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Getting Started

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How do I configure Collectd for SPM if I am already using it?

A: SPM requires the Collectd "csv" plugin to be enabled and configured like this:

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<Plugin csv>
  DataDir /opt/spm/collectd/logs
  StoreRates true
</Plugin>

 If you are already using Collectd and if the DataDir is already pointed to some other directory, simply symlink the /spm/collectd/logs directory to the directory specified in DataDir, like this:

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languagebash
sudo mkdir -p /opt/spm/collectd  # if needed
sudo ln -s /some/existing/collectd/data/dir /spm/collectd/logs
You will also have to merge the remaining part of the Collectd config required by SPM.

Is there a Chef Recipe for the SPM client?

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A: Filters have 1 day granularity, which means that a server will be listed under Hosts filter until 24 hours since it last sent data have passed.  For example, if a server stopped sending data at 1 PM and if at 8 PM you are looking at the last 6 hours of data (for a period from 2 PM until 8 PM) you will not see data from this server on the graph, but you will still see this server listed under the Hosts filter until 1 PM on the following day.  After 1 PM on the following day this server should disappear from the Hosts filter.

I rebooted my server and now I don't see any data in my graphs. What should I check?

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I am using SPM for Solr and I don't see any data on Solr and JVM reports, what is the problem?

A: You should probably enable JMX in your Solr. Add or uncomment the <jmx /> directive in solrconfig.xml and restart Solr.  See http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrJmx for more info.

I am using SPM for Solr and I don't see any data only in Solr Components or Errors reports, what should I do?

A: Most likely you are using standalone variant of Solr monitor. In that case, SPM monitor can't collect metrics which are available only when running in-process. If so, switch to in-process (javaagent) version of SPM monitor.

Elasticsearch Monitoring

Why doesn't the number of documents I see in SPM match the number of documents in my Elasticsearch index?

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A: Kafka had great metrics in 0.7x versions and then in pre-0.8.2 the metrics had a lot of issues.  In short, the MBeans Kafka exposed via JMX were named in a way that made them very difficult/impossible to parse systematically.  We worked with the Kafka developers to fix that in Kafka 0.8.2 (see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1481).  To make your Kafka Producers, Consumers, and Brokers properly monitorable, you should upgrade to 0.8.2 (as soon as it is released, and it looks like that will happen in December 2014) or later.

How can I see metrics for Kafka Producers and Brokers and Consumers?

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