I understand that, but here are some points why I chose my post: 1: not sure about the persons knowledge re snmp 2: dont know the guys hardware and packages installed 3: seeing uptime and uname explains other parts of the MRTG system, i.e. required return values of the scripts 4: portabilty 5: most of the time server are cruising below their capacity, adding a few more cycles because calling scripts etc does not really matter Jobst On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 04:58:50AM -0800, Benjamin Franz (jfranz at freerun.com) wrote: > On 01/05/2011 09:33 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:09:30AM -0600, Matt (lm7812 at gmail.com) wrote: > >> I check system load like so: > >> > >> [root at server cron.daily]# w > >> 10:07:33 up 4 days, 15:01, 2 users, load average: 4.22, 3.17, 3.09 > >> > >> I would like to to graph the 3.17 5 minute average with MRTG. Anyone > >> know of some examples of doing this? > > Make yourself a script, include this: > > [...] > > That is doing it the hard way. Use scripts only if there isn't an OID > for what you want. > > Target[hostname_load]: laLoadInt.2&laLoadInt.2:community at host:::::2 > RouterUptime[hostname_load]: community at host:::::2 > MaxBytes[hostname_load]: 30000 > Title[hostname_load]: System Load > Factor[hostname_load]: 0.01 > YTicsFactor[hostname_load]: 0.01 > YLegend[hostname_load]: System Load > Legend1[hostname_load]: Load > Legend2[hostname_load]: > Legend3[hostname_load]: > Legend4[hostname_load]: > LegendI[hostname_load]: Load > LegendO[hostname_load]: > ShortLegend[hostname_load]: load > Options[hostname_load]: gauge,growright,nopercent > Directory[hostname_load]: hostname > > Make sure you load the correct MIB otherwise you might have to use the > OID instead of the symbolic name. > > LoadMIBs: /usr/share/snmp/mibs/UCD-SNMP-MIB.txt > > -- > Benjamin Franz > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- <Hoju> Keyboard solo! skskskskskskskskskskskskskskskskskskskskksksksksks | |0| | Jobst Schmalenbach, jobst at barrett.com.au, General Manager | | |0| Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L |0|0|0| +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia