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Re: [Xen-users] Traffic accounting in xen.
Did you install from source or use the debian package?
Thanks
-Tim
On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 10:17 +0530, Anand Gupta wrote:
> vnstat had some serious issues when i last used it. It was increasing
> the values of the data transfer of each adapters by a huge number each
> them they were shut off / turned back on. Even disabling the adapter
> was not having an effect on the same.
>
> I had tried to get support on the forums, however there was no
> response. Several posts on the forums showed majority of the people
> having the same issue.
>
> On 8/20/06, Tim Post <tim.post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've had nice success using a utility like vnstat and naming
> each
> dom-u's vif. Vnstat stores each if's data in a separate db, so
> its easy
> for a dom-u's bandwidth consumption to follow it around as it
> migrates.
>
> I haven't gotten it perfected yet, but I did have some major
> headaches
> trying to use iptables to account.. un-orderly (and
> unexpected)
> shutdowns via re-set or apc reboot can really cause problems.
>
> If you don't tinker much and don't often lose dom-0 , should
> be fine.
>
> http://humdi.net/vnstat/
>
> to get a copy of vnstat. it's apt-get-able as 'vnstat' if
> you're using
> Debian & friends.
>
> I've been tinkering with the idea of one small shared gfs
> system to go
> in-between dom-0 hosts just for centralizing vnstat and other
> things
> that need to roam with dom-u's. Any sanity obtained from it is
> entirely
> up to your naming convention, however :)
>
> hth
> -Tim
>
> On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 06:13 +0000, Paul M. wrote:
> > If dom0 is Linux based then IPTables can be used. You can
> create a
> > rule that matches the incoming or outgoing interface to that
> of one of
> > the domUs. The rule doesn't need an action. IPTables keeps
> track of
> > the number of packets and bytes of packets matching a rule.
> There are
> > two things that you need to keep in mind:
> > 1) The values will roll-over at some point. I would
> recommend saving
> > and then resetting the values every week or so.
> > 2) Your distribution might not save the current chains and
> packet
> > counts at shutdown/restart. You would need to modify your
> start up
> > scripts as needed.
> > -Paul
> >
> > On 8/19/06, Ligesh < myself@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello folks,
> > >
> > > How do I do traffic accounting in Xen? How do I find out
> how much data is being used by each of the domUs. Since the
> only identification for the domU is the mac address, I can't
> find any method for doing it unless xen supports it.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > :: Ligesh :: http://ligesh.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> --
> regards,
>
> Anand Gupta
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