From: Glenn MacGregor <gtm@oracom.com>
Jeff Allen wrote:
> Glenn MacGregor wrote:
> > Sorry to keep bothering the list, but I have a couple more
> > questions. How do I use the targets or mtargets (what is the
> > difference)?
>
> They are the same in that they are both poorly named and incompletely
> implemented. :( Jeff Jensen and I tried to think it through and do it
> right, but we simply couldn't predict all the features we'd want, nor
> could we come up with a syntax that put rolled them all together. When
> the revolution comes and we rewrite the grapher, these tags will be
> the first into the guillotine! Let them eat cake! Or something...
>
> So, here's a consise explanation of the difference:
>
> "targets" lets you put multiple targets together on one page -- sorta
> like opening up several browsers and navigating to several targets,
> but all on one HTML page.
>
> "mtargets" lets you take the data from several targets and assemble a
> new graph out of that data -- either in aggregate (i.e. the sum of all
> WAN links) or overlayed.
>
> > graph say packets in from two different routers on the same graph.
> > Really what is the syntax of that, ie where does the mtargets or target
> > go.
>
> To do this, you'd make a new target, for example "both":
>
> target both
> mtarget = "target-1; target-2"
>
> > Also if I try to get sysUptime I get an error message saying 2:24:55
> > (uptime) is not numeric, is there a way around this?
>
> You are trying to put a string into an RRD, which is not possible. You
> could use an EXEC script to fetch the value then do pre-processing on
> it -- in this case the pre-processing would be to turn the formatted
> time string into a number of seconds.
>
> --
> Jeff R. Allen | jra@corp.webtv.net
> WebTV Service Engineering | http://www.munitions.com/~jra
Jeff,
Not sure, will mtarget work or not?
Glenn
--Glenn MacGregor
Applications Engineer Oracom, Inc. http://www.oracom.com
Tel. +1 978.557.5710 Ext. 302 Fax +1 978.557.5716
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