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Graphing snmp strings such as "0.20 %"

Subject: Graphing snmp strings such as "0.20 %"
Author: Joan
Posted: 2015-03-16 03:06

I am reading the cpu load of a QNAP nas, and I'd like to graph the CPU load in zenoss. The snmp output comes out as "0.20 %", what would be the proper way of manipulating this into a proper graph
I've been looking into the transporms, but there should be a simpler way to to do it.
Anyone have a clue on this



Subject: it's ugly but you could do a
Author: Andrew Kirch
Posted: 2015-03-16 08:44

it's ugly but you could do a command notification and use BASH to fix it, or even more ideally go beat on QNAP for being silly, and make them fix that.

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Subject: Thanks for the answer, after
Author: Joan
Posted: 2015-03-16 09:31

Thanks for the answer, after this I looked a bti more in qnap forum's and found another option with the precise OID I needed for this http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.phpp=392456#p392456, they have a poorly designed mib that can't even being walked to get the oids.
I'll remember about the command notification in case I need it any time in the future



Subject: Aah a good lesson here,
Author: Andrew Kirch
Posted: 2015-03-17 17:17

Aah a good lesson here, always read the whole MIB! :)

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