rrd "illegal attempt to update using time" error

Robin Wood dninja at gmail.com
Thu Aug 16 22:35:20 CEST 2007


Hi
While trying to solve my other problem I came across this in the
rrd-status.log file:

2007-08-16 20:34:40 RRD error updating
/usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from
127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729288
0 when last update time is 1187292880 (minimum one second step)
2007-08-16 20:39:41 RRD error updating
/usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.conn.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal
attempt to update using time 1187293181 when last u
pdate time is 1187293181 (minimum one second step)
2007-08-16 20:39:41 RRD error updating
/usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from
127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729318
1 when last update time is 1187293181 (minimum one second step)
2007-08-16 20:39:41 RRD error updating
/usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from
127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729318
1 when last update time is 1187293181 (minimum one second step)
2007-08-16 20:44:42 RRD error updating
/usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.conn.rrd from 127.0.0.1: illegal
attempt to update using time 1187293482 when last u
pdate time is 1187293482 (minimum one second step)
2007-08-16 20:44:42 RRD error updating
/usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from
127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729348
2 when last update time is 1187293482 (minimum one second step)
2007-08-16 20:44:42 RRD error updating
/usr/lib/hobbit/data/rrd/devsite/tcp.http.xxxxxxx.dev,.rrd from
127.0.0.1: illegal attempt to update using time 118729348
2 when last update time is 1187293482 (minimum one second step)

I assume that whatever is calling rrd is running too quickly and so
calling it in the same tick rather than waiting one before doing it.

Can this be fixed?

Robin



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