trouble with Performance Data

[Havel Zdeněk]

I thing, that no plugin support data performace today. I have same question.
Only one ansver arrived from Chet Luther [chet at rcn.com]. 

> Chet Luther wrote:
> ==================
>    That's what I'm doing right now, but I wasn't aware of the performance
data features of Nagios > when I decided to do it.  So I ended up just
having the plugins (like you say) return the regular > output to Nagios,
while writing their performance data directly to RRD databases.
>    I have a framework in place that makes writing plugins for this
extremely easy, and I'll 
> attach it to the message in case you feel like seeing how someone else is
handling it.  Beware, 
> it isn't code I had intended to release so it depends upon a lot of things
that may be different > on your system.  There is a small README in the
archive that explains what is what in the  
> package.


If you can this framework tel Chet, or I can sen it.

Another way is use wrapper arround plugin. I make simple wrapper arrnoud
check_snmp plugin.


                  Zdenek Havel

-----Původní zpráva-----
Od: poiret gilles [mailto:gilles.poiret at noos.fr] 
Odesláno: 14. srpna 2002 20:56
Komu: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Předmět: [Nagios-users] trouble with Performance Data


Hi,

I aim to export data collected by nagios to a file, in order to use them
with rrdtool. To achieve that, i followed instructions of the page :
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/perfdata.html

- nagios is compiled with "--with-file-perfdata" option
- my nagios.cfg file contains the line : process_performance_data=1
- As i'm using File-base method, the nagios.cfg file contains also : 
	xpdfile_service_perfdata_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/serviceperf.log
	
xpdfile_service_perfdata_template=$TIMET$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$SERVICEDESC$\t$OUTPU
T$\t$PERFDATA$

	xpdfile_host_perfdata_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/hostperf.log
	
xpdfile_host_perfdata_template=$TIMET$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$OUTPUT$\t$PERFDATA$

- in service.cfg, a line such as    
	process_perf_data               1       
   appears in the global description of hosts/services.


And it's a failure... 

when i restart nagios,	
both files /usr/local/nagios/var/{service,host}perf.log are created, empty.
but they stay empty...


On the web interface, "Process info" option, "Performance Data Being
Processed" is set at "No" !!! When i try to enable performance data (via the
web), nagios asks me to activate external command...


My questions :
--------------
 - according to my tests, nagios doesn't perform check in the conf. file for
variable which begin with x...
	(xfoo_bar=/tmp doesn't produce error, while foo_bar=/tmp does)
   Are the xpdfile_{service,host} directives really used now by nagios (or
it's just to prepare future features)?
 - Is it normal that in the "process info", performance data is said
inactive ?
	If it's not normal, what is the link with external commands ? In my
mind, configuration is enough to  export data...
 - what's wrong with my conf ? !!! :)

Thanks,

--
Gilles POIRET




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