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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">in your rrdef.cfg file, Is your key
      correct?  Is the column you are reporting really
      [httpd_threads/15]?  This key is what it matches against your
      column.  If your key is [httpd_threads/15] but the column is
      "httpd_threads" (without the "/15"), then the rrd will be created
      with the default "[]" definition.<br>
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      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Michael Beatty
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      On 02/08/2013 09:06 AM, Nico wrote:<br>
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      Hi,
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      <div>i tried "-s" trick and i also checked the man of rrdcreation
        which made a reference of your suggestion:
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          <div> --step|-s step (default: 300 seconds)</div>
          <div>       Specifies the base interval in seconds with which
            data will be fed into the RRD.</div>
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          </div>
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          <div>i tried to add both in rrddefinitions.cfg :</div>
          <div><br>
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          <div>
            <div>[httpd_threads/15]</div>
            <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>--step
              5</div>
            <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:60:576</div>
            <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:360:576</div>
            <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:576</div>
            <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:17280:576</div>
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          <div>or </div>
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          <div>
            <div>[httpd_threads/15]</div>
            <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-
              s 5</div>
            <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:60:576</div>
            <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:360:576</div>
            <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:576</div>
            <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:17280:576</div>
          </div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>But it doesn't change anything, the RRD file is still
            created with 300.</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>What s wrong ?</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Cheers</div>
          <div>Nico</div>
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            <div>Le 8 févr. 2013 à 14:57, Nico <<a
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                <div>Thanks for answer.</div>
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                <div>I updated the rrddefinitons.cfg with your
                  recommandations :</div>
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                  <div>[httpd_threads/15]</div>
                  <div>        -s 5</div>
                  <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:60:576</div>
                  <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:360:576</div>
                  <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:576</div>
                  <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:17280:576</div>
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                  <div>Then i restarted xymon server (it is needed ? in
                    doubt i did it).</div>
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                  <div>I also deleted the previous RRD file to see how
                    is created a fresh one after the modification:</div>
                  <div><br>
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                    <div><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?></div>
                    <div><!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd</a>"></div>
                    <div><!-- Round Robin Database Dump --></div>
                    <div><rrd></div>
                    <div>        <version>0003</version></div>
                    <div>        <step><b>300</b></step>
                      <!-- Seconds --></div>
                    <div>       
                      <lastupdate>1360331300</lastupdate>
                      <!-- 2013-02-08 14:48:20 CET --></div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>        <ds></div>
                    <div>                <name> threads
                      </name></div>
                    <div>                <type> GAUGE
                      </type></div>
                    <div>                <minimal_heartbeat><b>5</b></minimal_heartbeat></div>
                    <div>                <min>NaN</min></div>
                    <div>                <max>NaN</max></div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>                <!-- PDP Status --></div>
                    <div>               
                      <last_ds>32</last_ds></div>
                    <div>               
                      <value>3.1000000000e+03</value></div>
                    <div>                <unknown_sec> 105
                      </unknown_sec></div>
                    <div>        </ds></div>
                  </div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
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                  <div>Unfortunately, it is still a step of 300.</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>What did i miss ?</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>Thanks again.</div>
                  <div><br>
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                  <div><br>
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                  <div>Cheers</div>
                  <div>Nico</div>
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                    <div>Le 8 févr. 2013 à 14:19, Michael Beatty <<a
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                        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">The 5 in your DS is
                          your heartbeat, not step.<br>
                          <br>
                          Put a -s parameter in rrddefinitions.cfg  ie:<br>
                          <br>
                          [httpd_treads/5]<tt><br>
                                -s 5<br>
                                </tt>RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:60:576
                          <div>       RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:360:576</div>
                          <div>       RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:576</div>
                          <div>       RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:17280:576</div>
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                          This will change your step to 5 seconds. 
                          Note, that you will probably want to change
                          your heartbeat to a value greater than your
                          step.  By setting your heartbeat = step, you
                          are running a probable scenario of missing
                          data.  Your heartbeat should be greater than
                          your step, I'd recommend double, if not
                          triple.<tt><br>
                            <br>
                          </tt>Both step and heartbeat are set when the
                          rrd file is created, you cannot change them on
                          the fly.  If you do not wish to lose existing
                          data, you will need to run "rrdtool tune -h
                          threads:10" to change your heartbeat.   Then,
                          you will need to dump your rrd to a file, edit
                          the xml step with a text editor, then restore
                          your rrd from the edited xml,<br>
                          <br>
                          rrdtool dump httpd_threads.rrd >
                          threads.xml<br>
                          edit the threads.xml setting step to 5<br>
                          rrdtool restore threads.xml httpd_threads.rrd<tt><br>
                            <br>
                          </tt>If you plan on doing this on several
                          hosts, or plan on doing it frequently, I
                          suggest you write a script and utilize the
                          xymon grep utility.... it will make your life
                          considerably easier.<tt><br>
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                          On 02/07/2013 02:59 PM, Nico wrote:<br>
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                          <div>I need to do a temporarily graph with a
                            very low frequency : 5 seconds instead of
                            the regular 300 seconds.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>1/ On client side, the external script is
                            simple:</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>
                            <div>[ buda ext]# cat httpd_threads.sh </div>
                            <div>#!/bin/bash</div>
                            <div>THREADS_HTTP=`ps -ef | grep -c [h]ttpd`</div>
                            <div>LINE="data $MACHINE.trends</div>
                            <div>[httpd_threads.rrd]</div>
                            <div>DS:threads:GAUGE:5:U:U $THREADS_HTTP"</div>
                            <div>$BB $BBDISP "$LINE"</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                          <div>So, as you can see, the step is 5 in the
                            DS.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>clientlaunch.cfg has "INTERVAL 5s".</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>2/ On Xymon server side : </div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>rrddefinitions.cfg  :</div>
                          <div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <div># step = 5 seconds</div>
                              <div>[httpd_threads/5]</div>
                              <div>        # 576 * 60 * 5 sec = 48 h
                                soit 2 jours sans perte</div>
                              <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:60:576</div>
                              <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:360:576</div>
                              <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:576</div>
                              <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:17280:576</div>
                            </div>
                            <div><br>
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                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <div># This one is the default setup. You
                                can change it, if you like.</div>
                              <div>[]</div>
                              <div>        # 576 datapoints w/ 5 minute
                                interval = 48 hours @ 5 min avg.</div>
                              <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:576</div>
                              <div>        # 576 datapoints w/ 6*5
                                minute averaged = 12 days @ 30 min avg.</div>
                              <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:576</div>
                              <div>        # 576 datapoints w/ 24*5
                                minute averaged = 48 days @ 2 hour avg.</div>
                              <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:576</div>
                              <div>        # 576 datapoints w/ 288*5
                                minute averaged = 576 days @ 1 day avg.</div>
                              <div>        RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:576</div>
                            </div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>3/ RRD created:</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>here the issue, the step is still 300.
                              The minimal_heartbeat is 5.</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>rrdtool dump httpd_threads.rrd</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div><?xml version="1.0"
                              encoding="utf-8"?></div>
                            <div><!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "<a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd</a>"></div>
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                              --></div>
                            <div><rrd></div>
                            <div>       
                              <version>0003</version></div>
                            <div>        <step><b>300</b></step>
                              <!-- Seconds --></div>
                            <div>       
                              <lastupdate>1360264485</lastupdate>
                              <!-- 2013-02-07 20:14:45 CET --></div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>        <ds></div>
                            <div>                <name> threads
                              </name></div>
                            <div>                <type> GAUGE
                              </type></div>
                            <div>               
                              <minimal_heartbeat>5</minimal_heartbeat</div>
                          </div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>--- snip ---</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>How can i change the step to 5 instead of
                            300 ?</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>Thanks for your help.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>Cheers</div>
                          <div>Nico</div>
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