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Loaded MRTG, followed as many how-tos as I could get my hands on, configured a WMI script, and all I get was:

C:\Program Files\mrtg-2.16.0\bin>perl mrtg mrtgwmi.cfg
Daemonizing MRTG …
Do Not close this window. Or MRTG will die
2009-12-17 13:06:38: ERROR: Target[my.monitor][_IN_] ‘cscript //nologo mymonitor.vbs myserver’ (kill): Search pattern not terminated at (eval 18) line 1.
2009-12-17 13:06:38: ERROR: Target[my.monitor][_OUT_] ‘cscript //nologo mymonitor.vbs myserver’ (kill): Search pattern not terminated at (eval 19) line 1.
Terminating on signal SIGINT(2)

Turns out in my config, the line calling the script:
cscript //nologo “c:\program files\mrtg-2.16.0\scripts\mymonitor.vbs” myserver

I wasn’t wrapping it in the right apostrophe. The line should read:

Target[my.monitor]: `cscript //nologo “c:\program files\mrtg-2.16.0\scripts\mymonitor.vbs” myserver`

Using the apostrophe left of the 1 (`) and NOT the apostrophe next to the return key (‘) . I love perl, really.

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