[mrtg] problem using result from external script

[nicolas.pigeau at paribas.com]

Hi All,

Here is my (new) problem: using an external script to get "input errors" on two
interfaces and display them on the same graph.

I attached the script I created at the end of this mail.
I tested it, and it seems to me that the result are OK (I compared the result
with an snmpget, and quite surprisingly, the result is the same...)
But when I use it with MRTG, I get an:
 ""  Problem with Externale get '`/opt/mrtg-2.8.9/run/my_contrib/get_errors.pl
20.20.20.1 public 2 20.20.20.2 public 4`':
    Expected an INTEGER for 'out' but got ''  ""      (same problem with "in").

I compared my script with scripts found in the "contrib" folder, and I didn't
find any special trick to return the result...
And it looks like MRTG try to convert the result in an integer, but after that:
     1: the graph are empty or show "wrong" data.
     2: when checking the .log files, the data look wrong, as the first line
should be the last polled data, and it's not...

Any help, or anyone who had same kind of problem.....

Thanks,

Nicolas

ps: By the way, I found out using MRTG that "MaxBytes[]" is quite a dangerous
parameter: set too small, you don't get anything on the graph,
or worst, you think it's ok, but in fact all the graphs are "truncated"....



#!/usr/bin/perl
#get_errors.pl
if ( scalar(@ARGV) > 6 || scalar(@ARGV) == 0 )
   {
   print("USAGE: get_errors.pl IP_router_1 Community_name_1 mib_instance
IP_router_2 Community_name_2 mib_instance\n");
   exit(-1);
   }
$IP_1 = $ARGV[0];
$Com_nam_1 = $ARGV[1];
$mib_1 = $ARGV[2];
$IP_2 = $ARGV[3];
$Com_nam_2 = $ARGV[4];
$mib_2 = $ARGV[5];
$getsnmp_1 = `snmpget -c $Com_nam_1 -r 3 $IP_1 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.14.$mib_1`;
$getsnmp_1 =~ /^interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifInErrors.\d+\s\D\sCounter:\s(\d+)/;
print $1."\n";
$getsnmp_2 = `snmpget -c $Com_nam_2 -r 3 $IP_2 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.14.$mib_2`;
$getsnmp_2 =~ /^interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifInErrors.\d+\s\D\sCounter:\s(\d+)/;
print $1."\n";
print "--\n";
print $IP_1." instance ".$mib_1.", and ".$IP_2." instance ".$mib_2."
(ifInErrors).\n";
exit(0);
#EOF






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