Assistance with Custom NCV graph on 4.3.4 🔗 link

user-241b622aa34e@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hello -

I recently added a few custom tests to my 4.3.4 installation and although
the tests show up fine, the graphs are totally broken on the new tests...
 (All of the built in tests are working ok..)..  In looking through the
mailing list I was able to find several entries that said "try this" and
"try that" however so far nothing has worked.  (On a related note, the slab
demo on the xymon site is experiencing similar issues..)

Here is the information on the system....

Operating System:    Ubuntu 11.04 64b
Xymon Version:        4.3.4

################################
## Test Name:   PPSmsgq
################################
QueueRelease : 0
spamdigest : 0
encrypt : 0
default : 0
postini : 0
decrypt : 0
primary : 1492
alert : 0
reinject : 0
tlsfallback : 0
spam5 : 0
googprod : 0
digest : 0

################################
## xymonserver.cfg
################################
TEST2RRD+=",esmtp,PPSmsgq=ncv,PPSMisc"
GRAPHS+=",esmtp,PPSmsgq,PPSMisc"


NCV_PPSmsgq="QueueRelease:GAUGE,spamdigest:GAUGE,encrypt:GAUGE,default:GAUGE,postini:GAUGE,decrypt:GAUGE,primary:GAUGE,alert:GAUGE,reinject:GAUGE,tlsfallback:GAUGE,spam5:GAUGE,googprod:GAUGE,digest:GAUGE"
# NCV_PPSmsgq="*:GAUGE"

(Note..  I have tried both the the NCV_PPSmsgq entries above...)

################################
## graphs.cfg
################################
[PPSmsgq]
        TITLE Mail Queue Length
        YAXIS Queue Size
        DEF:primary=PPSmsgq.rrd:primary:GAUGE
        DEF:googprod=PPSmsgq.rrd:googprod:GAUGE
        LINE2:primary#@COLOR@
        LINE2:googprod#@COLOR@

################################
## tasks.cfg
################################
[rrdstatus]
        ENVFILE /opt/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
        NEEDS xymond
        CMD xymond_channel --channel=status
--log=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log xymond_rrd --rrddir=$XYMONVAR/rrd
--extra-tests=PPSmsgq,PPSMisc

# "rrddata" updates RRD files with information that arrives as "data"
messages.
[rrddata]
        ENVFILE /opt/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
        NEEDS xymond
        CMD xymond_channel --channel=data
--log=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/rrd-data.log xymond_rrd --rrddir=$XYMONVAR/rrd
--extra-tests=PPSmsgq,PPSMisc

################################
## RRD Datafile Head....
################################
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">;
<!-- Round Robin Database Dump -->
<rrd>
        <version>0003</version>
        <step>300</step> <!-- Seconds -->
        <lastupdate>1313802922</lastupdate> <!-- 2011-08-19 18:15:22 PDT
-->

        <ds>
                <name> QueueRelease </name>
                <type> GAUGE </type>
                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>
                <min>NaN</min>
                <max>NaN</max>

                <!-- PDP Status -->
                <last_ds>0</last_ds>
                <value>0.0000000000e+00</value>
                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>
        </ds>

        .... snip ....

        <ds>
                <name> default </name>
                <type> GAUGE </type>
                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>
                <min>NaN</min>
                <max>NaN</max>

                <!-- PDP Status -->
                <last_ds>0</last_ds>
                <value>0.0000000000e+00</value>
                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>
        </ds>

        .... snip ....

        <ds>
                <name> googprod </name>
                <type> GAUGE </type>
                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>
                <min>NaN</min>
                <max>NaN</max>

                <!-- PDP Status -->
                <last_ds>1</last_ds>
                <value>2.2000000000e+01</value>
                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>
        </ds>

        .... snip ....

                        <!-- 2011-08-19 18:05:00 PDT / 1313802300 -->
<row><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000

000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>5.6500000000e+02</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.00
00000000e+00</v><v>8.2700000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>
                        <!-- 2011-08-19 18:10:00 PDT / 1313802600 -->
<row><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000

000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>5.6911666667e+02</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.00
00000000e+00</v><v>3.0966666667e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>
                        <!-- 2011-08-19 18:15:00 PDT / 1313802900 -->
<row><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000

000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>5.6625666667e+02</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.00
00000000e+00</v><v>1.5133333333e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>
        .... snip ....

Data is going into the database.....

Any suggestions on what I can try next?

Thanks for the help -

• Bob Gordon
--- This message encrypted in Double-ROT-13 for your protection ---

 
You could try generating the graph by hand.  Something like this ought
to do it:

 
     cd /path/to/rrd/directory

     rrdtool graph x.png -t "Mail Queue Length" -v "Queue Size"  \

        DEF:primary=PPSmsgq.rrd:primary:GAUGE  \

        DEF:googprod=PPSmsgq.rrd:googprod:GAUGE  \

        LINE2:primary#FF0000   \

        LINE2:googprod#0FF00

 
If you get no error message, try to display x.png.  That'll tell you
that the rrd has good data.

 
If there anything in the xymon logs??

 
Ralph Mitchell

 
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Robert E Gordon
<user-241b622aa34e@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hello -


I recently added a few custom tests to my 4.3.4 installation and
although the tests show up fine, the graphs are totally broken on the
new tests...  (All of the built in tests are working ok..)..  In looking
through the mailing list I was able to find several entries that said
"try this" and "try that" however so far nothing has worked.  (On a
related note, the slab demo on the xymon site is experiencing similar
issues..)

 
Here is the information on the system....

 
Operating System:    Ubuntu 11.04 64b

Xymon Version:        4.3.4

 
################################

## Test Name:   PPSmsgq  

################################

QueueRelease : 0

spamdigest : 0

encrypt : 0

default : 0

postini : 0

decrypt : 0

primary : 1492

alert : 0

reinject : 0

tlsfallback : 0

spam5 : 0

googprod : 0

digest : 0

 
################################

## xymonserver.cfg 

################################

TEST2RRD+=",esmtp,PPSmsgq=ncv,PPSMisc"

GRAPHS+=",esmtp,PPSmsgq,PPSMisc"

 

# NCV_PPSmsgq="*:GAUGE"

 
(Note..  I have tried both the the NCV_PPSmsgq entries above...)

 
################################

## graphs.cfg

################################

[PPSmsgq]

        TITLE Mail Queue Length

        YAXIS Queue Size

        DEF:primary=PPSmsgq.rrd:primary:GAUGE

        DEF:googprod=PPSmsgq.rrd:googprod:GAUGE

        LINE2:primary#@COLOR@

        LINE2:googprod#@COLOR@

 
################################

## tasks.cfg

################################

[rrdstatus]

        ENVFILE /opt/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg

        NEEDS xymond

        CMD xymond_channel --channel=status
--log=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log xymond_rrd --rrddir=$XYMONVAR/rrd
--extra-tests=PPSmsgq,PPSMisc

 
# "rrddata" updates RRD files with information that arrives as "data"
messages.

[rrddata]

        ENVFILE /opt/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg

        NEEDS xymond

        CMD xymond_channel --channel=data
--log=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/rrd-data.log xymond_rrd --rrddir=$XYMONVAR/rrd
--extra-tests=PPSmsgq,PPSMisc

 
################################

## RRD Datafile Head....

################################

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">;

<!-- Round Robin Database Dump -->

<rrd>

        <version>0003</version>

        <step>300</step> <!-- Seconds -->

        <lastupdate>1313802922</lastupdate> <!-- 2011-08-19 18:15:22 PDT
-->

 
        <ds>

                <name> QueueRelease </name>

                <type> GAUGE </type>

                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>

                <min>NaN</min>

                <max>NaN</max>

 
                <!-- PDP Status -->

                <last_ds>0</last_ds>

                <value>0.0000000000e+00</value>

                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>

        </ds>

 
        .... snip ....

 
        <ds>

                <name> default </name>

                <type> GAUGE </type>

                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>

                <min>NaN</min>

                <max>NaN</max>

 
                <!-- PDP Status -->

                <last_ds>0</last_ds>

                <value>0.0000000000e+00</value>

                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>

        </ds>

 
        .... snip ....

 
        <ds>

                <name> googprod </name>

                <type> GAUGE </type>

                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>

                <min>NaN</min>

                <max>NaN</max>

 
                <!-- PDP Status -->

                <last_ds>1</last_ds>

                <value>2.2000000000e+01</value>

                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>

        </ds>

 
        .... snip ....

 
                        <!-- 2011-08-19 18:05:00 PDT / 1313802300 -->

00000000e+00</v><v>1.5133333333e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>

        .... snip ....

 
Data is going into the database.....

 
Any suggestions on what I can try next?

 
Thanks for the help -

 
• Bob Gordon
--- This message encrypted in Double-ROT-13 for your protection ---

 
Your graph definition has a DEF and line for "primary" but that is not I
the output from your rrd tool dump.  I see QueueRelease, default, and
googprod in your rrd dump, but no primary.

 
    ......Bruce

 
 
 Bruce White
 Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer | Phone: X-XXX-XXX-XXXX | Fax: XXX-XXX-XXXX | user-58f975e8bf9d@xymon.invalid | http://www.fellowes.com/
 
 
 
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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf

To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Assistance with Custom NCV graph on 4.3.4

 
Hello -


I recently added a few custom tests to my 4.3.4 installation and
although the tests show up fine, the graphs are totally broken on the
new tests...  (All of the built in tests are working ok..)..  In looking
through the mailing list I was able to find several entries that said
"try this" and "try that" however so far nothing has worked.  (On a
related note, the slab demo on the xymon site is experiencing similar
issues..)

 
Here is the information on the system....

 
Operating System:    Ubuntu 11.04 64b

Xymon Version:        4.3.4

 
################################

## Test Name:   PPSmsgq  

################################

QueueRelease : 0

spamdigest : 0

encrypt : 0

default : 0

postini : 0

decrypt : 0

primary : 1492

alert : 0

reinject : 0

tlsfallback : 0

spam5 : 0

googprod : 0

digest : 0

 
################################

## xymonserver.cfg 

################################

TEST2RRD+=",esmtp,PPSmsgq=ncv,PPSMisc"

GRAPHS+=",esmtp,PPSmsgq,PPSMisc"

 
NCV_PPSmsgq="QueueRelease:GAUGE,spamdigest:GAUGE,encrypt:GAUGE,default:G
AUGE,postini:GAUGE,decrypt:GAUGE,primary:GAUGE,alert:GAUGE,reinject:GAUG
E,tlsfallback:GAUGE,spam5:GAUGE,googprod:GAUGE,digest:GAUGE"

# NCV_PPSmsgq="*:GAUGE"

 
(Note..  I have tried both the the NCV_PPSmsgq entries above...)

 
################################

## graphs.cfg

################################

[PPSmsgq]

        TITLE Mail Queue Length

        YAXIS Queue Size

        DEF:primary=PPSmsgq.rrd:primary:GAUGE

        DEF:googprod=PPSmsgq.rrd:googprod:GAUGE

        LINE2:primary#@COLOR@

        LINE2:googprod#@COLOR@

 
################################

## tasks.cfg

################################

[rrdstatus]

        ENVFILE /opt/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg

        NEEDS xymond

        CMD xymond_channel --channel=status
--log=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log xymond_rrd --rrddir=$XYMONVAR/rrd
--extra-tests=PPSmsgq,PPSMisc

 
# "rrddata" updates RRD files with information that arrives as "data"
messages.

[rrddata]

        ENVFILE /opt/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg

        NEEDS xymond

        CMD xymond_channel --channel=data
--log=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/rrd-data.log xymond_rrd --rrddir=$XYMONVAR/rrd
--extra-tests=PPSmsgq,PPSMisc

 
################################

## RRD Datafile Head....

################################

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">;

<!-- Round Robin Database Dump -->

<rrd>

        <version>0003</version>

        <step>300</step> <!-- Seconds -->

        <lastupdate>1313802922</lastupdate> <!-- 2011-08-19 18:15:22 PDT
-->

 
        <ds>

                <name> QueueRelease </name>

                <type> GAUGE </type>

                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>

                <min>NaN</min>

                <max>NaN</max>

 
                <!-- PDP Status -->

                <last_ds>0</last_ds>

                <value>0.0000000000e+00</value>

                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>

        </ds>

 
        .... snip ....

 
        <ds>

                <name> default </name>

                <type> GAUGE </type>

                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>

                <min>NaN</min>

                <max>NaN</max>

 
                <!-- PDP Status -->

                <last_ds>0</last_ds>

                <value>0.0000000000e+00</value>

                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>

        </ds>

 
        .... snip ....

 
        <ds>

                <name> googprod </name>

                <type> GAUGE </type>

                <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat>

                <min>NaN</min>

                <max>NaN</max>

 
                <!-- PDP Status -->

                <last_ds>1</last_ds>

                <value>2.2000000000e+01</value>

                <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec>

        </ds>

 
        .... snip ....

 
                        <!-- 2011-08-19 18:05:00 PDT / 1313802300 -->
<row><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</
v><v>0.0000000

000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>5.6500000000
e+02</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+0
0</v><v>0.00

00000000e+00</v><v>8.2700000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>

                        <!-- 2011-08-19 18:10:00 PDT / 1313802600 -->
<row><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</
v><v>0.0000000

000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>5.6911666667
e+02</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+0
0</v><v>0.00

00000000e+00</v><v>3.0966666667e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>

                        <!-- 2011-08-19 18:15:00 PDT / 1313802900 -->
<row><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</
v><v>0.0000000

000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>5.6625666667
e+02</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+0
0</v><v>0.00

00000000e+00</v><v>1.5133333333e+00</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>

        .... snip ....

 
Data is going into the database.....

 
Any suggestions on what I can try next?

 
Thanks for the help -

 
• Bob Gordon
--- This message encrypted in Double-ROT-13 for your protection ---

Ralph Mitchell


On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:57 PM, White, Bruce <user-58f975e8bf9d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

 Bob,****

** **

** **

Your graph definition has a DEF and line for “primary” but that is not I
the output from your rrd tool dump.  I see QueueRelease, default, and
googprod in your rrd dump, but no primary.****

** **

    ……Bruce****

 ****

** **


 *Bruce White*

 Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer | Phone: X-XXX-XXX-XXXX | Fax:

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• Bob Gordon
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Ralph Mitchell <user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid>wrote:

I think he simply over-cropped the output.  The first block shows 13
entries in the test output and the second block shows 13 entries in the
NCV_PPSmsgq line.

Ralph Mitchell


On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:57 PM, White, Bruce <user-58f975e8bf9d@xymon.invalid>wrote:

 Bob,****

** **

** **

Your graph definition has a DEF and line for “primary” but that is not I
the output from your rrd tool dump.  I see QueueRelease, default, and
googprod in your rrd dump, but no primary.****

** **

    ……Bruce****

 ****

** **


 *Bruce White*

 Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer | Phone: X-XXX-XXX-XXXX | Fax:
XXX-XXX-XXXX | user-58f975e8bf9d@xymon.invalid | www.fellowes.com


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communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the
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user-241b622aa34e@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Yeah..  A bit overzealous on the cropping...  :)

No error messages showed in the logs on this one..

I tried generating the graphs manually and received the following error:

 ERROR: Unknown CF 'GAUGE' in 'DEF:primary=PPSmsgq.rrd:primary:GAUGE'

If I change the GAUGE to AVERAGE, I get a graph that looks pretty much what
I am expecting from the data points.  Made the same change in the graphs.cfg
file and all of the missing graphs are showing up now.

In the overall scheme of things this will work for me.  (thank you for
pointing me in the right direction..)..   Looks like I need to read up on
rrdtool a bit more..

• Bob Gordon
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Ralph Mitchell <user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid>wrote:

I think he simply over-cropped the output.  The first block shows 13
entries in the test output and the second block shows 13 entries in the
NCV_PPSmsgq line.

Ralph Mitchell


On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:57 PM, White, Bruce <user-58f975e8bf9d@xymon.invalid>wrote:

  Bob,****

** **

** **

Your graph definition has a DEF and line for “primary” but that is not I
the output from your rrd tool dump.  I see QueueRelease, default, and
googprod in your rrd dump, but no primary.****

** **

    ……Bruce****

 ****

** **


 *Bruce White*

 Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer | Phone: X-XXX-XXX-XXXX | Fax:
XXX-XXX-XXXX | user-58f975e8bf9d@xymon.invalid | www.fellowes.com


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privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of
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responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are
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communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the
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