Script to update ifAlias/ifDescr title via cron

bsdboy · Cacti User Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 69

So I've got about 3k worth of switchports that the name changes from time to time. I've asked in the general forum if this feature/script was available without manually going in and "ReApplying Suggested Names" and was directed to the feature request forum.

Would be great to have a utility that we could add to cron and forget

thanks!

Linegod · Developer Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 502 Location: Canada

poller_reindex_hosts.php and rebuild_poller_cache.php should do what you need.

bsdboy · Cacti User Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 69

Great, I'll give it a go!

aleu · Cacti User Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 108

gandalf · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject:

What happens, if you reindex a single host using the script?
Reinhard

pokai · Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

I have problem too.

I can use poller_reindex_hosts.php and rebuild_poller_cache.php to update ifAlias.
But if I remove Description(ifAlias) on switch and update it. I suppose the title will become such as "lab-sw - Traffic - Fa0/6" , but it become "lab-sw - Traffic - Fa0/6 -|query_ifAlias|".

If I click "Reapply Suggested Names" manually, this problem will be fixed.
But how can I fix this problem not by hand?

TheWitness · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:50 am Post subject:

That's easy, write a script. Let's see how much energy I have this morning.....

TheWitness

TheWitness · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:16 am Post subject:

This might work. I have not debugged. If you find any syntax errors, repost

TheWitness

pokai · Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

It works with little bug.

The error message as below.

Notice: Undefined variable: filter in /usr/share/cacti/site/poller_graphs_reapply_names.php on line 84

claymation · Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Atlanta, GA

Running the script seems to have *removed* all of the ifAlias names from my graph titles!

I had just edited the graph template title to include |query_ifAlias| and was faced with the prospect of manually reapplying suggested names to thousands of interfaces, so I figured I'd give this script a go. But not only has the script removed the ifAlias names from the few interfaces that had them, now manually reapplying suggested names on a handful of interfaces does not add the ifAlias port description.

Could you describe what api_reapply_suggested_graph_title() actually does, and why the graph titles aren't just generated dynamically every time the graph is rendered?

Thanks!

Clay

TheWitness · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:42 am Post subject:

It takes the "most" appropriate suggested name from the data query definition and renames the graphs. It does "EXACTLY" what the user interface does. So, you must have done something else.

TheWitness

claymation · Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Atlanta, GA

uno · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 8

gandalf · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:44 am Post subject:

Please verify using current 087a release. Sould be fine, now. Else, please file a bug as given by http://www.cacti.net/bugs.php
Reinhard

thierry.chich · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 24

I have small problems to try the solutions given here:
find / -name poller_graphs_reapply_names.php
or find / -name poller_reindex_hosts.php
is giving nothing to me.

I use Version 0.8.7b of cacti coming form the lenny package.

Is there a new soltion to this problem ?