Hi Al, this sounds about right ... make sure you kill not only smokeping but also the webinterface (speedy).
note, smokeping will never remove rrd files, so the danger is not all that great, except that new rrd files could get created. cheers tobi Today Sorrell, Al wrote: > I think what I want to do is straight-forward, but I haven't seen it > discussed so though I'd throw it out just in case there are some hidden > issues. I want to rearrange my menus because of organizational changes. I > think this can be accomplished by stopping Smokeping, changing the config > info for the affected items, mv'ing (renaming) the appropriate files and/or > directories and restarting Smokeping. Here's an example of what I want to do > > OldMenu OldConfig Old > File > TopLevel + TopLevel -> menu=TopLevel > $SMOKEPING_DATA/TopLevel > - Entry1 ++ Entry1 -> menu=Entry1 > $SMOKEPING_DATA/TopLevel/Entry1 > -- Target1 +++ Target1-> menu=Target1,host=... > $SMOKEPING_DATA/TopLevel/Entry1/Target1.rrd > - Entry2 ++ Entry2 -> menu=Entry2 > $SMOKEPING_DATA/TopLevel/Entry2 > > NewMenu NewConfig New > File > NewTop + NewTop -> menu=TopLevel > $SMOKEPING_DATA/NewTop > - EntryA ++ EntryA -> menu=EntryA > $SMOKEPING_DATA/NewTop/EntryA > -- TargetB +++ TargetB-> menu=TargetB,host=... > $SMOKEPING_DATA/NewTop/EntryA/TargetB.rrd > - Entry2 ++ Entry2 -> menu=Entry2 > $SMOKEPING_DATA/NewTop/Entry2 > > Steps: > 1) Stop Smokeping > 2) cd $SMOKEPING_DATA/TopLevel/Entry1; mv Target1.rrd TargetB.rrd > 3) cd $SMOKEPING_DATA/TopLevel; mv Entry1 EntryA > 4) cd $SMOKEPING_DATA; mv TopLevel NewTop > 5) edit $SMOKEPING/etc/configs to reflect locations as above > 6) double check all of the above! ;-) > 7) re-start $SMOKEPING > > Anyone see any gotcha's in the above? > > Thanks, > Al > > _________________________ > Almon (Al) Sorrell > Corporate Network Services | Network Engineering Consultant > T. Rowe Price > 4515 Painters Mill Road, TE9008 > Owings Mills, MD 21117 > Phone: 410-345-3042 (508-3042) Fax:410-345-3135 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > T. Rowe Price (including T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and its affiliates) and > its associates do not provide legal or tax advice. Any tax-related > discussion contained in this e-mail, including any attachments, is not > intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) > avoiding any tax penalties or (ii) promoting, marketing, or recommending to > any other party any transaction or matter addressed herein. Please consult > your independent legal counsel and/or professional tax advisor regarding any > legal or tax issues raised in this e-mail. > > The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the > use of the named addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged > information. Any unauthorized use, copying, disclosure, or distribution of > the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited by the sender and may be > unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender > immediately and delete this e-mail. > > _______________________________________________ > smokeping-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users > > -- Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland http://it.oetiker.ch [email protected] ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900 _______________________________________________ smokeping-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users
