<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>a plugin to check interface errors</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I'm wondering if someone has written a plugin to check for interface errors. I have already looked at check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus - and I've already got my own versions of them for SNMPv3. What I'm looking for is a way to detect interface errors. I've got some perl code I'm still working on, but the data storage is killing me. To explain: Basically, I'm walking the MIBs 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.14 (ifInErrors) and 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.20 (ifOutErrors) every 10 minutes and storing them each in an different rrd (a file named $hostname-$ifDescr.rrd). Then, I'm rrd fetching the last 60 minutes worth of data - if there's at least $warning_cnt errors in that time period, return warning. Finally, I'm rrd fetching the last 180 minutes (3 hrs) worth of data - if there's an error rate of at least $critical_rate per minute, return critical. I'm having problems with storing the rrd data with the RRDs perl module - I'm trying to simulate the data by pre-populating a rrd file with errors, and I'm getting a floating point results (instead of int). I'm using RRDtool 1.0.45. FWIW, my RRD create looks like this: RRDs::create ( $filename, "--start", $now - 60, "--step", "600", "DS:ifInErrors:COUNTER:600:U:U", "DS:ifOutErrors:COUNTER:600:U:U", "RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600", "RRA:MAX:0.5:1:150", ); Summary: 1) Has anyone written a plugin to check interface errors? 2) Has anyone had strange problems with RRDs and float/int problems? Thanks Tony -- "Computer science is as much about computers as astronomy is about telescopes" -- Edsger Dijkstra --------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Tonns, UNIX Administrator - atonns@mail.ivillage.com </BODY> </HTML>