"Markus" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Hi all, > > I'm using MRTG to graph a state of "ON" of a certain event, and that > event usually lasts only something like 15 to 60 minutes. Also, it > happens not so frequently, so something like every 2-4 days. > > The script that feeds the data into MRTG just sends a "1" when the > state is "ON", so MRTG displays a value of 1 for a period of 15 to 60 > mins in the daily graph. When the event is "OFF", the script feeds a > "0" to MRTG. > > The problem that I am encountering is that the event "disappears" > after a while from the monthly / yearly graphs. I think this is > because MRTG is building an average of the collected values and this > average is becoming "smaller and smaller" for the monthly and yearly > graphs over time (I can confirm that by looking at the logfile) and > because of the small value and short time span results in the events > disappearing completely from the monthly and yearly graphs. > > Does anyone have an idea how to solve that? > > My config: > > Target[something]: `script.sh` > Options[something]: integer, gauge, nobanner, growright, noinfo, > nopercent, nolegend, perhour > MaxBytes[something]: 4 > kMG[something]: ,, > > Thanks a lot! > Markus
What if you use a value of 100 for the On state? Than for the monthly and yearly graphs, you will see the percentage of On state in time. _______________________________________________ mrtg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/mrtg
