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     10 <h3>Monitoring Commands and Options</h3>
     11 <img src="pic/pogo8.gif" alt="gif" align="left"><a href="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/pictures.html"></a> from <i>Pogo</i>, Walt Kelly</a>
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     20 <h4>Table of Contents</h4>
     21 <ul>
     22   <li class="inline"><a href="#intro">Naming Conventions</a></li>
     23   <li class="inline"><a href="#cmd">Monitoring Commands and Options</a></li>
     24   <li class="inline"><a href="#types">File Set Types</a></li>
     25 </ul>
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     27 <h4 id="intro">Naming Conventions</h4>
     28 <p>The <tt>ntpd</tt> includes a comprehensive monitoring facility which collects
     29   statistical data of various types and writes the data to files associated with
     30   each type at defined events or intervals. The files associated with a particular
     31   type are collectively called the generation file set for that type. The files
     32   in the file set are the members of that set.</p>
     33 <p>File sets have names specific to the type and generation epoch. The names
     34   are constructed from three concatenated elements <i><tt>prefix</tt></i>, <i><tt>filename</tt></i> and <i><tt>suffix</tt></i>:</p>
     35 <dl>
     36   <dt><i><tt>prefix</tt></i></dt>
     37   <dd>The directory path specified in the <tt>statsdir</tt> command.</dd>
     38   <dt><i><tt>name</tt></i></dt>
     39   <dd>The name specified by the <tt>file</tt> option of the <tt>filegen</tt> command.</dd>
     40   <dt><i><tt>suffix</tt></i></dt>
     41   <dd>A string of elements bdginning with . (dot) followed by a number of elements
     42     depending on the file set type.</dd>
     43 </dl>
     44 <p>Statistics files can be managed using scripts, examples of which are in the <tt>./scripts</tt> directory.
     45   Using these or similar scripts and Unix <tt>cron</tt> jobs, the files can be
     46   automatically summarized and archived for retrospective analysis.</p>
     47 <h4 id="cmd">Monitoring Commands and Options</h4>
     48 <p>Unless noted otherwise, further information about these commands is on the <a href="decode.html">Event Messages and Status Codes</a> page.</p></a> page.</p><dl>
     49   <dt id="filegen"><tt>filegen <i>name</i> [file <i>filename</i>] [type <i>type</i>]
     50     [link | nolink] [enable | disable]</tt></dt>
     51   <dd>
     52     <dl>
     53       <dt><i><tt>name</tt></i></dt>
     54       <dd>Specifies the file set type from the list in the next section.</dd>
     55       <dt><tt>file <i>filename</i></tt></dt>
     56       <dd>Specifies the filename prefix. The default is the file set type, such as "loopstats".</dd>
     57       <dt><tt>type <i>typename</i></tt></dt>
     58       <dd>Specifies the file set interval. The following intervals are supported
     59         with default <tt>day</tt>:</dd>
     60       <dd>
     61         <dl>
     62           <dt><tt>none</tt></dt>
     63           <dd>The file set is actually a single plain file.</dd>
     64           <dt><tt>pid</tt></dt>
     65           <dd>One file set member is created for every incarnation of <tt>ntpd</tt>.
     66             The file name suffix is the string .<tt>n</tt>, where <tt>n</tt> is the
     67             process ID of the <tt>ntpd</tt> server process.</dd>
     68           <dt><tt>day</tt></dt>
     69           <dd>One file set member is created per day. A day is defined as the period
     70             between 00:00 and 23:59 UTC. The file name suffix is the string .<tt>yyyymmdd</tt>,
     71             where <tt>yyyy</tt> is the year, <tt>mm</tt> the month of the year and <tt>dd</tt> the
     72             day of the month. Thus, member created on 10 December 1992 would have suffix <tt>.19921210</tt>.</dd>
     73           <dt><tt>week</tt></dt>
     74           <dd>One file set member is created per week. The week is defined as the
     75             day of year modulo 7. The file name suffix is the string .<tt>yyyyWww</tt>,
     76             where <tt>yyyy</tt> is the year, <tt>W</tt> stands for itself and <tt>ww</tt> the
     77             week number starting from 0. For example, The member created on 10 January
     78             1992 would have suffix <tt>.1992W1</tt>.</dd>
     79           <dt><tt>month</tt></dt>
     80           <dd>One file set member is created per month. The file name suffix is the
     81             string .<tt>yyyymm</tt>, where <tt>yyyy</tt> is the year and <tt>mm</tt> the
     82             month of the year starting from 1. For example, The member created on 10
     83             January 1992 would have suffix <tt>.199201</tt>.</dd>
     84           <dt><tt>year</tt></dt>
     85           <dd>One file set member is generated per year. The file name suffix is the
     86             string .<tt>yyyy</tt>, where <tt>yyyy</tt> is the year. For example, The
     87             member created on 1 January 1992 would have suffix <tt>.1992</tt>.</dd>
     88           <dt><tt>age</tt></dt>
     89           <dd>One file set member is generated every 24 hours of <tt>ntpd</tt> operation.
     90             The filename suffix is the string <tt>.adddddddd</tt>, where <tt>a</tt> stands
     91             for itself and <tt>dddddddd</tt> is the <tt>ntpd</tt> running time in seconds
     92             at the start of the corresponding 24-hour period.</dd>
     93         </dl>
     94       </dd>
     95       <dt><tt>link | nolink</tt></dt>
     96       <dd>It is convenient to be able to access the current file set members by
     97         file name, but without the suffix. This feature is enabled by <tt>link</tt> and
     98         disabled by <tt>nolink</tt>. If enabled, which is the default, a hard link
     99         from the current file set member to a file without suffix is created. When
    100         there is already a file with this name and the number of links to this file
    101         is one, it is renamed by appending a dot, the letter <tt>C</tt>, and the
    102         pid of the <tt>ntpd</tt> server process. When the number of links is greater
    103         than one, the file is unlinked. This allows the current file to be accessed
    104         by a constant name.</dd>
    105       <dt><tt>enable | disable</tt></dt>
    106       <dd>Enable or disable the recording function, with default <tt>enable</tt>.
    107         These options are intended for remote configuration commands.</dd>
    108     </dl>
    109   </dd>
    110   <dt id="statistics"><tt>statistics <i>name</i>...</tt></dt>
    111   <dd>Enables writing of statistics records. Currently, eight kinds of
    112     statistics are supported: <i>name</i>s specify the file set type(s) from
    113     the list in the next section.</dd>
    114   <dt id="statsdir"><tt>statsdir <i>directory_path</i></tt></dt>
    115   <dd>Specify the directory path prefix for statistics file names.</dd>
    116 </dl>
    117 <h4 id="types">File Set Types</h4>
    118 <dl>
    119   <dt><tt>clockstats</tt></dt>
    120   <dd>Record reference clock statistics. Each update received from a reference
    121     clock driver appends one line to the <tt>clockstats</tt> file set:</dd>
    122   <dd><tt>49213 525.624 127.127.4.1 93 226 00:08:29.606 D</tt></dd>
    123   <dd>
    124     <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    125       <tr>
    126         <td>Item</td>
    127         <td>Units</td>
    128         <td>Description</td>
    129       </tr>
    130       <tr>
    131         <td><tt>49213</tt></td>
    132         <td>MJD</td>
    133         <td>date</td>
    134       </tr>
    135       <tr>
    136         <td><tt>525.624</tt></td>
    137         <td>s</td>
    138         <td>time past midnight</td>
    139       </tr>
    140       <tr>
    141         <td><tt>127.127.4.1</tt></td>
    142         <td>IP</td>
    143         <td>reference clock address</td>
    144       </tr>
    145       <tr>
    146         <td><tt><i>message</i></tt></td>
    147         <td>text</td>
    148         <td>log message</td>
    149       </tr>
    150     </table>
    151   </dd>
    152   <dd>The <tt><i>message</i></tt> field includes the last timecode received in
    153     decoded ASCII format, where meaningful. In some cases a good deal of additional
    154     information is displayed. See information specific to each reference clock
    155     for further details.</dd>
    156   <dt><tt>cryptostats</tt></dt>
    157   <dd>Record significant events in the Autokey protocol. This option requires
    158     the OpenSSL cryptographic software library. Each event appends one line to
    159     the <tt>cryptostats</tt> file set:</dd>
    160   <dd><tt>49213 525.624 128.4.1.1 <i>message</i></tt></dd>
    161   <dd>
    162     <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    163       <tr>
    164         <td>Item</td>
    165         <td>Units</td>
    166         <td>Description</td>
    167       </tr>
    168       <tr>
    169         <td><tt>49213</tt></td>
    170         <td>MJD</td>
    171         <td>date</td>
    172       </tr>
    173       <tr>
    174         <td><tt>525.624</tt></td>
    175         <td>s</td>
    176         <td>time past midnight</td>
    177       </tr>
    178       <tr>
    179         <td><tt>128.4.1.1</tt></td>
    180         <td>IP</td>
    181         <td>source address (<tt>0.0.0.0</tt> for system)</td>
    182       </tr>
    183       <tr>
    184         <td><tt><i>message</i></tt></td>
    185         <td>text</td>
    186         <td>log message</td>
    187       </tr>
    188     </table>
    189   </dd>
    190   <dd>The <tt><i>message</i></tt> field includes the message type and certain
    191     ancillary information. See the <a href="authopt.html">Authentication Options</a> page
    192     for further information.</dd>
    193   <dt><tt>loopstats</tt></dt>
    194   <dd>Record clock discipline loop statistics. Each system clock update appends
    195     one line to the <tt>loopstats</tt> file set:</dd>
    196   <dd><tt>50935 75440.031 0.000006019 13.778 0.000351733 0.013380 6</tt></dd>
    197   <dd>
    198     <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    199       <tr>
    200         <td>Item</td>
    201         <td>Units</td>
    202         <td>Description</td>
    203       </tr>
    204       <tr>
    205         <td><tt>50935</tt></td>
    206         <td>MJD</td>
    207         <td>date</td>
    208       </tr>
    209       <tr>
    210         <td><tt>75440.031</tt></td>
    211         <td>s</td>
    212         <td>time past midnight</td>
    213       </tr>
    214       <tr>
    215         <td><tt>0.000006019</tt></td>
    216         <td>s</td>
    217         <td>clock offset</td>
    218       </tr>
    219       <tr>
    220         <td><tt>13.778</tt></td>
    221         <td>PPM</td>
    222         <td>frequency offset</td>
    223       </tr>
    224       <tr>
    225         <td><tt>0.000351733</tt></td>
    226         <td>s</td>
    227         <td>RMS jitter</td>
    228       </tr>
    229       <tr>
    230         <td><tt>0.013380</tt></td>
    231         <td>PPM</td>
    232         <td>RMS&nbsp;frequency jitter (aka wander)</td>
    233       </tr>
    234       <tr>
    235         <td><tt>6 </tt></td>
    236         <td>log<sub>2</sub> s</td>
    237         <td>clock discipline loop time constant</td>
    238       </tr>
    239     </table>
    240   </dd>
    241   <dt><tt>peerstats</tt></dt>
    242   <dd>Record peer statistics. Each NTP packet or reference clock update received
    243     appends one line to the <tt>peerstats</tt> file set:</dd>
    244   <dd><tt>48773 10847.650 127.127.4.1 9714 -0.001605376 0.000000000 0.001424877
    245     0.000958674</tt></dd>
    246   <dd>
    247     <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    248       <tr>
    249         <td>Item</td>
    250         <td>Units</td>
    251         <td>Description</td>
    252       </tr>
    253       <tr>
    254         <td><tt>48773</tt></td>
    255         <td>MJD</td>
    256         <td>date</td>
    257       </tr>
    258       <tr>
    259         <td><tt>10847.650</tt></td>
    260         <td>s</td>
    261         <td>time past midnight</td>
    262       </tr>
    263       <tr>
    264         <td><tt>127.127.4.1</tt></td>
    265         <td>IP</td>
    266         <td>source address</td>
    267       </tr>
    268       <tr>
    269         <td><tt>9714</tt></td>
    270         <td>hex</td>
    271         <td>status word</td>
    272       </tr>
    273       <tr>
    274         <td><tt>-0.001605376</tt></td>
    275         <td>s</td>
    276         <td>clock offset</td>
    277       </tr>
    278       <tr>
    279         <td><tt>0.000000000 </tt></td>
    280         <td>s</td>
    281         <td>roundtrip delay</td>
    282       </tr>
    283       <tr>
    284         <td><tt>0.001424877</tt></td>
    285         <td>s</td>
    286         <td>dispersion</td>
    287       </tr>
    288       <tr>
    289         <td><tt>0.000958674</tt></td>
    290         <td>s</td>
    291         <td>RMS&nbsp;jitter</td>
    292       </tr>
    293     </table>
    294   </dd>
    295   <dd>The status field is encoded in hex format as described in Appendix B of
    296     the NTP specification RFC 1305.</dd>
    297   <dt><tt>protostats</tt></dt>
    298   <dd>Record significant peer, system and protocol events. Each significant event
    299     appends one line to the <tt>protostats</tt> file set:</dd>
    300   <dd><tt>49213 525.624 128.4.1.1 963a 8a <i>message</i></tt></dd>
    301   <dd>
    302     <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    303       <tr>
    304         <td>Item</td>
    305         <td>Units</td>
    306         <td>Description</td>
    307       </tr>
    308       <tr>
    309         <td><tt>49213</tt></td>
    310         <td>MJD</td>
    311         <td>date</td>
    312       </tr>
    313       <tr>
    314         <td><tt>525.624</tt></td>
    315         <td>s</td>
    316         <td>time past midnight</td>
    317       </tr>
    318       <tr>
    319         <td><tt>128.4.1.1</tt></td>
    320         <td>IP</td>
    321         <td>source address (<tt>0.0.0.0</tt> for system)</td>
    322       </tr>
    323       <tr>
    324         <td><tt>963a</tt></td>
    325         <td>code</td>
    326         <td>status word</td>
    327       </tr>
    328       <tr>
    329         <td><tt>8a</tt></td>
    330         <td>code</td>
    331         <td>event message code</td>
    332       </tr>
    333       <tr>
    334         <td><tt><i>message</i></tt></td>
    335         <td>text</td>
    336         <td>event message</td>
    337       </tr>
    338     </table>
    339   </dd>
    340   <dd>The event message code and <tt><i>message</i></tt> field are described on
    341     the <a href="decode.html">Event Messages and Status Words</a> page.</dd>
    342   <dt><tt>rawstats</tt></dt>
    343   <dd>Record timestamp statistics. Each NTP packet received appends one line to
    344 the <tt>rawstats</tt> file set.  As of ntp-4.2.8p11, each NTP packet written appends one line to the <tt>rawstats</tt> file set, as well.  The format of this line is:</dd>
    345   <dd><tt>56285 54575.160 128.4.1.1 192.168.1.5 3565350574.400229473 3565350574.442385200 3565350574.442436000 3565350575.154505763 0 4 4 1 8 -21 0.000000 0.000320 .PPS.</tt></dd>
    346   <dd><tt>56285 54575.160 128.4.1.1 192.168.1.5 3565350574.400229473 3565350574.442385200 3565350574.442436000 3565350575.154505763 0 4 4 1 8 -21 0.000000 0.000320 .PPS. 4: 0000</tt></dd>
    347   </tt></dd>
    348   <dd>
    349     <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    350       <tr>
    351         <td>Item</td>
    352         <td>Units</td>
    353         <td>Description</td>
    354       </tr>
    355       <tr>
    356         <td><tt>56285</tt></td>
    357         <td>MJD</td>
    358         <td>date</td>
    359       </tr>
    360       <tr>
    361         <td><tt>54575.160</tt></td>
    362         <td>s</td>
    363         <td>time past midnight</td>
    364       </tr>
    365       <tr>
    366         <td><tt>128.4.1.1</tt></td>
    367         <td>IP</td>
    368         <td>source address</td>
    369       </tr>
    370       <tr>
    371         <td><tt>192.168.1.5</tt></td>
    372         <td>IP</td>
    373         <td>destination address</td>
    374       </tr>
    375       <tr>
    376         <td><tt>3565350574.400229473</tt></td>
    377         <td>NTP&nbsp;s</td>
    378         <td>origin timestamp</td>
    379       </tr>
    380       <tr>
    381         <td><tt>3565350574.442385200</tt></td>
    382         <td>NTP s</td>
    383         <td>receive timestamp</td>
    384       </tr>
    385       <tr>
    386         <td><tt>3565350574.442436000</tt></td>
    387         <td>NTP s</td>
    388         <td>transmit timestamp</td>
    389       </tr>
    390       <tr>
    391         <td><tt>3565350575.154505763</tt></td>
    392         <td>NTP&nbsp;s</td>
    393         <td>destination timestamp</td>
    394       </tr>
    395       <tr>
    396         <td><tt>0</tt></td>
    397         <td>0: OK, 1: insert pending,<br>2: delete pending, 3: not synced</td>
    398         <td>leap warning indicator</td>
    399       </tr>
    400       <tr>
    401         <td><tt>4</tt></td>
    402         <td>4 was current in 2012</td>
    403         <td>NTP version</td>
    404       </tr>
    405       <tr>
    406         <td><tt>4</tt></td>
    407         <td>3: client, 4: server, 5: broadcast</td>
    408         <td>mode</td>
    409       </tr>
    410       <tr>
    411         <td><tt>1</tt></td>
    412         <td>1-15, 16: not synced</td>
    413         <td>stratum</td>
    414       </tr>
    415       <tr>
    416         <td><tt>8</tt></td>
    417         <td>log<sub>2</sub> seconds</td>
    418         <td>poll</td>
    419       </tr>
    420       <tr>
    421         <td><tt>-21</tt></td>
    422         <td>log<sub>2</sub> seconds</td>
    423         <td>precision</td>
    424       </tr>
    425       <tr>
    426         <td><tt>0.000000</tt></td>
    427         <td>seconds</td>
    428         <td>total roundtrip delay to the primary reference clock</td>
    429       </tr>
    430       <tr>
    431         <td><tt>0.000320</tt></td>
    432         <td>seconds</td>
    433         <td>total dispersion to the primary reference clock</td>
    434       </tr>
    435       <tr>
    436         <td><tt>.PPS.</tt></td>
    437         <td>REFID</td>
    438         <td>system peer, association ID</td>
    439       </tr>
    440       <tr>
    441 	<td></td>
    442 	<td></td>
    443         <td>If there is data beyond the base packet:</td>
    444       </tr>
    445       <tr>
    446         <td><tt>4:</tt></td>
    447         <td>Integer</td>
    448         <td>Length, in bytes</td>
    449       </tr>
    450       <tr>
    451         <td><tt>0000</tt></td>
    452         <td>Hex data</td>
    453       </tr>
    454     </table>
    455   </dd>
    456   <dt><tt>sysstats</tt></dt>
    457   <dd>Record system statistics. Each hour one line is appended to the <tt>sysstats</tt> file
    458     set in the following format:</dd>
    459   <dd><tt>50928 2132.543 3600 81965 0 9546 56 512 540 10 4 147 1</tt></dd>
    460   <dd>
    461     <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    462       <tr>
    463         <td>Item</td>
    464         <td>Units</td>
    465         <td>Description</td>
    466       </tr>
    467       <tr>
    468         <td><tt>50928</tt></td>
    469         <td>MJD</td>
    470         <td>date</td>
    471       </tr>
    472       <tr>
    473         <td><tt>2132.543</tt></td>
    474         <td>s</td>
    475         <td>time past midnight</td>
    476       </tr>
    477       <tr>
    478         <td><tt>3600</tt></td>
    479         <td>s</td>
    480         <td>time since reset</td>
    481       </tr>
    482       <tr>
    483         <td><tt>81965</tt></td>
    484         <td>#</td>
    485         <td>packets received</td>
    486       </tr>
    487       <tr>
    488         <td><tt>0</tt></td>
    489         <td>#</td>
    490         <td>packets for this host</td>
    491       </tr>
    492       <tr>
    493         <td><tt>9546</tt></td>
    494         <td>#</td>
    495         <td>current versions</td>
    496       </tr>
    497       <tr>
    498         <td><tt>56</tt></td>
    499         <td>#</td>
    500         <td>old version</td>
    501       </tr>
    502       <tr>
    503         <td><tt>512</tt></td>
    504         <td>#</td>
    505         <td>access denied</td>
    506       </tr>
    507       <tr>
    508         <td><tt>540</tt></td>
    509         <td>#</td>
    510         <td>bad length or format</td>
    511       </tr>
    512       <tr>
    513         <td><tt>10</tt></td>
    514         <td>#</td>
    515         <td>bad authentication</td>
    516       </tr>
    517       <tr>
    518         <td><tt>4</tt></td>
    519         <td>#</td>
    520         <td>declined</td>
    521       </tr>
    522       <tr>
    523         <td><tt>147</tt></td>
    524         <td>#</td>
    525         <td>rate exceeded</td>
    526       </tr>
    527       <tr>
    528         <td><tt>1</tt></td>
    529         <td>#</td>
    530         <td>kiss-o'-death packets sent</td>
    531       </tr>
    532     </table>
    533   </dd>
    534   <dt><tt>timingstats</tt></dt>
    535   <dd>(Only available when the daemon is compiled with process time debugging
    536     support (--enable-debug-timing - costs performance). Record processing time
    537     statistics for various selected code paths.</dd>
    538   <dd><tt>53876 36.920 10.0.3.5 1 0.000014592 input processing delay</tt></dd>
    539   <dd>
    540     <table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    541       <tr>
    542         <td>Item</td>
    543         <td>Units</td>
    544         <td>Description</td>
    545       </tr>
    546       <tr>
    547         <td><tt>53876</tt></td>
    548         <td>MJD</td>
    549         <td>date</td>
    550       </tr>
    551       <tr>
    552         <td><tt>36.920</tt></td>
    553         <td>s</td>
    554         <td>time past midnight</td>
    555       </tr>
    556       <tr>
    557         <td><tt>10.0.3.5</tt></td>
    558         <td>IP</td>
    559         <td>server address</td>
    560       </tr>
    561       <tr>
    562         <td><tt>1</tt></td>
    563         <td>#</td>
    564         <td>event count</td>
    565       </tr>
    566       <tr>
    567         <td><tt>0.000014592</tt></td>
    568         <td>s</td>
    569         <td>total time</td>
    570       </tr>
    571       <tr>
    572         <td><tt><i>message</i></tt></td>
    573         <td>text</td>
    574         <td>code path description (see source)</td>
    575       </tr>
    576     </table>
    577   </dd>
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