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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is 1.2.30 on Windows with PERL 5.10..........<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I have a RRD which records power usage every 5 mins into several GAUGE DS. It has 2 RRA&#8217;s one recording the average every 5 mins for a year and the other the average every hour for about 5 &nbsp;years. I have about 9 months data in the RRD (I hope).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I&#8217;m hoping I&#8217;ve set this up right..........<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Step = 300 (5 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RRA for years data = 105120 rows with one 1 PDP per row (12 PDP per hr * 24 * 365 = 105120)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RRA for 10 yrs = 43800 rows with 12 PDP per row (1&nbsp; PDP per hr * 24 * 365 * 10 = 43800)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Output from rrdinfo below..........<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>filename = &quot;kwh.rrd&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rrd_version = &quot;0003&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>step = 300<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>last_update = 1292430224<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[graze_0].type = &quot;GAUGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[graze_0].minimal_heartbeat = 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[graze_0].min = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[graze_0].max = 6.0000000000e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[graze_0].last_ds = &quot;9075&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[graze_0].value = 2.0331834278e+006<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[graze_0].unknown_sec = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[edctr_0].type = &quot;GAUGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[edctr_0].minimal_heartbeat = 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[edctr_0].min = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[edctr_0].max = 6.0000000000e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[edctr_0].last_ds = &quot;8843&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[edctr_0].value = 1.9812056256e+006<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[edctr_0].unknown_sec = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[hall_0].type = &quot;GAUGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[hall_0].minimal_heartbeat = 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[hall_0].min = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[hall_0].max = 6.0000000000e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[hall_0].last_ds = &quot;22572&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[hall_0].value = 5.0570816896e+006<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[hall_0].unknown_sec = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_0].type = &quot;GAUGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_0].minimal_heartbeat = 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_0].min = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_0].max = 6.0000000000e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_0].last_ds = &quot;U&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_0].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_0].unknown_sec = 224<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_1].type = &quot;GAUGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_1].minimal_heartbeat = 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_1].min = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_1].max = 6.0000000000e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_1].last_ds = &quot;U&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_1].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[it_1].unknown_sec = 224<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[shop_0].type = &quot;GAUGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[shop_0].minimal_heartbeat = 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[shop_0].min = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[shop_0].max = 6.0000000000e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[shop_0].last_ds = &quot;5047&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[shop_0].value = 1.1307412408e+006<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[shop_0].unknown_sec = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[encounter_0].type = &quot;GAUGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[encounter_0].minimal_heartbeat = 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[encounter_0].min = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[encounter_0].max = 6.0000000000e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[encounter_0].last_ds = &quot;41800&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[encounter_0].value = 9.3649660918e+006<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[encounter_0].unknown_sec = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[penguins_0].type = &quot;GAUGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[penguins_0].minimal_heartbeat = 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[penguins_0].min = 0.0000000000e+000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[penguins_0].max = 2.0000000000e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[penguins_0].last_ds = &quot;9474&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[penguins_0].value = 2.1225762860e+006<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds[penguins_0].unknown_sec = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cf = &quot;AVERAGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].rows = 105120<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cur_row = 32306<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].pdp_per_row = 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].xff = 5.0000000000e-001<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[0].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[1].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[2].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[3].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[3].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[4].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[4].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[5].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[5].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[6].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[6].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[7].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[0].cdp_prep[7].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cf = &quot;AVERAGE&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].rows = 43800<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cur_row = 2691<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].pdp_per_row = 12<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].xff = 5.0000000000e-001<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[0].value = 4.6314812751e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[1].value = 3.5581788458e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[2].value = 9.1144245894e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[3].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[3].unknown_datapoints = 4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[4].value = NaN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[4].unknown_datapoints = 4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[5].value = 2.0281055205e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[5].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[6].value = 1.6542493724e+005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[6].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[7].value = 3.8811111275e+004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rra[1].cdp_prep[7].unknown_datapoints = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The&nbsp; data appears to be stored ok and I get correct graphs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>However I&#8217;ve been asked to extract raw data for the period 1<sup>st</sup> July to 2<sup>nd</sup> Aug for this year....... I&#8217;m using the following command<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rrdtool xport -s Jul_1 -e Aug_2 &nbsp;DEF:graze=kwh.rrd:graze_0:AVERAGE XPORT:graze:graze<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This runs ok and if I feed the epoch figure into a converter I have the right time period ..... sample of output below.....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>graze:7200<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>step: 7200<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;ISO-8859-1&quot;?&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&lt;xport&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; &lt;meta&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;start&gt;1278000000&lt;/start&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;step&gt;7200&lt;/step&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;end&gt;1280757600&lt;/end&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;rows&gt;384&lt;/rows&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;columns&gt;1&lt;/columns&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;legend&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;entry&gt;graze&lt;/entry&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/legend&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; &lt;/meta&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; &lt;data&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278000000&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;NaN&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278007200&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;1.6631307823e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278014400&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;1.4868084028e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278021600&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;1.3574603671e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278028800&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;1.4914907069e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278036000&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;1.5151102869e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278043200&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;1.5472715407e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278050400&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;1.5544548597e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278057600&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;2.3881742197e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278064800&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;4.7964865868e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278072000&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;4.7905541709e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278079200&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;4.1197159846e+004&lt;/v&gt;&lt;/row&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;row&gt;&lt;t&gt;1278086400&lt;/t&gt;&lt;v&gt;3.1101457296e+004&lt;/v&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The problem is I was hoping to get the data out from the 5 min RRA and this seems to be every 2 hours (7200 step)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I tried &#8211;step 300 in the command with no change in the output<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Any guidance as to what I&#8217;m doing wrong would be welcome............<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004000'>Dave Whitehead&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004000'>IT &amp; Telecomms Manager&nbsp;|&nbsp;Marwell&nbsp;Wildlife&nbsp;|&nbsp;Colden&nbsp;Common&nbsp;|&nbsp;Winchester&nbsp;|&nbsp;SO21&nbsp;1JH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#004000'>(</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004000'>&nbsp;Direct:&nbsp;+44&nbsp;(0)1962&nbsp;777930&nbsp;|&nbsp;Mob:&nbsp;+44&nbsp;(0)7881 408657&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#004000'>+</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004000'> &nbsp;<a href="mailto:davew@marwell.org.uk"><span style='color:blue'>davew@marwell.org.uk</span></a>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#004000'>:</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004000'>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.marwell.org.uk/"><span style='color:blue'>www.marwell.org.uk</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div>
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