From a00e2fa304cbb576dda77de7398bc8f07c13c7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jordi Sanfeliu Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:51:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update monitorix.conf(5) man page --- Changes | 2 ++ man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 8a2e934..f3de6a8 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ N.N.N - DD-MMM-2015 - Added in 'libvirt.pm' the ability to support multiple disks and network interfaces for each virtual machine. (suggested by Pavel Bauer, pbauer AT algotech.cz) +- Added in 'du.pm' the new 'extra_args' option to be able to include extra + arguments to the 'du' command. - Fixed in 'libvirt.pm' limiting to 100 all CPU values greater than 100. - Fixed in 'libvirt.pm' to hide empty groups. (thanks to Pavel Bauer, pbauer AT algotech.cz for pointing this out) diff --git a/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 b/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 index eca1f1b..c7ac2d9 100644 --- a/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 +++ b/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 @@ -1004,6 +1004,8 @@ This is a comma-separated list of pool names. The number of pool names defined h .SS Directory usage statistics (du.rrd) This graph is able to monitor the usage of an unlimited number of directories. .P +IMPORTANT NOTE: The \fIdu\fP command makes intensive disk I/O access that might slow down the whole system. Moreover, continued executions of this command will affect the buffer cache mechanism and this will also increase its response time. +.P .BI list .RS This is a comma-separated list that describes the groups of directories in \fBdesc\fP. Put one description for each group. For every group specified you need to specify its description in the \fBdesc\fP option. @@ -1041,6 +1043,16 @@ This is the number of graphs that will be put in a row. .P Default value: \fI2\fP .RE +.P +.BI extra_args +.RS +This option includes any extra argument to the \fIdu\fP command executed by Monitorix, which is "du -ks". This is specially useful if you want to skip directories on differents file systems, in this case just define this option like this: +.P +.RS +extra_args = "-x" +.RE +.P +IMPORTANT NOTICE: Keep in mind that including certain flags like '-h' (which gives results in human readable format) could make Monitorix unable to interpret the results. .SS Network traffic and usage (net.rrd) .BI list .RS