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     10 <h3>Monitoring Options</h3>
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     21 <h4>Table of Contents</h4>
     22 <ul>
     23 	<li class="inline"><a href="#intro">introduction</a></li>
     24 	<li class="inline"><a href="#cmd">Monitoring Options</a></li>
     25 	<li class="inline"><a href="#types">File Set Types</a></li>
     26 </ul>
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     28 <h4 id="intro">Introduction</h4>
     29 <p>The <tt>ntpd</tt> includes a comprehensive monitoring facility which collects
     30 	statistical data of various types and writes the data to files associated with
     31 	each type at defined events or intervals. The files associated with a particular
     32 	type are collectively called the generation file set for that type. The files
     33 	in the file set are the members of that set.</p>
     34 <p>File sets have names specific to the type and generation epoch. The names
     35 	are constructed from three concatenated elements <i><tt>prefix</tt></i>, <i><tt>filename</tt></i> and <i><tt>suffix</tt></i>:</p>
     36 <dl>
     37 	<dt><i><tt>prefix</tt></i></dt>
     38 	<dd>The directory path specified in the <tt>statsdir</tt> command.</dd>
     39 	<dt><i><tt>name</tt></i></dt>
     40 	<dd>The name specified by the <tt>file</tt> option of the <tt>filegen</tt> command.</dd>
     41 	<dt><i><tt>suffix</tt></i></dt>
     42 	<dd>A string of elements bdginning with . (dot) followed by a number of elements
     43 		depending on the file set type.</dd>
     44 </dl>
     45 <p>Statistics files can be managed using scripts, examples of which are in the <tt>./scripts</tt> directory.
     46 	Using these or similar scripts and Unix <tt>cron</tt> jobs, the files can be
     47 	automatically summarized and archived for retrospective analysis.</p>
     48 <h4 id="cmd">Monitoring Commands</h4>
     49 <dl>
     50 	<dt id="filegen"><tt>filegen <i>name</i> file <i>filename</i> [type <i>type</i>]
     51 			[link | nolink] [enable | disable]</tt></dt>
     52 	<dd>
     53 		<dl>
     54 			<dt><i><tt>name</tt></i></dt>
     55 			<dd>Specifies the file set type from the list in the next section.</dd>
     56 			<dt><tt>file <i>filename</i></tt></dt>
     57 			<dd>Specfies the file set name.</dd>
     58 			<dt><tt>type <i>typename</i></tt></dt>
     59 			<dd>Specifies the file set interval. The following intervals are supported
     60 				with default <tt>day</tt>:</dd>
     61 			<dd>
     62 				<dl>
     63 					<dt><tt>none</tt></dt>
     64 					<dd>The file set is actually a single plain file.</dd>
     65 					<dt><tt>pid</tt></dt>
     66 					<dd>One file set member is created for every incarnation of <tt>ntpd</tt>.
     67 						The file name suffix is the string .<tt>n</tt>, where <tt>n</tt> is the
     68 						process ID of the <tt>ntpd</tt> server process.</dd>
     69 					<dt><tt>day</tt></dt>
     70 					<dd>One file set member is created per day. A day is defined as the period
     71 						between 00:00 and 23:59 UTC. The file name suffix is the string .<tt>yyyymmdd</tt>,
     72 						where <tt>yyyy</tt> is the year, <tt>mm</tt> the month of the year and <tt>dd</tt> the
     73 						day of the month. Thus, member created on 10 December 1992 would have suffix <tt>.19921210</tt>.</dd>
     74 					<dt><tt>week</tt></dt>
     75 					<dd>One file set member is created per week. The week is defined as the
     76 						day of year modulo 7. The file name suffix is the string .<tt>yyyyWww</tt>,
     77 						where <tt>yyyy</tt> is the year, <tt>W</tt> stands for itself and <tt>ww</tt> the
     78 						week number starting from 0. For example, The member created on 10 January
     79 						1992 would have suffix <tt>.1992W1</tt>.</dd>
     80 					<dt><tt>month</tt></dt>
     81 					<dd>One file set member is created per month. The file name suffix is the
     82 						string .<tt>yyyymm</tt>, where <tt>yyyy</tt> is the year and <tt>mm</tt> the
     83 						month of the year starting from 1. For example, The member created on 10
     84 						January 1992 would have suffix <tt>.199201</tt>.</dd>
     85 					<dt><tt>year</tt></dt>
     86 					<dd>One file set member is generated per year. The file name suffix is the
     87 						string .<tt>yyyy</tt>, where <tt>yyyy</tt> is the year. For example, The
     88 						member created on 1 January 1992 would have suffix <tt>.1992</tt>.</dd>
     89 					<dt><tt>age</tt></dt>
     90 					<dd>One file set member is generated every 24 hours of <tt>ntpd</tt> operation.
     91 						The filename suffix is the string <tt>.adddddddd</tt>, where <tt>a</tt> stands
     92 						for itself and <tt>dddddddd</tt> is the <tt>ntpd</tt> running time in seconds
     93 						at the start of the corresponding 24-hour period.</dd>
     94 				</dl>
     95 			</dd>
     96 			<dt><tt>link | nolink</tt></dt>
     97 			<dd>It is convenient to be able to access the current file set members by
     98 				file name, but without the suffix. This feature is enabled by <tt>link</tt> and
     99 				disabled by <tt>nolink</tt>. If enabled, which is the default, a hard link
    100 				from the current file set member to a file without suffix is created. When
    101 				there is already a file with this name and the number of links to this file
    102 				is one, it is renamed by appending a dot, the letter <tt>C</tt>, and the
    103 				pid of the <tt>ntpd</tt> server process. When the number of links is greater
    104 				than one, the file is unlinked. This allows the current file to be accessed
    105 				by a constant name.</dd>
    106 			<dt><tt>enable | disable</tt></dt>
    107 			<dd>Enable or disable the recording function, with default <tt>enable</tt>.
    108 				These options are intended for remote configutation commands.</dd>
    109 		</dl>
    110 	</dd>
    111 	<dt><tt>statsdir <i>directory_path</i></tt></dt>
    112 	<dd>Specify the directory path prefix for statistics file names.</dd>
    113 </dl>
    114 <h4 id="types">File Set Types</h4>
    115 <dl>
    116 	<dt><tt>clockstats</tt></dt>
    117 	<dd>Record reference clock statistics. Each update received from a reference
    118 		clock driver appends one line to the <tt>clockstats</tt> file set:</dd>
    119 	<dd><tt>49213 525.624 127.127.4.1 93 226 00:08:29.606 D</tt></dd>
    120 	<dd>
    121 		<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    122 			<tr>
    123 				<td>Item</td>
    124 				<td>Units</td>
    125 				<td>Description</td>
    126 			</tr>
    127 			<tr>
    128 				<td><tt>49213</tt></td>
    129 				<td>MJD</td>
    130 				<td>date</td>
    131 			</tr>
    132 			<tr>
    133 				<td><tt>525.624</tt></td>
    134 				<td>s</td>
    135 				<td>time past midnight</td>
    136 			</tr>
    137 			<tr>
    138 				<td><tt>127.127.4.1</tt></td>
    139 				<td>IP</td>
    140 				<td>reference clock address</td>
    141 			</tr>
    142 			<tr>
    143 				<td><tt><i>message</i></tt></td>
    144 				<td>text</td>
    145 				<td>log message</td>
    146 			</tr>
    147 		</table>
    148 	</dd>
    149 	<dd>The <tt><i>message</i></tt> field includes the last timecode received in
    150 		decoded ASCII format, where meaningful. In some cases a good deal of additional
    151 		information is displayed. See information specific to each reference clock
    152 		for further details.</dd>
    153 	<dt><tt>cryptostats</tt></dt>
    154 	<dd>Record significant events in the Autokey protocol. This option requires
    155 		the OpenSSL cryptographic software library. Each event appends one line to
    156 		the <tt>cryptostats</tt> file set:</dd>
    157 	<dd><tt>49213 525.624 128.4.1.1 <i>message</i></tt></dd>
    158 	<dd>
    159 		<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    160 			<tr>
    161 				<td>Item</td>
    162 				<td>Units</td>
    163 				<td>Description</td>
    164 			</tr>
    165 			<tr>
    166 				<td><tt>49213</tt></td>
    167 				<td>MJD</td>
    168 				<td>date</td>
    169 			</tr>
    170 			<tr>
    171 				<td><tt>525.624</tt></td>
    172 				<td>s</td>
    173 				<td>time past midnight</td>
    174 			</tr>
    175 			<tr>
    176 				<td><tt>128.4.1.1</tt></td>
    177 				<td>IP</td>
    178 				<td>source address (<tt>0.0.0.0</tt> for system)</td>
    179 			</tr>
    180 			<tr>
    181 				<td><tt><i>message</i></tt></td>
    182 				<td>text</td>
    183 				<td>log message</td>
    184 			</tr>
    185 		</table>
    186 	</dd>
    187 	<dd>The <tt><i>message</i></tt> field includes the message type and certain
    188 		ancillary information. See the <a href="authopt.html">Authentication Options</a> page
    189 		for further information.</dd>
    190 	<dt><tt>loopstats</tt></dt>
    191 	<dd>Record clock discipline loop statistics. Each system clock update appends
    192 		one line to the <tt>loopstats</tt> file set:</dd>
    193 	<dd><tt>50935 75440.031 0.000006019 13.778 0.000351733 0.013380 6</tt></dd>
    194 	<dd>
    195 		<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    196 			<tr>
    197 				<td>Item</td>
    198 				<td>Units</td>
    199 				<td>Description</td>
    200 			</tr>
    201 			<tr>
    202 				<td><tt>50935</tt></td>
    203 				<td>MJD</td>
    204 				<td>date</td>
    205 			</tr>
    206 			<tr>
    207 				<td><tt>75440.031</tt></td>
    208 				<td>s</td>
    209 				<td>time past midnight</td>
    210 			</tr>
    211 			<tr>
    212 				<td><tt>0.000006019</tt></td>
    213 				<td>s</td>
    214 				<td>clock offset</td>
    215 			</tr>
    216 			<tr>
    217 				<td><tt>13.778</tt></td>
    218 				<td>PPM</td>
    219 				<td>frequency offset</td>
    220 			</tr>
    221 			<tr>
    222 				<td><tt>0.000351733</tt></td>
    223 				<td>s</td>
    224 				<td>RMS jitter</td>
    225 			</tr>
    226 			<tr>
    227 				<td><tt>0.013380</tt></td>
    228 				<td>PPM</td>
    229 				<td>RMS&nbsp;frequency jitter (aka wander)</td>
    230 			</tr>
    231 			<tr>
    232 				<td><tt>6 </tt></td>
    233 				<td>log<sub>2</sub> s</td>
    234 				<td>clock discipline loop time constant</td>
    235 			</tr>
    236 		</table>
    237 	</dd>
    238 	<dt><tt>peerstats</tt></dt>
    239 	<dd>Record peer statistics. Each NTP packet or reference clock update received
    240 		appends one line to the <tt>peerstats</tt> file set:</dd>
    241 	<dd><tt>48773 10847.650 127.127.4.1 9714 -0.001605376 0.000000000 0.001424877
    242 			0.000958674</tt></dd>
    243 	<dd>
    244 		<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    245 			<tr>
    246 				<td>Item</td>
    247 				<td>Units</td>
    248 				<td>Description</td>
    249 			</tr>
    250 			<tr>
    251 				<td><tt>48773</tt></td>
    252 				<td>MJD</td>
    253 				<td>date</td>
    254 			</tr>
    255 			<tr>
    256 				<td><tt>10847.650</tt></td>
    257 				<td>s</td>
    258 				<td>time past midnight</td>
    259 			</tr>
    260 			<tr>
    261 				<td><tt>127.127.4.1</tt></td>
    262 				<td>IP</td>
    263 				<td>source address</td>
    264 			</tr>
    265 			<tr>
    266 				<td><tt>9714</tt></td>
    267 				<td>hex</td>
    268 				<td>status word</td>
    269 			</tr>
    270 			<tr>
    271 				<td><tt>-0.001605376</tt></td>
    272 				<td>s</td>
    273 				<td>clock offset</td>
    274 			</tr>
    275 			<tr>
    276 				<td><tt>0.000000000 </tt></td>
    277 				<td>s</td>
    278 				<td>roundtrip delay</td>
    279 			</tr>
    280 			<tr>
    281 				<td><tt>0.001424877</tt></td>
    282 				<td>s</td>
    283 				<td>dispersion</td>
    284 			</tr>
    285 			<tr>
    286 				<td><tt>0.000958674</tt></td>
    287 				<td>s</td>
    288 				<td>RMS&nbsp;jitter</td>
    289 			</tr>
    290 		</table>
    291 	</dd>
    292 	<dd>The status field is encoded in hex format as described in Appendix B of
    293 		the NTP specification RFC 1305.</dd>
    294 	<dt><tt>protostats</tt></dt>
    295 	<dd>Record significant peer, system and [rptpcp; events. Each significant event
    296 		appends one line to the <tt>protostats</tt> file set:</dd>
    297 	<dd><tt>49213 525.624 128.4.1.1 963a 8a <i>message</i></tt></dd>
    298 	<dd>
    299 		<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    300 			<tr>
    301 				<td>Item</td>
    302 				<td>Units</td>
    303 				<td>Description</td>
    304 			</tr>
    305 			<tr>
    306 				<td><tt>49213</tt></td>
    307 				<td>MJD</td>
    308 				<td>date</td>
    309 			</tr>
    310 			<tr>
    311 				<td><tt>525.624</tt></td>
    312 				<td>s</td>
    313 				<td>time past midnight</td>
    314 			</tr>
    315 			<tr>
    316 				<td><tt>128.4.1.1</tt></td>
    317 				<td>IP</td>
    318 				<td>source address (<tt>0.0.0.0</tt> for system)</td>
    319 			</tr>
    320 			<tr>
    321 				<td><tt>963a</tt></td>
    322 				<td>code</td>
    323 				<td>status word</td>
    324 			</tr>
    325 			<tr>
    326 				<td><tt>8a</tt></td>
    327 				<td>code</td>
    328 				<td>event message code</td>
    329 			</tr>
    330 			<tr>
    331 				<td><tt><i>message</i></tt></td>
    332 				<td>text</td>
    333 				<td>event message</td>
    334 			</tr>
    335 		</table>
    336 	</dd>
    337 	<dd>The event message code and <tt><i>message</i></tt> field are described on
    338 		the <a href="decode.html">Event Messages and Status Words</a> page.</dd>
    339 	<dt><tt>rawstats</tt></dt>
    340 	<dd>Record timestamp statistics. Each NTP packet received appends one line to
    341 		the <tt>rawstats</tt> file set:</dd>
    342 	<dd><tt>50928 2132.543 128.4.1.1 128.4.1.20 3102453281.584327000 3102453281.58622800031
    343 			02453332.540806000 3102453332.541458000</tt></dd>
    344 	<dd>
    345 		<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    346 			<tr>
    347 				<td>Item</td>
    348 				<td>Units</td>
    349 				<td>Description</td>
    350 			</tr>
    351 			<tr>
    352 				<td><tt>50928</tt></td>
    353 				<td>MJD</td>
    354 				<td>date</td>
    355 			</tr>
    356 			<tr>
    357 				<td><tt>2132.543</tt></td>
    358 				<td>s</td>
    359 				<td>time past midnight</td>
    360 			</tr>
    361 			<tr>
    362 				<td><tt>128.4.1.1</tt></td>
    363 				<td>IP</td>
    364 				<td>source address</td>
    365 			</tr>
    366 			<tr>
    367 				<td><tt>128.4.1.20</tt></td>
    368 				<td>IP</td>
    369 				<td>destination address</td>
    370 			</tr>
    371 			<tr>
    372 				<td><tt>3102453281.584327000</tt></td>
    373 				<td>NTP&nbsp;s</td>
    374 				<td>origin timestamp</td>
    375 			</tr>
    376 			<tr>
    377 				<td><tt>3102453281.586228000</tt></td>
    378 				<td>NTP s</td>
    379 				<td>receive timestamp</td>
    380 			</tr>
    381 			<tr>
    382 				<td><tt>3102453332.540806000 </tt></td>
    383 				<td>NTP s</td>
    384 				<td>transmit timestamp</td>
    385 			</tr>
    386 			<tr>
    387 				<td><tt>3102453332.541458000</tt></td>
    388 				<td>NTP&nbsp;s</td>
    389 				<td>destination timestamp</td>
    390 			</tr>
    391 		</table>
    392 	</dd>
    393 	<dt><tt>sysstats</tt></dt>
    394 	<dd>Record system statistics. Each hour one line is appended to the <tt>sysstats</tt> file
    395 		set in the following format:</dd>
    396 	<dd><tt>50928 2132.543 3600 81965 0 9546 56 512 540 10 4 147 1</tt></dd>
    397 	<dd>
    398 		<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    399 			<tr>
    400 				<td>Item</td>
    401 				<td>Units</td>
    402 				<td>Description</td>
    403 			</tr>
    404 			<tr>
    405 				<td><tt>50928</tt></td>
    406 				<td>MJD</td>
    407 				<td>date</td>
    408 			</tr>
    409 			<tr>
    410 				<td><tt>2132.543</tt></td>
    411 				<td>s</td>
    412 				<td>time past midnight</td>
    413 			</tr>
    414 			<tr>
    415 				<td><tt>3600</tt></td>
    416 				<td>s</td>
    417 				<td>time since reset</td>
    418 			</tr>
    419 			<tr>
    420 				<td><tt>81965</tt></td>
    421 				<td>#</td>
    422 				<td>packets received</td>
    423 			</tr>
    424 			<tr>
    425 				<td><tt>0</tt></td>
    426 				<td>#</td>
    427 				<td>packets for this host</td>
    428 			</tr>
    429 			<tr>
    430 				<td><tt>9546</tt></td>
    431 				<td>#</td>
    432 				<td>current versions</td>
    433 			</tr>
    434 			<tr>
    435 				<td><tt>56</tt></td>
    436 				<td>#</td>
    437 				<td>old version</td>
    438 			</tr>
    439 			<tr>
    440 				<td><tt>512</tt></td>
    441 				<td>#</td>
    442 				<td>access denied</td>
    443 			</tr>
    444 			<tr>
    445 				<td><tt>540</tt></td>
    446 				<td>#</td>
    447 				<td>bad length or format</td>
    448 			</tr>
    449 			<tr>
    450 				<td><tt>10</tt></td>
    451 				<td>#</td>
    452 				<td>bad authentication</td>
    453 			</tr>
    454 			<tr>
    455 				<td><tt>4</tt></td>
    456 				<td>#</td>
    457 				<td>declined</td>
    458 			</tr>
    459 			<tr>
    460 				<td><tt>147</tt></td>
    461 				<td>#</td>
    462 				<td>rate exceeded</td>
    463 			</tr>
    464 			<tr>
    465 				<td><tt>1</tt></td>
    466 				<td>#</td>
    467 				<td>kiss-o'-death packets sent</td>
    468 			</tr>
    469 		</table>
    470 	</dd>
    471 	<dt><tt>timingstats</tt></dt>
    472 	<dd>(Only available when the deamon is compiled with process time debugging
    473 		support (--enable-debug-timing - costs performance). Record processing time
    474 		statistics for various selected code paths.</dd>
    475 	<dd><tt>53876 36.920 10.0.3.5 1 0.000014592 input processing delay</tt></dd>
    476 	<dd>
    477 		<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
    478 			<tr>
    479 				<td>Item</td>
    480 				<td>Units</td>
    481 				<td>Description</td>
    482 			</tr>
    483 			<tr>
    484 				<td><tt>53876</tt></td>
    485 				<td>MJD</td>
    486 				<td>date</td>
    487 			</tr>
    488 			<tr>
    489 				<td><tt>36.920</tt></td>
    490 				<td>s</td>
    491 				<td>time past midnight</td>
    492 			</tr>
    493 			<tr>
    494 				<td><tt>10.0.3.5</tt></td>
    495 				<td>IP</td>
    496 				<td>server address</td>
    497 			</tr>
    498 			<tr>
    499 				<td><tt>1</tt></td>
    500 				<td>#</td>
    501 				<td>event count</td>
    502 			</tr>
    503 			<tr>
    504 				<td><tt>0.000014592</tt></td>
    505 				<td>s</td>
    506 				<td>total time</td>
    507 			</tr>
    508 			<tr>
    509 				<td><tt><i>message</i></tt></td>
    510 				<td>text</td>
    511 				<td>code path description (see source)</td>
    512 			</tr>
    513 		</table>
    514 	</dd>
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