if using Unicast, and ganglia 3.1.0 or higher, you MUST set this value to whatever value is the minimum you can tolerate (in seconds) for a restart to recover itself automatically like 3.0 (and lower) used to be able to do.
this "feature" is documented at the bottom (the fifth bullet point under "Important Notes") of the following (no longer maintained) page : http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ganglia/wiki/ganglia_release_notes Carlo On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 02:30:31PM -0700, Gilles Devaux wrote: > Have you tried setting > > send_metadata_interval = Something > > in the gmond.conf (globals section) ? > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Pronko, Eric <pron...@upmc.edu> wrote: > > I'd be interested in learning anything you hear back if you don't mind. > > > > It's not the worst thing but if it goes unnoticed it could be problematic. > > > > Thank you > > ________________________________________ > > From: Jochen Hein [joc...@jochen.org] > > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:23 PM > > To: Pronko, Eric > > Cc: ganglia-general@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Ganglia-general] Having to restart gmond on sender nodes if a > > collector node restarts > > > > "Pronko, Eric" <pron...@upmc.edu> writes: > > > >> I have run into a situation where I restart a GMOND collector node, > >> and then all sending node data isn't received until I also restart > >> GMOND on those nodes. ?Is this intentional - is there any way to work > >> around this so that I can safely reboot a collector node without > >> having restart GMOND on all senders? > > > > I have that issue too. We are running gmond 3.1.7 on AIX (the packages > > of Michael Perzl) in unicast mode. I've already talked to Michael about > > it, but he has no idea. I'm going to try running gmond under > > strace/truss and maybe we can see something. > > > > Jochen > > > > -- > > The only problem with troubleshooting is that the trouble shoots back. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Ganglia-general mailing list > > Ganglia-general@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-general mailing list > Ganglia-general@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-general mailing list Ganglia-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general
