One thing I did do on the last version was to monitor the DSL speeds (up and down) AND the attainable speeds (up and down) on my Billion 8900X router, so I had four entries on my 'xDSL stats' graph.
When I had to replace the Pi (which was also my syslog server), I hastily build the Odroid-C4, installed and configured the syslog service and installed the latest cacti.
I was under time constraints as we were due to leave on a long trip, so just added a couple of my devices with basic graphing. I was struggling a bit with the "modern" interface (much preferred the old one) but managed to get the DSL stats (up and down) from my Billion router. This data doesn't appear in the "normal" interface list so has to be gathered via SNMP using a specific OID.
Fast forward a year and I thought I'd add the 'Attainable' (up and down) data rates to my xDSL Stats graph like I had using the old version.
I've been at this on and off for a few days and cannot find what I'm doing wrong or find a way to troubleshoot this. Guidance would be appreciated.
Now to my specific problem; when I create a data source, it is not being used; even though it is linked to a graph.
I've taken a few screen grabs so it might be easier if I talk at them.
01.png - Graph of my xDSL stats. This one has only 'Downstream and Upstream' data.
02.png - Graph template. All items have a CDEF of 'multiply by 1000' as Billion reports xDSL data rates in KBps.
03.png - This is the data source for the "BillionxDSLDown". This doesn't appear in the normal interface stats reported by snmp so I have to 'get' them individually by OID.
04.png - This is the data source I created for the Downstream Attainable. The first time I tried this, I 'duplicated' the
downstream data source and changed the names and OID. When it didn't work, I deleted it and created this one from scratch.
05.png - This is the edited graph template after I added a couple of items (to the bottom) to reference the new data source.
06.png - This is the resulting graph. Note that it seems to be using the Downstream data source instead of the Downstream Attainable data source.
07.png - The data templates after a few polls. Note that the 'Billion xDSL Downstream Attainable' data source is not being used.
08.png - Excerpt from the cacti log display. I logged in at around 1637hr and created the new data source and added it to the graph template prior to 1655hr. Note there is no change in the number of data sources or RRDs processed. A RRD file for the new data source has not been created in the /var/www/html/cacti/rra folder.
09.png - If I goto Console->Management->Devices and click on my 'Billion Router' device, I can see the graph templates toward the bottom. If I then click on 'edit' for the 'Billion xDSL Stats' graph, this comes up. The second column for the Data Source [BillionxDSLDownAtt] is blank (unlike the other two).
10.png - If I click 'unlock graph' in the top right corner, I get this. When I click the drop-down for Data Source [BillioncDSLDownAtt], I don't see anything there that relates to Downstream Attainable.
I've looked at the log in "detailed" mode but I don't see anything relating to my new datasource. It's as though it hasn't been created.
Any pointers you could provide would be very much appreciated. I don't have much hair but it is decreasing by the minute
It appears I can only attach 5 files so I'll have to follow up with the others.
