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GMETRIC(1)			 User Commands			    GMETRIC(1)

NAME
       gmetric - manual page for Ganglia Custom Metric Utility

SYNOPSIS
       gmetric [OPTIONS]...

DESCRIPTION
       The  Ganglia  Metric Client (gmetric) announces a metric on the list of
       defined send channels defined in a configuration file

       -h, --help
	      Print help and exit

       -V, --version
	      Print version and exit

       -c, --conf=STRING
	      The  configuration  file	to  use	 for  finding  send   channels
	      (default=`/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf')

       -n, --name=STRING
	      Name of the metric

       -v, --value=STRING
	      Value of the metric

       -t, --type=STRING
	      Either string|int8|uint8|int16|uint16|int32|uint32|float|double

       -u, --units=STRING
	      Unit   of	  measure   for	 the  value  e.g.  Kilobytes,  Celcius
	      (default=`')

       -s, --slope=STRING
	      Either zero|positive|negative|both  (default=`both')

       -x, --tmax=INT
	      The maximum time in seconds between gmetric calls (default=`60')

       -d, --dmax=INT
	      The lifetime in seconds of this metric  (default=`0')

       -g, --group=STRING
	      Group of the metric

       -D, --desc=STRING
	      Description of the metric

       -T, --title=STRING
	      Title of the metric

       -S, --spoof=STRING
	      IP address and name of  host/device  (colon  separated)  we  are
	      spoofing	(default=`')

       -H, --heartbeat
	      spoof a heartbeat message (use with spoof option)

AUTHOR
       Matt Massie <massie@cs.berkeley.edu>

REPORTING BUGS
       Report all bugs to the Ganglia Bugzilla Page at

	 http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (c)  2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 by The Regents of the Uni‐
       versity of California.  All rights reserved.

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software  and  its
       documentation  for any purpose, without fee, and without written agree‐
       ment is hereby granted, provided that the above	copyright  notice  and
       the following two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software.

       IN  NO  EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY
       FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,  INCIDENTAL,  OR	CONSEQUENTIAL  DAMAGES
       ARISING	OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF
       THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED  OF  THE  POSSIBILITY  OF
       SUCH DAMAGE.

       THE  UNIVERSITY	OF  CALIFORNIA	SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES,
       INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF	 MERCHANTABIL‐
       ITY  AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HERE‐
       UNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA  HAS  NO
       OBLIGATION  TO  PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR
       MODIFICATIONS.

gmetric				  March 2008			    GMETRIC(1)

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