where did my perfdata file go?

[Andreas Ericsson]

frank wrote:
> Running 2.0b2 and loving it. But when I looked at my 
> service_perfdata_file today it was less than complete.
> 
> Relevent configs (mostly defaults):
> 
> service_perfdata_command=process-service-perfdata
> service_perfdata_file=/tmp/service-perfdata
> service_perfdata_file_template=[SERVICEPERFDATA]\t$TIMET$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$SERVICEDESC$\t$SERVICEEXECUTIONTIME$\t$SERVICELATENCY$\t$SERVICEOUTPUT$\t$SERVICEPERFDATA$ 
> 
> service_perfdata_file_mode=a
> service_perfdata_file_processing_interval=0
> service_perfdata_file_processing_command=process-service-perfdata-file
> 
> Instead of actually using a perf proc command from within Nagios, I 
> simply run a 'tail -f' on the output file and parse it myself. I assume 
> that "file_processing_interval=0" means Nagios will just leave my file 
> alone...
> 
> With the file_mode set to "a" I expected that by now I'd find a huge 
> file filled with our perf data beginning on the day I started Nagios, 
> but instead the file starts this morning around 11am. I know for a fact 
> that data has been flowing into the file all along (a few weeks) because 
> my RRDs have been getting properly populated. I was hoping to be able to 
> recreate my RRDs with new RRA sets in them using the perf data but since 
> it's gone I can't.
> 
> Any clue what happened? Did Nagios somehow rotate/truncate my file 
> without my knowledge or permission? Is there a facility in Nagios to 
> rotate this along with the main Nagios log file?
> 

Perfparse truncates it when it parses it. This is necessary in order for 
it to be able to keep up with the dataflow.

If you want to be able to recreate your data you should set your 
processing commands to log to two different files.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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