In message <A10E03C9E3F97E4CB33471F96A6F6BEE016C3870 at EXC2K02CLU.mgen.fij>, "FIGARO Nicolas" writes: }Hi all, }> -----Message d'origine----- }> De : gendalia at iastate.edu [mailto:gendalia at iastate.edu] }> Envoy=E9 : jeudi 8 septembre 2005 00:18 }> =C0 : hobbit at hswn.dk }> Objet : [hobbit] error creating rrd DS (invalid DS name) }> }> }> }> I guess I missed something trying to add data collection for }> a test I created. }> }> The test sends data like so: }> -------- }> afs-6,iastate,edu.afs green Wed Sep 7 16:42:25 CDT 2005 }> Instance fs, currently running normally. }> Auxiliary status is: file server running. &green }> calls waiting: 0 &green }> -------- }> }> I added ",afs=ncv" to the end of TEST2RRD and }> NCV_afs="Auxiliarystatusis=NONE,callswaiting=GAUGE" }> in hobbitserver.cfg }> }> I get this in rrd-status.log: }> 2005-09-07 15:41:21 RRD error creating=20 }> /usr/pkg/hobbit/data/rrd/afs-6.iastate.edu/afs.rrd: Invalid DS name }> }> As hobbit, I can touch this file to create it. Any ideas? }> Where are the constraints on DS names listed? }The constraints are in the rrdcreate doc : }http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/doc/rrdcreate.en.html } }There is a debug option (--debug) to most hobbit programs, so you can }add this flag in hobbitlaunch.cfg and see if you get more infos }about the rrdcreate. } }In the hobbitd/do_rrd.c, you can find the error message at this line = }(around line 143 in my snaphsot): }errprintf("RRD error creating %s: %s\n", filedir, rrd_get_error()); } }The error comes from the rrd_create two lines above. } }And the "if (debug)" block beginning at line 128 shows the rrdcreate }parameters } }Hope this'll help. I think it was helpful. With the above check: 2005-09-08 19:36:23 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 234863 @@status#234863|1126226183.971210|129.186.1.96||afs-6.iastate.edu|afs|1126227983|green||green|1125634585|0||0| 2005-09-08 19:36:23 Creating rrd /usr/pkg/hobbit/data/rrd/afs-6.iastate.edu/afs.rrd 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 00: 'rrdcreate' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 01: '/usr/pkg/hobbit/data/rrd/afs-6.iastate.edu/afs.rrd' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 02: 'DS:Instancefscurrently:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 03: 'DS:ileserverrunninggre:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 04: 'DS:green:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 05: 'DS::DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 06: 'DS:essages:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 07: 'DS:Pages:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 08: 'DS:TIMESPENTEventStart:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 09: 'DS::DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 10: 'DS:mpleted273hosts1126:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 11: 'DS::DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 12: 'DS:obbitdclient19299S0:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 13: 'DS:bbtestnetreportping:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 14: 'DS:vmstat300220235I0:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 15: 'DS:shcvmstat30021usrpk:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 16: 'DS:vmstat300222431S0:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 17: 'DS:binshusrpkghobbitse:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 18: 'DS:hobbitdpidfile:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 19: 'DS:varloghobbithobbitd:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 20: 'DS:usrpkghobbitservert:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 21: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPcco:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 22: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 23: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 24: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 25: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 26: 'DS::DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 27: 'DS:rrddir:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 28: 'DS:usrpkghobbitd22068I:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 29: 'DS:usrpkgsbinhttpd2254:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 30: 'DS:hobbitdchannelchann:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 31: 'DS:atalog:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 32: 'DS:varloghobbitrrddata:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 33: 'DS:usrpkghobbitdata233:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 34: 'DS:usrpkgsbinhttpd2472:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 35: 'DS:hobbitdchannelchann:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 36: 'DS:tachglog:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 37: 'DS:varloghobbithistory:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 38: 'DS:usrpkgsbinhttpd2544:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 39: 'DS:shcvmstat30021usrpk:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 40: 'DS:vmstat300226693Is0:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 41: 'DS:usrsbinnamed28245R9:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 42: 'DS:hobbitdpidfile:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 43: 'DS:varloghobbithobbitd:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 44: 'DS:usrpkghobbitservert:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 45: 'DS:vmstat30027994p0S0:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 46: 'DS:tailfvarloghobbitrr:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 47: 'DS:tcsh126900IWs0:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 48: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPcco:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 49: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 50: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 51: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 52: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 53: 'DS::DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 54: 'DS:E3IWs0:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 55: 'DS:usrlibexecgettyPctt:DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 56: 'DS::DERIVE:600:0:U' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 57: 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:576' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 58: 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:576' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 59: 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:576' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD create param 60: 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:576' 2005-09-08 19:36:23 RRD error creating /usr/pkg/hobbit/data/rrd/afs-6.iastate.ed u/afs.rrd: Invalid DS name without the &green: 2005-09-08 19:48:03 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 237023 @@status#237023|1126226883.137552|129.186.1.96||afs-6.iastate.edu|afs|1126228683|green||green|1125634585|0||0| 2005-09-08 19:48:03 RRD update param 00: 'rrdupdate' 2005-09-08 19:48:03 RRD update param 01: '/usr/pkg/hobbit/data/rrd/afs-6.iastate.edu/afs.rrd' 2005-09-08 19:48:03 RRD update param 02: '-t' 2005-09-08 19:48:03 RRD update param 03: 'Instancefscurrently:ileserverrunningcal' 2005-09-08 19:48:03 RRD update param 04: '1126226883::0' I'm still misunderstanding something. It seems to be running everything together, rather than caring about line breaks. Thanks! Tracy J. Di Marco White Information Technology Services Iowa State University