I think something like this should work: rrdtool tune my_metrics.rrd --data-source-type name_of_DS:COUNTER
That's 100% untested, and you should make backups of your files, of course. You'll need to figure out the names of the DS entries, which you can get from 'rrdtool info my_metrics.rrd' On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Silver, Jonathan <jonathan.sil...@unify.com> wrote: > You are correct - the rrds files do have type GAUGE. > Some of these metrics are actually coming from jmxtrans - which has no > capability to set the "type of value". > > I cannot figure out the command within rrdtool to change from a gauge to a > counter - how do I do this? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jesse Becker [mailto:haw...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 11:47 AM > To: Silver, Jonathan > Cc: Ganglia > Subject: Re: [Ganglia-general] Is there a way to Display deltas for metrics > > Sounds like you have the RRD files set as a "GAUGE" when they should be a > "COUNTER". You could try using rrdtool to fix this on the fly. > > If you are using gmetric to send metrics, have a look at the "--slope" > option. This is used when creating RRD files for the first time to set the > metric (i.e. GAUGE, COUNTER, etc). > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Silver, Jonathan <jonathan.sil...@unify.com> > wrote: >> Some of the metrics that we are collecting are totals since the system >> rebooted. >> That is not very interesting and it becomes a huge number that shows >> (percentage-wise) little change over time. >> >> Is there some way to change ganglia to display the change of this metric >> instead of it value without changing the collector itself? >> >> Thanks, >> Jonathan >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- >> Infragistics Professional >> Build stunning WinForms apps today! >> Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. >> Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg. >> clktrk _______________________________________________ >> Ganglia-general mailing list >> Ganglia-general@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general > > > > -- > Jesse Becker -- Jesse Becker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Ganglia-general mailing list Ganglia-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general
