RE: [Xen-users] Monitor Network Traffic per Domain

Ian Pratt
Sun, 22 May 2005 10:40:48 -0000

> > This works partially, but I need a way to monitor total
> usage over time.
> > So any script that relies on statistics from each vif will
> get thrown
> > off if I ever restart a domain or start them in a different order.
>
> yes - I had the same problem. So I came up with the following
> solution:
>
> I installed the ifrename tool (ifrename package in debian)
> and I changed the /etc/xen/scripts/vif-brige script in a way
> that it renames the vif before adding it to the bridge with a
> name based on the last byte of the mac address assigned to
> the virtual interface. My changes look like this (unified diff):

As I recall, you can just set the name of the vif by setting the
"vifname=" parameter as part of the vif line in the config file.

Neither approach will meet your requirement of having the stats survive
a reboot of the domain.

Best,
Ian