• Install MRTG.
• Configure MRTG.
• Use MRTG to monitor networks.

What is MRTG?
Network monitoring, review of SNMP. What MRTG does do, what MRTG doesn't do, MRTG architecture, MRTG components. Hands on: configuring SNMP support on network devices, configuring extended SNMP support on Windows.

Installing MRTG
Installing Perl, installing MRTG, UNIX platform, Microsoft platform, HTTP server. Hands on: Installing MRTG, a simple MRTG example.

MRTG tasks
Configuring MRTG tasks, .cfg files, index.html files, running MRTG tasks, instances. Hands on: Configuring and running MRTG tasks.

MRTG graphs
Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, MRTG database support, RRDTOOL. Hands on: MRTG graphs.

Using MRTG
MRTG examples, custom SNMP OIDs, using the MRTG configuration reference. Hands on: MRTG examples.

RRDTOOL
Installing RRD database support, MRTG instances with the RRD database, RRD database structure, resizing and extending the database. Exporting database records into plain text and XML formats, on demand MRTG graphs using the database. Hands on: Using MRTG with RRD database support.

Alternatives to MRTG
MRTG strengths and weaknesses, scalability, cricket, cacti, other SNMP tools.