On 15 August 2011 01:24, Phil Kennedy
<phillip.kenn...@yankeeairmuseum.org> wrote:
> I'm using check_snmp to monitor page counts on various printers. The
> output is returning the correct values, and PNP is charting, but it's
> showing the differences in page counts per polling interval, rather than
> an overall chart of "growth" (e.g., the chart says there are 100 pages,
> then an hour from now it bumps up to 110, and so on.) From what I've
> found, this is due to the output from SNP being a "counter", rather than
> a "gauge", is this something I can circumvent in the name of pretty
> charts and graphs?
>
> The command I'm using in the commands.cfg is as follows:
>
> $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C $ARG1$ -o
> .1.3.6.1.2.1.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 -l 'page count' -u 'pages'

The very latest version of check_snmp has a --rate option which is
just what you need for this sort of thing.

http://nagiosplugins.org/man/check_snmp

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