[mrtg] Re: rrd problem with timestamps from SNMP

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

Someone (I think Brian Chihart) wrote a script to translate the 
value returned to a unix epoch time.  That's your problem.  
MRTG doesn't understand timestamps unless they are in 
unix epoch.  

Come to think of it, he specifically did it for the exact problem 
you are experiencing now.

Paul

>>> Jake Baillie <jake at priva.com> 04/24/02 01:02PM >>>

Hi all,

I'm doing an SNMP poll to my APC Matrix 5000 UPS (community and ups name 
changed, but the MIB is valid):

Target[matrix-runtime]: 
1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3.0&1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3.0:communityname at ups

This particular MIB will report UPS runtime remaining. I've tested it with a MIB browser, and with snmpwalk, and they both report the information 
successfully. When I run mrtg, however, I receive the following error:

WARNING: Expected a number but got '2:20:00'

Am I missing something and being an idiot, or is MRTG/snmpwalk not 
correcting for timestamps? I've seen people monitor runtimes before, but 
perhaps they are converting to minutes in an external script. Any ideas?

FYI - I am using rrd, not rateup.

Thanks,
Jake Baillie

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