7.6 Changing the Ganglia Configuration

Ganglia is a scalable, distributed monitoring system that allows you to gather important information about your Filr system.

  1. Log in to the Novell appliance at https://server_url:9443, then click the Appliance Configuration icon.

  2. Click Ganglia Configuration.

  3. As necessary, change the following Ganglia configuration options:

    Enable the Web interface to run on this machine: Select this option to allow the Ganglia Web Interface to run on the same machine as the Filr appliance.

    If you already have a monitoring system that you plan to use for Filr, you can disable Ganglia monitoring by deselecting this option and the following option.

    Enable Ganglia Monitoring: Select this option to enable Ganglia to monitor the Novell Appliance.

    Multicast Mode: Select this option to send monitoring information to multiple destinations.

    Unicast Mode: Select this option to send monitoring information to a single destination.

    Unicast mode is recommended for improving performance of the Filr system.

    Publish to: Specify the URL where Ganglia sends monitoring information when it is running in Unicast mode.

    NOTE:You must use the IP address rather than the DNS name when specifying the URL in the Publish to field.

  4. Click Save.

For more information about how to use Ganglia monitoring with Filr, see Monitoring Filr Performance with Ganglia in the Novell Filr 1.0.1 Administration Guide.