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Show only digits result from hdparm command
I need get only digit result for my MIB from hdparm output.
Example. I get hdparm info about my device.
hdparm -t /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1:
Timing buffered disk reads: 220 MB in 3.02 seconds = 72.88 ...
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Cacti gets data but does not show a graph
I use Cacti to monitor the call load of a Squire MG1000.
I have created a graph using the SNMP Generic OID template.
In the graph overview, I also see data for current, average and maximum calls but ...
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What collects data for Cacti and Cabot?
Cacti and Cabot looks very similar and none of them says how data is collected. In Nagios it is e.g. NRPE and in M/Monit is is Monit.
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Which program collects the data for Cacti and Cabot?
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Cacti generate old graph
I have a cacti system (Version 0.8.8b). The cacti system has been running for a year.
I would like to generate retroactive daily graphs, because cacti can't show the old daily graphs.
How to ...
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System-monitoring with Cacti: How to execute arbitrary script when threshold reached?
When doing system-monitor with Cacti[1], can you execute an arbitrary script when a threshold is reached, yes or no?
If yes, how?
[1] I was planning on using the Cacti plugin Thold but as far as I ...
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Grahping VMware VM's network traffic
We have a mixture of managed and unmanaged VMs within out VMware platform, For our managed VMs we use SNMP within the VM to graph the VM's network traffic which we then use for billing if the customer ...
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How Cacti collects data using scripts?
We know that Cacti uses SNMP to query and collect data. As far as i know SNMP manager uses Object ID (OID) to query about a certain object and get the response from an SNMP agent regarding that OID.
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Can cacti display some TEXT output from mib at my graph?
My switch can check if there is an SFP connector present in its ports and their respective link status.
I want to display this information in Cacti graphs for each interface of my switch.
The switch ...
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New nagios/cacti monitoring setup, should I use a dedicated VM?
Currently we have 4 bare metal servers and one small VM server (all running centos6) and I'm looking at setting up monitoring for the Percona MySQL db server and replication slave (bare metal), as ...
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Change graph interval in cacti
I am new to cacti. I got cacti running and wanted to use the Advanced Ping Templete. It works fine but I want to change the Interval to 30 seconds instead of the 5 minutes. Can't find where I can ...
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Make a new cacti graph by summing the values of another graph
I just start using cacti and I would like to know if it is possible to create a new graph from the sum of values in an other graph (not in the same one) .
For instance, I have a graph with:
Memory ...
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cacti : Terminology about ups, room temperature etc
We use cacti for graphing lots of metrics :
Windows server related metrics go under a branch called "windows".
Unix, Linux and storage metrics go under a branch called "Unix".
Switch, firewalls, ...
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What is the difference between nagios xi and cacti for monitoring?
Nagios XI (This is a commercial implementation of Nagios) can graph as well as send alerts based on threshold conditions. I am not able to understand the difference between Nagios and Cacti. Any idea ...
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Monitoring tool which does not average data over time [closed]
I am looking for a monitoring system like Cacti which doesn't loose data over a time, all the tools I have found use rrd files which averages the data as time goes by.
I would like a to be able to go ...
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How to migrate all Cacti devices from 5 minute polls to 1 minute polls?
I have just taken over a Cacti server and am having a nightmare moving from 5 minute polls to 1 minute polls.
So far, I have changed the data template along with the Step (from 300 down to 60) and ...
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Cacti not working for SNMP data sources
I installed packages cacti and snmpd on a Debian server. I'm able to display common graphs in Cacti (such as memory usage, load average, logged in users, etc) using the data templates listed as Unix. ...
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Cacti is ignoring hash marks in interface aliases
I'm attempting to set up Cacti to monitor a router's interfaces, and I'm having trouble getting the graph templates to show the information that I'd like.
Our interface configuration looks like this:...
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Cacti NaN values
Firstly, when I create cacti graph using data input method (PHP script) is does not create rrd file which it should do. Still, when I copy command which is shown when I turn debug mode on and run it ...
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Cacti - gathering data from remote servers
I currently have Nagios installation for monitoring various systems (mainly Linux). I would like to implement some graphing tool for historical data (CPU, memory, disk usage, web server QPS etc). I've ...
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Questions about storage performance
I would be glad guys, if you can answer me some of my questions about the performance of our storage. The setup
HP P2000 SAS with 2GB cache
8x 1TB SATA 7200 RPM storage
RAID6
3x hosts with SAS HBA ...
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How to display a graph only for business hours with CACTI?
I have noticed that I can only display an uninterrupted period with CACTI. I am wondering whether is possible or not to make a custom graph which displaying only the business hours during a period (a ...
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Gaps in Windows graphs in Cacti
Why would I'd be getting gaps like this in graphs coming from Windows hosts?
This problem seems to happen quite regularly on graphs coming from Windows hosts. The graph template for the graph above ...
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frequent "SNMP error" with Cacti
When adding new devices to my Cacti instance, I get frequent "SNMP error" messages in the device screen. But the error is not consistent, not even for the same device. Here's what I already have ...
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how to set up lots of Cacti devices and graphs?
I have many virtual machines that I would like to monitor with Cacti.
Is there a script so that I can easily create about 100 entries? I am tired of repeating the same mouse clicks over and over ...
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Is it possible show difference between two graphs in cacti?
I have cacti with a lot of graphs (interface statistics) and I need show the difference between two of them. Something like traffic=traffic1-traffic2 where traffic1 and traffic2 are interfaces on two ...
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monitor iis vhosts bandwidth usage with cacti
I am trying to monitor how much bandwidth is being used by websites(vhosts) on my iis (7.5) machine. on a per site basis. Is their a cacti plugin or configuration guide that i can use to monitor this. ...
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Monitoring VPS using Cacti/Zabbix?
I just got a VPS (CentOS on Virtuzzo) and need to monitor the load, bandwidth etc, preferably with graphs. I came across cacti, nagios, zabbix but they seem to be for monitoring large number of ...
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Cacti per-process monitoring
Are there any Cacti plugins that lets you monitor per-process CPU/memory/IO, etc., similar to what Perfmon provides on Windows?
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Tools to generate a Cacti template from a MIB?
We use Cacti to monitor trends on our servers.
Sometimes I get a new appliance or a server, and that appliance comes with a MIB which can be used to monitor the appliance via SNMP. For this example, ...
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Nagios graphing solutions vs Munin/Cacti/Ganglia
I've got a nagios server setup for monitoring ~ 30 Windows servers. I want to add some trending charts. I've read that nagios graphing plugins are simple and many people use seperate, standalone ...
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How to migrate from Nagios + Cacti to Icinga?
I would like to migrate from Nagios + Cacti to Icinga. Because I would like one interface for active and trends monitoring. What could be problems and how to solve them?
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Cacti dskIndex RHEL
I'm attempting to use includeAllDisks in my snmpd.conf for RHEL 4 and RHEL 5 machines, but no data is being returned on the Cacti Data Query.
snmpwalk isn't giving me any results.
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Cacti - How can you get a list of systems that meet certain criteria?
Is it possible using Cacti to have it give you a list of machines that meet a certain criteria? For example, what are the machines that have had an average cpu load over 50% during the past week? ...
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PNP4Nagios, nagiosgraph, separate Cacti, or something else for Nagios trending
I've been using Nagios for a while now and recently started using Cacti after being dissatisfied with the lack of scaling and lack of any GUI in MRTG. I'm interested in adding trending to my Nagios ...
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Cacti - central server to check status
Hey is there a way to setup one server for cacti and having all the other servers send their data to it? I would have thought, that the poller sends all the info to the central server including the ...
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Cacti Graphing incorrect load averages
I've just set up cacti to monitor CPU and memory usage on a server that I think needs to be upgraded, but to be able to make my case for funding I need hard facts.
I figured getting Cacti to monitor ...
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Why can't I wget specific cacti graph images?
I'm trying to wget a specific cacti graph image in order to make a daily report. We have htpasswd for the cacti website, and I've added a user for that. I'm usign wget's --http-user/password to pass ...
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Cacti plugin to email me network traffic graphs
I have a cacti graph set up. I'd like to receive daily emails of some graphs. What are my options?
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Cacti: How to monitor Windows Hosts?
I have Cacti installed on a computer and SNMP enabled on my Windows Hosts (Community string : public)
How do I get the Windows Network Utilization, HDD, CPU, and more?
I would like a guideline on ...
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Is there a way to share S.M.A.R.T. data over SNMP?
Is there a way to share S.M.A.R.T. data over SNMP? I'd like to be able to make cacti graphs of it and hook it up to Nagios.
What I want to do is be able to get some statistics on my harddisks ...
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