[check_postgres] [commit] Clean up wording for txn_wraparound.
check_postgres at bucardo.org
check_postgres at bucardo.org
Thu Apr 30 13:26:55 UTC 2009
Committed by Greg Sabino Mullane <greg at endpoint.com>
Clean up wording for txn_wraparound.
---
check_postgres.pl | 16 ++++++++--------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/check_postgres.pl b/check_postgres.pl
index d86665f..b778462 100755
--- a/check_postgres.pl
+++ b/check_postgres.pl
@@ -3893,7 +3893,8 @@ sub check_txn_wraparound {
## Check how close to transaction wraparound we are on all databases
## Supports: Nagios, MRTG
- ## Warning and critical are the number of transactions left
+ ## Warning and critical are the number of transactions performed
+ ## Thus, anything *over* that number will trip the alert
## See: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-WRAPAROUND
## It makes no sense to run this more than once on the same cluster
@@ -5823,11 +5824,10 @@ time and the database time. The fourth line returns the name of the database.
=head2 B<txn_wraparound>
(C<symlink: check_postgres_txn_wraparound>) Checks how close to transaction wraparound one or more databases are getting.
-The I<--warning> and I<--critical> options indicate the number of transactions
-left, and must be a positive integer. If either option is not given, the default
-values of 1.3 and 1.4 billion are used. There is no need to run this command
-more than once per database cluster. For a more detailed discussion of what this
-number represents and what to do about it, please visit the page
+The I<--warning> and I<--critical> options indicate the number of transactions done, and must be a positive integer.
+If either option is not given, the default values of 1.3 and 1.4 billion are used. There is no need to run this command
+more than once per database cluster. For a more detailed discussion of what this number represents and what to do about
+it, please visit the page
L<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-WRAPAROUND>
The warning and critical values can have underscores in the number for legibility, as Perl does.
@@ -5836,11 +5836,11 @@ Example 1: Check the default values for the localhost database
check_postgres_txn_wraparound --host=localhost
-Example 2: Check port 6000 and give a critical at 1.7 billion transactions left:
+Example 2: Check port 6000 and give a critical when 1.7 billion transactions are hit:
check_postgres_txn_wraparound --port=6000 --critical=1_700_000_000
-For MRTG output, returns the highest number of transactions for all databases on line one,
+For MRTG output, returns the highest number of transactions for all databases on line one,
while line 4 indicates which database it is.
=head2 B<wal_files>
--
1.6.0.5
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