Script to update ifAlias/ifDescr title via cron

bsdboy · Post by **bsdboy** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:38 pm

So I've got about 3k worth of switchports that the name changes from time to time. I've asked in the general forum if this feature/script was available without manually going in and "ReApplying Suggested Names" and was directed to the feature request forum.

Would be great to have a utility that we could add to cron and forget

thanks!

Post by **Linegod** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:45 am

poller_reindex_hosts.php and rebuild_poller_cache.php should do what you need.

bsdboy · Post by **bsdboy** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:55 am

Great, I'll give it a go!

aleu · Post by **aleu** » Fri May 04, 2007 1:03 pm

bsdboy wrote:Great, I'll give it a go!

This does not work for me. The only way I am able to update graph titles is via Graph Management--Selecting device's traffic graphs and choosing "Reapply Suggested Names". Somebody mentioned that it would work if you click on a small green circle when creating new graphs (to reload the Data Query) but it does not work for me either.

Please advise, I have around 2000 nodes which need to be relabeled.

Thanks

Post by **gandalf** » Fri May 04, 2007 2:58 pm

What happens, if you reindex a single host using the script?
Reinhard

pokai · Post by **pokai** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:08 am

I have problem too.

I can use poller_reindex_hosts.php and rebuild_poller_cache.php to update ifAlias.
But if I remove Description(ifAlias) on switch and update it. I suppose the title will become such as "lab-sw - Traffic - Fa0/6" , but it become "lab-sw - Traffic - Fa0/6 -|query_ifAlias|".

If I click "Reapply Suggested Names" manually, this problem will be fixed.
But how can I fix this problem not by hand?

Post by **TheWitness** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:50 am

That's easy, write a script. Let's see how much energy I have this morning.....

TheWitness

Post by **TheWitness** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:16 am

This might work. I have not debugged. If you find any syntax errors, repost

TheWitness

pokai · Post by **pokai** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:00 pm

It works with little bug.

The error message as below.

Notice: Undefined variable: filter in /usr/share/cacti/site/poller_graphs_reapply_names.php on line 84

claymation · Post by **claymation** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:01 am

Running the script seems to have *removed* all of the ifAlias names from my graph titles!

I had just edited the graph template title to include |query_ifAlias| and was faced with the prospect of manually reapplying suggested names to thousands of interfaces, so I figured I'd give this script a go. But not only has the script removed the ifAlias names from the few interfaces that had them, now manually reapplying suggested names on a handful of interfaces does not add the ifAlias port description.

Could you describe what api_reapply_suggested_graph_title() actually does, and why the graph titles aren't just generated dynamically every time the graph is rendered?

Thanks!

Clay

Post by **TheWitness** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:42 am

It takes the "most" appropriate suggested name from the data query definition and renames the graphs. It does "EXACTLY" what the user interface does. So, you must have done something else.

TheWitness

claymation · Post by **claymation** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:49 pm

TheWitness wrote:It takes the "most" appropriate suggested name from the data query definition and renames the graphs. It does "EXACTLY" what the user interface does. So, you must have done something else.

Correction: Whether I use the web interface or your script, the ifAlias values are removed. Editing and saving the graph template causes them to reappear, along with bogus |query_ifAlias| text for switch interfaces without descriptions.

I see that your script and the web interface both call api_reapply_suggested_graph_title(), so I'm curious if that function might not be correct. I'll dig through the source to see what I can find.

In any case, I'm curious why the graph titles aren't always dynamically generated. Why does this function exist? Why are graph titles "suggested" and not "defined"?

Thanks,

Clay

uno · Post by **uno** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:26 am

claymation wrote:
TheWitness wrote:It takes the "most" appropriate suggested name from the data query definition and renames the graphs. It does "EXACTLY" what the user interface does. So, you must have done something else.
Correction: Whether I use the web interface or your script, the ifAlias values are removed. Editing and saving the graph template causes them to reappear, along with bogus |query_ifAlias| text for switch interfaces without descriptions.

I see that your script and the web interface both call api_reapply_suggested_graph_title(), so I'm curious if that function might not be correct. I'll dig through the source to see what I can find.

In any case, I'm curious why the graph titles aren't always dynamically generated. Why does this function exist? Why are graph titles "suggested" and not "defined"?

Thanks,

Clay

I get exactly the same behaviour as previous user. When running poller_graphs_reapply_names.php, all ifAliases are removed. When I edit and save the graph template, they reappear, unchanged from before I ran the script.

Post by **gandalf** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:44 am

Please verify using current 087a release. Sould be fine, now. Else, please file a bug as given by http://www.cacti.net/bugs.php
Reinhard

thierry.chich · Post by **thierry.chich** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:32 am

I have small problems to try the solutions given here:
find / -name poller_graphs_reapply_names.php
or find / -name poller_reindex_hosts.php
is giving nothing to me.

I use Version 0.8.7b of cacti coming form the lenny package.

Is there a new soltion to this problem ?

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Script to update ifAlias/ifDescr title via cron

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