at centurylink.com>
> wrote:
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> I thought I would just summarize my experience.
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> It is important that the rrd file you want to create doesn’t exist before
> you do the restart of the xymond_rrd processes. It is VERY finicky.
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> Then moving onto the graph creation. I stumbled on debugging
> information. If the graph isn’t created, click on the magnifying glass next
> to it, and it will give you an error message, that is a clue as to why the
> graph wasn’t made.
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> Also, the example on “Custom Graphs” page is invalid. It doesn’t work. The
> %s in the GPRINTs are invalid. I also had a typo with DEV instead of DEF,
> and we all know the V vs F issue with the human mind.
>
> When creating a graph, start very simple, just TITLE, YAXIS and DEF lines,
> and then add things one at a time to get what you want.
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> Paul.
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> *From:* Root, Paul T
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 01, 2016 11:12 AM
> *To:* Root, Paul T; xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* RE: [Xymon] rrd files not getting created.
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> Ok, I took the changes out. restarted xymon, waited a half hour, put them
> back in, and it created the rrd file.
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> HOWEVER, it only put it in once, and no updates:
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> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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> <!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">
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> <!-- Round Robin Database Dump --><rrd> <version> 0003 </version>
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> <step> 300 </step> <!-- Seconds -->
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> <lastupdate> 1480607277 </lastupdate> <!-- 2016-12-01 *09:47:57
> CST* -->
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> <ds>
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> <name> ucfthreads </name>
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> <type> GAUGE </type>
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> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat>
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> <min> NaN </min>
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> <max> NaN </max>
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> <!-- PDP Status -->
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> <last_ds> 92 </last_ds>
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> <value> 1.6284000000e+04 </value>
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> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>
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> </ds>
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> <!-- Round Robin Archives --> <rra>
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> And the script runs every 5 minutes from clientlaunch.cfg.
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> *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com <xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] *On
> Behalf Of *Root, Paul T
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 01, 2016 9:55 AM
> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* [Xymon] rrd files not getting created.
>
>
>
> Where do I go look to figure out why the rrd file is not getting created?
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> I have a script that produces output like this with a test name of ‘ucf’:
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> green
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> ucf_threads : 14
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> And that is all I’m sending currently. At this point, it’s a simulated
> script and then number is between 1-100.
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> In xymonserver.cfg I have
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> TEST2RRD=”….,ucf=ncv”
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> NCV_ucf="ucfthreads:GAUGE"
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> I have two servers. My production, and a test server, with this config,
> and the test server briefly created the rrd, then I renamed the test (from
> myg to ucf), c hanged the TEST2RRD and NCV_myg to NCV_ucf.
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> I’ve restarted xymon completely, and killed the xymond_rrd processes.
> Nothing shows up in rrd_status.log or rrd_data.log
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> All the machines are CentOS 6 running xymon 4.3.21. We have successfully
> got custom graphs working in the past, but no luck at this point.
>
> Ultimately, I believe the script will live on a RedHat 7 client. The xymon
> server will remain CentOS 6 for the forseeable future.
>
>
>
> Paul.
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