[mrtg] Re: [mrtg-developers] new to mrtg

[Peter P. Benac]

Ben,

     You should have asked this question in the users mail list
mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch and not the developers list.

     How MRTG gets CPU and memory data depends on what the equipment is.  If
this data is available in the SNMP MIBs associated with the device.

     MRTG is NOT a trap handler.  For that you'd need software like OpenNMS,
HPOV's Network Node Manager, Tivoli's NetView or write your own using
net-snmp.  OpenNMS is free, but does require some knowledge of XML to
configure it. NNM and Netview are expensive and net-snmp requires working
knowledge of trap handling and SNMP.

Regards,
Pete
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mrtg-developers-bounce at list.ee.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:mrtg-developers-bounce at list.ee.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of 
> Ben Chabot
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:27
> To: mrtg-developers at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject: [mrtg-developers] new to mrtg
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to mrtg, and I had a couple questions, I hope you 
> don't mind.  I'm wondering how exactly you get mrtg to get 
> the cpu and memory states from a piece of equipment.  I saw 
> it briefly mentioned in the docs, but did not understand it fully.
> 
> Also, I'm curious to know if mrtg (when run as a daemon) can 
> trap snmp errors and such coming from routers. (Excuse my bad 
> use of terminology, snmp and such is relatively new to me.)  
> If not, I'd be interested to know if anyone here has added 
> that functionality and or how difficult it would be to do so.
> 
> Of course it might do it already.  I read the docs and didn't 
> see any trapping mentioned, just periodic polling of 
> equipment, but I could have missed it!
> 
> Thank you for your time,
> Ben

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