APC UPii Monitoring via Windows from *nix Cacti

[streaker69]

sorry but I'm very new to cacti...i went to import templates page and tried importing this APC template you've developed and when i save it and import it says Hash version does not exist...do I have to edit this file somehow

What version of Cacti are you using?

[zver]

i can't import cacti_graph_template_apc_stats.xml in 0.8.7...

[zver]

I find Error - <text_format>Battery Temp (C). You need html encoding for C graduade symbol

[zver]

Thank you!!! Very good temlate!!!

[ABX]

Thank you for pointing out the problem with the ° sign.

Here is a fixed version that works with 0.8.7.

[sjturner66]

I have used ABX's template for our UPS. The battery output is in celcus. It appears to me that it is being conferted to Fahrenheit with the following CDEF.

Do I need to do something to get it to display in the graph?

Steve

[jeremeguenther]

I have been having trouble getting this to work. For some reason the powerchute agent I installed on my windows 2003 servers does not respond to snmp get requests correctly. I have detailed the error at the following link:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1859 ... mber-issue

Due to this error I am looking for a php or shell script that can work around the error. Has anyone already encountered and solved this issue?


The above post is replicated below:

I recently hooked up an APC battery backup to one of my servers, I installed the powerchute agent on the server and have verified that I can remotely access the agent and the APC through the agent.

I am trying to get my Cacti install to retrieve my APC data, and everything is working except that it is returning "Result from SNMP not valid. Partial Result: U" and I suspect it is do to the SNMP problem I am having. How can I fix it so the MIB works with the instance number?

From the command line I can successfully GET other OIDs.

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----WORKS----
$ snmpget -v1 -cpublic 192.168.1.2 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 = Timeticks: (140629508) 16 days, 6:38:15.08

From the command line I can snmpwalk the powerchute MIB as long as I do not add the final instance number. Adding the instance number causes nothing to be returned.

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----WORKS----
$ snmpwalk -v1 -cpublic 192.168.1.2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3
iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3.0 = Timeticks: (72000) 0:12:00.00

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----FAILS----
$ snmpwalk -v1 -cpublic 192.168.1.2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3.0
$

However I can not snmpget any of the powerchute OIDs with or without the instance number.

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----FAILS----
$ snmpget -v1 -cpublic 192.168.1.2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3.0
Error in packet
Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
Failed object: iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3.0

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----FAILS----
$ snmpget -v1 -cpublic 192.168.1.2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3
Error in packet
Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
Failed object: iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.2.2.3

EDIT: I just went to write my own shell script, and I discovered that after letting the servers sit for a couple of weeks the SNMP get is working correctly now. They have gone through a reboot in that time which might have been the trigger that started them all working.

[aes222ripn]

Please add a graph battery Charge and Voltage, as implemented in PowerWare

UPS-MIB::upsEstimatedChargeRemaining.0 (.1.3.6.1.2.1.33.1.2.4.0)
UPS-MIB::upsBatteryVoltage.0 (.1.3.6.1.2.1.33.1.2.5.0)