Re: [Ganglia-general] Overriding hostname

2007-09-20 Thread Martin Knoblauch
--- Andy Brody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd also really like this functionality. A slightly different but related problem: it's been tremendously annoying that gmond on the head node doesn't know that data coming from different interfaces of a multihomed machine is really just one

Re: [Ganglia-general] Overriding hostname

2007-09-20 Thread richard grevis
Are you sure it works fine Paul? In gmond, the index (key) for stored host data is the host IP address. If your hosts with multiple IP addresses only ever use one of address, then yes, all will be fine. But if the source IP flips between the IPs occasionally, then any or all of this happens: -

Re: [Ganglia-general] Overriding hostname

2007-09-20 Thread Paul Choi
Well, Richard, you got me there. You certainly have delved into it much more than I have. I think your explanation also explains why sometimes I see some host go down and come back up randomly. -Paul -Original Message- From: richard grevis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

Re: [Ganglia-general] Overriding hostname

2007-09-20 Thread richard grevis
Aha! just pop the cheque in the mail... regards, Richard Quoting Paul Choi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, Richard, you got me there. You certainly have delved into it much more than I have. I think your explanation also explains why sometimes I see some host go down and come back up randomly.