[rrd-users] updating rrd file with ping min, max and avg times in milliseconds

[Devante Vargas]

Thank you I got it now :) appreciate the help.

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>
wrote:

> Devante Vargas <devantev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I created the rrd file using the following parameters:
> >
> > rrdtool.exe create latency.rrd
> > --start now
> > DS:response:GAUGE:600:U:U
> > RRA:MIN:0.5:12:8760
> > RRA:MAX:0.5:12:8760
> > RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:12:8760
> >
> > I am trying to update it but having problems getting the following error:
> >
> > "ERROR: latency.rrd: found extra data on update argument: 0.40:0.88:0.73"
>
> That's because you are offering 3 values to an RRD that's configured to
> take only one.
>
> > I am typing the following to update the rrd file:
> >
> > rrdtool update latency.rrd 08/10/2015_11:33:0.40:0.88:0.73
> >
> > 0.40 = Minimum
> > 0.88 = Maximum
> > 0.73 =  Average
>
> It doesn't work like that. If you want to record the min/avg/max values
> from a ping then you need to define THREE DSs, eg response_min,
> response_avg, response_max
> You can then define your RRAs as required. You cannot be selective about
> this, so you will end up with all 9 permutations of min of min, min of avg,
> min of max, avg of min, ... Only three of these (min of min, avg of avg,
> max of max) are actually useful.
>
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