diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/confGang b/xCAT/postscripts/confGang
index 13ce7cfe4..5be4e780f 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/confGang
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/confGang
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #get IP address of MS
-OS=`uname`
+OS=$(uname)
 echo "the OS is $OS"
 logger -t xcat  -p local4.info "the OS is $OS"
 ms_ip=$MONMASTER
 echo "MS IP is $ms_ip"
 logger -t xcat  -p local4.info "the MS is $ms_ip"
-result=`ping -c1 $MONMASTER 2>&1`
- if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-   index1=`expr index "$result" "\("`
-   index2=`expr index "$result" "\)"`
-   #ms_ip=${result:$index1+1:$index2-$index1-2}
-   pos=`expr $index1 + 1`
-   length=`expr $index2 - $index1`
-   length=`expr $length - 1`
-   ms_ip=`expr substr "$result" $pos $length`
-   echo final is $ms_ip
- else
-   logger -t xcat  -p local4.info "Gangliamon setup"
- fi
+result=$(ping -c1 $MONMASTER 2>&1)
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    index1=$(expr index "$result" "\(")
+    index2=$(expr index "$result" "\)")
+    #ms_ip=${result:$index1+1:$index2-$index1-2}
+    pos=$(expr $index1 + 1)
+    length=$(expr $index2 - $index1)
+    length=$(expr $length - 1)
+    ms_ip=$(expr substr "$result" $pos $length)
+    echo final is $ms_ip
+else
+    logger -t xcat  -p local4.info "Gangliamon setup"
+fi
 
 CLUSTER=\"$MONSERVER\"
 echo "cluster is $CLUSTER"
@@ -26,102 +26,26 @@ logger -t xcat  -p local4.info  "cluster is $CLUSTER"
 MASTER=$ms_ip
 #echo "The new IP is: $NEW_IP"
 #echo "I will replace now....
-gmond_conf="/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf"
-gmond_conf_old="/etc/gmond.conf"
+gmond_conf=$(gmond --help|grep -Eo "[a-z/]+/gmond.conf")
+gmond_version=$(gmond -V|cut -d" " -f2)
 
-    if [ $OS == "AIX" ]; then
-      echo "into AIX loop"
-      logger -t xcat  -p local4.info  "into AIX loop"
-      if [ -f  $gmond_conf_old ]; then
-       echo "ganglia version 3.0.7"
-       logger -t xcat  -p local4.info "ganglia version 3.0.7"
-       grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf_old
-         if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-           /bin/cp -f $gmond_conf_old /etc/gmond.conf.orig
-           sed -e "s/setuid = yes/setuid = no/1" $gmond_conf_old > /etc/gmond.conf1
-           sed -e 's/name = "unspecified"/name='$CLUSTER'/1' /etc/gmond.conf1 > /etc/gmond.conf2
-           sed -e "1,40s/mcast_join = .*/host = $MASTER/" /etc/gmond.conf2 > /etc/gmond.conf3
-           sed -e 's/mcast_join/#/g' /etc/gmond.conf3 > /etc/gmond.conf4
-           sed -e "s/bind/#/g" /etc/gmond.conf4 > /etc/gmond.conf5
-           /bin/cp -f /etc/gmond.conf5 $gmond_conf_old
-           rm -f /etc/gmond.conf1 /etc/gmond.conf2 /etc/gmond.conf3 /etc/gmond.conf4 /etc/gmond.conf5
-           echo "# xCAT gmond settings done sh" >> $gmond_conf_old
-         fi
-       fi
-    fi
-
-
-    if [ $OS == "AIX" ]; then
-      echo "into AIX new loop"
-      logger -t xcat  -p local4.info "into AIX new loop"
-      if [ -f  $gmond_conf ]; then
-      echo "ganglia version v3.10"
-      logger -t xcat  -p local4.info  "ganglia version v3.10"
-       grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf
-         if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-           /bin/cp -f $gmond_conf /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf.orig
-           sed -e "s/setuid = yes/setuid = no/1" $gmond_conf > /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf1
-           sed -e 's/name = "unspecified"/name='$CLUSTER'/1' /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf1 > /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf2
-           sed -e "1,40s/mcast_join = .*/host = $MASTER/" /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf2 > /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf3
-           sed -e 's/mcast_join/#/g' /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf3 > /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf4
-           sed -e "s/bind/#/g" /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf4 > /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf5
-           /bin/cp -f /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf5 $gmond_conf
-           rm -f /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf1 /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf2 /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf3 /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf4 /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf5
-           echo "# xCAT gmond settings done sh" >> $gmond_conf
-         fi
-       fi
-    fi
-
-
-
-
-
-     if [ $OS != "AIX" ]; then
-       echo "not AIX"
-       logger -t xcat  -p local4.info "not AIX"
-     if [ -f  $gmond_conf ]; then
-       grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf
-         if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-           /bin/cp -f $gmond_conf /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf.orig
-           sed -i 's/setuid = yes/setuid = no/1' $gmond_conf
-           sed -i 's/name = "unspecified"/name='$CLUSTER'/1' $gmond_conf
-           sed -e "1,50s/^ *mcast_join = .*/host = $MASTER/" $gmond_conf > /etc/temp.conf
-           /bin/cp -f /etc/temp.conf $gmond_conf
-           sed -i 's/^ *mcast_join/#mcast_join/g' $gmond_conf
-           sed -i 's/^ *bind/#bind/g' $gmond_conf
-           echo "# xCAT gmond settings done sh" >> $gmond_conf
-         fi
-       fi
-     fi
-
-
- if [ $OS != "AIX" ]; then
-       echo "not AIX"
-       logger -t xcat  -p local4.info "not AIX"
-
-    if [ -f $gmond_conf_old ]; then
-      grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf_old
-         if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-           /bin/cp -f $gmond_conf_old /etc/gmond.conf.orig
-           sed -i 's/setuid = yes/setuid = no/1' $gmond_conf_old
-           sed -i 's/name = "unspecified"/name='$CLUSTER'/1' $gmond_conf_old
-           sed -e "1,40s/mcast_join = .*/host = $MASTER/" $gmond_conf_old > /etc/temp.conf
-           /bin/cp -f /etc/temp.conf $gmond_conf_old
-           sed -i 's/mcast_join/#/g' $gmond_conf_old
-           sed -i 's/bind/#/g' $gmond_conf_old
-           echo "# xCAT gmond settings done sh_old" >> $gmond_conf_old
-         fi
-    fi
+if [ ! -f  $gmond_conf ]; then
+    #  echo "file not found"
+    logger -t xcat  -p local4.warning "gmond configuration file not found. Generating a default one"
+    gmond -t > ${gmond_conf}
 fi
 
-     if [ ! -f  $gmond_conf ]; then
-       #  echo "file not found"
-          logger -t xcat  -p local4.warning "gmond configuration file not found"
-     fi
-
-     if [ ! -f  $gmond_conf_old ]; then
-       #  echo "file not found"
-          logger -t xcat -p local4.warning "gmond configuration file not found"
-     fi
+echo "ganglia version ${gmond_version}"
+logger -t xcat  -p local4.info  "ganglia version ${gmond_version}"
+grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+    /bin/cp -f $gmond_conf /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf.orig
+    sed -i -e "s/setuid = yes/setuid = no/1" ${gmond_conf}
+    sed -i -e 's/name = "unspecified"/name='$CLUSTER'/1' ${gmond_conf}
+    sed -i -e "1,40s/mcast_join = .*/host = $MASTER/" ${gmond_conf}
+    sed -i -e '/mcast_join/d' ${gmond_conf}
+    sed -i -e "/\s\+bind/d" ${gmond_conf}
+    echo "# xCAT gmond settings done sh" >> $gmond_conf
+fi
 
 exit 0