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Re: New PCPMON 1.2.95 - archive mode added

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Subject: Re: New PCPMON 1.2.95 - archive mode added
From: "Nathan Scott" <nathans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:19:26 -0500
In-reply-to: Cameron_C_Caffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Re: New PCPMON 1.2.95 - archive mode added" (Jun 16, 10:01pm)
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hi,

On Jun 16, 10:01pm, Cameron_C_Caffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Subject: Re: New PCPMON 1.2.95 - archive mode added
> ...
> 
> on RH :
> 

this'll be the same for all distro's.

>      /var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control         # reference your config in place
> of config.default
> 
>      /var/pcp/config/pmlogger/config.mine     # configure desired metrics 
> here -
> ref output of pminfo
> 
>      /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcp stop                # restart pcp to take effect
>      /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcp start
> 
> 
> >  You have defined that you want some metrics (kernel.all.cpu.idle) from
> localhost,
> >but you didn't defined in which archive the stored metrics for localhost 
> >could
> be found.
> 
> I gather when pcp logs data from the host its running on, those metrics are
> stored as node "localhost".
> Any way to offer pcp data from localhost as its node name (e.g. "swampy") ?
> 

if you use the LOCALHOSTNAME syntax in your customised
/var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control file, then pmlogger_check
uses this little bit of shell to figure out what that
hostname equates to:

        # determine real name for localhost
        _lhnm=`which hostname 1>/dev/null && hostname`
        LOCALHOSTNAME=${_lhnm:-localhost}

so, you can either:
- use "swampy" explicitly in your pmlogger control file; or
- figure out why the hostname command on the "_lhnm=" line 
above isn't giving the name you're expecting

cheers.

-- 
Nathan

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