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Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool's data storage and graphing functionality.

Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for LAN-sized installations up to complex networks with hundreds of devices. More information can be found on the Website

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Cacti gets data but does not show a graph

I use Cacti to monitor the call load of a Squire MG1000. I have created a graph using the SNMP Generic OID template. In the graph overview, I also see data for current, average and maximum calls but no graph for the calls of the MG1000. When I…
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Cacti Graphing incorrect load averages

I've just set up cacti to monitor CPU and memory usage on a server that I think needs to be upgraded, but to be able to make my case for funding I need hard facts. I figured getting Cacti to monitor the Memory usage and Load Average would do the…
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How Cacti collects data using scripts?

We know that Cacti uses SNMP to query and collect data. As far as i know SNMP manager uses Object ID (OID) to query about a certain object and get the response from an SNMP agent regarding that OID. What confuses me is that how Cacti uses e.g. perl…
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Cacti not working for SNMP data sources

I installed packages cacti and snmpd on a Debian server. I'm able to display common graphs in Cacti (such as memory usage, load average, logged in users, etc) using the data templates listed as Unix. Now I want to replace these graphs with new ones…
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How do I reconcile Network Speed from Network Throughput?

I have been arguing with my ISP about the service they are providing; primarily with regard to throughput speeds. I have set up an edge router (see hardware details listed below) and on it I have set up the following test to get speeds periodically…
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frequent "SNMP error" with Cacti

When adding new devices to my Cacti instance, I get frequent "SNMP error" messages in the device screen. But the error is not consistent, not even for the same device. Here's what I already have checked: Sometimes a device shows that "SNMP error"…
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Howto prevent snmpd cache results from extend script

On my freebsd box i have snmpd daemon from net-snmp-5.5_4 packet. In snmpd.conf file i have: extend .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.2 inpt /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/etc/snmp/mpdinput.pl where mpdinput.pl my script which return input-octets from some mpd5-ng…
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Passing variable input fields for Data Input Methods [cacti]

I'm trying to get cacti setup to monitor a variety of mysql servers, each with multiple instances running on different ports on the machines. I'm using the scripts and templates from…
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Cacti - How can you get a list of systems that meet certain criteria?

Is it possible using Cacti to have it give you a list of machines that meet a certain criteria? For example, what are the machines that have had an average cpu load over 50% during the past week? What machines have 5% free disk space? etc. etc. I…
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RRDTool Not Creating .RRD File

I'm setting up Cacti and it seems the RRDTool isn't creating the .rrd file. This is on CentOS 6.9. Here is what I've tried so far: Running the command as root to eliminate permissions. Running the same command on another machine that has just…
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Monitoring a ZFS Raid Pool on Ubuntu for Integrity and Performance

I set up ZFS on Ubuntu (via fuse) for a storage array at home and it has worked great for almost a year now, despite its 'beta' status. I log in and check the array every once in a while using: zpool status Which results in: NAME STATE …
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Cacti - gathering data from remote servers

I currently have Nagios installation for monitoring various systems (mainly Linux). I would like to implement some graphing tool for historical data (CPU, memory, disk usage, web server QPS etc). I've tried Nagiosgrpah however it's not reliable and…
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Questions about storage performance

I would be glad guys, if you can answer me some of my questions about the performance of our storage. The setup HP P2000 SAS with 2GB cache 8x 1TB SATA 7200 RPM storage RAID6 3x hosts with SAS HBA adapter VMWare vSphere 4.1 Basically, the main…
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Cacti displaying an odd Total Space value for free disk space on ZFS mount

I'm not sure if this is just a quirk of how ZFS ZPL is presenting the available space, but it seems that SNMP is reporting the free space no more than 2TB higher than the used space. This is on a mount that has no quota or reservation set, just a…
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Cacti rrdtool graph with no values, NaN in .rrd file

Cacti 0.8.7h, with latest RRDTool. I successfully graphed CPU/Interface traffic, but got blank graphs like this one: ...when it comes to Memory/Temperature monitoring. The problem/bug is actually archived here, however this post didn't help. I can…
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