gmond will keep IP to hostname mapping until you restart IIRC. If you are running ganglia 3.2+ my suggestion is to just use override_hostname.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ganglia/wiki/override_hostname It makes things much cleaner. Vladimir On 09/20/2013 03:15 PM, Douglas Wagner wrote: > Is there a good way for a system name to change in ganglia after data > collection has started? > > I've got a few systems that started reporting under ip addresses or > whose names have changed after they first started reporting data. > > Unfortunately, those systems are STILL reporting under then OLD system > names / ip Addresses even after a complete system name change (in the > gmond.conf file, /etc/hosts, DNS, etc.) > > I tried deleting the previous RRD data, but the new data just comes in > on top of it. Where are the names coming from? It's not nslookup > and/or hosts since literally these system names and IP addresses DO > NOT EXIST on the network anymore. > > I do have "bind_hostname = yes" in the "udp_send_channel" section. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/22/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=64545871&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Ganglia-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general
