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changing OID for a grapgh

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Is it possible to change OID for a graph without deleting it and then creating a new one ? if so, please, expalin how to do that
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How do you use this OID? By a script? By a "simple SNMP request" or by using a Data Query?
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gandalf wrote:How do you use this OID? By a script? By a "simple SNMP request" or by using a Data Query?
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by a simple SNMP request
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Did you create a specific Data Template for it? If yes, please post a screenshot
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gandalf wrote:Did you create a specific Data Template for it? If yes, please post a screenshot
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I created the graph by using this part of manual
http://www.cacti.net/downloads/docs/htm ... p_oid.html
if you still need me to post screenshots, let me know and I'll post them
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Yes, please send screenshot of the Data Template
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gandalf wrote:Yes, please send screenshot of the Data Template
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its default template - SNMP - Generic OID Template. I did change anything there.
Data Templates [edit: SNMP - Generic OID Template]
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Please create a copy of that Data Template and change the OID to mimic that one you are interested in
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gandalf wrote:Please create a copy of that Data Template and change the OID to mimic that one you are interested in
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here is the screenshot of the template
when I create a copy of it where should I change OID? I can't find a place where it is stored in cacti
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Oops, the field is empty: it is the OID field
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gandalf wrote:Oops, the field is empty: it is the OID field
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i created a couple of different graphs which use different OIDs
but all of them were created from this template
so the OID field is porbably supposed to be empty
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Yes, yes.
See the "Data Sources", find your host and Data Source by filtering. Then edit the data source in question and change the OID field.
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gandalf wrote:Yes, yes.
See the "Data Sources", find your host and Data Source by filtering. Then edit the data source in question and change the OID field.
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thanks a lot for your help
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