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NAME

6       gmetric - manual page for Ganglia Custom Metric Utility
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SYNOPSIS

9       gmetric [OPTIONS]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  Ganglia  Metric Client (gmetric) announces a metric on the list of
13       defined send channels defined in a configuration file
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15       -h, --help
16              Print help and exit
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18       -V, --version
19              Print version and exit
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21       -c, --conf=STRING
22              The  configuration  file  to  use  for  finding  send   channels
23              (default=`/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf')
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25       -n, --name=STRING
26              Name of the metric
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28       -v, --value=STRING
29              Value of the metric
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31       -t, --type=STRING
32              Either string|int8|uint8|int16|uint16|int32|uint32|float|double
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34       -u, --units=STRING
35              Unit   of   measure   for  the  value  e.g.  Kilobytes,  Celcius
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38       -s, --slope=STRING
39              Either zero|positive|negative|both  (default=`both')
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41       -x, --tmax=INT
42              The maximum time in seconds between gmetric calls (default=`60')
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44       -d, --dmax=INT
45              The lifetime in seconds of this metric  (default=`0')
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47       -g, --group=STRING
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50       -D, --desc=STRING
51              Description of the metric
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53       -T, --title=STRING
54              Title of the metric
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56       -S, --spoof=STRING
57              IP address and name of  host/device  (colon  separated)  we  are
58              spoofing  (default=`')
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60       -H, --heartbeat
61              spoof a heartbeat message (use with spoof option)
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AUTHOR

64       Matt Massie <massie@cs.berkeley.edu>
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REPORTING BUGS

67       Report all bugs to the Ganglia Github project at
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69         https://github.com/ganglia/monitor-core/issues
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95gmetric                           March 2008                        GMETRIC(1)
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