Help: Trying to use the NCV functionality of hobbit 🔗 link

Hello Hobbit users.
 
We have recently installed hobbit to replace a bigbrother PE
installation.
 
I am trying to make use of the ncv functionality mentioned in the
hobbitd_rrd man page.
 
My hobbit server is receiving the following from the client without
issue (not incluing the =====)
========
green Wed Jan  4 13:16:08 WST 2006 
DEV :       39
RUN :       18
========
 
I have modified hobbitserver.cfg with the following:
 
========
NCV_pro4="GAUGE"
TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tc
p,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sen
dmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy
,hobbitd,pro4=ncv"
 
# This defines which RRD files to include on the "trends" column
webpage,
# and the order in which they appear.
GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,tcp.http,tcp,nets
tat,mrtg::1,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iis
health,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,pro4"
========
 The rrd file is created as expected by hobbit, but only seems to
include the DEV column.
 
Output from 
 
/usr/local/rrdtool/bin/rrdtool fetch pro4.rrd AVERAGE
 
produces (cut down)
 
                            DEV
 
1136266500: nan
1136266800: nan
--- deleted lines ---
1136352600: 7.9365079365e-03
1136352900: nan
 
 
I am having real trouble determining how to debug this further.
 
I am also having trouble producing the graph but am sure that relates to
my inexperience with hobbit but will get there with more reading.

Any help would be appreciated....
 
Thanks
 
Phil

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On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 01:36:32PM +0800, Wild, Phil wrote:

This one is wrong, is thould be
   NCV_pro4="DEV:GAUGE,RUN:GAUGE"
You must restart Hobbit after this change, and you should also delete
any "pro4.rrd" files below the hobbit data/rrd/ directory to make sure
they get re-created with the correct setting.

GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,tcp.http,tcp,nets
tat,mrtg::1,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iis
health,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,pro4"

And this one is missing the "ncv" item. Just add it somewhere.

I am having real trouble determining how to debug this further.

Have a look at http://www.hswn.dk/~henrik/howtograph.txt . This
document will be part of the Hobbit documentation soon.


Regards,
Henrik

Hello Hobbit users.
 
We have recently installed hobbit to replace a bigbrother PE
installation.
 
I am trying to make use of the ncv functionality mentioned in the
hobbitd_rrd man page.
 
My hobbit server is receiving the following from the client without
issue (not incluing the =====)
========
green Wed Jan  4 13:16:08 WST 2006 
DEV :       39
RUN :       18
========
 
I have modified hobbitserver.cfg with the following:
 
========
NCV_pro4="GAUGE"
TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tc
p,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sen
dmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy
,hobbitd,pro4=ncv"
 
# This defines which RRD files to include on the "trends" column
webpage,
# and the order in which they appear.
GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,tcp.http,tcp,nets
tat,mrtg::1,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iis
health,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,pro4"
========
 The rrd file is created as expected by hobbit, but only seems to
include the DEV column.
 
Output from 
 
/usr/local/rrdtool/bin/rrdtool fetch pro4.rrd AVERAGE
 
produces (cut down)
 
                            DEV
 
1136266500: nan
1136266800: nan
--- deleted lines ---
1136352600: 7.9365079365e-03
1136352900: nan
 
 
I am having real trouble determining how to debug this further.
 
I am also having trouble producing the graph but am sure that relates to
my inexperience with hobbit but will get there with more reading.

Any help would be appreciated....
 
Thanks
 
Phil

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Thanks for this but something is still not right.

I have made the change to the env variable as suggested (see extract
from hobbitserver.cfg below)

NCV_pro4="DEV:GAUGE,RUN:GAUGE"

TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tc
p,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sen
dmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy
,hobbitd,pro4=ncv"

# This defines which RRD files to include on the "trends" column
webpage,
# and the order in which they appear.
GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,tcp.http,tcp,nets
tat,mrtg::1,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,iis

health,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,pro4,ncv"


I removed the existing rrd file then restarted hobbit (did a stop, wait
10 seconds then start).

I waited for the client tos end data and checked that an RRD file was
generated. The rrd file still only has one of the columns (DEV - see
below).

Is there perhaps something wrong with my collected data:

green Wed Jan  4 13:16:08 WST 2006
DEV :       39
RUN :       18

Cheers and thanks

Phil


/usr/local/rrdtool/bin/rrdtool dump
../../data/rrd/peruxas5.sealcorp.com.au/pro4.rrd | head -50
<!-- Round Robin Database Dump -->
<rrd>
	<version> 0003 </version>
	<step> 300 </step> <!-- Seconds -->
	<lastupdate> 1136445962 </lastupdate> <!-- 2006-01-05 15:26:02
WST -->

	<ds>
		<name> DEV </name>
		<type> GAUGE </type>
		<minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat>
		<min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min>
		<max> NaN </max>

		<!-- PDP Status -->
		<last_ds> UNKN </last_ds>
		<value> 6.0000000000e+02 </value>
		<unknown_sec> 52 </unknown_sec>
	</ds>

<!-- Round Robin Archives -->
	<rra>

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2006 5:37 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Help: Trying to use the NCV functionality of
hobbit

On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 01:36:32PM +0800, Wild, Phil wrote:

This one is wrong, is thould be
   NCV_pro4="DEV:GAUGE,RUN:GAUGE"
You must restart Hobbit after this change, and you should also delete
any "pro4.rrd" files below the hobbit data/rrd/ directory to make sure
they get re-created with the correct setting.

GRAPHS="la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,users,vmstat,iostat,tcp.http,tcp,ne
ts 
tat,mrtg::1,temperature,ntpstat,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,socks,bea,i
is health,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,pro4"

And this one is missing the "ncv" item. Just add it somewhere.

Have a look at http://www.hswn.dk/~henrik/howtograph.txt . This document
will be part of the Hobbit documentation soon.


Regards,
Henrik


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