cpu data collection in percentage than jiffy

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Jun 17, 2015, 6:35:16 PM6/17/15

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HI All

My collectd.conf on Ubuntu trusty (14.04) looks like

LoadPlugin cpu

PerCpuStatistic true

ScaleTo100 false

</Plugin>

However my log on restart of collectd service keep throwing the message

2015-06-17 15:07:17] Found a configuration for the `cpu' plugin, but the plugin isn't loaded or didn't register a configuration callback.

[2015-06-17 15:07:17] Found a configuration for the `cpu' plugin, but the plugin isn't loaded or didn't register a configuration callback.

[2015-06-17 15:07:17] Initialization complete, entering read-loop.

Any pointers will be really useful : What is looking for is to change the jiffy to percentage so the data starts making more sense on graphs

Thanks for help.

Manish

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Aug 12, 2015, 7:07:09 PM8/12/15

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Hello! I'm interested in understanding this as well. Attempting to add the following:

ReportByState true

ReportByCpu true

ValuesPercentage true

</Plugin>

Also getting the following error:

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Sep 21, 2015, 8:14:04 AM9/21/15

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Same question for me.

I also have this config:

ReportByState true

ReportByCpu true

ValuesPercentage true

</Plugin>

But the values seem still to be in jiffy, although the docs state

ValuesPercentage false|true: This option is only considered when both, ReportByCpu and ReportByState are set to true. In this case, by default, metrics will be reported as Jiffies. By setting this option to true, you can request percentage values in the un-aggregated (per-CPU, per-state) mode as well.

I managed to get it somehow working however by choosing derivative in Grafana, although i'm not 100 % sure if it's correct.

Any input on this is welcome..