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list Jacob Paul Jordan · Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:00:26 -0500 ·
Why do some graphs such as disk drive space have only 4 entries per graph while others like temperature lump all entries into one graph?
I have machines with 10 or 15 drives and they graph with only 4 disks per graph.  But I have devices with temperature and all 14 are lumped on one graph (very hard to read).
Thanks Paul Jordan
list Josh Luthman · Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:23:36 -0400 ·
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quoted from Jacob Paul Jordan


On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Jacob Paul Jordan <user-0cdbed8d7575@xymon.invalid>wrote:
Why do some graphs such as disk drive space have only 4 entries per graph
while others like temperature lump all entries into one graph?
I have machines with 10 or 15 drives and they graph with only 4 disks per
graph.  But I have devices with temperature and all 14 are lumped on one
graph (very hard to read).
Thanks Paul Jordan

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list Vernon Everett · Fri, 6 Jul 2012 06:43:27 +0800 ·
It is configurable.
In the GRAPHS= in xymonserver, you have definition for your graph.
It should look something like
GRAPHS="..,mygraph,..."
Change that to
GRAPHS="..,mygraph::4,.."
(Or at least I think it was there. I don't have my setup in front of me)
Check on xymonton. One of the scripts I contributed - I think iostat - has
this set.

Experiment with different values, until you find one that looks good.
Normally 4 to 6 lines per graph looks good.
Less looks lonely, more gets a little busy

Cheers
     V
quoted from Jacob Paul Jordan

On 6 July 2012 04:00, Jacob Paul Jordan <user-0cdbed8d7575@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Why do some graphs such as disk drive space have only 4 entries per graph
while others like temperature lump all entries into one graph?
I have machines with 10 or 15 drives and they graph with only 4 disks per
graph.  But I have devices with temperature and all 14 are lumped on one
graph (very hard to read).
Thanks Paul Jordan

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list David Baldwin · Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:48:00 +0000 ·
quoted from Jacob Paul Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Paul Jordan
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 6:00 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Items per graph settings
Why do some graphs such as disk drive space have only 4 entries per 
graph while others like temperature lump all entries into one graph?
I have machines with 10 or 15 drives and they graph with only 4 disks 
per graph.  But I have devices with temperature and all 14 are lumped on 
one graph (very hard to read).

See svcstatus.cgi man page --multigraphs option
http://xymon.com/xymon/help/manpages/man1/svcstatus.cgi.1.html


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list Vernon Everett · Fri, 6 Jul 2012 09:24:07 +0800 ·
It wasn't called iostat, I called it diskstat. I plead old-age. :-)

Check here
http://www.xymonton.org/monitors:diskstat.ksh
and scroll down to Installation, Step 4.
You can see how I did it.
I think there was a bug though. You had to make the entry <desired number>+1
The example I gave below would give you 3 lines, while the ::7 in the
diskstat test on xymonton (see link above) gives 6 lines per graph.

A neat trick, if you ever want to see more, or all the lines on a graph
again, is to click on the graph.
This will show the 4 longer term graphs.
Look at the URL.
Somewhere in the URL you will see something like &first=1&count=5
Change count=5 to be count-10, or however many graphs you want on a single
page. Hit enter, and it will redraw with the other lines.

Regards
    Vernon
quoted from Vernon Everett


On 6 July 2012 06:43, Vernon Everett <user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid> wrote:
It is configurable.
In the GRAPHS= in xymonserver, you have definition for your graph.
It should look something like
GRAPHS="..,mygraph,..."
Change that to
GRAPHS="..,mygraph::4,.."
(Or at least I think it was there. I don't have my setup in front of me)
Check on xymonton. One of the scripts I contributed - I think iostat - has
this set.

Experiment with different values, until you find one that looks good.
Normally 4 to 6 lines per graph looks good.
Less looks lonely, more gets a little busy

Cheers
     V


On 6 July 2012 04:00, Jacob Paul Jordan <user-0cdbed8d7575@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Why do some graphs such as disk drive space have only 4 entries per graph
while others like temperature lump all entries into one graph?
I have machines with 10 or 15 drives and they graph with only 4 disks per
graph.  But I have devices with temperature and all 14 are lumped on one
graph (very hard to read).
Thanks Paul Jordan

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list Scot Kreienkamp · Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:14:36 +0000 ·
Seems to be a bug in the multigraphs option.  When I use it I get an extra broken graph link at the bottom.  The broken graph starts at data point 13, which I don't have.  I only have 10 data points.
quoted from David Baldwin

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Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 7:48 PM
To: Jacob Paul Jordan; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Items per graph settings


-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Paul Jordan
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 6:00 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Items per graph settings
Why do some graphs such as disk drive space have only 4 entries per
graph while others like temperature lump all entries into one graph?
I have machines with 10 or 15 drives and they graph with only 4 disks
per graph.  But I have devices with temperature and all 14 are lumped on
one graph (very hard to read).

See svcstatus.cgi man page --multigraphs option
http://xymon.com/xymon/help/manpages/man1/svcstatus.cgi.1.html


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list David Baldwin · Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:40:37 +1000 ·
quoted from Scot Kreienkamp
On 10/07/12 1:14 AM, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:
Seems to be a bug in the multigraphs option.  When I use it I get an extra broken graph link at the bottom.  The broken graph starts at data point 13, which I don't have.  I only have 10 data points.
I get a broken graph link too on some tests on my server but it's still
running 4.2.3 and longer overdue for an update. Annoying but easy to ignore.

David.
quoted from David Baldwin
-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of David Baldwin
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 7:48 PM
To: Jacob Paul Jordan; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Items per graph settings


-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Paul Jordan
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 6:00 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Items per graph settings
Why do some graphs such as disk drive space have only 4 entries per
graph while others like temperature lump all entries into one graph?
I have machines with 10 or 15 drives and they graph with only 4 disks
per graph.  But I have devices with temperature and all 14 are lumped on
one graph (very hard to read).
See svcstatus.cgi man page --multigraphs option
http://xymon.com/xymon/help/manpages/man1/svcstatus.cgi.1.html


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