All, Sorry to bump this, but does anyone have any ideas on a solution for this ?
Regards, Wayne Pascoe RBS Global Banking & Markets Office: +44 20 3361 9571 | Mobile: +44 7799 707450 > -----Original Message----- > From: PASCOE, Wayne, GBM > Sent: 26 June 2009 11:24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ganglia-general] No rrd file being created for metrics Thanks for your reply - hopefully this will clarify the missing bits of information. > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Your email is missing some relevant information. gmond > doesn't store > > metrics into RRD files, it only makes the metric > information available > > via XML. gmetad is the process that gets these metrics (from gmond > > nodes) and stores them on RRD files on disk. You seem to > be debugging > > under the assumption that your problem is that the collector gmond > > isn't getting the metrics from the other gmond, but you > haven't given > > us information to indicate that you've verified that. To clarify, I will call our regular collecter 'BoxA' and the host with the disk metrics 'WinBox'. BoxA is a Linux host running Ganglia 3.0.7 and WinBox is a windows host running Ganglia 3.0.7 When I setup WinBox as my cluster collector node in gmetad, all of the metrics that I expect to be present are there and RRD files are created for them. They are only missing if I configure WinBox to send to BoxA and setup BoxA as my collecter in gmetad.conf Working config: WinBox gmond.conf udp_send_channel { host = WinBox port = 8649 } gmetad.conf data_source "My Cluster" WinBox.mydomain.com Failing config: WinBox gmond.conf udp_send_channel { host = BoxA port = 8649 } BoxA gmond.conf udp_send_channel { host = BoxA port = 8649 } gmetad.conf data_source "My Cluster" BoxA.mydomain.com > > So: > > - Can you look at the XML from your collector node (tcp port 8649) > > and check if it's actually missing the metrics? The metrics are there, and appear in gmetad when using WinBox as my collector. When WinBox is configured to send to itself (see working configuration above), telnetting to 8469 on the server shows those metrics are present. When I set BoxA to be the collecter and configure WinBox to send to that, the metrics are NOT present when I telnet to BoxA 8649. > > - Is your gmetad polling the correct collector nodes? Yes, it is - in both scenarios, WinBox appears appears in the collection in Gmetad At this point, it looks as if the data is missing when it is sent to BoxA, the Linux collector. At this point, I cannot see the metrics in the XML output any more, so it makes sense that it never arrives at the gmetad host. On this basis, where do I go to investigate this further ? On BoxA, sbin/gmond -m does not include any of the metrics that I am collecting on my Windows box and wish to appear in my cluster - is this relevant ? Do these metrics have to be supported by this gmond to be collected? If so, how can I configure them, given that my earlier attempt to include them caused gmond to fail with the following message: Unable to collect metric 'phys_disk_time' on this platform. Exiting. Thanks in advance for any assistance that anyone can give :) > > -- > Wayne Pascoe > RBS Global Banking & Markets > Office: +44 20 3361 9571 | Mobile: +44 7799 707450 > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-general mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general > *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. Visit our website at www.rbs.com *********************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general
