[mrtg] Re: Threshhold: how to alert only once

[Daniel B. Widdis]

A bit more troubleshooting/info.

The *.I files do go away when I am under the threshhold.

They are also present on routers where I have not specified a threshhold
(probably over a default zero threshhold).

The presence of the *.I files apparently indicates that I am over the
threshhold, however, the documentation indicates MRTG is supposed to not run
the script repeatedly if that file is present.  I suppose I could kludge my
scripts to check for the existence of that file and not alert me if that
file is present, but this does not seem to be the advertised threshhold
behavior.

Dan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel B. Widdis" <aqua at compuserve.com>
To: <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 6:56 PM
Subject: [mrtg] Threshhold: how to alert only once


>
>
> I recently upgraded to MRTG 2.9.10 from a previous version and noticed the
> new Threshhold script commands.  I've read as much documentation as I can
> find in the reference, the FAQs, the mailing list archive, and just about
> every linked page on the users sites, and I'm still baffled.  Here's my
> problem:
>
> The threshhold scripts run as specified when I exceed the threshhold, but
> then they run again, and again, and again, every 5 minutes.  I will show
> appropriate lines in my mrtg.cfg file with commentary, and I hope someone
> can show me the error of my ways.
>
> RunAsDaemon: Yes
> Interval: 5
>
> I assume these threshhold commands work in Daemon mode.
>
> ThreshDir: /root/mrtg/run/thresh
>
> This directory exists and is writable.  When I run MRTG, I get a
collection
> of files in that directory.  They are all zero size and have a .I
extension,
> whether I am under or over the threshhold for the various routers.
>
> [root] /root/mrtg/run-=> dir thresh
> total 2
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Mar  7 21:07 .
> drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root         1024 Mar  7 21:41 ..
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root            0 Mar  7 21:07
> mrtg.cfg.206.71.170.159.2.I
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root            0 Mar  7 21:07 mrtg.cfg.cpu.I
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root            0 Mar  7 21:07 mrtg.cfg.df.I
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root            0 Mar  7 21:07 mrtg.cfg.lag.I
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root            0 Mar  7 21:07 mrtg.cfg.mem.I
>
> One of my "routers" monitors disk usage and warns me via email if I'm over
> 80%.  These are the appropriate lines:
>
> SetEnv[df]: REASON="Warning!  Disk usage of"
> ThreshMaxI[df]: 80%
> ThreshProgI[df]: /root/mrtg/thresh/thresh.sh
>
> The warnings work just fine, except that I get them every 5 minutes.  I
was
> led to believe in the references that the presence of a writable ThreshDir
> would mean I would only get the warnings once.  Do I need to do something
> special in my script?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
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