On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Steve Robb wrote: > Justin, > > You need to 'rrdtool dump rrdfile.rrd > rrdfile.xml' to create something to > work with and then add in the new variables that you want to start > collecting data for. Once it's the way you want, you do a 'rrdtool restore > rrdfile.xml rrdfile.rrd' and the data is imported back in.
Has anyone ever gotten add_ds.pl to work? I've tried adding another DS with it a dozen different ways and haven't gotten any to work. The last was with ./add_ds.pl SENDMAIL_MSGID 0 GAUGE 600 NaN NaN < spam2.xml > spam2-out.xml >From looking at the xml dump and the add_ds.pl usage, that appears to be the correct info and syntax. Everytime I run it the DS I was trying to add wasn't included in the output. I've tried editing the xml by copy, cutting and uncutting exact copies of the existing <ds> entries and only changing the name and setting the <value> (to 0). Whenever I try to restore the rrd, it says it can't find the <ds>. Do I have to create any of the other lines in the xml file (difficult since I haven't got a clue what they are :()? I'm rather lost. Is there an easy way to add a DS to an existing rrd? Starting over scratch with a new rrd each time I need to add something isn't going to be very feasible if this ever makes it to production. :( Thanks Justin -- 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
