Graphing disk I/o kbps

[shane.eckert]

I am using at item to grab some real I/O usage using system.run.

kb_read = system.run[iostat -d cciss/c0d0 -k | awk -F" " '{print $5}'| tail -n-2]

and

kb_written = system.run[iostat -d cciss/c0d0 -k | awk -F" " '{print $6}'| tail -n-2]

The both work on the CLI, but only kb_written works in Zabbix. The the kb_read is identical in form except I am grabbing $5 and as opposed to $6.

Any ideas on why the graph is inactive?

[nelsonab]

Check the log files hopefully there's more information there. Do you need the argument -F " "?? I remember there is an escaping issue with Zabbix. You may need to escape your quotes or the $ symbol, I can't remember which.

[Alexei]

Replace "$5" by "$ 5" to make it work.

[noxis]

Ensure that the Zabbix user has permissions.