Re: [Pnp4nagios-users] Question from a newbie

[Wolfgang <wn...@gm...>]

Am 07.03.2012 23:10, schrieb Mester:
> Hi,
>
> I want to make a graph of the received bad packets for a switch.
> So I have a service in my nagios:
>
> define service{
>           use                     generic-service
>           host_name               szerverszoba
>           service_description     Bad packets received port 7
>           check_command           check_snmp!-C public -o ifInErrors.107
> -m RFC1213-MIB -w 100 -c 1000
>           servicegroups           switches
>           }
>
> And it work fine. It has the following output:
> SNMP WARNING - *125* | RFC1213-MIB::ifInErrors.107=125c
>
> But when I try to see the graphicon for it in pnp4nagios it does not
> show anything. And the value on the graph is always 0. Under the graph I
> see the following line:
> RFC1213-MIB__ 0 c Last  0 c Max  0 c Avarage
>
> Can you tell me why it is 0 and not 125 as the result of the command sais?
>
>
> Attila Mesterhazy
>
"c" behind the value means it is a "counter" so the value in the RRD 
file will only store the difference between two consecutive checks. You 
can use "rrdtool dump <rrd file>" to check the value in your rrd file.