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list Dns · Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:37:54 -0700 (PDT) ·
Hi All,

Do anyone know (have server-side scripts) how to centraly monitor Bandwidth usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I configure this step-by-step in Hobbit? 

Thanks...

Kind Regards,

DNS
list Stef Coene · Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:44:30 +0200 ·
quoted from Dns
On Wednesday 10 September 2008, DNS wrote:
Hi All,

Do anyone know (have server-side scripts) how to centraly monitor Bandwidth
usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I configure this
step-by-step in Hobbit? 
I use mrtg.  It can query via snmp routers and servers and store the data in a 
rrd file (just like hobbit).  I never tried to integrade the information in 
hobbit, but I'm sure it can be done.


Stef
list Detlef Stracke · Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:59:59 +0200 ·
Look here for integrading mrtg in hobbit http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/hobbit-mrtg.html 
quoted from Dns

On Wednesday 10 September 2008, DNS wrote:
Hi All,

Do anyone know (have server-side scripts) how to centraly monitor Bandwidth
usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I configure this
step-by-step in Hobbit? 
I use mrtg.  It can query via snmp routers and servers and store the data in a rrd file (just like hobbit).  I never tried to integrade the information in hobbit, but I'm sure it can be done.


Stef
list Pkc_mls · Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:04:33 +0200 ·
quoted from Stef Coene
Stef Coene a écrit :
On Wednesday 10 September 2008, DNS wrote:
  
Hi All,

Do anyone know (have server-side scripts) how to centraly monitor Bandwidth
usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I configure this
step-by-step in Hobbit?     
I use mrtg.  It can query via snmp routers and servers and store the data in a rrd file (just like hobbit).  I never tried to integrade the information in hobbit, but I'm sure it can be done.

  
the integration is described in here :
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/hobbit-mrtg.html

this will simply add the graphs in the trend columns (by default) for the client.
Stef
list Dan McDonald · Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:47:31 -0500 ·
quoted from Pkc_mls
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:04 +0200, pkc_mls wrote:
Stef Coene a écrit :
On Wednesday 10 September 2008, DNS wrote:
Hi All,
Do anyone know (have server-side scripts) how to centraly monitor Bandwidth
usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I configure this
step-by-step in Hobbit? >>     > I use mrtg.  It can query via snmp routers and servers and store the data in a > rrd file (just like hobbit).  I never tried to integrade the information in > hobbit, but I'm sure it can be done.
  the integration is described in here :
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/hobbit-mrtg.html

this will simply add the graphs in the trend columns (by default) for the client.

Or, you can run bbmrtg.pl and have it generate alerts.

-- 
Daniel J McDonald, CCIE #2495, CISSP #78281, CNX
Austin Energy
http://www.austinenergy.com
list Greg L Hubbard · Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:04:22 -0500 ·
How about devmon?  It requires much less care and feeding than MRTG if you are concerned about the entire device -- if you only care about certain interfaces than MRTG is probably a better fit.  However, devmon only supports a few (though common!) device types, so you might also be better off with MRTG if you are using "unusual" equipment.

GLH 
quoted from Dan McDonald
-----Original Message-----
From: McDonald, Dan [mailto:user-290ce4e24e19@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:48 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Bandwidth monitoring

On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:04 +0200, pkc_mls wrote:
Stef Coene a écrit :
On Wednesday 10 September 2008, DNS wrote:
Hi All,
Do anyone know (have server-side scripts) how to centraly monitor >> Bandwidth usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I >> configure this step-by-step in Hobbit?
I use mrtg.  It can query via snmp routers and servers and store the > data in a rrd file (just like hobbit).  I never tried to integrade > the information in hobbit, but I'm sure it can be done.
  the integration is described in here :
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/hobbit-mrtg.html

this will simply add the graphs in the trend columns (by default) for the client.

Or, you can run bbmrtg.pl and have it generate alerts.

--
Daniel J McDonald, CCIE #2495, CISSP #78281, CNX Austin Energy http://www.austinenergy.com
list Dns · Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:14:24 -0700 (PDT) ·
Hi GLH,

Devmon:

OK How do i monitor bandwidth with DEVMON? And graph this?

Thanks...

DNS
quoted from Greg L Hubbard


----- Original Message ----
From: "Hubbard, Greg L" <user-d970b5e56ec9@xymon.invalid>
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:04:22 PM
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Bandwidth monitoring

How about devmon?  It requires much less care and feeding than MRTG if you are concerned about the entire device -- if you only care about certain interfaces than MRTG is probably a better fit.  However, devmon only supports a few (though common!) device types, so you might also be better off with MRTG if you are using "unusual" equipment.

GLH 
-----Original Message-----
From: McDonald, Dan [mailto:user-290ce4e24e19@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:48 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Bandwidth monitoring

On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:04 +0200, pkc_mls wrote:
Stef Coene a écrit :
On Wednesday 10 September 2008, DNS wrote:
  >> Hi All,
Do anyone know (have server-side scripts) how to centraly monitor >> Bandwidth usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I >> configure this step-by-step in Hobbit?
    > I use mrtg.  It can query via snmp routers and servers and store the > data in a rrd file (just like hobbit).  I never tried to integrade > the information in hobbit, but I'm sure it can be done.
  the integration is described in here :
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/hobbit-mrtg.html

this will simply add the graphs in the trend columns (by default) for the client.

Or, you can run bbmrtg.pl and have it generate alerts.

--
Daniel J McDonald, CCIE #2495, CISSP #78281, CNX Austin Energy http://www.austinenergy.com
list Dan McDonald · Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:24:43 -0500 ·
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 08:04 -0500, Hubbard, Greg L wrote:
How about devmon?  
Devmon doesn't support snmp V3, which is a requirement for me.  MRTG
does.
It requires much less care and feeding than MRTG if you are concerned about the entire device 
mrtg supports templates just like devmon does.  Once I have the
templates built, it works fine.  The only big issue is that you have to
read the rrd files twice, and that requires really fast hardware when
you have several thousand points to monitor.  we had to upgrade this
year when we had over 5500 points on snmp v3.  Currently I'm monitoring
6502 snmp v3 targets and 1921 snmp v1/2 targets, and feeding it all into
Hobbit.  With the new hardware, our load average: 0.49, 0.70, 0.79
quoted from Dns
-- if you only care about certain interfaces than MRTG is probably a
better fit.  However, devmon only supports a few (though common!)
device types, so you might also be better off with MRTG if you are
using "unusual" equipment.

GLH 
-----Original Message-----
From: McDonald, Dan [mailto:user-290ce4e24e19@xymon.invalid] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:48 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Bandwidth monitoring

On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:04 +0200, pkc_mls wrote:
Stef Coene a écrit :
On Wednesday 10 September 2008, DNS wrote:
Hi All,
Do anyone know (have server-side scripts) how to centraly monitor > >> Bandwidth usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I > >> configure this step-by-step in Hobbit?
I use mrtg.  It can query via snmp routers and servers and store the > > data in a rrd file (just like hobbit).  I never tried to integrade > > the information in hobbit, but I'm sure it can be done.
the integration is described in here :
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/hobbit-mrtg.html
this will simply add the graphs in the trend columns (by default) for > the client.

Or, you can run bbmrtg.pl and have it generate alerts.

--
-- 
Daniel J McDonald, CCIE #2495, CISSP #78281, CNX
Austin Energy
http://www.austinenergy.com
list Henrik Størner · Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC) ·
In <user-a4cc7256534e@xymon.invalid> Stef Coene <user-dbffe946c0f4@xymon.invalid> writes:
On Wednesday 10 September 2008, DNS wrote:
Hi All,

Do anyone know (have=A0server-side scripts)=A0how to centraly monitor Ban=
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usage of switches/servers/router etc.? If so how do I configure this
step-by-step=A0in Hobbit?=A0
I use mrtg.  It can query via snmp routers and servers and store the data i=
n a=20
rrd file (just like hobbit).  I never tried to integrade the information in=
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hobbit, but I'm sure it can be done.

Doesn't really help you right now, but the next Hobbit version includes
a module to fetch data from SNMP devices, e.g. to generate graphs
of the network traffic on switch/router interfaces.


Henrik