Re: Multi-target frustration

--On Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:23 AM +0100 "Edmonds, Alan" 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I see what's wrong.   You have actually created a new target
> with each individual ldap server in it.  If you look in
> your crcket-data directory, you will see an .rrd file
> for each target.  All the same size except for one that's
> about 9 times bigger then the other 9.

Actually, other than binds-all, they are all the same size, which is 
exactly what I expect?

-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket 266396 Jun  1 08:55 binds-all.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 binds-master.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap0-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap1-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap2-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap3-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap4-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap5-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap6-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap7-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap8-binds.rrd
-rw-r--r--  1 cricket cricket  30300 Jun  1 08:55 ldap9-binds.rrd


I'll give your suggestion a try, it is certainly cleaner. ;)

--Quanah


> mtargets only works when the target type of each element
> of a mtargets= is the exact same target type (name wise).
>
> You can sum() dses from different target types together
> with cricket easily.
>
>
> I would have done it this way.
>
># define an ldap binds target type
>
> targetType  ldap-bind
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap"
>
> datasource  binds-ldap
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h %server%"
>     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on %server%."
>     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
># define our ldap server
>
> target ldap1-binds
>     server = "ldap1.stanford.edu"
>     short-desc   =   "ldap1: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap-binds
>
> target ldap2-binds
>     server = "ldap2.stanford.edu"
>     short-desc   =   "ldap2: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap-binds
>
> etc....
>
> Then define a multi target.  This sums all datasources in each target
> together producing a  graph with one line per data source.
>
> target binds-total
>     short-desc   =   "binds/second total across all ldap servers"
>     long-desc    =   "binds/second total across the LDAP servers
> dedicated to all queries"     mtargets     =
> "ldap1-binds;ldap2-binds;ldap3-binds;ldap4-binds;ldap5-binds;ldap6-binds;
> ldap7-binds;ldap8-binds;ldap9-binds"     mtarget-ops  =   "sum()"
>     target-type  =  ldap-bind
>
> You can also have a graph showing each ldap server on a seperate graph.
> you may want to set an y-max sp the graphs can be compared side by side.
> I find that people don't notice the number on the y-axis at all times and
> it can lead to confusion.
>
> target  binds-all
>     short-desc   =   "binds/second across all ldap servers"
>     long-desc    =   "binds/second across the LDAP servers dedicated to
> all queries"     targets     =
> "ldap1-binds;ldap2-binds;ldap3-binds;ldap4-binds;ldap5-binds;ldap6-binds;
> ldap7-binds;ldap8-binds;ldap9-binds"     target-type  =  ldap-bind
>
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quanah Gibson-Mount [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 01 June 2006 02:22
> To: Edmonds, Alan; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [cricket-users] Multi-target frustration
>
>
>
>
> --On Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:20 PM +0100 "Edmonds, Alan"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Strange.  Here's one of mine:
>>
>> target weblogic-standard-storage_servers
>>         mtargets        =
>> "/portal/nextra/machines/rf03/standard-storage-servers;/portal/nextra/mac
>> hines/rf04/standard-storage-servers"         mtargets-ops    =
>> sum() target-type     =       standard-storage
>>
>> (lookOut word wrapped the above).  What errors if any are you seeing in
>> the httpd log files?
>
> You mean like the huge error log bit I sent to the list yesterday? ;)
>
> Here's my complete setup for this particular thing.  Since mtargets is
> not  really well documented, I understand I may have any number of
> mistakes in  my assumptions.  "binds-all" works and graphs as expect, so
> I don't  understand why "binds-total" doesn't.
>
> target ldap1-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap1: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap1-binds
>
> target ldap2-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap2: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap2-binds
>
> target ldap3-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap3: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap3-binds
>
> target ldap4-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap4: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap4-binds
>
> target ldap5-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap5: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap5-binds
>
> target ldap6-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap6: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap6-binds
>
> target ldap7-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap7: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap7-binds
>
> target ldap8-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap8: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap8-binds
>
> target ldap9-binds
>     short-desc   =   "ldap9: binds"
>     target-type  =   ldap9-binds
>
> target binds-all
>     short-desc   =   "binds/second on all ldap servers"
>     long-desc    =   "binds/second on the LDAP servers dedicated to all
> queries"
>     target-type  =   binds-all
>
> target binds-total
>     short-desc   =   "binds/second total across all ldap servers"
>     long-desc    =   "binds/second total across the LDAP servers
> dedicated  to all queries"
>     mtargets     =
> "ldap1-binds;ldap2-binds;ldap3-binds;ldap4-binds;ldap5-binds;ldap6-binds;
> ldap7-binds;ldap8-binds;ldap9-binds"     mtarget-ops  =   "sum()"
>     target-type  =   binds-all
>
> targetType  binds-all
>     ds  =
> "binds-ldap1,binds-ldap2,binds-ldap3,binds-ldap4,binds-ldap5,binds-ldap6,
> binds-ldap7,binds-ldap8,binds-ldap9"
>
> targetType  ldap1-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap1"
>
> targetType  ldap2-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap2"
>
> targetType  ldap3-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap3"
>
> targetType  ldap4-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap4"
>
> targetType  ldap5-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap5"
>
> targetType  ldap6-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap6"
>
> targetType  ldap7-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap7"
>
> targetType  ldap8-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap8"
>
> targetType  ldap9-binds
>     ds  =   "binds-ldap9"
>
> datasource  binds-ldap1
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap1.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap1.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
> datasource  binds-ldap2
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap2.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap2.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
> datasource  binds-ldap3
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap3.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap3.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
> datasource  binds-ldap4
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap4.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap4.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
> datasource  binds-ldap5
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap5.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap5.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
> datasource  binds-ldap6
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap6.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap6.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
> datasource  binds-ldap7
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap7.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap7.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
> datasource  binds-ldap8
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap8.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap8.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
> datasource  binds-ldap9
>     ds-source   =   "exec:0:/usr/local/bin/ldapmon -B -h
> ldap9.stanford.edu"     desc        =   "The number of binds/second on
> ldap9.stanford.edu."     rrd-ds-type =   DERIVE
>     rrd-min     =   0
>     rrd-max     =   undef
>
>
> --
> Quanah Gibson-Mount
> Principal Software Developer
> ITS/Shared Application Services
> Stanford University
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ITS/Shared Application Services
Stanford University
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