cpu.util iowait avg5 - incorrect key?

[bignose]

I'm using zabbix 2.0.8 server, proxy and agent on linux systems with the 2.6 kernel.

I want to adjust my system.cpu.util iowait trigger to return values averaged over 5 minutes. By default its over 1 minute.

The docs say this is supported on Linux Kernel 2.6 however when I add avg5 after the "iowait," i get the following error...


Incorrect item key "system.cpu.util[,iowait,avg5]" provided for trigger expression on "devoracle".

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This guy seems to have an unanswered/related question about this : https://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38722

[Pada]

Look, you need to have an item with the key "system.cpu.util[,iowait,avg5]" to be able to use that in a trigger.

It seems to me like you only have the "system.cpu.util[,iowait]" key, which means that you can only trigger on that one - so you'll need to add an item with the key "system.cpu.util[,iowait,avg5]"

[bignose]

Look, you need to have an item with the key "system.cpu.util[,iowait,avg5]" to be able to use that in a trigger.

It seems to me like you only have the "system.cpu.util[,iowait]" key, which means that you can only trigger on that one - so you'll need to add an item with the key "system.cpu.util[,iowait,avg5]"

Brilliant! In my mind i was thinking avg5 was a parameter, when its actually part of the key definition.