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  • DukeGangsta
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2006
    • 2
    #1

    problems while configuring beta6

    Hi everybody,

    I read about this program on a german tec-news-page, and tried it. Very nice program, but I was faced with problems the last 5 hours:


    - I don't know why, but zabbix-agentd isn't working at some items, where zabbix-agent is... When running agentd, the half of items are "not supported", in the logfile I found timeout while connecting to the agend. With agent/inetd they are working fine.

    - the template-items at "Application.MySQL" are wrong. The keys are "mysql[ping]" and so on. But in zabbix-agentd.conf and zabbix-agent.conf they are "mysql.ping". It took me some time to find that error.

    - I'm running a standard debian sarge installation, but when I use the template "Host.Unix", there are only 24 of the 125 items running. None of the important items are working (cksum, diskfree, inodefree, netloadin, disk_read_ops, proc_cnt, disk_write_ops, netloadout, disktotal, inodetotal, diskused...)

    - "An item with the same Key already exists for host txxxx2. The key must be unique." Is it possible to change that? I would like to get 2 graphs out of one Key: one absolute graph, and one Delta....

    - wrong spaces at mysql-UserParameters. See Thread http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2139

    - while creating or changing an item: "Update interval (in sec)" <-- why is there a maximum of 65500? I would like to have a stat only every 86400 sec (every day)..I could change that directly in the database, but I would like to know why there is this limit...


    that's all I can remember. Would be nice to know if I made mistakes, or if these problems are already known.
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    • krusty
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2005
      • 222
      #2
      I detected some problems too.
      - even i created a new graph, zabbix will make too new graphs.
      - if i selected items to one new graph i got every time two same items into this graph
      - i have the same problem when creating new triggers.

      Have anyone else this problem. For your information i installed the zabbix on a fresh installed suse 9.3 pro testserver.

      At first i thought there was a problem with the browser. I always use Firefox, but with the internet explorer i have the same problems.

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        • bbrendon
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2005
          • 870
          #3
          Most of your answers are in the forums. The defaults in the installation are somewhat out of date.

          Originally posted by DukeGangsta
          - the template-items at "Application.MySQL" are wrong. The keys are "mysql[ping]" and so on. But in zabbix-agentd.conf and zabbix-agent.conf they are "mysql.ping". It took me some time to find that error.
          The syntax has changed. Its something like mysql.ping instead of the []'s

          Originally posted by DukeGangsta
          - I'm running a standard debian sarge installation, but when I use the template "Host.Unix", there are only 24 of the 125 items running. None of the important items are working (cksum, diskfree, inodefree, netloadin, disk_read_ops, proc_cnt, disk_write_ops, netloadout, disktotal, inodetotal, diskused...)
          Most of the items have changed. Check the docs.

          Those hints should get you on your way. search the forums using google or the search feature. Most of the answers are here.
          Unofficial Zabbix Expert
          Blog, Corporate Site

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            • DukeGangsta
              Junior Member
              • Feb 2006
              • 2
              #4
              That's nice that the answers are here, but this is beta6, and these "little problems" and syntax changes should also be applied to the templates.

              I know that this is free software, but perhaps many many users delete it while getting these mistakes at their first steps trying some templates and possibilities....

              I will try to apply the changes to my configuration and will summarize it here for all the others. it took me 2 hours to read this forum completely (the last 2 month), but I haven't found some good tips why there are these problems.

              Would be nice to get some short answers regarding "unique keys" and "update interval"
              EDIT: found a comment that the update interval can be increased without problems.. (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2159)
              Last edited by DukeGangsta; 19-02-2006, 05:49.

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                • Nate Bell
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2005
                  • 141
                  #5
                  Originally posted by DukeGangsta
                  That's nice that the answers are here, but this is beta6, and these "little problems" and syntax changes should also be applied to the templates.

                  I know that this is free software, but perhaps many many users delete it while getting these mistakes at their first steps trying some templates and possibilities....
                  Perhaps you have a misunderstanding of what beta software is. Beta means the software has bugs, and is still being developed. If you read through this forum, you will notice that as bugs are reported, Alexi usually confirms the bug has been fixed in the CVS tree as well. When Beta 7 is released, there will be a feature freeze, so the devs can buckle down and hammer out the remaining bugs.

                  If you, or others, are unhappy with working around bugs, then perhaps you should be using Zabbix 1.0 and wait until Zabbix 1.1 has become stable.

                  Nate

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