CPU graphs from Windows clients shown as load average not percent utilization 🔗 link

All my Windows clients (using BBNT.exe) and my netapp filer are report
CPU in percentage, eg.

filer:   		Thu Aug 31 11:22:19 BST 2006 - up: 60 days,
23:18 CPU Usage= 12%
windows server:   Thu Aug 31 11:24:41 GDT 2006 [xxxxxxxx] up: 21 days, 1
users, 52 procs, load=87%, PhysicalMem: 2048MB(56%)

However, on the CPU column the graph being used is for load average.  It
graphs correctly so for the example above the graph would plot at 0.87
load (max being 1.0).

My question is how to specify that I want certain hosts be have their
CPU graphed as a percentage rather than load average?  Does hobbit have
a % graph already in hobbitgraph.cfg (maybe la1)??

Thanks,

Quentin

Quentin White
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Hi all,
I was just wondering if anyone knew how hobbit finds the virus
definitions date? We have 2 servers which are all up to date but they
still report that the antivirus is 15 days out of date and wondering if
it is a problem with hobbit (which is unlikely) or if the antivirus
isn't updating a file it's supposed to?

Thanks,
Jason.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 11:42:28AM +0100, Quentin White wrote:

That's correct. The reason for it is entirely historical - the old Big
Brother system only tracked the load average value, so that is what went
on the cpu status display.

It depends on the client software running on your servers. If you're
using the Big Brother client, then by default it doesn't report the
"vmstat" data that is needed to provide a %-value for the cpu
utilisation. The Hobbit client does, and uses this for the "la1" graph.

The answer to your question is that you cannot currently get the %-cpu
graph on the "cpu" status column. You *can* get it into the "trends"
column by adding "TRENDS:*,la:la1" to the host entry in bb-hosts. This
replaces the normal "la" graph with the "la1" graph. But alas, only on
the "trends" page.

It is something that will be improved. I think the 4.3 release is
beginning to look like the big UI improvement release.


Regards,
Henrik

I had the same desire for my UNIX clients as well so here is the fix that I
found as well as the problems it caused...

Edit hobbitserver.cfg (in server/etc/) and go down to the TEST2RRD section
and change cpu=la to be cpu=vmstat

Now in your cpu column you will get the cpu% graph that you see in the
trends column...

Caveat: The load and time offset graphs stop graphing...  (but alerts will
still be sent out based on load NOT cpu% even with the graphs not working).
I don't know why (maybe Henrik or another guru will be able to give us a
clue on that one)

Adam

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Subject: [hobbit] CPU graphs from Windows clients shown as load average
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