Netcool rules for Cacti TholdLog syslog message

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Netcool rules for Cacti TholdLog syslog message

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Hi:

I have been managing the Netcool/IBM product. Recently we have also implemented Cacti in our environment.
I receive following syslog message from Cacti server
Nov 22 13:32:17 [<IP>] localhost CactiTholdLog[16164]: ME344XD28101 - Active Calls [snmp_oid] went above threshold of 20 with 23 at trigger 1 out of 1 - http://<IP>//graph.php?local_graph_id=176&rra_id=all
But the syslog probe is expecting the message in different format like:
Nov 22 15:08:08 ME538XC35602 65989: Nov 22 15:08:08: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/21, changed state to up

When I turn on debug mode, the process not going to any rules file and failing before itself.
How do we change the syslog message format at the Cacti server side before sending the message to Netcool server.

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Ramesh Vasudevan
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Re: Netcool rules for Cacti TholdLog syslog message

Post by rameshbalajiv »

Sir:
I have posted this message, as I thought it's specific to the Thold plug-in and thought I can reach appropriate audiance.
Thank You
Ramesh Vasudevan
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Re: Netcool rules for Cacti TholdLog syslog message

Post by rameshbalajiv »

All:

I have updated the existing cisco syslog probe rules file to display the Cacti syslog message as follows:

# Added following rules to process and resolve Cacti Threshold Messages

default:
if(regmatch($Token6, "^CactiTholdLog"))
{
log(DEBUG, "<<<<< Entering... after CactiTholdlog found >>>>>")
@Node = $Token7
@NodeAlias = $Token7
@AlertGroup = "Cacti Threshold Log"
@AlertKey = ""
$Message = ltrim(rtrim(extract($Details, "- (.*)$")))
@Summary = $Message
if(regmatch($Message,"^Active Calls"))
{
@Severity = 2
}
if(regmatch($Message, "^CPU"))
{
if(match($Token11, "restored"))
{
@Severity = 2
}
if(match($Token12, "above"))
{
@Severity = 5
}
}
if(regmatch($Message, "^Traffic"))
{
if(match($Token15, "restored"))
{
@Severity = 2
}
if(match($Token16, "above"))
{
@Severity = 5
}
}
@Type = 1
@Identifier = @Node + " " + @AlertGroup + " " + @Manager + " " + $Details
details($*)
log(DEBUG, "<<<<< Leaving... leaving CactiTholdlog found >>>>>")
log(WARNING, "<<<<< Leaving... leaving CactiTholdlog found >>>>>")
}
else
{
#discard
@AlertGroup = "[Generic Syslog]"
@AlertKey = ""
@Summary = $Details
@Severity = 2
@Type = 1
@Identifier = @Node + " " + @AlertGroup + " " + @Manager + " " + $Details

details($*)
}
}
}

$OS_LocalNodeAlias = @Node
}

Recycle netcool syslog probe.
Hope this helps.
Thank You
Ramesh Vasudevan
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