[mrtg] How to use mrtg to monitor cpu,memory and network usage

[DA Forsyth]

On 24 Jul 2007 , Faizal7778 Ahammed entreated about
 "[mrtg] How to use mrtg to monitor cpu,memory and ":

> Hi all,
> 
>   Iam new to mrtg by creating the config command 
> 
>  perl cfgmaker public at ipaddress of server --global "Wordir: "
>  c:\workingdiraddress" -- output filename.cfg
> 
>  and by starting the process 
> perl mrtg filename.cfg
> 
> 
> iam able to monitor the network usage of the ip mentioned server how
> do i monitor the cpu, memory usage of the  servers. pls help.

some samples from my FreeBSD setup...

CPU load

Target[someserver.load]: 
.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3.1&.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3.2:readcommunity at so
meIP * 100
Title[someserver.load]: CPU Load for someserver.somewhere.com
MaxBytes[someserver.load]: 20
AbsMax[someserver.load]:   500
Options[someserver.load]: gauge
Shortlegend[someserver.load]: bogomips
YLegend[someserver.load]: Load
LegendI[someserver.load]: Load-1 
LegendO[someserver.load]: Load-5 
Legend1[someserver.load]: 1 Minute Load Average
Legend2[someserver.load]: 5 Minute Load Average
PageTop[someserver.load]: <H1>CPU Load Analysis for someserver </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <tr><td>Values are 'load * 100' so a value of 20 on the graph is a 
load of 0.2</td></tr>
 </TABLE>

I multiply by 100 since MRTG cannot deal with fractions unless you 
use rrdtool.   I'll use rrdtool as soon as I get a faster 
motherboard, I find the graph generation takes a lot of power to get 
snappy web pages.  THe Celeron 700 isn't coping (-:

Memory usage...

LoadMIBs: /usr/local/share/snmp/mibs/HOST-RESOURCES-MIB.txt

Target[someserver.ram.mem]: 
hrStorageUsed.2&hrStorageUsed.3:readcommunity at someIP * 4096
MaxBytes[someserver.ram.mem]: 805175296
Title[someserver.ram.mem]: Memory 'mem' Usage
PageTop[someserver.ram.mem]: <h1>Memory 'mem' Usage</h1>
Shortlegend[someserver.ram.mem]: Bytes
kilo[someserver.ram.mem]: 1024
YLegend[someserver.ram.mem]: mem Used
Legend1[someserver.ram.mem]: mem RAM used
Legend2[someserver.ram.mem]: mem SWAP used
Legend3[someserver.ram.mem]:
Legend4[someserver.ram.mem]:
LegendI[someserver.ram.mem]: RAM Usage&nbsp;
LegendO[someserver.ram.mem]: SWAP Usage&nbsp;
options[someserver.ram.mem]: gauge pngdate

In that target I multiply by 4096, which is the block size for that 
device.
The hrStorageUsed OID returns blocks used, but I want the graph to 
display 
in bytes.

I use command line tools to find things to monitor, like this....
To see disk data
   snmpwalk -c readcommunity -v 1 ip.ip.ip.ip hrStorage
will show all the data starting at the hrStorage key.  from that you 
can
figure out what subkeys belong to which disks or mem

To see the map of what it means
   snmptranslate -Tp -IR hrStorage
will give something like
+--hrStorage(2)
   |
   +--hrStorageTypes(1)
   |  |
   |  +--hrStorageOther(1)
   |  +--hrStorageRam(2)
   |  +--hrStorageVirtualMemory(3)
   |  +--hrStorageFixedDisk(4)
   |  +--hrStorageRemovableDisk(5)
   |  +--hrStorageFloppyDisk(6)
   |  +--hrStorageCompactDisc(7)
   |  +--hrStorageRamDisk(8)
   |  +--hrStorageFlashMemory(9)
   |  +--hrStorageNetworkDisk(10)
   |
   +-- -R-- Integer32 hrMemorySize(2)
   |        Textual Convention: KBytes
   |        Range: 0..2147483647
   |
   +--hrStorageTable(3)
      |
      +--hrStorageEntry(1)
         |  Index: hrStorageIndex
         |
         +-- -R-- Integer32 hrStorageIndex(1)
         |        Range: 1..2147483647
         +-- -R-- ObjID     hrStorageType(2)
         |        Textual Convention: AutonomousType
         +-- -R-- String    hrStorageDescr(3)
         |        Textual Convention: DisplayString
         |        Size: 0..255
         +-- -R-- Integer32 hrStorageAllocationUnits(4)
         |        Range: 1..2147483647
         +-- -RW- Integer32 hrStorageSize(5)
         |        Range: 0..2147483647
         +-- -R-- Integer32 hrStorageUsed(6)
         |        Range: 0..2147483647
         +-- -R-- Counter   hrStorageAllocationFailures(7)

On Windows you can use a tool like 'getif' (google for it) to view 
the tree and figure out the OIDs for mrtg to use. Note that the order 
of disk entries may change after a reboot.  

You really do need to read more of the MRTG manual, and read more 
about SNMP, to speed you on your way to getting MRTG to do what you 
want.  


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