perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Erich Weiler <>]

> How long are you waiting for things to appear/disappear when you add/delete tests? A 
> throughput graph will be removed from the "Active" test set when there is no 
> data seen for 1 week. Also, it will not get added until bwctl successfully runs a test. 
> If you're doing 4 hour tests, it could be up to 4 hours after you add it. If its taking 
> longer than that, you should check the logs to see if the bwctl test is failing for 
> some other reason. The graphs do not show failed results (a long-standing feature 
> request which is in our issue tracker) so I'm guessing that's causing some of the 
> confusion.  Also, I would not recommend mucking with the database unless you really 
> know what you are doing as you're likely to cause more issues.  Hope that clarifies 
> some things.

Ah, that does clarify a couple things.  I didn't wait 4 hours after 
adding it to see if it appeared then.  I'm trying again now, and will 
wait 4 hours to see what happens.  But the weird part, initially at 
least, was that when I deleted a host from my bandwidth test, the graph 
for that host remained in the graphing page.  It didn't move it to the 
"Inactive" section, it left the graph in the "Active" section.  Is that 
normal as well?  Would I have to wait 4 hours for it to disappear as well?

If so, then I'm golden, I just got confused and thought it didn't work...

Thanks for the tips!