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You create an MRTG config file to poll for CPU load on a device. When you run mrtg you get errors similar to that below:

Rateup ERROR: /usr/bin/rateup found server.cpu's log file was corrupt
or not in sorted order:
time: 1263993300.Rateup WARNING: /usr/bin/rateup The backup log file for server.cpu was invalid as well
WARNING: rateup died from Signal 0
with Exit Value 1 when doing router 'server.cpu'
Signal was 0, Returncode was 1

This may be because you have only specified one MIB value. MRTG assumes there will be two values (e.g. Tx and Rx). You can get around this problem by specifying the same value twice. MRTG will then superimpose one on the other. For example:

Target[server.cpu]: .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.5.1&.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.5.1:public@192.168.100.1:

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