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Yup, you essentially have it right, though there a few minor issues...
see my changes and comments, inline, below.<br>
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- Peter<br>
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On 09/07/2010 12:59 PM, Mersberger, Robert wrote:
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face="Arial"><span class="757505316-09072010">Hope you don;t mind but
I would like to pass my changes pass you to verify my thought and
actions are on the same path.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"
face="Arial"><span class="757505316-09072010">From what I understand
after reading about multiple probe instances I would like to change my
config to the following. If this is correct thinking how can I verify
that it actually is working?</span></font></div>
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There are a few ways to tell if it's working. The quick-n-dirty way is
simply to check the process list on the machine... if you see multiple
FPing processes, you're good.<br>
<br>
You can also spawn SmokePing in foreground mode and watch the output.<br>
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face="Arial"><span class="757505316-09072010">Here are my proposed
changes</span></font></div>
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style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">+ FPing
<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">binary = /usr/sbin/fping<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">++
FPingSNF_G1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">offset
= 0%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">++
FPingSNF_G2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">offset
=25%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">++
FPingOther<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">offset
50%</span></p>
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You're missing the = character on the last probe.<br>
<br>
Also, it's not strictly necessary to use offsets at all, though it's
not a bad idea either. The offset can be used to 'tweak' stuff so
that network traffic (and thus network conditions) are a little more
even across the probe period. <br>
<br>
If you're going to use offset, you might want to use 0% / 33% / 66%
instead to space them evenly unless you have reason to do otherwise.<br>
<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span
style="color: red;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
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color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">.</font></p>
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color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">.</font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">*** Targets ***<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"># Change to new FPing group = SNF_G1<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"># was probe = FPing
<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">probe
= FPingSNF_G1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = Top<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title = Network Latency Grapher<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">remark = Welcome to the SmokePing website of Golden
Living \<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"><span style="">
</span>Here you will learn all about latency and packate loss on our
network.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">+ SNFs<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = SNF's<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title = Beverly Skilled Nursing Facilities<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">alerts = bigloss,someloss,startloss,rttdetect<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">++ 00001-00099<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = 00001-00099<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title =SNFs 00001-00099<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">+++ 00014<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = 00014<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title =00014<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">host = 00014berva<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"># Note many other targets follow is and If I
understand they will all use FPingSNF_G1 for their probe/<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">++ 02200-02399<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">#
Change to new FPing group = SNF_G2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = 02200-02399<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">probe
= FPingSNF_G2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title =02200-02399<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">+++ 02200<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = 02200<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title =02200<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">host = 02200rapsd<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"># Note many other targets follow is and If I
understand they will all use FPingSNF_G2 for their probe/<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">+ AseraCare<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">#
Change to new FPing group = Other
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = AseraCare<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title =AseraCare<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">alerts = bigloss,someloss,startloss,rttdetect<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">++ 06370<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = 06370 ASA<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New';">probe
= FPingOther<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title = ASA-06370 172.29.8.65<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">host = ASA-06370<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">++ 06371<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">menu = 06371 ASA<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">title =06371 Grand Island, NE ASA 172.29.0.129<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><font
color="#000000">host = ASA-06371<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"># </font><span
style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style=""> </span>Note
many other targets follow is and If I understand they will all use
FPingOther for their probe/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p>
</span></font></div>
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Actually, all of the following targets will use FPingSNF_G1 -- you've
misplaced the "probe = " directive. If you want all hosts under the
AseraCase tree to use the "Other" probe, it should be in the "+
AseraCare" block; in your example here, only "++ 06370" uses the Other
probe; everything else in the AseraCare tree will inherit the default
from the top level.<br>
<br>
Keep in mind that SmokePing's configuration is strictly hierarchical;
settings pass from parents to children, not from children to siblings.<br>
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