Hello. Is this file located on a NFS share ? Usually this error occurs when accessing RRD files located on a NFS mounted filesystem.
If it is coming from a NFS mounted filesystem you have to talk to your administrator to fix the NFS locking. HTH, Andreas. On 10/05/11 19:59, Caio Brentano wrote: > Hello all > > I'm facing a lock problem in my software... > Sometimes, when the script tries to update a file, it return this message: > "could not lock RRD". > > If I make a copy of the file, I can update it normally! > So, while I don't discover what is the problem, I'm doing this: > > $ cp file.rrd file.rrd.new > $ rrdtool update file.rrd.new <DATA> > $ mv file.rrd.new file.rrd > > I'm using python 2.4, python-rrdtool-1.4.5 and rrdtool-1.4.5. > > Does anyone have faced any similiar issue? > > Regards > -- > Caio Brentano > > > _______________________________________________ > rrd-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/rrd-users -- Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Maus science+computing ag System Administration Hagellocher Weg 73 tel.: +49 7071 9457 671 72070 Tuebingen, Germany fax: +49 7071 9457 411 www.science-computing.de -- Vorstand/Board of Management: Dr. Bernd Finkbeiner, Dr. Roland Niemeier, Dr. Arno Steitz, Dr. Ingrid Zech Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats/ Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Philippe Miltin Sitz/Registered Office: Tuebingen Registergericht/Registration Court: Stuttgart Registernummer/Commercial Register No.: HRB 382196 _______________________________________________ rrd-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/rrd-users
