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Cacti 0.8.7 Manual published

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Please find the new Cacti Manual for Version 0.8.7 here
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Yah!
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Awful lot of work, I tell you!
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I know... :) Thanks for doing it!! :D
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This link have some errors:

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Warning: Table './cacti_docs/sessions' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = '50c55807214ae7850f375358f9e9ddd8' in /var/www/docs.cacti.net/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 172
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Post by BSOD2600 »

Naw, more like additional problems with the cacti website....again.
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BSOD2600 wrote:Naw, more like additional problems with the cacti website....again.
Unfortunately, yes
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Post by rony »

We are working on those issues.

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Gandolf, is there any way to make those tables a little more pleasing? They are a bit crushed everywhere.

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What are you referring to? Any pointer? I simply put in the html stuff rony sent me some days ago (with some hours of reformatting html so that drupal accepts it. I'd like a docbook2drupal filter).
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This looks really nice.

I really like Drupal. Great Job..
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Would it be possible to add some explanation for the new one-minute polling stuff? I haven't seen any documentation anywhere for it, and wouldn't mind giving it a try.
Weathermap 0.98a is out! & QuickTree 1.0. Superlinks is over there now (and built-in to Cacti 1.x).
Some Other Cacti tweaks, including strip-graphs, icons and snmp/netflow stuff.
(Let me know if you have UK DevOps or Network Ops opportunities, too!)
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Surely. But this will turn out to be complicated. And personally, I'm afraid, that a documentation would turn less experienced users into using stuff they don't understand. And there are some drawbacks, especially when it comes to using 1 min polling with already existing rrd files. It will require a lot of tweaking around and fiddling with rrdtool command line tools.
Only for new setups, a quite straightforward walkthrough is possible.
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Post by Howie »

Sure. I understand that. I can see why a howto-style document would be difficult or even dangerous, but I don't see *any* documentation.

In the data sources list, it has a poller interval per data source, but I don't see where that comes from.

In the poller settings there are two settings for poller and cron interval - what's the relationship between them? If the poller interval is 1 minute and the cron interval is 5 minutes, what happens?

Obviously the rrd tuning side of things is a complex issue, but having at least a little explanation of the poller settings would be helpful.

I have a new install for a specific customer to try all this stuff out on, but it would be easier if one knew how it was supposed to happen.
Weathermap 0.98a is out! & QuickTree 1.0. Superlinks is over there now (and built-in to Cacti 1.x).
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Perhaps I'll make up my mind to write that walkthrough for new setups. Going to be a busy weekend. Who will tell my wife?
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