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johnzw
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Spine 0.8.7a with cacti 0.8.7b problem

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I download spine 0.8.7a and install successful.
everything is good when cacti 0.8.7b use cmd.php to grasp snmp data.
However, when I changed the poller from cmd.php to spine, I got some messages in cacti log, as follows:
07/16/2008 10:35:01 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 298 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
07/16/2008 10:30:00 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:299.3580 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:5 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:0
07/16/2008 10:30:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 298 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
07/16/2008 10:25:00 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:298.3690 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:1 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:0
07/16/2008 10:25:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 298 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
07/16/2008 10:20:00 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:299.3933 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:5 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:0
07/16/2008 10:20:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 298 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
07/16/2008 10:15:00 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:298.3347 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:5 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:0
07/16/2008 10:15:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 298 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
07/16/2008 10:10:00 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:299.3317 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:5 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:0
cacti can't call RRDs to draw graph, and I searched poller.php, I found the following codes, maybe useful:

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 /* end the process if the runtime exceeds MAX_POLLER_RUNTIME */ 
                                if (($poller_start + MAX_POLLER_RUNTIME) < time()) { 
                                        cacti_log("poller_start =" . $poller_start , "Maximum runtime of ". MAX_POLLER_RUNTIME , " time" . time() , true, "POLLER"); 
                                        rrd_close($rrdtool_pipe); 
                                        cacti_log("Maximum runtime of " . MAX_POLLER_RUNTIME . " seconds exceeded. Exiting.", true, "POLLER");
I add a debug cacti_log() line in the above code, and the log as follows:
07/16/2008 11:20:00 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:299.3396 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:5 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:0
07/16/2008 11:20:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 298 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
07/16/2008 11:20:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] poller_start =1216178101.27Maximum runtime of 298 time1216178400
07/16/2008 11:15:01 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] NOTE: Poller Int: '300', Cron Int: '300', Time Since Last: '300', Max Runtime '298', Poller Runs: '1'
07/16/2008 11:15:00 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:298.3415 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:5 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:0
07/16/2008 11:15:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 298 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
07/16/2008 11:15:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] poller_start =1216177801.75Maximum runtime of 298 time1216178100
07/16/2008 11:10:01 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] NOTE: Poller Int: '300', Cron Int: '300', Time Since Last: '300', Max Runtime '298', Poller Runs: '1'
I don't know the mean of $poller_start and time(), anyone can help me to explain it ? or give me a solution about this problem ? thank you very much.
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johnzw
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Post by johnzw »

update

my mistake, I didn't setup spine.conf correctly, and now, I corrective it.
However, there still has problem.
07/16/2008 02:50:01 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] NOTE: Poller Int: '300', Cron Int: '300', Time Since Last: '300', Max Runtime '298', Poller Runs: '1'
07/16/2008 02:50:00 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:299.3446 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:5 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:0
07/16/2008 02:50:00 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 298 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
/usr/local/spine/bin/spine -V 5 no error and warning, outcome is good.
php /usr/local/cacti/poller.php display as follows:
07/16/2008 03:13:53 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] NOTE: Poller Int: '300', Cron Int: '300', Time Since Last: '232', Max Runtime '298', Poller Runs: '1'
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
07/16/2008 03:13:54 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:1.1943 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:5 Hosts:11 HostsPerProcess:11 DataSources:127 RRDsProcessed:12
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.01
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.01
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.01
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.01
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.01
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.01
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.02
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.02
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.02
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.02
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.02
OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:1.02
any ideal ? why spine can't call RRDs via PHP?
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johnzw
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Post by johnzw »

update.

my linux installed in Xen Server. Is this virtual-machine time problem ?
I know the time of virtual-machine has some problem, but I am not a expert. I running a ntp script on my virtual linux and sync with the ntp server (Xen system).
anyone can help me ? thank you.
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rtorti19
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Post by rtorti19 »

Did you see the max runtimes show up right after you made a time change? also I think it you run the poller by hand outside of the regular polling cycle it will cause this error on the next poller run, but should be fine after that.
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Post by grazog »

johnzw wrote:update.

my linux installed in Xen Server. Is this virtual-machine time problem ?
I know the time of virtual-machine has some problem, but I am not a expert. I running a ntp script on my virtual linux and sync with the ntp server (Xen system).
anyone can help me ? thank you.
Hello,
I installed cacti on a Linux virtual machine and encountered time issues even with ntp installed (time would shift around 30s in a 1m period).

The solution was to change the way the VM handle time in the grub.conf.
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johnzw
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Post by johnzw »

hello grazog, I don't understand your mean, could you give me a example? how to modify grub.conf to corrective time.
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Post by johnzw »

rtorti19 wrote:Did you see the max runtimes show up right after you made a time change? also I think it you run the poller by hand outside of the regular polling cycle it will cause this error on the next poller run, but should be fine after that.
I didn't made a time change, and my poller interval is 5 min. and I saw some information in the internet which told me time() has some trouble in virtual system and might be cause some problems.
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What happens when you run spine manually? You can run "./spine -V 5" for more information.

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Post by msw1970 »

TheWitness wrote:What happens when you run spine manually? You can run "./spine -V 5" for more information.

TheWitness
I'm having the same problem with spine.... If I change the poller within cacti to spine it exceeds the 300 seconds and the log reports that 0 rrds processed...

If I run spine manually as you described, it completes in 19 seconds!!

Any clues?
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Post by grazog »

Hello,
sorry for the delay i didn't saw your message.

Here is a link to the grub modification and an explanation of the time problem on VM :

http://www.adrianbradshaw.co.uk/secretw ... -Time-Sync

Regards
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