GMETRIC(1) User Commands GMETRIC(1)
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 chan-
nels 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/gan-
glia/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')
-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 AT cs.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
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gmetric March 2008 GMETRIC(1)
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