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Alex Moura wrote:
> On 2007/10/31, helary guillaume <gui...@gm...> wrote:
>> Hello Guys,
>>
>> The cacti poller polls every host each 5 minutes.
>> Originally, the data is kept with this resolution for 24 Hours in the rrd
>> files.
>> I would like to tune the tool so we can keep these data precision
>> much longer for all equipments.
>> How can I do?
>>
> 
> Hope this is helpful:
> http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=9605&highlight=resize+rrd
An updated version of this bit can be found at http://docs.cacti.net
Reinhard

Trying to rephrase my question about "poller_reindex_hosts.php"; here
are 4 questions.

1. What functionality does the poller_reindex_hosts.php script provide
(what all can it detect (in the context of interfaces.xml)) =20


2. Is there a way to replicate this functionality via the GUI?


3. What actions does it take if it detects changes to the interfaces of
the host?=20


4. Are there any possible problems that can result from running this
script on a weekly basis for all hosts?


-rod



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Subject: [cacti-user] poller_reindex_hosts.php



Could someone go into detail as to what happens when the
poller_reindex_hosts.php script is ran.=20

Along with if running it daily is enough to handle the problem of daily
index changes to the interfaces table on various hosts.=20

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I did not know that. I'm old, but not Dos 1.x old.
I'll start looking for other reasons the .rrd files won't write,
triple-checking permissions first.

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As you understand Bill's massive problem.  It started with some guy=20
(likely a pothead then, most of us were, and now rich, and yes it was=20
most likely Steve Balmer) at Microsoft saying something like "hey those=20
UNIX guy's have directories, they use backslashes", then it went=20
downhill from there as backslashes are escaping characters in UNIX.  You

may not know, but DOS 1.x did not have directory structures.  Yea, I'm=20
that old.

So, if you look at the attached, and then RTM (Read the Manual), the=20
rrdtool one that is, you will note that all colons ":" must be escaped=20
with the "correct" escape character "\", as you will see in the attached

is correct.  Then, directory separators are as they "should have been"=20
:) as forward slashes "/".  Once you realize this, you are back in
business.

Regards,

TheWitness

On 2007/10/31, helary guillaume <gui...@gm...> wrote:
> Hello Guys,
>
> The cacti poller polls every host each 5 minutes.
> Originally, the data is kept with this resolution for 24 Hours in the rrd
> files.
> I would like to tune the tool so we can keep these data precision
> much longer for all equipments.
> How can I do?
>

Hope this is helpful:
http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=9605&highlight=resize+rrd

Otherwise, google for something like (without quotes)
"rrdtool 5 min resolution higher|longer"

Alex

I meant to say custom text for the error. For example, this is a cacti
generated error: "Load Average - 1 Minute [ucd_load1min] went above
threshold of 5 with 10". Can you send an error like "High Load Average
on the server"?

Thanks,

Hasan

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Sin
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:54 AM
To: Support requests/questions about cacti
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] thold

Hi,

What do you mean generic alerts?
I use thold for example custom alerts like free BRAS IP pools =20
monitoring.
Mail goes if free ip pools under 100.
Is this a custom alert 4U?

-Sini


On 10/30/2007 05:03:23 PM, Ceylan, Hasan wrote:
> Is it possible to generate custom alerts rather than generic alerts
> using thold?
>=20
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Hello Guys,

The cacti poller polls every host each 5 minutes.
Originally, the data is kept with this resolution for 24 Hours in the rrd
files.
I would like to tune the tool so we can keep these data precision
much longer for all equipments.
How can I do?

-- 
Bises!

@+,

Guig'zzz, un maximum de z.

Hi,

What do you mean generic alerts?
I use thold for example custom alerts like free BRAS IP pools  
monitoring.
Mail goes if free ip pools under 100.
Is this a custom alert 4U?

-Sini


On 10/30/2007 05:03:23 PM, Ceylan, Hasan wrote:
> Is it possible to generate custom alerts rather than generic alerts
> using thold?
> 
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J.P. Pasnak wrote:
> Larry Adams wrote:
>   
>> Strain, Paul wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> RRDTool Log when trying to create a new graph;
>>>
>>>
>>> 10/30/2007 12:06:16 PM - WEBLOG: Poller[0] CACTI2RRD:
>>> c:/cacti/rrdtool.exe graph -  --imgformat=PNG  --start=-86400
>>> --end=-300  --title="Peoria - Traffic"  --rigid  --base=1000
>>> --height=120  --width=500  --alt-autoscale-max  --lower-limit=0
>>> --vertical-label="bits per second"  --slope-mode  --font TITLE:12:
>>> --font AXIS:8:  --font LEGEND:10:  --font UNIT:8:
>>> DEF:a="D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd":traffic_in:AVERAGE
>>> DEF:b="D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd":traffic_out:AVERAGE
>>>       
>
>   
>> Looks good to me.
>>     
>
> "D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd" doesn't look right to me for a
> Windows box.
>
>   
As you understand Bill's massive problem.  It started with some guy 
(likely a pothead then, most of us were, and now rich, and yes it was 
most likely Steve Balmer) at Microsoft saying something like "hey those 
UNIX guy's have directories, they use backslashes", then it went 
downhill from there as backslashes are escaping characters in UNIX.  You 
may not know, but DOS 1.x did not have directory structures.  Yea, I'm 
that old.

So, if you look at the attached, and then RTM (Read the Manual), the 
rrdtool one that is, you will note that all colons ":" must be escaped 
with the "correct" escape character "\", as you will see in the attached 
is correct.  Then, directory separators are as they "should have been" 
:) as forward slashes "/".  Once you realize this, you are back in business.

Regards,

TheWitness

Larry Adams wrote:
> Strain, Paul wrote:
>
>> RRDTool Log when trying to create a new graph;
>>
>>
>> 10/30/2007 12:06:16 PM - WEBLOG: Poller[0] CACTI2RRD:
>> c:/cacti/rrdtool.exe graph -  --imgformat=PNG  --start=-86400
>> --end=-300  --title="Peoria - Traffic"  --rigid  --base=1000
>> --height=120  --width=500  --alt-autoscale-max  --lower-limit=0
>> --vertical-label="bits per second"  --slope-mode  --font TITLE:12:
>> --font AXIS:8:  --font LEGEND:10:  --font UNIT:8:
>> DEF:a="D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd":traffic_in:AVERAGE
>> DEF:b="D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd":traffic_out:AVERAGE

>>
> Looks good to me.

"D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd" doesn't look right to me for a
Windows box.

-- 
Live fast, die young,
You're sucking up my bandwidth.

J.P. Pasnak, CD
CCNA, LPIC-1
http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca

Strain, Paul wrote:
> RRDTool Log when trying to create a new graph;
>
> 10/30/2007 12:06:16 PM - WEBLOG: Poller[0] CACTI2RRD:
> c:/cacti/rrdtool.exe graph -  --imgformat=PNG  --start=-86400
> --end=-300  --title="Peoria - Traffic"  --rigid  --base=1000
> --height=120  --width=500  --alt-autoscale-max  --lower-limit=0
> --vertical-label="bits per second"  --slope-mode  --font TITLE:12:
> --font AXIS:8:  --font LEGEND:10:  --font UNIT:8:
> DEF:a="D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd":traffic_in:AVERAGE
> DEF:b="D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd":traffic_out:AVERAGE
> CDEF:cdefa=a,8,*  CDEF:cdefe=b,8,*  AREA:cdefa#00CF00:"Inbound"
> GPRINT:cdefa:LAST:" Current\:%8.2lf %s"
> GPRINT:cdefa:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s"
> GPRINT:cdefa:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n"   LINE1:cdefe#002A97:"Outbound"
> GPRINT:cdefe:LAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s"
> GPRINT:cdefe:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s"
> GPRINT:cdefe:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s"
>
> I can only assume that the path as specified for the RRD doesn't parse.
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Looks good to me.

TheWitness

Once you turn it on, how do you turn it off?  Once it it activated, I loose
the ability to login as admin now?

I am SOOO looking into integrating this again with a single login for all my
admin apps.


Ted

RRDTool Log when trying to create a new graph;

10/30/2007 12:06:16 PM - WEBLOG: Poller[0] CACTI2RRD:
c:/cacti/rrdtool.exe graph -  --imgformat=3DPNG  --start=3D-86400
--end=3D-300  --title=3D"Peoria - Traffic"  --rigid  --base=3D1000
--height=3D120  --width=3D500  --alt-autoscale-max  --lower-limit=3D0
--vertical-label=3D"bits per second"  --slope-mode  --font TITLE:12:
--font AXIS:8:  --font LEGEND:10:  --font UNIT:8:
DEF:a=3D"D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd":traffic_in:AVERAGE
DEF:b=3D"D\:/cacti/rra/peoria_traffic_in_41.rrd":traffic_out:AVERAGE
CDEF:cdefa=3Da,8,*  CDEF:cdefe=3Db,8,*  AREA:cdefa#00CF00:"Inbound"
GPRINT:cdefa:LAST:" Current\:%8.2lf %s"
GPRINT:cdefa:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s"
GPRINT:cdefa:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n"   LINE1:cdefe#002A97:"Outbound"
GPRINT:cdefe:LAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s"
GPRINT:cdefe:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s"
GPRINT:cdefe:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s"

I can only assume that the path as specified for the RRD doesn't parse.
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Is it possible to generate custom alerts rather than generic alerts
using thold?

Have done this. Updated Cacti settings. Now rrd's not creating.
Permissions set the same as before I moved it.
Working on it.


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You can get around this simply by adding another Apache web site at the=20
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Strain, Paul wrote:
> Arrgh. The problem is this server is already hosting another AMP application that _works_, so I can't go moving the apache\htdocs folder around.
> I'm aware of the 8 character equivilent in NTFS. I have ti specified in the path settings. But PHP keeps expanding it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cac...@li... on behalf of Alex Perez
> Sent: Fri 10/26/2007 7:40 PM
> To: Support requests/questions about cacti
> Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Cacti on Win2k3
>  
> Every NTFS filename and directory has an 8-character equivalent. in
> English versions of windows, it's always C:\PROGRA~1\ . THere's a
> standard windows envvar called %ProgramFiles% which is always set
> correctly regardless of locale/localized name of the dir. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cac...@li...
> [mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of
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> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:10 PM
> To: Support requests/questions about cacti;
> cac...@li...
> Cc: Strain, Paul
> Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Cacti on Win2k3
>
> Paul,
>
> You must not have spaces in your web path.  I use c:\wwwroot\cacti for
> Windoz.
>
> TheWitness
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Strain, Paul" <Pau...@cl...>
>   
>> Installed Cacti on win2k3 R2.
>>
>> All worked find except graphs would not create (no rrd files created).
>>
>> Running the poller.php manually revealed that even though I had
>> specified short pathnames in the 'paths' page, the command was somehow
>> putting them back when running poller.php.
>>
>> For instance, rrd files reside in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
>> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\rra". When poller goes looking for
>> cmd.php, which is in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
>> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\cmd.php" it can't find it due to the
>> spaces in the path.
>>
>> If I go into global.php and change the "base_path" from:
>>
>>  
>>
>> $config["base_path"] = strtr(ereg_replace("(.*)[\/\\]include", "\\1",
>> dirname(__FILE__)), "\\", "/");
>>
>>  
>>
>> To:
>>
>>  
>>
>> $config["base_path"] = "D:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti"
>>
>>  
>>
>> Then polling works for a Server (Windows) object, but routers don't
>> create the rrd file.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to correctly fix the "base_path" variable
>>     
> (and
>   
>> other path variables) so that they do not include the expanded file
>> name?
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You can get around this simply by adding another Apache web site at the 
new path.  Check out the Apache docs.

Nick Kraal wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> Perhaps these have been asked numerous times before, but I could not 
> find any archives or FAQs relating to these.
Please find a complete set of documentation at http://docs.cacti.net
> 
> [1] Once we have added a device (say a router) and created the related 
> graphs, how do we create new/refreshed graphs if we have added new 
> interfaces (or change the interface description, etc) on the router.
For Data Queries, such as "Interface Traffic", there's a "Re-Index Method" that
governs this behaviour. The default setting is "Uptime goes backwards", detected
by sysUptime having a lower value (= system was rebootet).
You may select "Interface Count Changed", which is pretty self-explaining or
"Verify All Fields" which checks for changes of all Index Fields of the XML that
belongs to that Data Query.
> 
> [2] Also I have successfully got the Cacti up and running, and is 
> polling about 50 Cisco devices. I am trying the same on two Juniper 
> boxes we have. Adding the device, creating the graphs (with the generic 
> SNMP template), and placing these graphs on the graphs tree all work. 
> But after some time on the Console->Devices page I see that the status 
> is 'Down' and so no graphs are created. Is there a log file to check on 
> what can cause this. The Juniper boxes are working well with MRTG, and 
> SNMP permissions all seem to be correct.
In most cases, such a problem is related to "Downed Host Detection". Before
polling a device, cacti will check availability via Ping+SNMP or Ping only or
SNMP only; see "Settings". If the device is detected as "down", it will not be
polled. For me, SNMP checks work best.
New Cacti 0.8.7 provides this settings on a per host base to offer more flexibility.

You may want to consider the http://forums.cacti.net to find more traffic
compared to this mailing list.

Reinhard

Dear List,

Perhaps these have been asked numerous times before, but I could not 
find any archives or FAQs relating to these.

[1] Once we have added a device (say a router) and created the related 
graphs, how do we create new/refreshed graphs if we have added new 
interfaces (or change the interface description, etc) on the router.

[2] Also I have successfully got the Cacti up and running, and is 
polling about 50 Cisco devices. I am trying the same on two Juniper 
boxes we have. Adding the device, creating the graphs (with the generic 
SNMP template), and placing these graphs on the graphs tree all work. 
But after some time on the Console->Devices page I see that the status 
is 'Down' and so no graphs are created. Is there a log file to check on 
what can cause this. The Juniper boxes are working well with MRTG, and 
SNMP permissions all seem to be correct.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

-nick/

Paul, you should be able to create an alias in you httpd.conf file for 
apache... similar to:

Alias /cacti c:\pathto\cacti

<Directory "c:\pathto\cacti">
 Options None
 AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
</Directory>

Then dump your Cacti files in that c:\pathto\cacti folder. I'm no apache 
expert by far, so ya might wanna check the the docs, and page through your 
current config file to make sure this fits your needs. Basing the 
<Directory> section on the one already configured for your current 
DocumentRoot should be a good place to start.




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10/26/2007 09:22 PM
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Re: [cacti-user] Cacti on Win2k3






Arrgh. The problem is this server is already hosting another AMP 
application that _works_, so I can't go moving the apache\htdocs folder 
around.
I'm aware of the 8 character equivilent in NTFS. I have ti specified in 
the path settings. But PHP keeps expanding it.


-----Original Message-----
From: cac...@li... on behalf of Alex Perez
Sent: Fri 10/26/2007 7:40 PM
To: Support requests/questions about cacti
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Cacti on Win2k3
 
Every NTFS filename and directory has an 8-character equivalent. in
English versions of windows, it's always C:\PROGRA~1\ . THere's a
standard windows envvar called %ProgramFiles% which is always set
correctly regardless of locale/localized name of the dir. 

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From: cac...@li...
[mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of
lar...@co...
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:10 PM
To: Support requests/questions about cacti;
cac...@li...
Cc: Strain, Paul
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Cacti on Win2k3

Paul,

You must not have spaces in your web path.  I use c:\wwwroot\cacti for
Windoz.

TheWitness
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Strain, Paul" <Pau...@cl...>
> Installed Cacti on win2k3 R2.
> 
> All worked find except graphs would not create (no rrd files created).
> 
> Running the poller.php manually revealed that even though I had
> specified short pathnames in the 'paths' page, the command was somehow
> putting them back when running poller.php.
> 
> For instance, rrd files reside in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\rra". When poller goes looking for
> cmd.php, which is in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\cmd.php" it can't find it due to the
> spaces in the path.
> 
> If I go into global.php and change the "base_path" from:
> 
> 
> 
> $config["base_path"] = strtr(ereg_replace("(.*)[\/\\]include", "\\1",
> dirname(__FILE__)), "\\", "/");
> 
> 
> 
> To:
> 
> 
> 
> $config["base_path"] = "D:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti"
> 
> 
> 
> Then polling works for a Server (Windows) object, but routers don't
> create the rrd file.
> 
> 
> 
> Does anyone know of a way to correctly fix the "base_path" variable
(and
> other path variables) so that they do not include the expanded file
> name?
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Arrgh. The problem is this server is already hosting another AMP =
application that _works_, so I can't go moving the apache\htdocs folder =
around.
I'm aware of the 8 character equivilent in NTFS. I have ti specified in =
the path settings. But PHP keeps expanding it.


-----Original Message-----
From: cac...@li... on behalf of Alex Perez
Sent: Fri 10/26/2007 7:40 PM
To: Support requests/questions about cacti
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Cacti on Win2k3
=20
Every NTFS filename and directory has an 8-character equivalent. in
English versions of windows, it's always C:\PROGRA~1\ . THere's a
standard windows envvar called %ProgramFiles% which is always set
correctly regardless of locale/localized name of the dir.=20

-----Original Message-----
From: cac...@li...
[mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of
lar...@co...
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:10 PM
To: Support requests/questions about cacti;
cac...@li...
Cc: Strain, Paul
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Cacti on Win2k3

Paul,

You must not have spaces in your web path.  I use c:\wwwroot\cacti for
Windoz.

TheWitness
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Strain, Paul" <Pau...@cl...>
> Installed Cacti on win2k3 R2.
>=20
> All worked find except graphs would not create (no rrd files created).
>=20
> Running the poller.php manually revealed that even though I had
> specified short pathnames in the 'paths' page, the command was somehow
> putting them back when running poller.php.
>=20
> For instance, rrd files reside in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\rra". When poller goes looking for
> cmd.php, which is in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\cmd.php" it can't find it due to the
> spaces in the path.
>=20
> If I go into global.php and change the "base_path" from:
>=20
> =20
>=20
> $config["base_path"] =3D strtr(ereg_replace("(.*)[\/\\]include", =
"\\1",
> dirname(__FILE__)), "\\", "/");
>=20
> =20
>=20
> To:
>=20
> =20
>=20
> $config["base_path"] =3D "D:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti"
>=20
> =20
>=20
> Then polling works for a Server (Windows) object, but routers don't
> create the rrd file.
>=20
> =20
>=20
> Does anyone know of a way to correctly fix the "base_path" variable
(and
> other path variables) so that they do not include the expanded file
> name?
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Every NTFS filename and directory has an 8-character equivalent. in
English versions of windows, it's always C:\PROGRA~1\ . THere's a
standard windows envvar called %ProgramFiles% which is always set
correctly regardless of locale/localized name of the dir.=20

-----Original Message-----
From: cac...@li...
[mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of
lar...@co...
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:10 PM
To: Support requests/questions about cacti;
cac...@li...
Cc: Strain, Paul
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Cacti on Win2k3

Paul,

You must not have spaces in your web path.  I use c:\wwwroot\cacti for
Windoz.

TheWitness
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Strain, Paul" <Pau...@cl...>
> Installed Cacti on win2k3 R2.
>=20
> All worked find except graphs would not create (no rrd files created).
>=20
> Running the poller.php manually revealed that even though I had
> specified short pathnames in the 'paths' page, the command was somehow
> putting them back when running poller.php.
>=20
> For instance, rrd files reside in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\rra". When poller goes looking for
> cmd.php, which is in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\cmd.php" it can't find it due to the
> spaces in the path.
>=20
> If I go into global.php and change the "base_path" from:
>=20
> =20
>=20
> $config["base_path"] =3D strtr(ereg_replace("(.*)[\/\\]include", =
"\\1",
> dirname(__FILE__)), "\\", "/");
>=20
> =20
>=20
> To:
>=20
> =20
>=20
> $config["base_path"] =3D "D:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti"
>=20
> =20
>=20
> Then polling works for a Server (Windows) object, but routers don't
> create the rrd file.
>=20
> =20
>=20
> Does anyone know of a way to correctly fix the "base_path" variable
(and
> other path variables) so that they do not include the expanded file
> name?
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Paul,

You must not have spaces in your web path.  I use c:\wwwroot\cacti for Windoz.

TheWitness
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Strain, Paul" <Pau...@cl...>
> Installed Cacti on win2k3 R2.
> 
> All worked find except graphs would not create (no rrd files created).
> 
> Running the poller.php manually revealed that even though I had
> specified short pathnames in the 'paths' page, the command was somehow
> putting them back when running poller.php.
> 
> For instance, rrd files reside in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\rra". When poller goes looking for
> cmd.php, which is in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
> Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\cmd.php" it can't find it due to the
> spaces in the path.
> 
> If I go into global.php and change the "base_path" from:
> 
>  
> 
> $config["base_path"] = strtr(ereg_replace("(.*)[\/\\]include", "\\1",
> dirname(__FILE__)), "\\", "/");
> 
>  
> 
> To:
> 
>  
> 
> $config["base_path"] = "D:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti"
> 
>  
> 
> Then polling works for a Server (Windows) object, but routers don't
> create the rrd file.
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone know of a way to correctly fix the "base_path" variable (and
> other path variables) so that they do not include the expanded file
> name?
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Installed Cacti on win2k3 R2.

All worked find except graphs would not create (no rrd files created).

Running the poller.php manually revealed that even though I had
specified short pathnames in the 'paths' page, the command was somehow
putting them back when running poller.php.

For instance, rrd files reside in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\rra". When poller goes looking for
cmd.php, which is in "D:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE Software
Foundation\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti\cmd.php" it can't find it due to the
spaces in the path.

If I go into global.php and change the "base_path" from:

=20

$config["base_path"] =3D strtr(ereg_replace("(.*)[\/\\]include", "\\1",
dirname(__FILE__)), "\\", "/");

=20

To:

=20

$config["base_path"] =3D "D:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\APACHE2.2\htdocs\cacti"

=20

Then polling works for a Server (Windows) object, but routers don't
create the rrd file.

=20

Does anyone know of a way to correctly fix the "base_path" variable (and
other path variables) so that they do not include the expanded file
name?
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Could someone go into detail as to what happens when the
poller_reindex_hosts.php script is ran.=20

Along with if running it daily is enough to handle the problem of daily
index changes to the interfaces table on various hosts.=20

The Cacti Group is proud to announce the release Cacti 0.8.7.  This new
version takes a significant leap forward by addressing several
outstanding community issues as well as some very exciting new features.
It is a significant step in the evolution of this product.  We hope you
all enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed creating it.

It has been over three years since the release of Cacti 0.8.6.  In those
three years, The Cacti Group has evolved.  From it's early beginnings as
a high school project created by Ian Berry, it has now become a staple
for IT personnel in all corners of the globe.  There are now six core
members of The Cacti Group, developers of over 30 very exciting Cacti
Plugins and too many Host and Graph Templates to count.

Cacti now monitors just about anything from household routers and home
computer motherboards to the largest internet routers.  It is used by IT
personnel in just about all IT disciplines, from the smallest hobbyist,
to some of the worlds largest corporations.  We have nearly 14,000
registered users and receive over 60k unique visitors to our web site
every month.

The new release of Cacti will include something for everyone.  We have
been steadily improving Cacti through patches since the release of Cacti
0.8.6.  However, we had held off on some very important features as a
part of a major release to Cacti.  But, due to issues, we don't really
want to talk about (all the developers have day jobs too), we have
chosen a different approach.

After our meeting at Linux World in early August of this year, we
decided to take the incremental approach for releases to taking Cacti to
the next level.  This release will be the first step a providing many
outstanding user features.  Read below for more.

As this project grows, we will also need your help at making it better.
We welcome those of you who would like to contribute to our success.
So, if you are interested in helping, we seek your input and technical
skill.  And of course, we welcome your feedback, an hope you enjoy the ride.

Visit http://www.cacti.net to download Cacti and Spine.

Regards,

The Cacti Group
Ian Berry, Larry Adams, Tony Roman,
J.P. Pasnak, Jimmy Conner, Reinhard Scheck


The following features included in 0.8.7:

UI Improvements on Administration Console

    * Add drop down actions to various Console Items
          o Data Queries
          o Data Input Methods
          o User Administration
    * Add filtering and pagination to various Console Items
          o Data Queries
          o Data Input Methods
          o Host Templates
          o User Administration
    * More Features
          o Paginate the Graph Creation Page
          o Add item select highlighting to main pages
          o Add Graph and Data Source counts to Device page
          o Keep filters aligned with main page content on window resize
          o Allow VRULE's in Cacti to specify an absolute timestamp
            in addition to [+/-]HH:MM
          o Timeshifter added to base code
            This feature is present for all Graph Tabs. It allows to
            shift the graphs backwards and forwards in time. This way,
            a comparison between graphs e.g. of previous week and
            current week is possible. Some additional time presents are
            available as "This Week", "This Month", "Shift" and more.
            Presets may be defined on a per user base.
          o favicon.ico support for the URL and bookmark icon
          o Select All for list view
          o Slope Mode is now selectable, with rrdtool 1.2.x, per graph.
          o Added Log file viewer filtering including regular expression
            matches
          o Technical Support Utility page to assist with common issues.

Improvements on User Administration

    * Add extended LDAP authentication support
          o DN Search with modifiable search filter.
          o Anonymous or Specific User login for searching
          o LDAP version 2 and 3 support
          o LDAP SSL support (PHP Dependant)
    * Added Web Basic authentication
    * Added Authentication Realm to modifiable user parameters
    * Added Enable/Disable user
    * Updates to User Administration functions for easier use,
      copy and batch copy of users

Polling

    * Add multiple polling intervals
    * The poller is now capable of polling at intervals less
      than 1 minute using either a 1 minute or 5 minute cron
      interval.
    * The poller now detects and reports on poller performance issues
    * Add 1 minute RRA and graph templates
    * Add Poller Interval to Data Sources page

Command Line Interface

    * Moved command line scripts to cli sub directory
    * Command line interface scripts to add devices, graphs, tree's
      and permissions. The command line interface scripts are as
      follows:
          o add_device.php - Add devices
          o add_graphs.php - Add graphs
          o add_perms.php - Add permissions to a user
          o add_tree.php - Add graphs to a tree
          o copy_cacti_user.php - Copies users
          o poller_output_empty.php - Process orphaned items in the
            poller_output table
          o poller_reindex_hosts.php - Cause data query reindex on hosts
          o rebuild_poller_cache.php - Rebuilds the poller cache

Changes to File Layout/Locations

    * Major changes to the configuration structure have been made to
      simplify upgrades and packaging of Cacti. The include/config.php
      file now only contains the database configuration for Cacti. All
      other code that was in the include/config.php has been moved to
      include/global.php. All include/config_*.php have been renamed to
      include/global_*.php.

      Note: Script server scripts will need to be modifed to include
      include/global.php instead of include/config.php.

Performance

    * Reduce ADODB memory consumption during polling
    * Reduce the total number of SQL queries called

Miscellaneous

    * Allow CSV Export from Graph page
    * Add rra_path as a global.php config variable
    * Allow query_ and host_ substitution in COMMENT and CDEF's.
    * Support for host_* variables in the legend

Have you tried just adding together the data sources, so you get:

Free Memory + Used Memory =3D Total Memory.

Rodney Caston

-----Original Message-----
From: cac...@li...
[mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of Siwei
Zhang
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:25 PM
To: cacti-user
Subject: [cacti-user] total memory

Hi there,

=20

I am trying to include the total memory in the graph but can not find a
way to do it.

I can only find the free, buffer and cache memory. Could someone help?

Thanks.

=20

Kevin SZ

=20


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