>>> "John Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/13/2004 10:56:43 AM >>> >hello list.
hello John. >im trying to use an external script to do graphing. when i run the >script manually, i get output from the script, but nothing appears on >the graphing. > >the output looks something like this: > >box-prompt: /bin/sh /home/jbarbieri/scripts/netscreen3.sh >2 >27433 >box-prompt: Output looks good. >the numbers do not reset to 0 when they are read, and the DO increment, >so using gauge wont help for that. > > >the number it increments is small, but im not to sure that has anything >to do with it, eg, over a 5 minute period, the top number wont move, but >the bottom might move by 5. > <snipped the rest> The problem is that if the number increments less than 300, you'll end up with a number less than one, which MRTG does not deal with. Remember that MRTG does rates per five minutes by default. If you have a number that is incrementing less than 300 per five minutes, you'll end up with a number less than 1, which will get dropped. Either use RRDTool or multiply your number by 300 (attacks per 5 minutes). Paul -- 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
