1. Don't do it.
2. If you must, first verify all RRDTool functionality is present. I attempted the same procedure about a year ago and I could not get RRDTool 1.x working on AIX because of some oddball problem with the shared objects and the perl module.
3. Finally, to answer your question, yes, you need to dump the RRDTool

databases to XML (use rrddump) and copy the resulting files over to your AIX box then use rrdrestore to get them into the format for AIX.

Paul

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JMSmith at stvincenthealth.com 12/19/05 9:27 AM >>> Greetings!

I'm upgrading from Big Brother to Hobbit after over 3 years on the old beast. The problem I'm having is moving the 'rrd' files from Solaris to AIX. It isn't just the naming convention...the file structure itself is apparently different. Has anyone done this or do I have to over-heat my brain trying to figure it out myself? <grin>

This is probably a question for the the 'rrdtool' folks, but since many people have upgrade from BB to Hobbit I thought this might be a good place to start.

Thanks!

Jim Smith Unix Systems Administrator St. Vincent Health Systems Little Rock, AR

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