[SOLVED] not showing updated switch port names (ifAlias)

[crazyivan]

Crew,

Situation:
Recently I've changed descriptions of a few interfaces on one of our Cisco access switches. These changes show up just fine in Cacti after requesting a 'Verbose Query' in the 'debugging' section of 'Associated Data Queries' (Console > Devices).

Graph name: |host_description| |query_ifName| |query_ifAlias|
Example: incite04 Gi0/20 MAM



Problem:
When I want to add a 'link' in WeatherMap between our core and this access switch the changes in the names of the interfaces do NOT show. And I'm stuck with 24 interfaces without a name.

What I tried:
php poller_reindex_hosts.php --id=ALL
php poller_graphs_reapply_names.php -id=All


Question:
Does anyone know how I can sync. those interface names? Cacti refers to this field as 'query_ifAlias'.
Could the '/' in the 'query_ifName' cause an escaping issue in WheaterMaps?
Any other suggestions?

Specs:
Linux Debian 2.6.26-2-amd64
Apache/2.2.9
MYSQL Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.51a
PHP 5.2.6-1+lenny8 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2
Cacti 0.8.7g
MacTrack 2.6-1
Weathermap v0.97a

[edit]added some text for clarification [/edit]

[Howie]

What does this look like in your Weathermap map config? Please post an example node/link that has this problem. There are several ways to implement this...

[crazyivan]

[shame on me] Issue solved, forgot to update my post [/shame on me]

The trick is to update the data sources, not just the graphs. You can do this using the command line. I've made a cron job that does this hourly. Good enough for me. Other questions welcome.

[crazyivan]

Beter late than never: Someone PMed me and asked what commands I used to solve this issue. I've used a combination of these commands:

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#Reindex Hosts
/usr/bin/php /var/www/cacti-x.x.x/cli/poller_reindex_hosts.php -id=All

#Reapply Data Source Names
/usr/bin/php /var/www/cacti-x.x.x/cli/poller_data_sources_reapply_names.php -id=All

#Reapply Graphs Names
/usr/bin/php /var/www/cacti-x.x.x/cli/poller_graphs_reapply_names.php -id=All

These commands are located in the cli directory. You might want to consult the manual for these commands first!
You can read the short versions using the switch --help. e.g.

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/usr/bin/php /var/www/cacti-x.x.x/cli/poller_reindex_hosts.php --help