NAME

VBTK::Wrapper::Vmstat - System monitoring with 'vmstat'

SYNOPSIS

  # If you like all the defaults, then there's no need to over-ride them.
  $o = new VBTK::Wrapper::Vmstat ();
  $vbObj = $o->addVBObj ();

  VBTK::runAll;

DESCRIPTION

This perl library is a front-end to the VBTK::Wrapper class. It supports the same public methods as the VBTK::Wrapper class, but with common defaults to simplify the setup of a 'vmstat' monitoring process.

METHODS

The following methods are supported

$o = new VBTK::Wrapper::Vmstat (<parm1> => <val1>, <parm2> => <val2>, ...)

This method calls 'new VBTK::Wrapper' after defaulting the parameters to best monitor the 'vmstat' command. For a detailed description of the parameters, see VBTK::Wrapper. The defaults are as follows. If you like all the defaults then you don't have to pass in any parms.

Interval

    Interval => 60,

Execute

Defaults to run the 'vmstat' command with an interval of 60 seconds.

    Execute => 'vmstat 60',

Split

Split into columns on whitespace.

    Split => '\s+',

Filter

Filter out all rows which don't start with numeric data. This gets rid of the headers from the 'vmstat' command.

    Filter => '^\s*\d+[^a-zA-Z]*$',

SkipLines

Skip the first 3 lines of vmstat, since they contain data from before the interval was started.

    Skiplines => 3,

VBServerURI

A URI which specifies which VB Server to report results to. Defaults to the environment variable $VBURI.

    VBServerURI => 'http://myvbserver:4712',

VBHeader

Defaults to standard vmstat headers.

VBDetail

Show the time with the exact text as received from vmstat.

    VBDetail => [ '$time $data' ],

LogHeader

Same as VBHeader

LogDetail

Same as VBDetail

RotateLogAt

Rotate at 12:00am

    RotateLogAt => '12:00am',

Follow

This has to run in follow mode, since the 'vmstat 60' command never terminates.

    Follow => 1,

FollowTimeout

    FollowTimeout => (2 * Interval) + 10,

DebugHeader

    DebugHeader => 'vmstat',

NumCpus

A number indicating how many CPU's are in the host to be monitored. This value is specific to the VBTK::Wrapper::Vmstat class and is not passed on to the VBTK::Parser. If not specified, the class will attempt to determine it by using the 'psrinfo' command. The value is used later on to determine 'Warning' and 'Failed' thresholds when setting defaults in the call to 'addVBObj'. (Defaults to 1 if it can't be determined with the 'psrinfo' command)

    NumCpus => 2,

$vbObj = $o->addVBObj(<parm1> => <val1>, <parm2> => <val2>, ...)

This method calls VBTK::Wrapper::addVBObj after defaulting unspecified parameters to best monitor the 'vmstat' command. For a detailed description of the addVBObj parameters, see VBTK::Parser. The defaults are as follows. If you like all the defaults then you don't have to pass in any parms

VBObjName

Name the VBObject using the local host's name.

    VBObjName => ".$::HOST.cpu",

TextHistoryLimit

    TextHistoryLimit => 100,

ReverseText

Reverse the text, so that we see the most recently reported lines first.

    ReverseText => 1,

Rules

If run queue exceeds 'NumCpus', then set to Warning. If it exceeds 3 times 'NumCpus', then set to Failed.

    Rules => {
         "(\$data[1] > <NumCpus>)" => 'Warn',
         "(\$data[1] > <NumCpus * 3>)" => 'Fail' },

StatusHistoryLimit

Limit to storing the last 30 status changes

    StatusHistoryLimit => 30,

StatusUpgradeRules

    StatusUpgradeRules =>
        'Upgrade to Failed if Warning occurs 2 times in 6 min',

ExpireAfter

    ExpireAfter => (<Interval> * 3) seconds

Description

    Description = qq(
        This object uses the 'vmstat' command to monitor the CPU utilization
        on $::HOST.  It will set the status to 'Warning' or 'Failed' based on the
        value of the run queue and the CPU idle time. ),

RrdColumns

Save the user CPU, system CPU, run-queue, and scan-rate values into the Rrd database so that we can graph them.

    RrdColumns => [ '$data[19]', '$data[20]', '$data[0]', '$data[11]' ],

In addition to passing these defaults on in a call to VBTK::Wrapper::addVBObj, this method captures the resulting VBTK::ClientObject pointer ($vbObj) and makes the following call to '$vbObj->addGraphGroup':

  $vbObj->addGraphGroup (
    GroupNumber    => 1,
    Labels         => 'user,system,runQueue,scanRate',
    Title          => "$::HOST cpu",
  );

This defines a graphGroup for the VBObject. See VBTK::ClientObject for details on the 'addGraphGroup' method.

SEE ALSO

VBTK, VBTK::Wrapper, VBTK::Parser, VBTK::ClientObject, VBTK::Server

AUTHOR

Brent Henry, vbtoolkit@yahoo.com

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1996-2002 Brent Henry

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation available at: http://http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.