Overtime.cfg holds user defined system configuration information.
Overtime.cfg is a plain text file. Each line commences with a case
sensitive keyword followed by a blank and then the value for this keyword.
The keywords, their defaults and meanings are shown here in the format:
keyword default=meaning
company None = This is usually the company or Organisation's name for
the installation. This name is only used as part of the title in index.html. It
can be any text.
cgidir cgi-bin = This is the directory that the web server knows about
that houses the cgi programs for this system, including devdtl and devmst.
collectfile /var/opt/OverTime/collects = The name of the temporary file
used by otadd and otdel to merge collections into snmpCol.conf.
rrddd /var/opt/OverTime/data/ = The directory that OverTime will create
sysName directories in that in turn will house the RRD databases.
devcfgdir /var/opt/OverTime/cfgs/ = The directory that OverTime will
create sysName.mst within.
dnsfile /var/opt/OverTime/cfgs/ot.csv = The file that OverTime uses to
simplify the creation of index.html and for ottgts.
sys_out_file /var/opt/OverTime/sys_out.txt = A temporary file used
internally.
ov_dbs /var/opt/OV/share/databases/snmpCollect/ = The location on the
system where HP OpenView keeps the snmpCollected data.
ovconf /etc/opt/OV/share/conf/snmpCol.conf = The full directory path to
HP OpenView’s snmpCol.conf file.
roothtml index.html = The name of the HTML file that houses the list of
devices being monitored by OverTime.
webdir /opt/OV/www/htdocs/C/nnm/reportPresenter/Reports/OverTime/ = The
directory path where the graphics directories will be created. This is from the
operating systems perspective and not from the web server’s perspective.
websubdir /OverTime/ = This is the web servers’s perspective of the
same location as webdir above.
graph_parms –z = This is the string to be passed to the RRD graph
command for additional features.
–h 400 –w 800 –z would change the size of the graphs to this height and
width and only create the graphs if they are not current.
An understanding of RRD graph is needed to use this properly.
sample_time 300 = This is the default sample time in seconds that will
be used for the creation of any new I/O based RRDs.
If the parameter is omitted, 300 (5 minutes) is assumed (This is user
configurable for NEW RRDs).
pt_cmds PingTime- = The beginning of a file name that will hold the
PingTime commands for a specific frequency.
I.E. PingTime-300 holds the 5 minute collection commands for PingTime.
pt_cgi /opt/OV/httpd/cgi-bin/pingtime = the fully qualified location
and the name of the PingTime executable.
Indexbysysname 1=Determines what labels should be shown in the roothtml
page.
1 indicates that sysNames should be used while a 0 indicates that
OpenView's selection names should be used.
groupall 1=display all the instances for a particular part of a MIB on
the one graph or separate graphs.
When set to 0, each instance is displayed on a separate graph.
When set to 1, all instances are displayed on the 1 graph.
AvgMinMax 7=Creates RRD files that store Averages, Minimum and Maximum
values.
It is the sum of 4 for Averages, 2 for Minimums and 1 for Maximums.
IgnoreErrors 0 = try to collect IO errors if the interfaces supports
error collections. 1= do not try, always ignore errors even if available.
PrimaryDataPts 360=This is the total number of actual data values
observed that will be stored in the RRDTool database.