NAME¶

gmetric - manual page for Ganglia Custom Metric Utility

SYNOPSIS¶

gmetric [ OPTIONS]...

DESCRIPTION¶

The Ganglia Metric Client (gmetric) announces a metric on the list of defined send channels defined in a configuration file

-h, --help

Print help and exit

-V, --version

Print version and exit

-c, --conf=STRING

The configuration file to use for finding send channels (default=`/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf')

-n, --name=STRING

Name of the metric

-v, --value=STRING

Value of the metric

-t, --type=STRING

Either string|int8|uint8|int16|uint16|int32|uint32|float|double

-u, --units=STRING

Unit of measure for the value e.g. Kilobytes, Celcius (default=`')

-s, --slope=STRING

Either zero|positive|negative|both (default=`both')

-x, --tmax=INT

The maximum time in seconds between gmetric calls (default=`60')

-d, --dmax=INT

The lifetime in seconds of this metric (default=`0')

-g, --group=STRING

Group of the metric

-D, --desc=STRING

Description of the metric

-T, --title=STRING

Title of the metric

-S, --spoof=STRING

IP address and name of host/device (colon separated) we are spoofing (default=`')

-H, --heartbeat

spoof a heartbeat message (use with spoof option)

AUTHOR¶

Matt Massie <massie@cs.berkeley.edu>

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report all bugs to the Ganglia Bugzilla Page at
http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 by The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without written agreement is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.