[xymon] monitor a directory size

[Patrick Nixon]

This is the line from hobbit-clients.cfg that works:
  DIR /u01/app/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/stmmdb2/listener/alert/RED
SIZE<20100100100 TRACK

I don't have a corresponding client-local.cfg due to our environment

--Patrick


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Johan Sjöberg <
johan.sjoberg at deltamanagement.se> wrote:

> When I read that man-page, I understand it as du is always run on the
> directory that is specified in dir:DIRECTORYNAME
>
> So you should only add this to the correct host in client-local.cfg.
> dir:/var/adm
>
>
> From the man-page:
> "A directory monitoring entry is used to watch the size of a directory and
> any sub-directories. It looks like this:
>
>
>    dir:DIRECTORYNAME
>
> The dir:DIRECTORYNAME line defines the filename of the file to monitor. As
> with the "log:" entries, a filename enclosed in backticks means a command
> which will generate the filenames dynamically. The Xymon client will run the
> du(1) command with the directoryname as parameter, and send the output back
> to the Xymon server."
>
> /Johan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Flemming [mailto:martin.flemming at desy.de]
> > Sent: den 16 september 2010 15:44
> > To: xymon at xymon.com
> > Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> >
> >
> > You've have to add
> >
> > dir:`du -k /var/adm`
> >
> > in your client-local.cfg ...
> >
> > then you've got hte size of your directory
> > https://it-xymon3.desy.de/xymon/help/manpages/man5/client-
> > local.cfg.5.html
> >
> > cheers,
> >       martin
> >
> > On Thu, 16 Sep 2010, Johan Sjöberg wrote:
> >
> > > I don't understand exactly what you mean, but you need to add it both
> to
> > client-local.cfg and to hobbit-clients.cfg. Both these files are located
> on the
> > Xymon server. Client-local.cfg tells the client to send information about
> that
> > directory to the Xymon server, and hobbit-clients.cfg tells the server
> what
> > to alert on in that information.
> > >
> > > /Johan
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Kevin Kelly [mailto:kkelly at lifetouch.com]
> > >> Sent: den 16 september 2010 15:08
> > >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> > >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> > >>
> > >> I did add it to client-local.cfg on the client server, is
> client-local.cfg a
> > different
> > >> file?
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Johan Sjöberg [mailto:johan.sjoberg at deltamanagement.se]
> > >> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:47 AM
> > >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> > >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> > >>
> > >> Have you added it to client-local.cfg as well?
> > >>
> > >> /Johan
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Kevin Kelly [mailto:kkelly at lifetouch.com]
> > >> Sent: den 16 september 2010 14:40
> > >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> > >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> > >>
> > >> Still nothing!
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Williams, Doug (Consultant-RIC)
> > [mailto:Doug.Williams at dexone.com]
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:31 PM
> > >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> > >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> > >>
> > >> You need to reverse  SIZE>10m to SIZE<10m  if wanting to alert if
> greater
> > than
> > >> 10m.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Kevin Kelly [mailto:kkelly at lifetouch.com]
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 3:32 PM
> > >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> > >> Subject: RE: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> > >>
> > >> That had no effect!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> From: sholmes42 at gmail.com [mailto:sholmes42 at gmail.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> > >> Steve Holmes
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:59 AM
> > >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> > >> Subject: Re: [xymon] monitor a directory size
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Kevin Kelly <kkelly at lifetouch.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>    I am trying to use the DIR in hobbit-client.cfg, but not having
> > >> any luck. Does anyone use this?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>    Xymon server- hobbit-client.cfg
> > >>
> > >>    Syntax that I used:
> > >>
> > >>    DIR         /var/adm  yellow SIZE>10m track
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>    Client- localclient.cfg
> > >>
> > >>    DIR /var/adm
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>    Any suggestions?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Try putting the word yellow after the SIZE>10m.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Steve
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> Truth never damages a cause that is just. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
> > >> (1869-1948)
> > >>
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