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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=915360015-22082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Steve, thanks again. I have changed the task to run every 5
minutes, which currently means it fails every 5 minutes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Here is a snippet that appears after manually trying to run
(community string and IP changed). The hosting provider swears they have not
altered the community string. Does anything look obviously
wrong?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=915360015-22082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>SNMPv1_Session (remote host: "10.10.10.10"
[10.10.10.10].161)<BR>
community:
"xxxxxxx"<BR>
request ID:
1304582469<BR>
PDU bufsize: 8000
bytes<BR>
timeout:
2s<BR>
retries:
5<BR>
backoff: 1)<BR> at C:/mrtg-2.16.2/bin\..\lib\mrtg2/SNMP_util.pm line
492<BR>SNMPGET Problem for ifInOctets.1 ifOutOctets.1 sysUptime sysName on
xxxxxxx<A
href="mailto:xxxxxxx@10.10.10.10::::::v4only">@10.10.10.10::::::v4only</A><BR> at
mrtg line 2202<BR>2008-08-19 09:04:54: WARNING: skipping because at least the
query for ifInOctets<BR>.1 on 10.10.10.10 did not succeed<BR>2008-08-19
09:04:54: WARNING: no data for
ifInOctets&ifOutOctets:xxxxxxx@1<BR>0.10.10.10. Skipping further queries for
Host 10.10.10.10 in this round.<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Steve Shipway
[mailto:s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 22, 2008 12:36
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Hughes, Andy; 'mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
Newbie question<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2>The location of error logs
depends on your system setup; I can't help you there.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2>MRTG will poll at 5min intervals by
default only if you are using Daemon mode (you arent). Therefore, you
should set your cron job to run every 5 mins, unless you have explicitly set a
10min interval (you havent).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2>Steve</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch
[mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch] On Behalf Of Hughes, Andy
[Andrew.Hughes@aquilent.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 22 August 2008 5:15
a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> 'mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mrtg] Newbie
question<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=032021317-21082008>Steve, thanks very much for the response. I will
pursue what you have suggested.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=032021317-21082008>I did search for some error logs but found none. Where
are they hiding?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=032021317-21082008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=032021317-21082008>Is mrtg by default going to run every 5 minutes without
my intervention, or are you saying I should change the task to run every 5
minutes instead rather than the 10 I set up?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=032021317-21082008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=032021317-21082008>Thanks again!</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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