Vmstat graph on redhat as 2.1 & 3

[thomas.seglard.enata (at) cnp.fr]

Hi,

I see strange vmstat graphs on these 2 Oses : Redhat AS 2.1 (ia32) and 
Redhat AS 3 (ia32 and ia64). It seems that some columns were inverted or 
shifted, here is the output of vmstat on a redhat 2.1 :

procs                      memory    swap          io     system cpu
 r  b  w   swpd   free   buff  cache  si  so    bi    bo   in    cs  us sy  id
10  0  0   4828  12240  74940  36412   0   0     0     0    0     0   0 0  0
 1  0  0   4828  13000  74940  36424   0   0     0    90  141   189  15 21  65
 0  0  0   4828  13000  74940  36424   0   0     0     0  129    27   0 0 100
 0  0  0   4828  13100  74940  36420   0   0     0    12  138    31   1 0 99
 0  0  0   4828  13100  74940  36420   0   0     0     0  129    21   0 0 100

and another one from a redhat 3 :

procs                      memory      swap          io     system cpu
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs us sy 
wa id
91  0 4791520  31616 466384 1412464   10   27    58    89  552  7022 36  9  7 48
 1  0 4791520  34576 466384 1412832    0    0     0   266 5473 19909 25 23  0 52
 1  0 4791520  31792 466384 1412816    0    0     0     8 5716 18403 23  5  0 72
 2  0 4792560  32512 466384 1411840    0  347     0   540 5496 18243 33  9  0 58
 3  0 4792560  32512 466384 1411936    0    0     0   132 5139 17295 18  5  0 77
 0  0 4792560  32608 466400 1412032    0    0     0    13 5106 17191 19  7  0 74

It seems graphs don't care about the idle column. I put the output from a redhat as 4 (update 2) :

procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- 
----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs us sy 
id wa
 0  0     96  44128 217952 3371248    0    0     1    17    0     0  1  0 98  0
 0  0     96  44064 217952 3371248    0    0     0    12 2080    55  0  0 100  0
 0  0     96  44064 217952 3371248    0    0     0    24 2076    48  0  0 100  0
 0  0     96  44128 217952 3371248    0    0     0    12 2080    54  0  0 100  0
 0  0     96  54240 217952 3371248    0    0     0    17 2073    54  0  0 100  0

On this particular os, vmstat graphs are ok. On a Debian 3.1 system, 
graphs look good too.
So, what can I do ? Is there a file to modify, a package to install ? 
Remove Redhat and install a Debian...

Regards,

Thomas Seglard



"Jeff Newman" <jeffnewman75 (at) gmail.com> a écrit sur 10/03/2006 00:37:57 :

> Ill be very generic and vague here, because I don't have much time, 
> but I hope it helps point you in the right direction.
> 
> What I have done is create a "high-flow xxx" new test, because, you 
> have to re-do the RRD file with the different step interval.
> 
> I would then copy the existing http test, and then write a wrapper 
> that throws the script into an infinite loop like:
> 
> while true; do
> /usr/local/hobbit/client/ext/httptest.sh
> sleep 1
> done
> 
> and put that wrapper script into the hobbitclient conf. script in 
> the etc dir. 
> 
> Then you'll have to configure the custom test on the server, the 
> same way you would any other. (Following Henrik's guide he has 
> posted to the group before)
> 
> Just make sure you create the RRD file yourself FIRST. As Henrik has
> stated, hobbit will happily update a pre-existing RRD file. If you 
> let hobbit create the RRD, it will do it at a 5 minute step rate.
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> On 3/9/06, Marsh, Ian <ian.marsh (at) hants.gov.uk> wrote: 
> 
>   We're currently experiencing a problem with httpd on one of our 
> servers that isn't being caught by hobbit. Is it possible to specify
> a custom test interval for just one test on one server? The hope is 
> that it'll stand a better chance of catching the problem if it runs,
> say, every minute rather than every 5 minutes. 
> Thank you, 
> Ian Marsh 
> 
> IT Services, Network Services 
> Hampshire County Council 
> Telephone: 01962 845235 
> HPSN: 200 5235 
> em ail: ian.marsh (at) hants.gov.uk 

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