[mrtg] Re: What stats are people monitoring?

Fri Jul 19 00:19:48 MEST 2002

I use the treeview activex object embedded in a web page.  Use Active Server
Pages to dynamicly generate the html page for the browser.  This allows
addition of targets without the need to update the page.  A bit of vbscript
on the html page to capture click events and generate the redirection URL
that RRD requires to display the appropriate graphs.  Unfortunatly this is
an internal web site so if you want to have a look then I will can send
those who want some screen shots.  Currently monitoring 834 targets from
routers, servers exchange store sizes, NAS boxes etc.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Katona [mailto:mkatona at comwavz.com]
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 3:18 AM
To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject: [mrtg] Re: What stats are people monitoring?

Good lord that's a lot of mrtg!

The question I have is what are you using for your website to navigate? I'm
building a swank little ditty with javascript to open folders and such for
ease of use. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Koelstra, J. (Jan) [mailto:JKoelstra at MINSZW.NL]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 5:09 AM
To: Jeff Bolden; mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject: [mrtg] Re: What stats are people monitoring?

Jeff,

Basically we use MRTG for trend analyzing for a wide range of items.
Monitoring and error-reporting is done with HP Openview/NNM.
In our organization we monitor the following with MRTG:
Routers
- traffic (do the lines have enough bandwith?)
- cpu load (is the router getting overloaded?)
- memory free (isn't any memory leaking?)
- roundtrip time to remote sites with mrtg-ping-probe (Is the delay
still acceptable?)
- number of active dial-in lines (When do we have to order an extra
PRI-line?)
Switches
- traffic on the uplink interface(s) (Is the bandwith sufficient?)
LAN's/VLAN's
- broadcast level (do we have to split the segment?)
Servers
- NIC traffic (just the same)
- cpu load (helps when sizing new machines)
- free diskspace (just the same)
- diskqueue length (just the same)
- memory pagefaults (just the same)
- memory allocated and free (just the same, but also to visualize
memoryleaks)
- # http hits (nice for the presentation to the management ;-) )
- # network connections (nice for the managers too, but also helpfull
for determining the number of required licenses for specific
applications)
- # mail messages sent/received to/from the oustide (mostly used for
detecting mail loops, also nice for the managers)
- temperature (Is the cooling system capable of keeping things under
control)
Printers
- number of printed pages (all users want to have their own printer, but
do they need one?)

I'm sure I missed a few small ones, but I think this is the main picture

Jan.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Bolden [mailto:Jeff.Bolden at sterlingsavings.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:28 PM
To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject: [mrtg] What stats are people monitoring?

Well, I am pulling stats down from 100+ routers and have more info than
I could possibly imagine... =) But it got me thinking about what info is
"critical" and what is just "nice to have" stuff. MRTG makes it easy to
get data-overload. Soo....

I was curious as to exactly what stats people are pulling from routers
for monitoring. I'm pulling some of the more obvious ones like Traffic,
Errors, Discards, FECNs/BECNs, Utilization, CPU and Data Buffers used
for my Frame links, and Traffic, Collisions, and Errors on my Ethernet
side. What else are people pulling to get the "big picture" of the
health of the WAN at your location, and why? =)

I feel like I'm missing something, but I've been staring at CFG's and
OID's for too long and can't think of anything... =)

Jeff Bolden

--
Unsubscribe mailto:mrtg-request at list.ee.ethz.ch?subject=unsubscribe
Archive     http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg
FAQ         http://faq.mrtg.org    Homepage     http://www.mrtg.org
WebAdmin    http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi

--
Unsubscribe mailto:mrtg-request at list.ee.ethz.ch?subject=unsubscribe
Archive     http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg
FAQ         http://faq.mrtg.org    Homepage     http://www.mrtg.org
WebAdmin    http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi

--
Unsubscribe mailto:mrtg-request at list.ee.ethz.ch?subject=unsubscribe
Archive     http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg
FAQ         http://faq.mrtg.org    Homepage     http://www.mrtg.org
WebAdmin    http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi

This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential or
privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the person(s) to
whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the person
responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please
notify the sender of the message or send an e-mail to
mailto:help.desk at ergon.com.au immediately, and delete all copies. Any
unauthorised review, use, alteration, disclosure or distribution of this
e-mail by an unintended recipient is prohibited. Ergon Energy accepts no
responsibility for the content of any e-mail sent by an employee which is of
a personal nature.

Ergon Energy Corporation Limited      ABN 50 087 646 062
Ergon Energy Pty Ltd      ABN 66 078 875 902

--
Unsubscribe mailto:mrtg-request at list.ee.ethz.ch?subject=unsubscribe
Archive     http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg
FAQ         http://faq.mrtg.org    Homepage     http://www.mrtg.org
WebAdmin    http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi