[INFOREQ] basic mactrack help - can't seem to get it going

[lsouth]

I am running cactiez w/ cacti 0.8.7c and mactrack v 1.1 - I am looking for some instructions/documentation on how to get started. I have added one switch and when the poller runs, I get

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Cacti[16297]: MACTRACK: ERROR: No device types have been found

Do I have to add device types manually? Currently my device type list is empty.

I will be running this on Cisco switches only.

Thanks for your help.
-L

[lsouth]

Here is an ouput from the poller_mactrack.php

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[root@vnlxis01 mactrack]# php poller_mactrack.php -f -d
DEBUG: About to enter MacTrack poller processing
DEBUG: Into Processing.  Checking to determine if it's time to run.
DEBUG: Checking if user changed the start time
DEBUG: Checking if user changed the maintenance time
DEBUG: The next run time has been determined to be at '2009-03-10 22:44:30'
DEBUG: The next database maintenance run time has been determined to be at '2009-03-11 2:00:00'
DEBUG: Either a scan has been forced, or it's time to check for macs
DEBUG: CMD: /usr/bin/php -q /var/www/html/plugins/mactrack/mactrack_scanner.php -id=1 -d
DEBUG: DNS Resolver process launched
DEBUG: A process cycle launch just completed.
DEBUG: Interum IP addresses to MAC addresses association pass complete.
DEBUG: MAC addresses to Vendor MACS association pass complete.
DEBUG: MAC VLAN's in VLAN Table Updated.
DEBUG: Finished transferring scan results to main table.
DEBUG: Finished updating site table with collection statistics.
03/10/2009 02:16:30 PM - SYSTEM MACTRACK STATS: Time:8.3447 ConcurrentProcesses:2 Devices:1 

after this runs, I checked my device and it still shows no data with a status of unknown.

-L[/img]

[charlesdf23]

try running it against the specific host with -id=1 and see what spits out. I had a similar issue and needed to define a device.

[lsouth]

Thanks for the help, but -id is not a valid argument, here is what I get

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[root@vnlxis01 mactrack]# php poller_mactrack.php -f -d -id=1
ERROR: Invalid Parameter -id=1

Network Mac Tracker Master Process Control Version 1.0, Copyright 2005 - Larry Adams

usage: poller_mactrack.php [-sid=site_id] [-d] [-h] [--help] [-v] [--version]

-sid=site_id  - the mac_track_sites site_id to scan
-f            - Force the execution of a collection process
-d            - Display verbose output during execution
-v --version  - Display this help message
-h --help     - display this help message

so for grins, and since I only have 1 site I changed it to use the -sid

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[root@vnlxis01 mactrack]# php poller_mactrack.php -f -d -sid=1
DEBUG: About to enter MacTrack poller processing
DEBUG: Into Processing.  Checking to determine if it's time to run.
DEBUG: Checking if user changed the start time
DEBUG: Checking if user changed the maintenance time
DEBUG: The next run time has been determined to be at '2009-03-12 19:24:13'
DEBUG: The next database maintenance run time has been determined to be at '2009-03-12 2:00:00'
DEBUG: Either a scan has been forced, or it's time to check for macs
03/11/2009 07:43:18 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] ERROR: Can not start MAC Trackinging process.  There is already one in progress

I remove the -sid and it runs with repeating lines of "waiting on 1 to complete prior to exiting", the device list now shows port information, but when I look in the mactrack gui, there is nothing listed there

Since this is a switch, is there somewhere to define where the ARP look up is done to find the IP info, etc?

-L

[charlesdf23]

sorry. Give this a shot.

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php -q mactrack_scanner.php -d -id=1

[charlesdf23]

Since this is a switch, is there somewhere to define where the ARP look up is done to find the IP info, etc?

-L

When you add devices you define if they are switches, switch/routers or routers. Switches are strictly L2 and routers are strictly L3.

If you added a device and defined it as a switch, you will see mac addresses, user ports, etc. but no IP information. If this device is a switch/router (6500, 4500, etc), you should see mac's, ports, and IP's. If you have just a switch, you will need to add the router as well (2800,3800, etc) to get the arp entries.

[lsouth]

Actually I only see info in the device configuration view and nothing in the mactrack view - i have attached a few images

-L

[TheWitness]

For MacTrack to work completely, you need a switch + router for each site.

TheWitness