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NAME

       gmond - manual page for Ganglia Monitor Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       gmond [OPTIONS]...

DESCRIPTION

       The  Ganglia  Monitoring Daemon (gmond) listens to the cluster message channel, stores the data in-memory and when requested will output an
       XML description of the state of the cluster

       -h, --help
	      Print help and exit

       -V, --version
	      Print version and exit

       -c, --conf=STRING
	      Location of gmond configuration file  (default= `/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf')

       -l, --location=STRING
	      Location of this host in the cluster 'rack,rank,plane'.  (default=`0,0,0')

       -d, --debug=INT
	      Debug level. If greater than zero, daemon will stay in foreground.  (default=`0')

       -f, --foreground
	      Run in foreground (don't daemonize)  (default=off)

       -t, --default_config
	      Print the default configuration to stdout and exit (default=off)

       -m, --metrics
	      Print the list of metrics this gmond supports (default=off)

       -b, --bandwidth
	      Calculate minimum bandwidth use for configuration (default=off)

       -r, --convert=STRING
	      Convert a 2.5.x configuration file to the new 3.x format

       -p, --pid-file=STRING
	      Write process-id to file

AUTHOR

       Matt Massie <massie@cs.berkeley.edu>

REPORTING BUGS

       Report all bugs to the Ganglia Bugzilla Page at

	 http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 by The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any  purpose,  without  fee,  and  without  written
       agreement  is  hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies of this soft-
       ware.

       IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR  CONSEQUENTIAL  DAMAGES
       ARISING	OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
       SUCH DAMAGE.

       THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF  MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY  AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO
       OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.

gmond								    March 2008								  GMOND(1)