diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index c8c4813d897eed68316a4c113a9f31b2d84a129b..e5a5c754327b84c507bf7531ed31eebf6c67a9e3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
The I<Type> cannot be left unspecified, because it is not reasonable to add
apples to oranges. Also, the internal lookup structure won't work if you try
to group by type.
-=item
+=item *
There must be at least one unspecified, ungrouped field. Otherwise nothing
will be aggregated.
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-idle
-=item
+=item *
foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-system
-=item
+=item *
foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-user
-=item
+=item *
...
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
Sum, per-state, over all CPUs installed in the system; and
-=item
+=item *
Sum, per-CPU, over all non-idle states of a CPU, creating an "active" state.
=head2 Plugin C<ntpd>
-The C<ntpd> plugin collects per-peer ntpd data such as time offset and time
+The C<ntpd> plugin collects per-peer ntp data such as time offset and time
dispersion.
For talking to B<ntpd>, it mimics what the B<ntpdc> control program does on
-wire - using B<mode 7> specific requests. This mode is deprecated with
+the wire - using B<mode 7> specific requests. This mode is deprecated with
newer B<ntpd> releases (4.2.7p230 and later). For the C<ntpd> plugin to work
correctly with them, the ntp daemon must be explicitly configured to
enable B<mode 7> (which is disabled by default). Refer to the I<ntp.conf(5)>
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
Check I</etc/uuid> (or I<UUIDFile>).
-=item
+=item *
Check for UUID from HAL (L<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal>) if
present.
-=item
+=item *
Check for UUID from C<dmidecode> / SMBIOS.
-=item
+=item *
Check for UUID from Xen hypervisor.