[smokeping-users] Smokeping graphs randomly stop generating

[Westlake, Simon]

Hi Tobi,

I was using Fping and Hping - in an effort to troubleshoot this, I
removed all the devices being monitored by Hping from the config file
and it does appear to have kept the graphs generating for a much longer
period of time. I was using the following probe -
http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/p/HPing.pm - and while it didn't seem to be
generating any errors, I hazard a guess at this time that it was the
soruce of the problem.

Hasn't been long enough to be conclusive yet, but I've gone from
restarting Smokeping once or twice a day to having it running over the
entire weekend without any issues. I was using this probe in the
previous version of Smokeping without any issues, but perhaps there is
some issue with it in the newer version I'm using.

I'll keep an eye on the servers I have running for the next few days and
ensure it was the cause of the issue - if not, I will run strace as
suggested and forward the details to the list.

--
Simon Westlake
Time Warner Cable Business Class
Network Engineer
Ph: 414.908.4791 | Cell: 414.688.7956

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Oetiker [mailto:tobi at oetiker.ch] 
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:55 AM
> To: Westlake, Simon
> Cc: smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> Subject: RE: Re: [smokeping-users] Smokeping graphs randomly 
> stop generating
> 
> Hi Simon,
> 
> which monitor are you using ? fping ?
> 
> you said the smokeping daemon was still runnning, but it did not
> log anything, what does strace say when you run it on the daemon?
> 
> cheers
> tobi
> 
> 
> 
> > Tobi,
> >
> > The RRD file is not updated - I get gaps in the images 
> until I restart smokeping.
> >
> > --
> > Simon Westlake
> > Network Engineer
> > Desk: (414) 908-4791
> > Cell: (414) 688-7956
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: 	Tobias Oetiker [mailto:tobi at oetiker.ch]
> > Sent:	Sunday, September 07, 2008 08:51 AM Eastern 
> Standard Time
> > To:	Westlake, Simon
> > Cc:	smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > Subject:	Re: [smokeping-users] Smokeping graphs randomly 
> stop generating
> >
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > when you say, that graphs stop generating, do you mean, the rrd
> > files doe not get updated, or that you can not see the webpage ?
> >
> > cheers
> > tobi
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
> http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900
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