rrdtoolutility --------------- I'm not responsible of use of this software. You can use it at your own risk. You can free distribute this software and if you are interested to sources can ask for they to me. rrdtool.exe is a utility of Tobias Oetiker [www.rrdtool.org] rrdtoolutility.exe is a utility of andrea lisci [andrelisci@tiscalinet.it] bye sorry for bad english... :-) If you don't know nothing of rrdtool you can learn everything at www.rrdtool.org What is it? ------------ Rrdtoolutility is a utility that counts the connections FTP,HTTP,SMTP,POP3 and put them in a round robin database using rrdtool. Rrdtoolutility run under Windows NT systems and is used to interface rrdtool without SNMP utilities and without Perl. How it works? ------------- Rrdtoolutility works counting the established server connections of the computer by checking a outputfile generated with netstat Windows NT utility. Rrdtoolutility can be used also to print the connections of the server on video. for example: "rrdtoolutility.bat . c: [HTTP.FTP] video" prints the HTTP and FTP connections on video "rrdtoolutility.bat . c: [POP3.SMTP] video" prints the POP3 and SMTP connection on video for to interface rrdtoolutility with rrdtool, the last parameter must be configured with fillrrd for example "rrdtoolutility.bat test.rrd c: [HTTP.FTP] fillrrd" register in the round robin database "test.rrd" the current established connections HTTP and FTP of the computer. How can I use rrdtoolutility to draw graphics of my connections in real time? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The file "rrdtoolutility.bat" is configured to draw 3 graphics with last4hours,daily and weekly statistics. However you can configure it how you want. For to get a realtime graph of your connections you must run the utility on a schedule task. The frequency under with it must be called is choosen with the design of the round robin database you create. The exaple test.rrd can be updated every 5 minutes. Files description ---------------- rrdtoolutility.exe core of the utility rrdtoolutility.bat the script to launch that fill the round robin database and draw the graphics draw.bat the script that configure the output of the graphics test.rrd a round robin database for your tests index.html the html page that call the drawn graphics rrdtool.exe the rrdtool utility readme.txt this documentation file