It woked with mrtg-ping-probe 2.1.0 BUT I remember that I ran mrtg-ping-probe with below configuration at 6:00pm and MRTG showed information at 11:00pm, and many processes is in memory (crond, mrtg, perl, ping) and every time they multiplie until the memory is saturated and the system is hung:
############################################################################ ################# ### Round Trip Time Analysis between my server and www.cisco.com Target[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: `/usr/bin/perl /etc/mrtg/mrtg-ping-probe-2.1.0/mrtg-ping-probe 198.133.219.25` MaxBytes[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: 180 AbsMax[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: 10000 #WithPeak[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: dwmy YLegend[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: milliseconds ShortLegend[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: ms Legend1[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: Maximum Round Trip Time in Milli seconds Legend2[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: Minimum Round Trip Time in Milli seconds Legend3[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: Maximal 5 Minute Maximum Round Trip Time in ms Legend4[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: Maximal 5 Minute Maximum Round Trip Time in ms LegendI[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: Max: LegendO[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: Min: Title[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: Round Trip Time Analysis between my server and www.cisco.com PageTop[rtt-pl_cisco_rrt]: <H1>Round Trip Time Analysis between my server and www.cisco.com</H1> ### Packet Loss Analysis between my server and www.cisco.com Target[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: `/usr/bin/perl /etc/mrtg/mrtg-ping-probe-2.1.0/mrtg-ping-probe -k 50 -p loss/loss 198.133.219.25` Options[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: gauge, growright, unknaszero, withzeroes Unscaled[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: dwmy MaxBytes[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: 100 AbsMax[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: 101 #WithPeak[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: dwmy YLegend[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: % packet loss ShortLegend[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: % Legend1[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: % Packet loss Legend2[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: % Packet loss Legend3[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: Maximal 5 minute Packet loss Legend4[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: Maximal 5 minute Packet loss LegendI[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: % loss: LegendO[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: % loss: Title[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: Packet Loss Analysis between my server and www.cisco.com PageTop[rtt-pl_cisco_pl]: <H1>Packet Loss Analysis between my server and www.cisco.com</H1> ############################################################################ ################## In my .log are next lines: 2003-09-02 18:05:02 -- Started mrtg 2003-09-02 18:10:03 -- Started mrtg 2003-09-02 18:10:03 -- ERROR: I guess another mrtg is running. A lockfile (/etc/mrtg/rtt-pl.cfg_l) aged 301 seconds is hanging around. If you are sure that no other mrtg is running you can remove the lockfile 2003-09-02 18:12:23 -- ERROR: Bailout after SIG TERM 2003-09-02 18:15:04 -- Started mrtg 2003-09-02 18:20:03 -- Started mrtg 2003-09-02 18:20:03 -- ERROR: I guess another mrtg is running. A lockfile (/etc/mrtg/rtt-pl.cfg_l) aged 299 seconds is hanging around. If you are sure that no other mrtg is running you can remove the lockfile 2003-09-02 18:25:02 -- Started mrtg 2003-09-02 18:30:03 -- Started mrtg 2003-09-02 18:30:03 -- ERROR: I guess another mrtg is running. A lockfile (/etc/mrtg/rtt-pl.cfg_l) aged 301 seconds is hanging around. If you are sure that no other mrtg is running you can remove the lockfile 2003-09-02 18:35:03 -- Started mrtg 2003-09-02 18:40:02 -- Started mrtg 2003-09-02 18:40:02 -- ERROR: I guess another mrtg is running. A lockfile (/etc/mrtg/rtt-pl.cfg_l) aged 299 seconds is hanging around. If you are sure that no other mrtg is running you can remove the lockfile 2003-09-02 18:45:02 -- Started mrtg ..................................... bis, bis. Regards Ramiro Pulgar M. http://www.geocities.com/milovisho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter W. Osel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ramiro Pulgar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [mrtg] ping-probe problem > Hello Ramiro, > do you receive any error messages when mrtg is run by cron? > what happens if you call mrtg-ping-probe "manually", outside mrtg, > from the command line? > What is the outputwhne you run these commands from the command line: > > /usr/bin/perl /etc/mrtg/mrtg-ping-probe-2.0.2/mrtg-ping-probe www.cisco.com > /usr/bin/perl /etc/mrtg/mrtg-ping-probe-2.0.2/mrtg-ping-probe -k 50 -p loss/loss www.cisco.com > > > Cheers > --pwo > > > [Slogan of the moment] > >>>>> And Now For Something Completely Different ... > > Law Number XLII (Augustine's Law of Complicational Simplicity) > > Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing. > > -- Norman R. Augustine, "Augustine's Laws, 1983 > > > -- > Peter W. Osel Principal - Development Systems > Infineon Technologies Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > North America Corp. Phone: +1 (408) 501 6321 > 1730 North First Street Fax: +1 (408) 501 2410 > San Jose, CA 95112, USA WWW: http://pwo.de/ > > pgp key fingerprint = 79 2D DD 49 C0 AA D8 CF 2C F9 A5 6A BA 37 0E 28 > > -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
