# Create the database rrdtool create host1users.rrd --step 300 DS:host1users:GAUGE:600:0:50 \ RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600
# what time is it? perl -e "print time" 1040289824 # Pick some arbitrary times in the future and define a time for each update, with a 300 sec. interval. That is what you chosen when creating the RRD! rrdtool update host1users.rrd 1040290000:18 rrdtool update host1users.rrd 1040290300:20 rrdtool update host1users.rrd 1040290600:22 rrdtool update host1users.rrd 1040290900:25 # rrdtool dump host1users.rrd <snip> <!-- 2002-12-19 10:25:00 CET / 1040289900 --> <row><v> 1.8000000000e+01 </v></row> <!-- 2002-12-19 10:30:00 CET / 1040290200 --> <row><v> 1.9333333333e+01 </v></row> <!-- 2002-12-19 10:35:00 CET / 1040290500 --> <row><v> 2.1333333333e+01 </v></row> <!-- 2002-12-19 10:40:00 CET / 1040290800 --> <row><v> 2.4000000000e+01 </v></row> And they're there. Your DS has a heartbeat of 600 secs. If you update with an interval of little over 10 minutes, your updates are considered not valid. Serge Maandag. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Gahlinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 6:58 PM To: Serge Maandag Cc: [email protected] Subject: rrdtool not working at all Ok this is getting really frustrating, can someone tell me why this doesn't work: rrdtool create host1users.rrd --step 300 DS:host1users:GAUGE:600:0:50 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 then: rrdtool update host1users.rrd N:18 rrdtool update host1users.rrd N:20 rrdtool update host1users.rrd N:22 rrdtool update host1users.rrd N:25 do the updates over a period of 10 minutes, yet rrdtool dump always shows "NaN" Why?? and yes, I've tried these as well: rrdtool create host1users.rrd --step 300 DS:host1users:GAUGE:600:0:50 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:50:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:50:600 rrdtool create host1users.rrd --step 300 DS:host1users:GAUGE:600:0:50 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:50:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:50:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:50:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:5:600 rrdtool create host1users.rrd --step 300 DS:host1users:GAUGE:600:U:U RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 nothing seems to make any difference, what's going on? can someone else test this and make sure I'm not just going crazy ? :) Dan. --There are always possibilities... -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
