[rrd-users] Reversed values

[Marc T. Kaplan]

Andy,

   I orginally had done that and set them to GAUGE but the database
constantly returned NAN or UNKN values, until I changed it to DERIVE and it
worked.... I will rebuild the RRD and try it again.

On Dec 3, 2007 11:29 AM, Andy Riebs <andy.riebs at hp.com> wrote:

> Marc,
>
> If the data that you are gathering are the total number of current users
> on a set of systems, for example, you probably want to use "GAUGE"
> instead of "DERIVE" in your rrd.  DERIVE (and "COUNTER", for that
> matter) both assume numbers that should constantly increase.
>
> hth!
> /andy
>
> On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 15:25 +0000, Marc T. Kaplan wrote:
> > Andy,
> >
> >
> >    You are right, I was not sure if it was a specific issue or general
> > given RRDtools. I posted parts of the script you referenced in your
> > reply below. I have run different values and tried reading up on RRD
> > to understand it better, given the specific database I am trying to
> > create. This is more or less a project that I was thrown into head
> > first and I am still trying to understand everything related to RRD.
> > If you see anything specific regarding the data below please tell me
> > what might be wrong.
> >
> >
> ******************************************************************************
> >
> >                 rrdtool create $rrd_dir/usr.rrd -s 86400 \
> > DS:alpha:DERIVE:172800:U:U DS:delta:DERIVE:172800:U:U
> > DS:eta:DERIVE:172800:U:U DS:epsilon:DERIVE:172800:U:U \
> > DS:gamma:DERIVE:172800:U:U DS:iota:DERIVE:172800:U:U
> > DS:kappa:DERIVE:172800:U:U DS:lambda:DERIVE:172800:U:U \
> > DS:omega:DERIVE:172800:U:U DS:theta:DERIVE:172800:U:U
> > DS:xi:DERIVE:172800:U:U DS:zeta:DERIVE:172800:U:U \
> >                         RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:2:90; \
> >
> >
> ******************************************************************************
> >
> > alpha=$(grep alpha $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > delta=$(grep delta $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > eta=$(grep ' eta' $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > epsilon=$(grep epsilon $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > gamma=$(grep gamma $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > iota=$(grep iota $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > kappa=$(grep kappa $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > lambda=$(grep lambda $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > omega=$(grep omega $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > theta=$(grep theta $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > xi=$(grep xi $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}') \
> > zeta=$(grep zeta $fileloc | awk -F': ' '{print $2}')
> >
> > rrdtool update $rrd_dir/usr.rrd N:$alpha:$delta:$eta:$epsilon:$gamma:
> > $iota:$kappa:$lambda:$omega:$theta:$xi:$zeta;
> >
> >
> *****************************************************************************
> >
> > rrdtool graph usr.rrd.gif --title="Users per server" \
> > --start -1m  \
> > --vertical-label=Users \
> > --alt-autoscale \
> > --units-length 10 \
> > --units-exponent 0 \
> > DEF:pta=usr.rrd:alpha:AVERAGE LINE1:pta#000000:Alpha \
> > DEF:ptd=usr.rrd:delta:AVERAGE LINE1:ptd#151B54:Delta \
> > DEF:pte=usr.rrd:eta:AVERAGE LINE1:pte#463E41:Eta \
> > DEF:ptep=usr.rrd:epsilon:AVERAGE LINE1:ptep#800517:Epsilon \
> > DEF:ptg=usr.rrd:gamma:AVERAGE LINE1:ptg#8E35EF:Gamma \
> > DEF:pti=usr.rrd:iota:AVERAGE LINE1:pti#F778A1:Iota \
> > DEF:ptk=usr.rrd:kappa:AVERAGE LINE1:ptk#6698FF:Kappa \
> > DEF:ptl=usr.rrd:lambda:AVERAGE LINE1:ptl#667C26:Lambda \
> > DEF:pto=usr.rrd:omega:AVERAGE LINE1:pto#87F717:Omega \
> > DEF:ptt=usr.rrd:theta:AVERAGE LINE1:ptt#FFFC17:Theta \
> > DEF:ptx=usr.rrd:xi:AVERAGE LINE1:ptx#C47451:Xi \
> > DEF:ptz=usr.rrd:zeta:AVERAGE LINE1:ptz#806517:Zeta
> >
> >
> > On Dec 3, 2007 10:18 AM, Andy Riebs <andy.riebs at hp.com> wrote:
> >         Marc,
> >
> >         "Reversed values" is not the norm :)
> >
> >         It would help to send along the commands you are using the
> >         create the
> >         graph, and, perhaps, the commands that you are using to store
> >         the data.
> >
> >         /andy
> >
> >
> >         On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 15:11 +0000, Marc T. Kaplan wrote:
> >         > Hello all,
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >     Just a quick question, I have gotten my RRD setup and it
> >         is
> >         > running and storing correctly but upon graphing the data I
> >         am
> >         > receiving data that is a bit strange. It seems that
> >         everything is
> >         > getting graphed in reverse, that is that everything is
> >         showing as a
> >         > negative when it should be positive. Is there anything
> >         specific I
> >         > should look up or do to change the values so they are
> >         plotted
> >         > correctly?
> >
> >         --
> >         Andy Riebs,     HP High Performance Computing R&D
> >                     Technology for better business outcomes
> >         Linux Software,      <http://www.hp.com/go/clusters>
> >         Catalyst Program,   <http://www.hp.com/go/catalysts>
> >         (w) +1.603.884.1521, andy.riebs at hp.com
> >         (h) andy at candooz.com
> >         My opinions are not necessarily those of HP
> >
> >
> --
> Andy Riebs,     HP High Performance Computing R&D
>             Technology for better business outcomes
> Linux Software,      <http://www.hp.com/go/clusters>
> Catalyst Program,   <http://www.hp.com/go/catalysts>
> (w) +1.603.884.1521, andy.riebs at hp.com
> (h) andy at candooz.com
> My opinions are not necessarily those of HP
>
>
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