Problem solved.
As it turns out, it was determined that the device was dropping UDP packets (as
shown by sysctl).
The solution was to increase the net.core.rmem_max and gmond (via gmond.conf
udp_recv_channel's buffer).
Btw: I upgraded Ganglia to 3.6.0 which supports the buffer option for gmond
: [Ganglia-developers] Not all custom metrics are being displayed.
All the metrics are within the same 'group' and when they reach a certain count
and are not displayed on the web.
I checked the gmond messages using netcat as suggested and the missing metrics
are present.
From: Dan (Daniel
Hi Dan,
when you say metrics are not show what is the output ? Can you
take a screenshot of the output. Feel free to blacken out any
sensitive areas.
Can you make sure that gmond that is aggregating metrics (one that
gmetad talks to) has the
All the metrics are within the same 'group' and when they reach a certain count
and are not displayed on the web.
I checked the gmond messages using netcat as suggested and the missing metrics
are present.
From: Dan (Daniel) Arsenault [mailto:dar...@broadcom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23,
