[collectd] collect Snmp exclude

[Domagoj Mikac]

Hi Sebastian, 

Thank you for your fast response, but even if I remove the line Plugininstance "^snmp$", filtering still doesn't work.
Each time I remove all rrds belonging to Loopback interfaces, and after I restart collectd it recreates them again. 

I have about 4000 devices in the network and excluding unnecessary interfaces is crucial because I have to lower a server load. Each device has up to a couple of hundred interfaces, and I have to monitor only some of them. 
Is it possible to filter out some interfaces directly in snmp plugin configuration section ?

<Chain "Main">
        <Rule "ignore_Loopback">
                <Match "regex">
                        TypeInstance "Loopback"
                </Match>
                Target "stop"
        </Rule>

        #################################################3
        # default target
        <Target "write">
                 Plugin "rrdtool"
        </Target>
</Chain>


-----Original Message-----
From: Sebastian Harl [mailto:sh at tokkee.org]
Sent: Mon 8/17/2009 5:54 PM
To: Domagoj Mikac
Cc: collectd at verplant.org
Subject: Re: [collectd] collect Snmp exclude
 
Hi Domagoj,

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 05:43:44PM +0200, Domagoj Mikac wrote:
> The following Chain is supposed to filter out all Loopback interfaces
> while all others are forwarded to rrdtool plugin.
> Unfortunately, I am doing something wrong, and cannot figure out where
> is the problem. 
> Please help. 
> 
> <Chain "Main">
>         <Rule "ignore_Loopback">
>                 <Match "regex">
>                         Plugininstance "^snmp$"
                          ^

I guess this should be "Plugin". The "snmp" plugin does not use the
plugin instance at all.

HTH,
Sebastian

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