iDirect(VSAT) network using cacti as NMS

[CCNAJ]

good, waiting please...

Hey thuo,

Can you post a screenshot of your graphs working---since you had really high totals.

--Thanx J

[thuo]

Hello,

My graphs are still recording very high readings. This is the problem i had and thought could be related to incorrectly configured template but no. The NMS version am using is 8 - could be a version bug? Strange bit is "SNRs/CN, Power etc are working fine on the same version!

Cacti version is 0.8.7g(both rpm and tarball on 2 diff machines) with all patches in place.

Went further to install the spike-kill plugin but nothing still. However if you zoom in to "blank" spaces i get correct reading for that particular period.

See attached for "general screenshot, and zoomed readings.

Thuo./

[thuo]

Mhhh, further update.

NMS V9 worked sooooo well.



Thanks,

Thuo./

[rjnorth]

hello CCNAJ ..,

Im using now Cacti Version 0.8.7g as NMS in iDirect remote network ,this is really good...
but i have one and only problem.. i dont have IP Stat. Template ..

can you help me about this? or any body ? any help is appreciated.

[dhrisht]

Hi,

I have installed Cacti successfully and working on utilization graphs for iDirect VSAT network.

Is there any step by step guide showing how to plot the iDirect VSAT graphs in Cacti.

So far, I have done below:

I have created Data Query XML file and named as test.xml. Attached is my test.xml file below

[img]data_query.png[/img]

Then associated graph template as below:

[img]associated_graph_template.png[/img]

Then ran verbose query on the NMS server using the data query I created and it shows as below:

[img]verbose_query.png[/img]

After above, I tried to plot a graph but it is not reflecting.

Please help or is there any guide.

Thanks & Regards,

Dharmesh

[VVOIP1]

HI,

any one explain me Why i don't get any output from my NMS server? I tried in both CMD as well as CACTI as follows;

C:\usr\bin>snmpwalk -c public -v 1 -On x.x.x.x .1.3.6.1.4.1.13732.1.4.3.1.2

C:\usr\bin>


Data Query Debug Information
+ Running data query [10].
+ Found type = '3' [SNMP Query].
+ Found data query XML file at 'D:\xampp\htdocs\cacti\resource\snmp_queries\test.xml'
+ XML file parsed ok.
+ <oid_num_indexes> missing in XML file, 'Index Count Changed' emulated by counting oid_index entries
+ Executing SNMP walk for list of indexes @ '.1.3.6.1.4.1.13732.1.4.1.1.1' Index Count: 0
+ No SNMP data returned

I can get the normal NMS server details such as system:, uptime:, hostname:, contact:, location: etc..

is there anything i am missing here???



thanks

VVOIP

[CCNAJ]

hello CCNAJ ..,

Im using now Cacti Version 0.8.7g as NMS in iDirect remote network ,this is really good...
but i have one and only problem.. i dont have IP Stat. Template ..

can you help me about this? or any body ? any help is appreciated.

Hey RJnorth,

Sorry I have been away on holiday and study break and did not see the messages.

Which template do you need? The main one is the Data Query Template (you can get that from page1 of this thread) and you can build the others out from there. It is good practice to go through this helppage
http://docs.cacti.net/manual:087:3a_adv ... alkthrough

IPSTAT is a data template and this where the most of the tricky stuff is . After that is the graph templates and I spent most of my time in there building different styles of graphs until I settled upon the Stack with negative as giving the best overall view.

[CCNAJ]

Hi Dharmesh,

Can I ask quickly if you built a new Graph Template for this Data Query or are you trying to associate the standard SNMP interface graphs for this one?

If you haven't built a Graph then you need to - and associate it with the RX and TX values - to get all the values you will need 6 values in each direction for a total of 12 items to graph and give a summary for.

However you can just start off with graphing one or two to see if it is working and then add more later.

J

[CCNAJ]

HI,

any one explain me Why i don't get any output from my NMS server? I tried in both CMD as well as CACTI as follows;

C:\usr\bin>snmpwalk -c public -v 1 -On x.x.x.x .1.3.6.1.4.1.13732.1.4.3.1.2

C:\usr\bin>


Data Query Debug Information
+ Running data query [10].
+ Found type = '3' [SNMP Query].
+ Found data query XML file at 'D:\xampp\htdocs\cacti\resource\snmp_queries\test.xml'
+ XML file parsed ok.
+ <oid_num_indexes> missing in XML file, 'Index Count Changed' emulated by counting oid_index entries
+ Executing SNMP walk for list of indexes @ '.1.3.6.1.4.1.13732.1.4.1.1.1' Index Count: 0
+ No SNMP data returned

I can get the normal NMS server details such as system:, uptime:, hostname:, contact:, location: etc..

is there anything i am missing here???



thanks

VVOIP

Hey VVOIP

When you do this walk you need to specify the MIB file to reference the OID values - the MIB provided by iDirect works. You should store it in the same folder as the snmpwalk.exe.

This value you are using .1.3.6.1.4.1.13732.1.4.3.1.2 is not an index and therefore will not *walk* - that is my understanding. If you tried snmpget on that value you should get a single return. Unfortunately I am away from my servers right now and cannot verify that on my link.

Can you try that and see what result you get - after that then you can build the Data Query template or just use the ipStatsEntry.xml from the first page

http://forums.cacti.net/download/file.php?id=23322

Cheers J

[VVOIP1]

Hi CCNAJ,

I managed to get the ipstatstable from my NMS server through the SNMP walk.

Can I have your graph template for the ipstatstable? or any hints on this really appreciated.

thanks
vvoip

[CCNAJ]

Hi CCNAJ,

I managed to get the ipstatstable from my NMS server through the SNMP walk.

Can I have your graph template for the ipstatstable? or any hints on this really appreciated.

thanks
vvoip

Hiya VVOIP,

Good work on that step....unfortunately you need to do the next few steps - see the tutorial above - the graph template alone is not enough.

You need - Data Query, Data Template - then build out each variable you want to graph and then you need to make the Graph Template.

I tried exporting and importing the two templates onto a Data Query - but it just didnt work. The tutorial looks long but is not really difficult and you will gain a great understanding of how to work Cacti if you run through it.

Cheers J

[VVOIP1]

Hi CCNAJ,

I really appreciate your help on this. I have managed to create the data query, data template, graph template. but graphs are not plotting values. "NAN" value for the gprint. Am i missing Something here?.

By the way I have used the SNR template in this forum. its working Fine.

Please help me on the ipsatastable

Thanks
vviop

[thuo]

Hi All,

After sometime working on these templates, i think i can release to benefit all.

There is;
Host,
data,
graph, and
data query templates for each of the below;

SNR
POWER
LINECARDS
RX TRAFFIC
TX TRAFFIC

Hope you enjoy.....

Thuo Wilson.

[noname]

Hi All,

After sometime working on these templates, i think i can release to benefit all.

There is;
Host,
data,
graph, and
data query templates for each of the below;

SNR
POWER
LINECARDS
RX TRAFFIC
TX TRAFFIC

Hope you enjoy.....

Thuo Wilson.

Nice works!

For 0.8.7g users: (downgraded hash version)

cacti_host_template_idirect(087g).zip

Thuo Wilson's iDirect template (for 0.8.7g, host template only)

(9.89 KiB) Downloaded 325 times

And its import results:

[thuo]

And one more thing,

Its hard to extract those idirect mib file and interpret them, so i made work easier for you...

With this you will not struggle much - if you know how to.

Place it in the resources/snmp_queries folder and call it using data query. Better still extract and create a separate .xml file for each of the queries you may intend to make.

EG , temp, snr, rx, tx , power, etc etc.

Regards,
Thuo Wilson.