Cheshire Cat Computing

I am attempting to graph cpu utilization on a dual processor machine. I am receiving data, I just need a magnifying glass to see it the graph line as it is so small. This is an e mail server that also does nightly backups so I think I am using more than .07% of the processors capacity.

Here is my cfg file.

Target[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]:1.3.6.1.4.1.9600.1.1.5.1.5.6.95.84.111.116.97.108&1.3.6.1.4.1.9600.1.1.5.1.5.6.95.84.111.116.97.108:public@172.18.1.14
Routers.cgi*MODE[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: CPU
Routers.cgi*Options[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: Fixunit nototal
MaxBytes[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: 100000
Factor[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]:0.01
Title[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: CPU Utilization
Options[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: growright, gauge, noo
WithPeak[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: ymw
LegendO[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]:  Load:
YLegend[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: % Utilization
ShortLegend[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization] : %
Legend1[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: CPU load in next minute
Legend2[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: CPU load in next minute
Legend3[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: Max load over 5 minutes
Legend4[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: Max load over 5 minutes
LegendI[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]:  Load:
Suppress[EXCHANGE02_CPU_Utilization]: y

Any suggestions?

Assuming that the OID returns CPU usage in hundredths of a %, then you need a Factor[]: 0.01 and a MaxBytes[]: 10000 (Your maxbytes is too big). You may also want 'routers.cgi*Options[]: scaled nopercent fixunit' for the display.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

I have no idea what percentage the oid returns. When I MIBwalk it returns a whole number. I will try .1 and .01 to see if there is a difference. I am curious as to why legends 3 and 4 do not appear anywhere within routers2.cgi. Do you have a generic framework that would make writing these graphs easier?

Legends 2 and 4 will not appear because you have option 'noo'. Legend 3 will only appear for weekly, monthly and yearly (unless you have a 1-min interval in which case it appears for daily as well) since it is used for peak lines which are meaningless on a daily single-point summary.

It sould be a good idea to find out exactly what the OID returns. Some devices (eg, Cisco routers) return it a whole percentage points (so no Factor[] required, MaxBytes[]=100). Other devices return it in tenths or hundredths of a percentage point. I suspect the thing you are monitoring (whatever it is) is returning it in whole percentage points?

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

Don't forget

CPU load get's the integer value

sow your value in your database is never bigger than 100

I've had the same problem with a single CPU
Try to add the integer option to your config file
like this:

Options[device]: Integer, gauge, etc......