[mrtg] Re: Running MRTG on NT - Problems

[Starkweather, Mike]

I agree.  Use the AT scheduler to run MRTGKICK.BAT which launches MRTG.  I
changed the AT scheduler batch file to launch MRTGKICK.BAT every 5 minutes
rather than A.Bat, B.Bat and C.Bat.  Flawless.

I also START the individual MRTGs from batch file to get some multiprocessing.

Mike Starkweather

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Utsav Ratti [SMTP:Utsav_Ratti at MCKINSEY.COM]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 27, 1999 3:33 PM
> To:	cpt2 at daimlerchrysler.com
> Cc:	mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject:	[mrtg] Re: Running MRTG on NT - Problems
> 
> I'm running the five minute scripts that were also in the mrtg directory,
> and I'm using the at scheduler to run them. So far I've had no problems.
> There is also a separate scheduler in the mrtg directory that runs on NT as
> a service. I haven't tried it out, but perhaps it can help you.
> 
> As for performance, I understand that RRDtool (also by Tobias Oetiker) is
> supposed to be much improved. It's basically MRTG on speed. I guess I'll
> find out for myself if I get a chance to set it up on Linux within the next
> few days.
> 
> Utsav
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> cpt2 at daimlerchrysler.com on 07/27/99 02:50:26 PM
> To:   mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> cc:    (bcc: Utsav Ratti)
> Subject:  [mrtg] Running MRTG on NT - Problems
> 
> 
> Lately I"ve been having some problems running MRTG.  I'm running NT 4
> Server SP5 and monitoring about 35 devices with about 10 different OIDs
> on each device.
> 
> I'm using the MRTG service for NT that I got off the link from the MRTG
> home page.
> 
> I've noticed that lately the service has stopped updating every few
> days. When I stop it and restart it it seems to run fine for a few more
> days.
> 
> I have 10 configuration files, and I run them from a CMD file that gets
> run every 5 mins.  Now I've looked at the task mamanger and it seems
> that the CMDs seem to build up and not get released.  They are still
> listed in Task mamanger but with 0 mem.  Could these piling up cause
> the stopping of the service?
> 
> I've increased from 5 to 6 minutes now to see if perhaps this makes a
> difference.  Perhaps the CMD was overlapping or something.
> 
> Can someone suggest a better method of running MRTG every 5 mins on NT
> without much resource hogging?
> 
> Thanks
> Chris
> 
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