Graphs displayed are not sloped. Stepped look

[jacauc]

I am using the latest version of Cacti, and I'm trying to make some custom graphs with custom RRAs.

It seems that whatever I do, I cannot get the "slope" mode of rrdtool to work like it should.

Is it possible to make my graphs display a straight angled line between two points instead of the Manhattan skyline look?

In the attachment is my actual graph, and in pink, I have drawn what I would like to see.


Please help.

[BSOD2600]

enable graph debugging and post the rrdtool graph command.

using rrdtool 1.2?

[jacauc]

Code: Select all

RRDTool Command:

c:/rrdtool/rrdtool.exe graph - \
--imgformat=PNG \
--start=-86400 \
--end=-60 \
--title="aberdeen - Traffic - Se0/0:0" \
--rigid \
--base=1024 \
--height=480 \
--width=716 \
--upper-limit=2560000 \
--lower-limit=0 \
--units-exponent=6 \
--vertical-label="bits per second" \
--slope-mode \
--font TITLE:12: \
--font AXIS:8: \
--font LEGEND:10: \
--font UNIT:8: \
DEF:a="C\:/htdocs/cacti/rra/aberdeen_traffic_in_11.rrd":traffic_in:AVERAGE \
DEF:b="C\:/htdocs/cacti/rra/aberdeen_traffic_in_11.rrd":traffic_out:AVERAGE \
CDEF:cdefa=a,120,TREND,8,* \
CDEF:cdefb=a,8,* \
CDEF:cdefe=b,120,TREND,8,* \
CDEF:cdeff=b,8,* \
LINE3:cdefa#12B42D:"Inbound"  \
GPRINT:cdefb:LAST:" Current\:%8.2lf %s"  \
GPRINT:cdefb:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s"  \
GPRINT:cdefb:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n"  \
LINE3:cdefe#0000F8:"Outbound"  \
GPRINT:cdeff:LAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s"  \
GPRINT:cdeff:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s"  \
GPRINT:cdeff:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s" 


RRDTool Says:

OK

Yep, using RRDTOOL 1.2.23

[gandalf]

Your graph shows the TREND line only, not the raw data. And the TREND is related to a quite short time interval of 120 seconds.
Either, slope-mode does not support trending or you should use a longer interval, because 120 would only take two items into account even when using the 1 min poller patch. Without that patch, IMHO it's worthless at all.
Reinhard

[jacauc]

My Apologies,

I added the trend to try and smooth out the lines.

This is the actual graph code (corresponding to the attachment in my first post):

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RRDTool Command:

c:/rrdtool/rrdtool.exe graph - \
--imgformat=PNG \
--start=-86400 \
--end=-60 \
--title="aberdeen - Traffic - Se0/0:0" \
--rigid \
--base=1024 \
--height=480 \
--width=716 \
--upper-limit=2560000 \
--lower-limit=0 \
--units-exponent=6 \
--vertical-label="bits per second" \
--slope-mode \
--font TITLE:12: \
--font AXIS:8: \
--font LEGEND:10: \
--font UNIT:8: \
DEF:a="C\:/htdocs/cacti/rra/aberdeen_traffic_in_11.rrd":traffic_in:AVERAGE \
DEF:b="C\:/htdocs/cacti/rra/aberdeen_traffic_in_11.rrd":traffic_out:AVERAGE \
CDEF:cdefa=a,8,* \
CDEF:cdefe=b,8,* \
LINE3:cdefa#12B42D:"Inbound"  \
GPRINT:cdefa:LAST:" Current\:%8.2lf %s"  \
GPRINT:cdefa:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s"  \
GPRINT:cdefa:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n"  \
LINE3:cdefe#0000F8:"Outbound"  \
GPRINT:cdefe:LAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s"  \
GPRINT:cdefe:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s"  \
GPRINT:cdefe:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s" 
RRDTool Says:

OK

[gandalf]

No need to apologize. But has your issue been solved, then? Else, please again post a screenshot
Reinhard

[jacauc]

Nope, still getting the same issues.
Actually, my initial screenshot is the one related to this graph (without the trend). - The screenshot in my 1st post = the code in the 5th post of this topic.

[jacauc]

Not sure if this will help...
My RRA is set to: 0.5, 1, 1000, 6000

[gandalf]

Please post the whole rra settings from "Data Sources -> RRAs"
Reinhard

[jacauc]

Thanks, I seem to have got it running.
I'm honestly not sure what I did here....otherwise I would've posted the method... sorry.

Thanks anyways for the prompt responses!