No problem If the configuration file has RunAsDaemon: yes then the MRTG process will go to background and not leave a command window. You don't need anything else. If you look carefully there is a process for making MRTG run as a service, so you never need to log into you machine at all.
I forgot to answer question #3 for you, but a Google search should give you the answer, or check http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/3party.en.html. You will need to have SNMP turned on and properly configured for any machines you want to monitor. Again, from the manual at http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/mrtg-nt-guide.en.html : > > Make mrtg run all the time > > Starting MRTG by hand every time you want to run it is not going to make you happy I guess. > > There is a special option you can set in the MRTG configuration file so so that MRTG will not > terminate after it was started. Instead it will wait for 5 minutes and then run again. > > Add the option > > RunAsDaemon: yes > > to your mrtg.cfg file and start it with: > > start /Dc:\mrtg-2.15.0\bin wperl mrtg --logging=eventlog mrtg.cfg > > If you use wperl instead of perl, no console window will show. MRTG is now running in the background. > If it runs into problems it will tell you so over the EventLog. To stop MRTG, open the Task Manager and > terminate the wperl.exe process. If mrtg has anything to tell you these messages can be found in the event log. > > If you put a shortcut with > > Target: wperl mrtg --logging=eventlog mrtg.cfg > Start in: c:\mrtg-2.15.0\bin > > into your start-up folder, MRTG will now start whenever you login to your NT box. > > If you do not want to log into your box just to start MRTG. Have a look at http://www.firedaemon.com/mrtg-howto.html > which describes a free tool to start any program as a Service. The pages gives specific instructions for MRTG users. > -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:37 AM To: Clyde Jones Subject: RE: MRTG on win 2003 Thanks Clyde, So you just run Main-MRTG.cfg file with the below entries only? What do you mean by " Include the RunAsDaemon flag and you won't get any command windows."? Akash -----Original Message----- From: Clyde Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: MRTG on win 2003 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 4:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mrtg] mrtg Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 > > Gents, > > Need a piece of advice for running MRTG with Win 2003. > > I have 80 devices and increasing (like Cisco Routers, PIX, Switches and Servers) that I have to monitor 24x7. Now I am running > MRTG on Windows 2003. > > My MRTG system always has 80 command prompt sessions open. When I update and patch the server OS, restart the server- I need to > run these 80 sessions one by one (all over again). > > 1. Is there a way (maybe GUI) that I can use MRTG and work for these 80 sessions? > 2. Maybe some batch file script that would run all of them in a single go? > 3. How can I use RRD with MRTG to determine temp, disk, cpu? > > Thanks in advance, > Akash Bhardwaj > Are you running 80 separate instances of MRTG?! Sounds like you need to fix your configuration files and run just one instance of MRTG that handles all your machines. Check the documentation at http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/mrtg-nt-guide.en.html for specifics but you should be able to build one master config file and run that. You can add or drop machines from the master config to fine tune your process. Include the RunAsDaemon flag and you won't get any command windows. I just run one instance of MRTG and that works just fine for logging 5 graphs for each of the machines (2 network interfaces, memory, cpu and load/process count) My master config file looks like: ### Global Config Options #MaxAge: 7200 RunAsDaemon: Yes WorkDir: c:\www\mrtg\ WriteExpires: Yes Options[_]: growright,pngdate XSize[_]: 600 YSize[_]: 175 EnableIPv6: no ## All machine configs moved to individual files Include: bigmachine01.cfg Include: bigmachine02.cfg Include: bigmachine03.cfg Include: bigmachine04.cfg Include: bigmachinedev-01.cfg Include: bigmachinedev-02.cfg Include: bigmachineqa-01.cfg Include: bigmachineqa-02.cfg #Include: oasis.cfg excluded for windows machine Include: winmachine-ntbk.cfg Include: winmachine-vs1.cfg Include: winmachine01.cfg Include: winmachine02.cfg Clyde PS, It is polite to delete unnecessary digest entries when you send to a mailing list. -- Clyde Jones Discovery Informatics Senior Operations Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exelixis Inc 650 837 7085 Office 650 465 3386 Cell This email (including any attachments) may contain material that is confidential and privileged and is for the sole use of the intended recipient. 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