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Hi Friends,

I am trying to configure cacti-0.8.7b version on solaris-10, Sparc
version with all dependency software from Sun freeware including perl,
mysql, php, apache, rrd, net-snmp

The idea is to try quick setup by reducing the compiling/troubleshooting
time.

Anybody tried this way? Will appreciate if some one can share their
experience/knowledge.

Thanks!

Shrikant
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Thanks you soo much, this work fine now.


On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:56 AM, J.P. Pasnak
<pa...@wa...> wrote:
>
> cla...@gm... wrote:
> > Hi Cacti users :
> >
> >
> > In this moment the forums is down, and please i need to download the
> > template for DNS response , anybody have this template ?
> >
>
> Forums fixed.
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cla...@gm... wrote:
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> In this moment the forums is down, and please i need to download the
> template for DNS response , anybody have this template ?
>

Forums fixed.

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You're sucking up my bandwidth.

J.P. Pasnak, CD
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Hi Cacti users :

In this moment the forums is down, and please i need to download the
template for DNS response , anybody have this template ?

Please my email cla...@ne...


DNS Server Response Time: Script & Templates

Download and Documentation

http://forums.cacti.net/about6332.html

Thanks you for your help.

Hi James,

Thanks for responding. I tried changing the snmp version to 1 and I got
the same respons. 

any other suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks,

Kevin 

.------[ Baldwin, James wrote (2008/03/25 at 06:59:36 AM) ]------
 | 
> Kevin,
> 	I ran into a similar problem where I needed to use SNMP v1
> through Cacti on my 1700/1800s even though v2c worked over the command
> line. I haven't started to dig into why yet, but that was my stop gap
> solution. 
> 
> ---
> James Baldwin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cac...@li...
> [mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of Kevin
> Enslow
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 8:48 PM
> To: cac...@li...
> Subject: [cacti-user] No Interfaces for Cisco Router
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm troubleshooting an issue where we are setting up a cisco router to
> be graphed. I can grab the CPU info, but none of the interfaces show up.
> 
> When I run data query in debug mode I get this:
> 
> Data Query Debug Information
> + Running data query [1].
> + Found type = '3' [snmp query].
> + Found data query XML file at
> '/apache/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
> + XML file parsed ok.
> + Executing SNMP walk for list of indexes @ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1'
> + No SNMP data returned
> + Found data query XML file at
> '/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
> + Found data query XML file at
> '/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
> + Found data query XML file at
> '/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
> 
> how ever if I run snmpwalk I get a response:
> 
> ~ $ snmpwalk -v 2c -c public 172.16.6.1 .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1
> IF-MIB::ifIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1
> IF-MIB::ifIndex.2 = INTEGER: 2
> IF-MIB::ifIndex.3 = INTEGER: 3
> IF-MIB::ifIndex.4 = INTEGER: 4
> IF-MIB::ifIndex.5 = INTEGER: 5
> IF-MIB::ifIndex.6 = INTEGER: 6
> 
> So I ran the cactid on the command line and this is the output:
> 
> ~$ sudo bin/cactid --verbosity=5 217 217
> CACTID: Using cactid config file [/etc/cactid.conf]
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '0': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'path_webroot''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '0': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '1': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'path_cactilog''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '1': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The path_php_server variable is
> /apache/htdocs/cacti/script_server.php
> CACTID: DEBUG: The path_cactilog variable is
> /apache/htdocs/cacti/log/cacti.log
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '2': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'log_destination''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '2': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The log_destination variable is 1 (FILE)
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '3': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'path_php_binary''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '3': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The path_php variable is /php-5.2.4/bin/php
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '4': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'availability_method''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '4': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The availability_method variable is 1
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '5': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'ping_recovery_count''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '5': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_recovery_count variable is 3
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '6': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'ping_failure_count''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '6': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_failure_count variable is 3
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '7': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'ping_method''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '7': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_method variable is 1
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '8': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'ping_retries''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '8': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_retries variable is 5
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '9': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'ping_timeout''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '9': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_timeout variable is 1000
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '10': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'log_perror''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '10': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The log_perror variable is 1
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '11': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'log_pwarn''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '11': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The log_pwarn variable is 1
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '12': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'log_pstats''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '12': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The log_pstats variable is 1
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '13': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'max_threads''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '13': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The threads variable is 30
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '14': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'poller_interval''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '14': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The polling interval is the system default
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '15': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'concurrent_processes''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '15': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The number of concurrent processes is 1
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '16': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'script_timeout''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '16': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The script timeout is 30
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '17': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'php_servers''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '17': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The number of php script servers to run is 1
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '18': 'SELECT action FROM poller_item
> WHERE action=2 AND host_id BETWEEN 217 AND 217 LIMIT 1'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '18': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: StartHost='217', EndHost='217', TotalPHPScripts='0'
> CACTID: DEBUG: The PHP Script Server is Not Required
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '19': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
> name = 'max_get_size''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '19': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The Maximum SNMP OID Get Size is 40
> CACTID: CACTID: Version 0.8.6i starting
> CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
> CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
> CACTID: CACTID: Initializing Net-SNMP API
> CACTID: DEBUG: SNMP Header Version is 5.3.0.1
> CACTID: DEBUG: SNMP Library Version is 5.3.0.1
> CACTID: CACTID: Initializing PHP Script Server(s)
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '20': 'SELECT id FROM host WHERE
> disabled='' AND id BETWEEN 217 AND 217 ORDER BY id'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '20': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: Initial Value of Active Threads is 0
> CACTID: DEBUG: In Poller, About to Start Polling of Host
> CACTID: DEBUG: Valid Thread to be Created
> CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
> CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 1
> CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '21': 'SELECT action, hostname,
> snmp_community, snmp_version, snmp_username, snmp_password, rrd_name,
> rrd_path, arg1, arg2, arg3, local_data_id, rrd_num, snmp_port,
> snmp_timeout FROM poller_item WHERE host_id=0 ORDER BY arg1'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '21': OK
> CACTID: Host[0] DEBUG: The POPEN returned the following File Descriptor
> 6
> CACTID: Host[0] DS[334] SCRIPT:
> /apache/htdocs/cacti/scripts/interface_monitor.pl bge0, output:
> oerrors:0 ierrors:0 opackets64:826810259 ipackets64:674637898
> obytes64:674984316367 rbytes64:217864654810 ifspeed:100000000
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '0': 'INSERT INTO poller_output
> (local_data_id, rrd_name, time, output) VALUES (334,'','2008-03-19
> 23:47:22','oerrors:0 ierrors:0 opackets64:826810259 ipackets64:674637898
> obytes64:674984316367 rbytes64:217864654810 ifspeed:100000000')'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '0': OK
> CACTID: Host[0] DEBUG: HOST COMPLETE: About to Exit Host Polling Thread
> Function
> CACTID: DEBUG: In Poller, About to Start Polling of Host
> CACTID: DEBUG: Valid Thread to be Created
> CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 2
> CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
> CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '22': 'SELECT id, hostname,
> snmp_community, snmp_username, snmp_password, snmp_version, snmp_port,
> snmp_timeout, status, status_event_count, status_fail_date,
> status_rec_date, status_last_error, min_time, max_time, cur_time,
> avg_time, total_polls, failed_polls, availability  FROM host WHERE
> id=217'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '22': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 1
> CACTID: Host[217] PING Result: ICMP: Host is Alive
> CACTID: Host[217] SNMP Result: SNMP not performed due to setting or ping
> result
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '1': 'update host set status='3',
> status_event_count='0', status_fail_date='2008-03-19 01:29:00',
> status_rec_date='2008-03-16 04:52:00', status_last_error='UDP: Ping
> timed out', min_time='0.016450', max_time='5044.915550',
> cur_time='0.030040', avg_time='36.372118', total_polls='3052',
> failed_polls='18', availability='99.4102' where id='217''
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '1': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '23': 'SELECT data_query_id, action, op,
> assert_value, arg1 FROM poller_reindex WHERE host_id=217'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '23': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '24': 'SELECT action, hostname,
> snmp_community, snmp_version, snmp_username, snmp_password, rrd_name,
> rrd_path, arg1, arg2, arg3, local_data_id, rrd_num, snmp_port,
> snmp_timeout FROM poller_item WHERE host_id=217 ORDER BY arg1'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '24': OK
> CACTID: Host[217] DS[912] SNMP: v2: 172.20.46.8, dsname: 5min_cpu, oid:
> .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.1.58.0, value: 6
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '2': 'INSERT INTO poller_output
> (local_data_id, rrd_name, time, output) VALUES
> (912,'5min_cpu','2008-03-19 23:47:22','6')'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '2': OK
> CACTID: Host[217] DEBUG: HOST COMPLETE: About to Exit Host Polling
> Thread Function
> CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 0
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '3': 'replace into settings (name,value)
> values ('date',NOW())'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '3': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '4': 'insert into poller_time (poller_id,
> start_time, end_time) values (0, NOW(), NOW())'
> CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '4': OK
> CACTID: DEBUG: Thread Cleanup Complete
> CACTID: DEBUG: PHP Script Server Pipes Closed
> CACTID: DEBUG: Allocated Variable Memory Freed
> CACTID: CACTID: Net-SNMP API Shutdown Completed
> CACTID: DEBUG: MYSQL Free & Close Completed
> CACTID: Time: 5.0507 s, Threads: 30, Hosts: 2
> 
> I'm not really sure where to go from here. any advice would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin Enslow
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Kevin,
	I ran into a similar problem where I needed to use SNMP v1
through Cacti on my 1700/1800s even though v2c worked over the command
line. I haven't started to dig into why yet, but that was my stop gap
solution. 

---
James Baldwin

-----Original Message-----
From: cac...@li...
[mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of Kevin
Enslow
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 8:48 PM
To: cac...@li...
Subject: [cacti-user] No Interfaces for Cisco Router

Hi Everyone,

I'm troubleshooting an issue where we are setting up a cisco router to
be graphed. I can grab the CPU info, but none of the interfaces show up.

When I run data query in debug mode I get this:

Data Query Debug Information
+ Running data query [1].
+ Found type = '3' [snmp query].
+ Found data query XML file at
'/apache/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ XML file parsed ok.
+ Executing SNMP walk for list of indexes @ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1'
+ No SNMP data returned
+ Found data query XML file at
'/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ Found data query XML file at
'/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ Found data query XML file at
'/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'

how ever if I run snmpwalk I get a response:

~ $ snmpwalk -v 2c -c public 172.16.6.1 .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1
IF-MIB::ifIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1
IF-MIB::ifIndex.2 = INTEGER: 2
IF-MIB::ifIndex.3 = INTEGER: 3
IF-MIB::ifIndex.4 = INTEGER: 4
IF-MIB::ifIndex.5 = INTEGER: 5
IF-MIB::ifIndex.6 = INTEGER: 6

So I ran the cactid on the command line and this is the output:

~$ sudo bin/cactid --verbosity=5 217 217
CACTID: Using cactid config file [/etc/cactid.conf]
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '0': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'path_webroot''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '0': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '1': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'path_cactilog''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '1': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The path_php_server variable is
/apache/htdocs/cacti/script_server.php
CACTID: DEBUG: The path_cactilog variable is
/apache/htdocs/cacti/log/cacti.log
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '2': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'log_destination''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '2': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The log_destination variable is 1 (FILE)
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '3': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'path_php_binary''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '3': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The path_php variable is /php-5.2.4/bin/php
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '4': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'availability_method''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '4': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The availability_method variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '5': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'ping_recovery_count''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '5': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_recovery_count variable is 3
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '6': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'ping_failure_count''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '6': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_failure_count variable is 3
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '7': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'ping_method''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '7': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_method variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '8': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'ping_retries''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '8': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_retries variable is 5
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '9': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'ping_timeout''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '9': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_timeout variable is 1000
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '10': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'log_perror''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '10': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The log_perror variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '11': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'log_pwarn''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '11': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The log_pwarn variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '12': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'log_pstats''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '12': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The log_pstats variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '13': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'max_threads''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '13': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The threads variable is 30
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '14': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'poller_interval''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '14': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The polling interval is the system default
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '15': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'concurrent_processes''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '15': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The number of concurrent processes is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '16': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'script_timeout''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '16': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The script timeout is 30
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '17': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'php_servers''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '17': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The number of php script servers to run is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '18': 'SELECT action FROM poller_item
WHERE action=2 AND host_id BETWEEN 217 AND 217 LIMIT 1'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '18': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: StartHost='217', EndHost='217', TotalPHPScripts='0'
CACTID: DEBUG: The PHP Script Server is Not Required
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '19': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE
name = 'max_get_size''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '19': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The Maximum SNMP OID Get Size is 40
CACTID: CACTID: Version 0.8.6i starting
CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: CACTID: Initializing Net-SNMP API
CACTID: DEBUG: SNMP Header Version is 5.3.0.1
CACTID: DEBUG: SNMP Library Version is 5.3.0.1
CACTID: CACTID: Initializing PHP Script Server(s)
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '20': 'SELECT id FROM host WHERE
disabled='' AND id BETWEEN 217 AND 217 ORDER BY id'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '20': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: Initial Value of Active Threads is 0
CACTID: DEBUG: In Poller, About to Start Polling of Host
CACTID: DEBUG: Valid Thread to be Created
CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 1
CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '21': 'SELECT action, hostname,
snmp_community, snmp_version, snmp_username, snmp_password, rrd_name,
rrd_path, arg1, arg2, arg3, local_data_id, rrd_num, snmp_port,
snmp_timeout FROM poller_item WHERE host_id=0 ORDER BY arg1'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '21': OK
CACTID: Host[0] DEBUG: The POPEN returned the following File Descriptor
6
CACTID: Host[0] DS[334] SCRIPT:
/apache/htdocs/cacti/scripts/interface_monitor.pl bge0, output:
oerrors:0 ierrors:0 opackets64:826810259 ipackets64:674637898
obytes64:674984316367 rbytes64:217864654810 ifspeed:100000000
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '0': 'INSERT INTO poller_output
(local_data_id, rrd_name, time, output) VALUES (334,'','2008-03-19
23:47:22','oerrors:0 ierrors:0 opackets64:826810259 ipackets64:674637898
obytes64:674984316367 rbytes64:217864654810 ifspeed:100000000')'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '0': OK
CACTID: Host[0] DEBUG: HOST COMPLETE: About to Exit Host Polling Thread
Function
CACTID: DEBUG: In Poller, About to Start Polling of Host
CACTID: DEBUG: Valid Thread to be Created
CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 2
CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '22': 'SELECT id, hostname,
snmp_community, snmp_username, snmp_password, snmp_version, snmp_port,
snmp_timeout, status, status_event_count, status_fail_date,
status_rec_date, status_last_error, min_time, max_time, cur_time,
avg_time, total_polls, failed_polls, availability  FROM host WHERE
id=217'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '22': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 1
CACTID: Host[217] PING Result: ICMP: Host is Alive
CACTID: Host[217] SNMP Result: SNMP not performed due to setting or ping
result
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '1': 'update host set status='3',
status_event_count='0', status_fail_date='2008-03-19 01:29:00',
status_rec_date='2008-03-16 04:52:00', status_last_error='UDP: Ping
timed out', min_time='0.016450', max_time='5044.915550',
cur_time='0.030040', avg_time='36.372118', total_polls='3052',
failed_polls='18', availability='99.4102' where id='217''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '1': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '23': 'SELECT data_query_id, action, op,
assert_value, arg1 FROM poller_reindex WHERE host_id=217'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '23': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '24': 'SELECT action, hostname,
snmp_community, snmp_version, snmp_username, snmp_password, rrd_name,
rrd_path, arg1, arg2, arg3, local_data_id, rrd_num, snmp_port,
snmp_timeout FROM poller_item WHERE host_id=217 ORDER BY arg1'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '24': OK
CACTID: Host[217] DS[912] SNMP: v2: 172.20.46.8, dsname: 5min_cpu, oid:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.1.58.0, value: 6
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '2': 'INSERT INTO poller_output
(local_data_id, rrd_name, time, output) VALUES
(912,'5min_cpu','2008-03-19 23:47:22','6')'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '2': OK
CACTID: Host[217] DEBUG: HOST COMPLETE: About to Exit Host Polling
Thread Function
CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 0
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '3': 'replace into settings (name,value)
values ('date',NOW())'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '3': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '4': 'insert into poller_time (poller_id,
start_time, end_time) values (0, NOW(), NOW())'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '4': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: Thread Cleanup Complete
CACTID: DEBUG: PHP Script Server Pipes Closed
CACTID: DEBUG: Allocated Variable Memory Freed
CACTID: CACTID: Net-SNMP API Shutdown Completed
CACTID: DEBUG: MYSQL Free & Close Completed
CACTID: Time: 5.0507 s, Threads: 30, Hosts: 2

I'm not really sure where to go from here. any advice would be
appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin Enslow

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Hi Everyone,

I'm troubleshooting an issue where we are setting up a cisco router to
be graphed. I can grab the CPU info, but none of the interfaces show up.

When I run data query in debug mode I get this:

Data Query Debug Information
+ Running data query [1].
+ Found type = '3' [snmp query].
+ Found data query XML file at '/apache/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ XML file parsed ok.
+ Executing SNMP walk for list of indexes @ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1'
+ No SNMP data returned
+ Found data query XML file at '/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ Found data query XML file at '/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ Found data query XML file at '/apache-2.0.55/htdocs/cacti/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'

how ever if I run snmpwalk I get a response:

~ $ snmpwalk -v 2c -c public 172.16.6.1 .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1
IF-MIB::ifIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1
IF-MIB::ifIndex.2 = INTEGER: 2
IF-MIB::ifIndex.3 = INTEGER: 3
IF-MIB::ifIndex.4 = INTEGER: 4
IF-MIB::ifIndex.5 = INTEGER: 5
IF-MIB::ifIndex.6 = INTEGER: 6

So I ran the cactid on the command line and this is the output:

~$ sudo bin/cactid --verbosity=5 217 217 
CACTID: Using cactid config file [/etc/cactid.conf]
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '0': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'path_webroot''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '0': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '1': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'path_cactilog''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '1': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The path_php_server variable is /apache/htdocs/cacti/script_server.php
CACTID: DEBUG: The path_cactilog variable is /apache/htdocs/cacti/log/cacti.log
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '2': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'log_destination''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '2': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The log_destination variable is 1 (FILE)
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '3': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'path_php_binary''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '3': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The path_php variable is /php-5.2.4/bin/php
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '4': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'availability_method''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '4': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The availability_method variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '5': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'ping_recovery_count''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '5': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_recovery_count variable is 3
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '6': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'ping_failure_count''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '6': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_failure_count variable is 3
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '7': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'ping_method''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '7': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_method variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '8': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'ping_retries''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '8': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_retries variable is 5
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '9': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'ping_timeout''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '9': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The ping_timeout variable is 1000
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '10': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'log_perror''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '10': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The log_perror variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '11': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'log_pwarn''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '11': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The log_pwarn variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '12': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'log_pstats''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '12': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The log_pstats variable is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '13': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'max_threads''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '13': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The threads variable is 30
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '14': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'poller_interval''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '14': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The polling interval is the system default
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '15': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'concurrent_processes''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '15': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The number of concurrent processes is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '16': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'script_timeout''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '16': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The script timeout is 30
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '17': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'php_servers''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '17': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The number of php script servers to run is 1
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '18': 'SELECT action FROM poller_item WHERE action=2 AND host_id BETWEEN 217 AND 217 LIMIT 1'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '18': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: StartHost='217', EndHost='217', TotalPHPScripts='0'
CACTID: DEBUG: The PHP Script Server is Not Required
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '19': 'SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'max_get_size''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '19': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The Maximum SNMP OID Get Size is 40
CACTID: CACTID: Version 0.8.6i starting
CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: CACTID: Initializing Net-SNMP API
CACTID: DEBUG: SNMP Header Version is 5.3.0.1
CACTID: DEBUG: SNMP Library Version is 5.3.0.1
CACTID: CACTID: Initializing PHP Script Server(s)
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '20': 'SELECT id FROM host WHERE disabled='' AND id BETWEEN 217 AND 217 ORDER BY id'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '20': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: Initial Value of Active Threads is 0
CACTID: DEBUG: In Poller, About to Start Polling of Host
CACTID: DEBUG: Valid Thread to be Created
CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 1
CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '21': 'SELECT action, hostname, snmp_community, snmp_version, snmp_username, snmp_password, rrd_name, rrd_path, arg1, arg2, arg3, local_data_id, rrd_num, snmp_port, snmp_timeout FROM poller_item WHERE host_id=0 ORDER BY arg1'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '21': OK
CACTID: Host[0] DEBUG: The POPEN returned the following File Descriptor 6
CACTID: Host[0] DS[334] SCRIPT: /apache/htdocs/cacti/scripts/interface_monitor.pl bge0, output: oerrors:0 ierrors:0 opackets64:826810259 ipackets64:674637898 obytes64:674984316367 rbytes64:217864654810 ifspeed:100000000
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '0': 'INSERT INTO poller_output (local_data_id, rrd_name, time, output) VALUES (334,'','2008-03-19 23:47:22','oerrors:0 ierrors:0 opackets64:826810259 ipackets64:674637898 obytes64:674984316367 rbytes64:217864654810 ifspeed:100000000')'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '0': OK
CACTID: Host[0] DEBUG: HOST COMPLETE: About to Exit Host Polling Thread Function
CACTID: DEBUG: In Poller, About to Start Polling of Host
CACTID: DEBUG: Valid Thread to be Created
CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 2
CACTID: MYSQL: Connecting to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: MYSQL: Connected to MySQL database 'cacti' on '127.0.0.1'...
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '22': 'SELECT id, hostname, snmp_community, snmp_username, snmp_password, snmp_version, snmp_port, snmp_timeout, status, status_event_count, status_fail_date, status_rec_date, status_last_error, min_time, max_time, cur_time, avg_time, total_polls, failed_polls, availability  FROM host WHERE id=217'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '22': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 1
CACTID: Host[217] PING Result: ICMP: Host is Alive
CACTID: Host[217] SNMP Result: SNMP not performed due to setting or ping result
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '1': 'update host set status='3', status_event_count='0', status_fail_date='2008-03-19 01:29:00', status_rec_date='2008-03-16 04:52:00', status_last_error='UDP: Ping timed out', min_time='0.016450', max_time='5044.915550', cur_time='0.030040', avg_time='36.372118', total_polls='3052', failed_polls='18', availability='99.4102' where id='217''
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '1': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '23': 'SELECT data_query_id, action, op, assert_value, arg1 FROM poller_reindex WHERE host_id=217'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '23': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '24': 'SELECT action, hostname, snmp_community, snmp_version, snmp_username, snmp_password, rrd_name, rrd_path, arg1, arg2, arg3, local_data_id, rrd_num, snmp_port, snmp_timeout FROM poller_item WHERE host_id=217 ORDER BY arg1'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Query ID '24': OK
CACTID: Host[217] DS[912] SNMP: v2: 172.20.46.8, dsname: 5min_cpu, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.1.58.0, value: 6
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '2': 'INSERT INTO poller_output (local_data_id, rrd_name, time, output) VALUES (912,'5min_cpu','2008-03-19 23:47:22','6')'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '2': OK
CACTID: Host[217] DEBUG: HOST COMPLETE: About to Exit Host Polling Thread Function
CACTID: DEBUG: The Value of Active Threads is 0
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '3': 'replace into settings (name,value) values ('date',NOW())'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '3': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '4': 'insert into poller_time (poller_id, start_time, end_time) values (0, NOW(), NOW())'
CACTID: DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '4': OK
CACTID: DEBUG: Thread Cleanup Complete
CACTID: DEBUG: PHP Script Server Pipes Closed
CACTID: DEBUG: Allocated Variable Memory Freed
CACTID: CACTID: Net-SNMP API Shutdown Completed
CACTID: DEBUG: MYSQL Free & Close Completed
CACTID: Time: 5.0507 s, Threads: 30, Hosts: 2

I'm not really sure where to go from here. any advice would be
appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin Enslow

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Hello,
  Thank you. It was apparently the time issue. 
  Thank you for your assistance.

  
Reinhard Scheck <Rei...@te...> wrote:
  bimpe adewale wrote:
> Hello,
> I need help on my cacti in production. I just put on the cacti after it had been off for a week. I noticed that the devices are connecting but graph is blank. Its showing nan. It hasn't been upgraded and it was working fine before it went off.
> 
> The version of cacti running on the Linux box is cacti-0.8.6i. I also noticed that the date is wrong. Its showing 2002 instead of 2008. 
> 
> Can anyone help me with this?
> I will sure appreciate a prompt response on this.
> 
> Thank you.

I'm quite sure that the date issue is causing your problems. RRD files won't 
accept updates in the past. So please correct the system date and retry
Reinhard

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Baldwin, James wrote:
> Summary: Do _NOT_ use the CSW version of NET-SMNP on Solaris 10 x86, but
> this isn't the solution to the problem.
>
> ***
>
> With regards to my problem regarding the host.php edit device interface,
> I believe this has to do with the availability method being set to
> 'pingsnmp':
>
> A little more digging showed the following:
>
> mysql> select
> id,description,hostname,snmp_auth_protocol,snmp_priv_protocol,availabili
> ty_method from host where hostname='rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com' or
> hostname='rtr50.ne.gsicorp.com';
> +-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
> --+--------------------+---------------------+
> | id  | description           | hostname             |
> snmp_auth_protocol | snmp_priv_protocol | availability_method |
> +-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
> --+--------------------+---------------------+
> | 220 | rtr5 - access router  | rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com  | MD5
> | DES                |                   1 |
> | 255 | rtr50 - access router | rtr50.ne.gsicorp.com |
> |                    |                   3 |
> +-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
> --+--------------------+---------------------+
>
> This didn't occur under the exact conditions below: I left both routers
> configured with 'public' community strings. I logged into rtr5 and
> reconfigured the RO snmp community string back to 'public' from our
> arbitrary string. I edited rtr5 through host.php to use ping and snmp
> for availability checks. The differences to the host table following
> that chance are above.
>
> At this time, rtr5 became inaccessible through the host.php edit
> function. It showed up in the device listing, however, when you attempt
> to drill down into the host specific configuration, nothing was
> returned.
>
> When I manually update the availability field back, the host becomes
> available through the edit device interface again (or if I use the drop
> down "Change availibility options" for that specific host in the device
> listing).
>
> mysql> update host set availability_method=3 where
> hostname='rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com';
> Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
> Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0
>
> mysql> select
> id,description,hostname,snmp_auth_protocol,snmp_priv_protocol,availabili
> ty_method from host where hostname='rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com' or
> hostname='rtr50.ne.gsicorp.com';
> +-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
> --+--------------------+---------------------+
> | id  | description           | hostname             |
> snmp_auth_protocol | snmp_priv_protocol | availability_method |
> +-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
> --+--------------------+---------------------+
> | 220 | rtr5 - access router  | rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com  | MD5
> | DES                |                   3 |
> | 255 | rtr50 - access router | rtr50.ne.gsicorp.com |
> |                    |                   3 |
> +-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
> --+--------------------+---------------------+
> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> At this, I started to suspect that something was wonky with SNMP. By
> default, I was using the CSW NET-SNMP and RRDtool packages.
>
> Here's what I found:
>
> -bash-3.00$ /opt/csw/bin/snmpwalk -V
> NET-SNMP version: 5.3.0.1
> -bash-3.00$ /opt/csw/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c public rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com
> Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
>
> -bash-3.00$ /usr/sfw/bin/snmpwalk -V
> NET-SNMP version: 5.0.9
> -bash-3.00$ /usr/sfw/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c public rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com
> SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Cisco IOS Software... And the rest.
> Hooray!
>
> I went through and reconfigured Cacti to use the original SFW tools and
> removed the CSWnetsmp package. Unfortunately, this did not correct the
> problem.
>
> A friend took a look with a fresh set of eyes and noticed that the
> verbose query for the interfaces was initially failing (as well as the
> ICMP ping being unable to detect the host was up despite ICMPs being
> answered/returned on the command line). Changing the SNMP version to 1
> (within Cacti) and the ping check to TCP corrected the data collection
> issues. 
>
> Again, unfortunately, it still does not correct the issue where Ping and
> SNMP cannot be used to identify the availability of those.
>
> ***
>
> With regards to my problem regarding the segfault from add_device.php, I
> believe this has something to do with my shell environment. Exported
> variables and library paths are identical. I can recreate this
> consistently in one of my terminals, however any new terminal does not
> yield this behavior:
>
> Old environment:
> -bash-3.00$ php -q cli/add_device.php --description="test router"
> --ip="192.168.105.254" --template=9 --community="public" --avail="ping"
> --ping_method="icmp" --version="2"
>
> Adding test router (192.168.105.254) as "Store Router" using SNMP v2
> with community "public"
> Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
>
> New environment:
> -bash-3.00$ php -q cli/add_device.php --description="test router"
> --ip="192.168.105.254" --template=9 --community="public" --avail="ping"
> --ping_method="icmp" --version="2"
>
> Adding test router (192.168.105.254) as "Store Router" using SNMP v2
> with community "public"
> Success - new device-id: (297)
>
> I cannot find any relation between this problem and NET-SNMP above, both
> environments see the CSW snmpwalk (and other functions) in their path
> rather than the SFW versions.
>
> ---
> James Baldwin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baldwin, James 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:45 AM
> To: Cacti-User@Lists. Sourceforge. Net
> (cac...@li...)
> Subject: Non-'public' SNMP Community Weirdness
>
> I'm encountering unexpected behavior when attempting to utilize any SNMP
> community other than 'public' through host.php (and similarly through
> add_device.php).
>
> When I add or reconfigure a host through host.php to have an SMNP
> community string other than public, any future calls to that device's
> edit menu (host.php?action=edit&id=8) returns no data (completey blank).
> Any attempt to add a device with a non 'public' community string on the
> command line through the add_device.php script segfaults.
>
> Environment:
> Cacti 0.8.7b
> PHP 5.2.4
> RRDtool 1.2.19
> MySQL Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.45
> Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10 Generic_120012-14)
>
> ---
> James Baldwin
>
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Summary: Do _NOT_ use the CSW version of NET-SMNP on Solaris 10 x86, but
this isn't the solution to the problem.

***

With regards to my problem regarding the host.php edit device interface,
I believe this has to do with the availability method being set to
'pingsnmp':

A little more digging showed the following:

mysql> select
id,description,hostname,snmp_auth_protocol,snmp_priv_protocol,availabili
ty_method from host where hostname='rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com' or
hostname='rtr50.ne.gsicorp.com';
+-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
--+--------------------+---------------------+
| id  | description           | hostname             |
snmp_auth_protocol | snmp_priv_protocol | availability_method |
+-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
--+--------------------+---------------------+
| 220 | rtr5 - access router  | rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com  | MD5
| DES                |                   1 |
| 255 | rtr50 - access router | rtr50.ne.gsicorp.com |
|                    |                   3 |
+-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
--+--------------------+---------------------+

This didn't occur under the exact conditions below: I left both routers
configured with 'public' community strings. I logged into rtr5 and
reconfigured the RO snmp community string back to 'public' from our
arbitrary string. I edited rtr5 through host.php to use ping and snmp
for availability checks. The differences to the host table following
that chance are above.

At this time, rtr5 became inaccessible through the host.php edit
function. It showed up in the device listing, however, when you attempt
to drill down into the host specific configuration, nothing was
returned.

When I manually update the availability field back, the host becomes
available through the edit device interface again (or if I use the drop
down "Change availibility options" for that specific host in the device
listing).

mysql> update host set availability_method=3 where
hostname='rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0

mysql> select
id,description,hostname,snmp_auth_protocol,snmp_priv_protocol,availabili
ty_method from host where hostname='rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com' or
hostname='rtr50.ne.gsicorp.com';
+-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
--+--------------------+---------------------+
| id  | description           | hostname             |
snmp_auth_protocol | snmp_priv_protocol | availability_method |
+-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
--+--------------------+---------------------+
| 220 | rtr5 - access router  | rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com  | MD5
| DES                |                   3 |
| 255 | rtr50 - access router | rtr50.ne.gsicorp.com |
|                    |                   3 |
+-----+-----------------------+----------------------+------------------
--+--------------------+---------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

At this, I started to suspect that something was wonky with SNMP. By
default, I was using the CSW NET-SNMP and RRDtool packages.

Here's what I found:

-bash-3.00$ /opt/csw/bin/snmpwalk -V
NET-SNMP version: 5.3.0.1
-bash-3.00$ /opt/csw/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c public rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

-bash-3.00$ /usr/sfw/bin/snmpwalk -V
NET-SNMP version: 5.0.9
-bash-3.00$ /usr/sfw/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c public rtr5.ne.gsicorp.com
SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Cisco IOS Software... And the rest.
Hooray!

I went through and reconfigured Cacti to use the original SFW tools and
removed the CSWnetsmp package. Unfortunately, this did not correct the
problem.

A friend took a look with a fresh set of eyes and noticed that the
verbose query for the interfaces was initially failing (as well as the
ICMP ping being unable to detect the host was up despite ICMPs being
answered/returned on the command line). Changing the SNMP version to 1
(within Cacti) and the ping check to TCP corrected the data collection
issues. 

Again, unfortunately, it still does not correct the issue where Ping and
SNMP cannot be used to identify the availability of those.

***

With regards to my problem regarding the segfault from add_device.php, I
believe this has something to do with my shell environment. Exported
variables and library paths are identical. I can recreate this
consistently in one of my terminals, however any new terminal does not
yield this behavior:

Old environment:
-bash-3.00$ php -q cli/add_device.php --description="test router"
--ip="192.168.105.254" --template=9 --community="public" --avail="ping"
--ping_method="icmp" --version="2"

Adding test router (192.168.105.254) as "Store Router" using SNMP v2
with community "public"
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

New environment:
-bash-3.00$ php -q cli/add_device.php --description="test router"
--ip="192.168.105.254" --template=9 --community="public" --avail="ping"
--ping_method="icmp" --version="2"

Adding test router (192.168.105.254) as "Store Router" using SNMP v2
with community "public"
Success - new device-id: (297)

I cannot find any relation between this problem and NET-SNMP above, both
environments see the CSW snmpwalk (and other functions) in their path
rather than the SFW versions.

---
James Baldwin

-----Original Message-----
From: Baldwin, James 
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:45 AM
To: Cacti-User@Lists. Sourceforge. Net
(cac...@li...)
Subject: Non-'public' SNMP Community Weirdness

I'm encountering unexpected behavior when attempting to utilize any SNMP
community other than 'public' through host.php (and similarly through
add_device.php).

When I add or reconfigure a host through host.php to have an SMNP
community string other than public, any future calls to that device's
edit menu (host.php?action=edit&id=8) returns no data (completey blank).
Any attempt to add a device with a non 'public' community string on the
command line through the add_device.php script segfaults.

Environment:
Cacti 0.8.7b
PHP 5.2.4
RRDtool 1.2.19
MySQL Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.45
Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10 Generic_120012-14)

---
James Baldwin

bimpe adewale wrote:
> Hello,
>   I need help on my cacti in production. I just put on the cacti after it had been off for a week. I noticed that the devices are connecting but graph is blank. Its showing nan. It hasn't been upgraded and it was working fine before it went off.
>    
>   The version of cacti running on the Linux box is cacti-0.8.6i. I also noticed that the date is wrong. Its showing 2002 instead of 2008. 
>    
>   Can anyone help me with this?
>   I will sure appreciate a prompt response on this.
>    
>   Thank you.

I'm quite sure that the date issue is causing your problems. RRD files won't 
accept updates in the past. So please correct the system date and retry
Reinhard

I'm encountering unexpected behavior when attempting to utilize any SNMP
community other than 'public' through host.php (and similarly through
add_device.php).

When I add or reconfigure a host through host.php to have an SMNP
community string other than public, any future calls to that device's
edit menu (host.php?action=edit&id=8) returns no data (completey blank).
Any attempt to add a device with a non 'public' community string on the
command line through the add_device.php script segfaults.

Environment:
Cacti 0.8.7b
PHP 5.2.4
RRDtool 1.2.19
MySQL Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.45
Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10 Generic_120012-14)

---
James Baldwin

Hello,
  I need help on my cacti in production. I just put on the cacti after it had been off for a week. I noticed that the devices are connecting but graph is blank. Its showing nan. It hasn't been upgraded and it was working fine before it went off.
   
  The version of cacti running on the Linux box is cacti-0.8.6i. I also noticed that the date is wrong. Its showing 2002 instead of 2008. 
   
  Can anyone help me with this?
  I will sure appreciate a prompt response on this.
   
  Thank you.

       
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I re-ran the interface query from the "Add graphs" page and now it fully
enumerated, such that I can now manage the device.  I'm guessing doubling
the time for 30 to 60 solved the problem.

Thanks,

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: cac...@li...
[mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of Frank Bulk -
iNAME
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:40 PM
To: 'Larry Adams'; Support requests/questions about cacti
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Device page doesn't generate fully when interface
query is incomplete

Larry:

Thanks for the advice.  I doubled the php.ini from 30 to 60, downloaded and
compiled PHP 5.2.5 and changed cacti's config to look at the new binary, but
the device still doesn't fully list out on the page.

Is there any way to manually run an interface query from the CLI?  Any other
suggestions?

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Adams [mailto:lar...@co...]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:42 PM
To: fr...@in...; Support requests/questions about cacti
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Device page doesn't generate fully when interface
query is incomplete

Edit /etc/php.ini and look for memory_limit.  Next to it there is a
connection timeout.  Increase that value.  I think the PHP guys limit to
30 seconds by default.  For that many interfaces, you need more time.
You should also be working with PHP 5.1++ and using SNMPv2 as it will be
"MUCH" faster.

TheWitness

Frank Bulk wrote:
> I tried to refresh the interface list of our BRAS which has about ~2500
> connections because there are so many Virtual-Access interfaces.  Well,
this
> time the web page timed out, and now when I visit the device page, it
> doesn't generate fully:
>       http://www.mtcnet.net/~fbulk/cacti-host.jpg
>
> I replicated the problem by creating a new device with the same IP, but
> wrong community string.  The device was created well.  Then I corrected
the
> community string, saved it, and then re-visited the device and queried all
> the interfaces.  After about 60 to 120 seconds the page came up blank, and
> the same problem as the original host.
>
> Am I coming up against a certain timeout?  How do I extract myself from
this
> state, where I can't even hit the device to requery the interfaces?
>
> Frank
>
>
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When I updated my cron and cacti's php path to run php from /usr/local/bin
my graphs weren't updating.  When I ran php 5.2.5
	/usr/local/bin/php /var/www/cacti/htdocs/poller.php
manually it exited immediately, but when I ran the older 4.x version
	/usr/bin/php /var/www/cacti/htdocs/poller.php
It stayed running as it's supposed to.

Any obvious reasons why using php 5.2.5 appears to break things?  I ran php
with as many debug options as I could find available from the command-line,
but nothing fruitful came of it.

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: cac...@li...
[mailto:cac...@li...] On Behalf Of Frank Bulk -
iNAME
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:40 PM
To: 'Larry Adams'; Support requests/questions about cacti
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Device page doesn't generate fully when interface
query is incomplete

Larry:

Thanks for the advice.  I doubled the php.ini from 30 to 60, downloaded and
compiled PHP 5.2.5 and changed cacti's config to look at the new binary, but
the device still doesn't fully list out on the page.

Is there any way to manually run an interface query from the CLI?  Any other
suggestions?

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Adams [mailto:lar...@co...]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:42 PM
To: fr...@in...; Support requests/questions about cacti
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Device page doesn't generate fully when interface
query is incomplete

Edit /etc/php.ini and look for memory_limit.  Next to it there is a
connection timeout.  Increase that value.  I think the PHP guys limit to
30 seconds by default.  For that many interfaces, you need more time.
You should also be working with PHP 5.1++ and using SNMPv2 as it will be
"MUCH" faster.

TheWitness

Frank Bulk wrote:
> I tried to refresh the interface list of our BRAS which has about ~2500
> connections because there are so many Virtual-Access interfaces.  Well,
this
> time the web page timed out, and now when I visit the device page, it
> doesn't generate fully:
>       http://www.mtcnet.net/~fbulk/cacti-host.jpg
>
> I replicated the problem by creating a new device with the same IP, but
> wrong community string.  The device was created well.  Then I corrected
the
> community string, saved it, and then re-visited the device and queried all
> the interfaces.  After about 60 to 120 seconds the page came up blank, and
> the same problem as the original host.
>
> Am I coming up against a certain timeout?  How do I extract myself from
this
> state, where I can't even hit the device to requery the interfaces?
>
> Frank
>
>
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Larry:

Thanks for the advice.  I doubled the php.ini from 30 to 60, downloaded and
compiled PHP 5.2.5 and changed cacti's config to look at the new binary, but
the device still doesn't fully list out on the page.

Is there any way to manually run an interface query from the CLI?  Any other
suggestions?

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Adams [mailto:lar...@co...] 
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:42 PM
To: fr...@in...; Support requests/questions about cacti
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Device page doesn't generate fully when interface
query is incomplete

Edit /etc/php.ini and look for memory_limit.  Next to it there is a
connection timeout.  Increase that value.  I think the PHP guys limit to
30 seconds by default.  For that many interfaces, you need more time.
You should also be working with PHP 5.1++ and using SNMPv2 as it will be
"MUCH" faster.

TheWitness

Frank Bulk wrote:
> I tried to refresh the interface list of our BRAS which has about ~2500
> connections because there are so many Virtual-Access interfaces.  Well,
this
> time the web page timed out, and now when I visit the device page, it
> doesn't generate fully:
>       http://www.mtcnet.net/~fbulk/cacti-host.jpg
>
> I replicated the problem by creating a new device with the same IP, but
> wrong community string.  The device was created well.  Then I corrected
the
> community string, saved it, and then re-visited the device and queried all
> the interfaces.  After about 60 to 120 seconds the page came up blank, and
> the same problem as the original host.
>
> Am I coming up against a certain timeout?  How do I extract myself from
this
> state, where I can't even hit the device to requery the interfaces?
>
> Frank
>
>
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Edit /etc/php.ini and look for memory_limit.  Next to it there is a 
connection timeout.  Increase that value.  I think the PHP guys limit to 
30 seconds by default.  For that many interfaces, you need more time.  
You should also be working with PHP 5.1++ and using SNMPv2 as it will be 
"MUCH" faster.

TheWitness

Frank Bulk wrote:
> I tried to refresh the interface list of our BRAS which has about ~2500
> connections because there are so many Virtual-Access interfaces.  Well, this
> time the web page timed out, and now when I visit the device page, it
> doesn't generate fully:
> 	http://www.mtcnet.net/~fbulk/cacti-host.jpg
>
> I replicated the problem by creating a new device with the same IP, but
> wrong community string.  The device was created well.  Then I corrected the
> community string, saved it, and then re-visited the device and queried all
> the interfaces.  After about 60 to 120 seconds the page came up blank, and
> the same problem as the original host.
>
> Am I coming up against a certain timeout?  How do I extract myself from this
> state, where I can't even hit the device to requery the interfaces?
>
> Frank
>
>
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>   

There is a dropdown box at the bottom of the page for creating graphs,  
Select unicast pkts/sec, the check the interface you want to graph  
for, then click create.


~Jon

On Mar 14, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Franky Almonte wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> Somebody know how to duplicate a network traffic graph for one
> interface. I mean, for example, i have a graph for eth0 in bits/secs,
> but i want also a graph for eth0 in unicast packets/secs.
>
> Well, after the first graph is created, the interface is locked in the
> "Data Query [SNMP - Interface Statistics]" list.
>
> How can i achieve this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Franky Almonte
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I tried to refresh the interface list of our BRAS which has about ~2500
connections because there are so many Virtual-Access interfaces.  Well, this
time the web page timed out, and now when I visit the device page, it
doesn't generate fully:
	http://www.mtcnet.net/~fbulk/cacti-host.jpg

I replicated the problem by creating a new device with the same IP, but
wrong community string.  The device was created well.  Then I corrected the
community string, saved it, and then re-visited the device and queried all
the interfaces.  After about 60 to 120 seconds the page came up blank, and
the same problem as the original host.

Am I coming up against a certain timeout?  How do I extract myself from this
state, where I can't even hit the device to requery the interfaces?

Frank

Yes. I can see now.

Thanks a lot.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Martin <jm...@in...>
To: fal...@on..., Support requests/questions about cacti
<cac...@li...>
Subject: Re: [cacti-user] Traffic packets per seconds
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:19:04 -0500

There is a dropdown box at the bottom of the page for creating graphs,  
Select unicast pkts/sec, the check the interface you want to graph  
for, then click create.


~Jon

On Mar 14, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Franky Almonte wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> Somebody know how to duplicate a network traffic graph for one
> interface. I mean, for example, i have a graph for eth0 in bits/secs,
> but i want also a graph for eth0 in unicast packets/secs.
>
> Well, after the first graph is created, the interface is locked in the
> "Data Query [SNMP - Interface Statistics]" list.
>
> How can i achieve this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Franky Almonte
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Hello list,

Somebody know how to duplicate a network traffic graph for one
interface. I mean, for example, i have a graph for eth0 in bits/secs,
but i want also a graph for eth0 in unicast packets/secs.

Well, after the first graph is created, the interface is locked in the
"Data Query [SNMP - Interface Statistics]" list.

How can i achieve this?

Thanks.

-- 
Franky Almonte

----- Elijah Savage <es...@di...> wrote:
> Error's in my mysqld.log
> 
> /usr/sbin/mysqld: Table './cacti/poller_item' is marked as crashed and
> should be repaired.
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Please ignore this email, I hit the wrong button and was not intending to send without version data and all that is required. I had a thought the database was corrupted and ran the database repair and that seemed to have fixed all my problems.

Sorry all.

Error's in my mysqld.log

/usr/sbin/mysqld: Table './cacti/poller_item' is marked as crashed and should be repaired.

Hi Trik,

For CentOS (or RHEL), I would recommend Dag's / RPMforge rpm
repository.  The main page is at http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/.  You
should be able to add the repository via:

rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

See http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B for other directions
(including a different URL if you are using 64 bit).  Then you should
be able to just do a "yum install cacti."  You can also do a "yum
install spine" if you want to use the Spine, C-based poller.

Regards,
Kennedy


On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Patrick G. Victoriano
<pgv...@ft...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  I am a newbie in Cacti installation.
>  I have several questions before I perform my first cacti installation.
>
>  When I browse the cacti website, Cacti is on version 0.8.7b the same with
>  the plug in architecture. But when I browse the available plug-ins, it shows
>  that that plug-ins is for cacti 0.8.6j version. My question is can I use
>  plug-ins of 0.8.6j to 0.8.7b?
>
>  And also can I call someone who already installed cacti 0.8.7b on centOS 5.
>  What and where did you get your installation guide/procedure?
>
>  Please help me.
>
>  TIA
>
>  -Trik
>
>
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Hi all,

I am a newbie in Cacti installation.
I have several questions before I perform my first cacti installation.

When I browse the cacti website, Cacti is on version 0.8.7b the same with
the plug in architecture. But when I browse the available plug-ins, it shows
that that plug-ins is for cacti 0.8.6j version. My question is can I use
plug-ins of 0.8.6j to 0.8.7b?

And also can I call someone who already installed cacti 0.8.7b on centOS 5.
What and where did you get your installation guide/procedure?

Please help me.

TIA

-Trik