[smokeping-users] RRD parameter mismatch - Wrong value of step

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Julian,

Yesterday Julian wrote:

> Hi Tobi,
>
> Nope, there is nothing to do with rrdjig. I'm not trying to save the old files, so I dont need to convert them with rrdjig.
> My problem is that I can not even start the Smokeping.
>
> I created just one FPing Probe and one Target to a LAN router... just for a test.
> I executed  "# ./smokeping --debug" 2  times with a clean data directory on first command time.
> This is the result:
>
>
> # ./smokeping --debug
> ### Compiling alert detector pattern 'someloss'
> ### >0%,*12*,>0%,*12*,>0%
> sub {............ removed as non important (I assume)}
>
> Calling RRDs::create(/usr/local/smokeping/var/data/HSI/Router.rrd --start 1318919609 --step 300 DS:uptime:GAUGE:600:0:U DS:loss:GAUGE:600:0:5 DS:median:GAUGE:600:0:180 DS:ping1:GAUGE:600:0:180 DS:ping2:GAUGE:600:0:180 DS:ping3:GAUGE:600:0:180 DS:ping4:GAUGE:600:0:180 DS:ping5:GAUGE:600:0:180 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:1008 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:12:4320 RRA:MIN:0.5:12:4320 RRA:MAX:0.5:12:4320 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:144:720 RRA:MAX:0.5:144:720 RRA:MIN:0.5:144:720)
> Smokeping version 2.004002 successfully launched.
> Not entering multiprocess mode with '--debug'. Use '--debug-daemon' for that.
> FPing: probing 1 targets with step 300 s and offset 54 s.
> FPing: Executing /usr/local/sbin/fping -C 5 -q -B1 -r1 -t10000 -i10 192.168.1.1
> FPing: Got fping output: '192.168.1.1 : 4.20 2.29 2.66 6.27 2.26'
> Calling RRDs::update(/usr/local/smokeping/var/data/HSI/Router.rrd --template uptime:loss:median:ping1:ping2:ping3:ping4:ping5 1318919624:U:0:2.6600000000e-03:2.2600000000e-03:2.2900000000e-03:2.6600000000e-03:4.2000000000e-03:6.2700000000e-03)
> #
> # ./smokeping --debug
> ### Compiling alert detector pattern 'someloss'
> ### >0%,*12*,>0%,*12*,>0%
> sub {............ removed as non important (I assume)}
>
> Error: RRD parameter mismatch ('Wrong value of step: /usr/local/smokeping/var/data/HSI/Router.rrd has 621503053589119276, create string has 300'). You must delete /usr/local/smokeping/var/data/HSI/Router.rrd or fix the configuration parameters.
> #

hmmm the error comes from

Smokeping::RRDtools

what output do you get from

rrdtool info Router.rrd

cheers
tobi

>
> I cant figure out where from the RRD parameter  621503053589119276 is coming.
>
> Any ideas on how to get rid of this error will be really appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Julian
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tobias Oetiker" <tobi at oetiker.ch>
> To: "Julian" <julian04ca at yahoo.ca>
> Cc: "G.W. Haywood" <ged at jubileegroup.co.uk>; <smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 5:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [smokeping-users] RRD parameter mismatch - Wrong value of step
>
>
> > Hi Julian,
> >
> > to 'convert' a file from one stepping to another, you may want to
> > look at the rrdjig tool
> >
> > cheers
> > tobi
> >
> > Today Julian wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Ged,
> >>
> >> This is quite an interesting approach.
> >> Let me see what I can  get from the 2 files, as you suggested.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Julian
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "G.W. Haywood" <ged at jubileegroup.co.uk>
> >> To: "Julian" <julian04ca at yahoo.ca>
> >> Cc: <smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch>
> >> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:50 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [smokeping-users] RRD parameter mismatch - Wrong value of step
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi there,
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Julian wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> ...I just did a fresh install of Smokeping 2.4.2 on Solaris 10.I
> >> >> hope someone can give me a hint on how to fix this error: Error: RRD
> >> >> parameter mismatch ('Wrong value of step: ...  You must delete
> >> >> /usr/local/smokeping/var/data/DNS/NWT/ns2_interwest.rrd or fix the
> >> >> configuration parameters.
> >> >
> >> > I suggest that you rename the file (rather than delete it as the error
> >> > message itself suggests) and let Smokeping do what it will.  My guess
> >> > is that it will create a new file with the same name.  When you have
> >> > the two files, you can use RRDtool to look for the differences in the
> >> > parameters.  That might tell the authors something - or they may know
> >> > already what it is you're looking for.  Unfortunately I don't.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> > 73,
> >> > Ged.
> >>
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