Sun Storedge 6920+rrdtools&mrtg+cacti

I see that you asked the same question on the cacti forums and I can provide much the same answer. I don't have a 6920, I thought it would not scale enough so I got a 9990...

Anyway, I would install StorAde and configure it for the 6920. Then run the folowing command to see what StorAde is looking at:

rasagent -d 3 -r

The output can determine what StorAde knows about the 6920. Look for any snmpwalk in particular. Once you get that information, you can get cacti to graph it if it is graphable.

Normally I just do an snmpwalk of the agent on the system and then I can figure out roughly what is available. It takes a bit of skill but I imagine you can figure it out.

BTW, I will be going to the Czech Repubic soon. I believe you are there by your email address on the cacti forum..

Stephen

stephen2602 at 2007-7-6 23:11:37 >

I have other tools that manage my systems so I never thought about using MRTG type tools. I sometimes find the granularity of them is not ideal. I worked for a company that used Big Sister and MRTG to manage their systems and it could not pick severe problems with some of the systems. To make it worse, they never believed the end users who were complaining about the systems because of the way MRTG produced the graphs.

As I am always interested in learning new stuff, I will download cacti and have a play with it.

I am really looking forward to visiting Prague. I live in Australia.

Stephen

stephen2602 at 2007-7-6 23:11:37 >