Logon to your Linux Cacti server with root privileges.
Make sure you've got the subversion client installed:
yum install subversion
Checkout the latest version of the source files containing the wmic command:
svn checkout http://dev.zenoss.org/svn/trunk/wmi/Samba/source
Change into the source directory:
cd source
Run the
autogen
script to generate theconfigure
script:./autogen.sh
Run configure:
./configure
After the command finishes you can run the
make
all
command to compile all necessary binaries:make all
This will create the
bin
directory. Change into it:cd bin
Look for the
wmic
binary file and run it:# ls -l wmic -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6908608 Oct 17 18:28 wmic # ./wmic --version Version 4.0.0tp4-SVN-build-21646
Copy the
wmic
binary to/usr/local/bin
:cp wmic /usr/local/bin
Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide
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Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide
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Overview of this book
Cacti is a performance measurement tool that provides easy methods and functions for gathering and graphing system data. You can use Cacti to develop a robust event management system that can alert on just about anything you would like it to. But to do that, you need to gain a solid understanding of the basics of Cacti, its plugin architecture, and automation concepts.
Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide will introduce you to the wide variety of features of Cacti and will guide you on how to use them for maximum effectiveness. Advanced topics like the plugin architecture and Cacti automation using the command-line interface will help you build a professional performance measurement system.Designed as a beginner's guide, the book starts off with the basics of installing and using Cacti, and also covers the advanced topics that will show you how to customize and extend the core Cacti functionalities. The book offers essential tutorials for creating advanced graphs and using plugins to create enterprise-class reports to show your customers and colleagues.
From data templates to input methods and plugin installation to creating your own customized plugins, this book provides you with a rich selection of step-by-step instructions to reach your goals. It covers all you need to know to implement professional performance measurement techniques with Cacti and ways to fully customize Cacti to fit your needs.
By the end of the book, you will be able to implement and extend Cacti to monitor, display, and report the performance of your network exactly the way you want.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Cacti 0.8Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Installing Cacti
Using Graphs to Monitor Networks and Devices
Creating and Using Templates
User Management
Data Management
Cacti Maintenance
Network and Server Monitoring
Plugin Architecture
Plugins
Threshold Monitoring with Thold
Enterprise Reporting
Cacti Automation for NOC
Mobile Access / Administration
Online Resources
Further Information
Pop Quiz Answers
Index
Customer Reviews