[Xymon] Rrd file isn't created

[Root, Paul]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Asif Iqbal [mailto:vadud3 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 11:28 AM
> To: Root, Paul
> Cc: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Rrd file isn't created
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Root, Paul
> <Paul.Root at qwest.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >        I have a test on a machine titled 'AMOS'. Xymon
> server is 4.2.3.
> >
> >        It's a simple script, that receives info from an
> automation from within a program. It has a single data point,
> and it's output looks like this:
> >
> >
> > rows : 20
> >
> > $Id: hbtStatus,v 1.15 2011/02/07 21:03:28 root Exp $
> >
> >
> >
> >        I went into the script and changed the colons in the
> time to :
> >
> >        In hobbitserver.cfg, I changed the TEST2RRD line to:
> >
> >
> TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=
tcp,dns=tcp,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperatu> re,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth
> ,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,files,procs=processes,por
> ts,clock,lines,ops,stats,cifs,JVM,JMS,HitCache,Session,JDBCCon
> n,ExecQueue,JTA,TblSpace,RollBack,MemReq,InvObj,snapmirr,snapl
> ist,snapshot,AMOS=ncv,if_load=devmon,temp=devmon"
> >
> >        and at the end (near the end) added:
> >
> > NCV_AMOS="rows:GAUGE"
> >
> >
> >        Then I killed hobbitd_rrd (both instances). I waited
> 10-15 minutes, but no rrd file. I restarted xymon completely.
> Still no rrd file.
> >
> >        I'm not able to find anything in any log file about
> what's happening.
> >
> >        Any ideas?
>
> These rae the two paths used to receive and generate rrd files
>
> hobbitd_channel --> status --> hobbitd_rrd -> rrd files
> hobbitd_channel --> data --> hobbitd_rdd --> rrd files
>
> Use hobbitd_capture to see if are receiving any rrd data, from that
> host, through either of the two channels. If you are sending it
> through status then
> look under status channel and so on and so forth.
>


I let 'hobbitd_capture --hosts=<machine> --tests=AMOS' run for an hour. No output.

The script is running every 15 minutes.

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