I apologize.... It seems that my problem is not the use of graph feature from rrd tool. So.... i'm gonna put here all the steps i took since i started using mrtg & rrd tool
0. use Win2k 1. download & install perl (ActivePerl-5.8.2.808-MSWin32-x86.msi) 2. download mrtg (mrtg-2.10.13.zip) 3. use cfgmaker to make a config file 4. use mrtg to graph traffic --- until now everything works perfectly --- 5. download rrdtool (rrdtool-1.0.40.x86distr.zip-5.8.zip) 6. go to 'perl-shared' folder of rrdtool and run the following: ppm install rrds.ppd 7. go to my config file and add: - workdir: c:\rrdtool\rrds // 'rrds' folder created by me - pathadd: c:\rrdtool\bin // the 'bin' folder did not exist (as the guide i was reading said it would) so i created it and copied here the .exe's from 'src' folder - libadd: c:\rrdtool\perl-shared - logformat: rrdtool 8. run mrtg again with the updated config file --- now, the fun part --- 9. at this point, the following happens: - the graph and html generation stops (that's normal) - .rdd files are created for every target i monitor in my 'rrds' folder (about 100KB each; did not modify them in any way) - however, they don't seem to update... (when I run 'rrdtool info' for any one of my rrd's, the 'last_update field' doesn't change its value, even though i ran info several times - 5 to 10 minutes apart) - so, it's only logical to have errors when i try to graph something out of nothing (?) This is my current status.... i don't know what else to do, as most docs and info are for unix users.... :( ...help...please...10x.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex van den Bogaerdt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <rrd-users@list.ee.ethz.ch> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 4:20 PM Subject: [rrd-users] Re: help a newbie pls > On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 03:10:25PM +0100, Martin Horak wrote: > > My simplest command: > > > > rrdtool graph test.png -s now-10h -e now > > DEF:a='/var/www/data/rrd/routersce0.rrd':s1in:AVERAGE LINE1:a#ff0000 > > I can beat that :) > > I'm not entirely sure about the short form of the colour. > Path to png and to rrd can be changed as needed. > Multiply the DEF and LINE statements for ds1 if desired > > rrdtool graph test.png DEF:i=routersce0.rrd:ds0:AVERAGE LINE1:i#f00 > > cheers, > Alex > -- > -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi