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zeroy
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Post by zeroy »

Some pics of my graphs...
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argon0
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Post by argon0 »

Yup - getting the Disk space and Interface graphs

Ah... That'd be why then...

Is this easy to do? Does it require reboot of the Win2k box?

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Post by argon0 »

Lovely Graphs BTW - not got IMF installed, but other graphs would be very useful.

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cleaner
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Post by cleaner »

Getting some weird stuff from the scripts. The users script works fine but all the others out put this:


02/02/2006 03:00:29 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[27] DS[853] SCRIPT: perl /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/cacti/scripts/exchange_imf_script.pl sssexch01, output: U
02/02/2006 03:00:29 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[27] DS[853] WARNING: Result from SCRIPT not valid. Partial Result: TotalMessagesAssign...


2/02/2006 03:00:29 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[27] DEBUG: The POPEN returned the following File Descriptor 10
02/02/2006 03:00:29 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[27] DS[852] SCRIPT: perl /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/cacti/scripts/exchange_filters_script.pl sssexch01, output: U
02/02/2006 03:00:29 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[27] DS[852] WARNING: Result from SCRIPT not valid. Partial Result: BlockListDNSQueries...


02/02/2006 03:00:18 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[27] DEBUG: The POPEN returned the following File Descriptor 10
02/02/2006 03:00:18 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[27] DS[851] SCRIPT: perl /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/cacti/scripts/exchange_emails_script.pl sssexch01 get SendQueueSize,ReceiveQueueSize,MessagesSentPermin,MessagesSubmittedPermin,MessagesDeliveredPermin, output: U
02/02/2006 03:00:18 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[27] DS[851] WARNING: Result from SCRIPT not valid. Partial Result: MessagesSubmittedPe...
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any idea why the connections graph would only display active connections? when I run the script manually from the command line everything seems to be working fine, it just doesn't make it to the graph.

gentoo scripts # perl exchange_users_script.pl 10.x.x.x
UserCount:168 ActiveUserCount:107 ActiveConn:338
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Re: connections graph

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vedd99 wrote:any idea why the connections graph would only display active connections? when I run the script manually from the command line everything seems to be working fine, it just doesn't make it to the graph.

gentoo scripts # perl exchange_users_script.pl 10.x.x.x
UserCount:168 ActiveUserCount:107 ActiveConn:338
actually my graphs show lower values that what the perl script reports as well, very strange (see screenshot).
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Rene Doove
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Post by Rene Doove »

I have the same problems as vedd99: script runs fine
but graph is not always showing total number of users.

anyone got an idea?
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Post by zeroy »

Its actually the same for me, not always...Could be a graph Template issue, there were designed for Cacti running on Windows box, not sure how to fix it :(
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Rene Doove wrote:I have the same problems as vedd99: script runs fine
but graph is not always showing total number of users.

anyone got an idea?
I have read on another thread that you can change the Data Template value from 100 to 0 to fix your problem.

Go to Console / Data Templates / Exchange - I.S. Stats and select the count_users tab and change the Maximum Value to 0.

I tried this for mine with no luck, but I think I have a different problem with the actual graph template.
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Post by argon0 »

Hokay, Now I've got check_nt installed, nsclient on the Exchange server (and some others) and can gather some of the data I want (e.g. System Uptime, active connections, etc..)

But not what I really want (message stats).

I understand how check_nt works, AND how the results are turned into graphs (at last) and have created a couple of graphs myself :D ...

I can run the query from a command line correctly, and get expected results, but I'm STILL getting nans on my Exchange Delivery Stats graph...

HAYELP!!!

(actually just had a thought, wonder if the data template is passing the correct variable through, I'll have a tinker and find out if I can get this to work...)
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Post by argon0 »

AHA!!! I think it may have ben a permissions thing... check_nt in .../nagios/plugins was owned by root, check_nt in /var/www/html/scripts was owned by apache (which is what I think Cacti runs as in CactiEZ...

Changed, lets see what happens now!
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Post by argon0 »

On the other hand I think I spotted a flaw with this method of data gathering... The counter returned is e.g. deliveries per min, BUT this is a one off query (i.e. its the CURRENT deliveries per min).

Cacti graphs every 5 minutes, so what you are getting is not the average deliveries per min over the 5 minute period BUT the Current Deliveries per minute AT THE POINT IN TIME THE MEASURE IS TAKEN.

What is needed is a similar method to that used when gathering snmp data for bandwidth.

I.E. count no. of messages delivered TOTAL, (call this instance A), 5 minutes later measure again (instance B) then subtract A from B, and divide by 5 to get no. of messages delivered per minute in the last 5.

Some things do lend themselves better to spot checks (e.g. CPU utilisation - but even this would be better done as an average over last 5 minutes - although not sure how you'd get that data)...

Any thoughts? OR have you already taken this into consideration, and I've just missed it?
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Post by argon0 »

Nope...not JUST a permissions thing....

Looking at the Data Input method, why does it read like this:

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perl <path_cacti>/scripts/exchange_emails_script.pl <hostname> get SendQueueSize,ReceiveQueueSize,MessagesSentPermin,MessagesSubmittedPermin,MessagesDeliveredPermin
i.e. what purpose does the get perform?
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Post by argon0 »

Ok, well I took this BACK to basics and using the perfmon_data data input method posted over with a LOAD of templates somewhere on here (search for NSClient or follow this link: http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t ... highlight=)

Using the same variables plugged into the permon script that the exchange_emails_scipt.pl uses & your graph template - using the new Data sources I get a graph that works!!

Here's the template:
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scen
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Post by scen »

what is the meaning of Instance Name and Host Name for the Exchange Graphs?

I received only 0

Is the Host Name the same as the Exchange Name?
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