Re: [pcp] PMIE : Using raw value for a counter

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chandana,

On 15/05/15 14:21, Chandana De Silva wrote:
> All,
> I need to evaluate the raw value in PMIE of a metric which has been
> defined as a Counter.
>
> The metric is ;
>
> $ pminfo -T -d  -h gwdb01.prod.mel.au.m4u.com.au mysql.status.com_slave_start
>
> mysql.status.com_slave_start
>      Data Type: 32-bit unsigned int  InDom: PM_INDOM_NULL 0xffffffff
>      Semantics: counter  Units: count
> Help: <empty entry>
>
> Since this value does not change very often, pmie sees the value as 0.
>
> Is there any way I can force pmie to use the raw value ?
I just committed a change to pmie to add a new "instant" unary operator.

Once this flows upstream, you'll be able to so

        instant mysql.status.com_slave_start > 0 -> some_action;
or
        instant(mysql.status.com_slave_start) > 0 -> some_action;