Problems with RRD Creation

[harp2812]

When I go to create a new graph, the rrd file isn't created in "./cacti/rra". After looking at the poller cache with data source debug mode on, I noticed the rrdtool create statement has a trailing \ on it, which looks like it's preventing the command from returning, causing the poller to spit out "waiting on #/# pollers", the .rrd never being created, and finally a poller.php timeout.

Data Source Debug:

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/usr/bin/rrdtool create \
/var/www/html/cacti/rra/bnutildb0_load_1min_49.rrd \
--step 300  \
DS:load_15min:GAUGE:600:0:500 \
DS:load_5min:GAUGE:600:0:500 \
DS:load_1min:GAUGE:600:0:500 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:700 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:775 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:797 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:6:700 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:24:775 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:288:797 \

If I run the command manually without the trailing \, everything else works fine... Any idea why this would be happening, and how I'd fix it? Thanks in advance!

[harp2812]

I wasn't able to track the problem down, so I wound up dropping the cacti database and recreating it, which seems to have solved the problem. (No other changes were made, so possibly a bad setting or database error?)

I noticed it started having issues immediately after I added 10 devices (linux hosts) in fairly quick succession after the initial few I'd done to test the install... After I got the installation working again however, I also noticed that the trailing \ in the data source debug mode seems to be normal, so I'm back to being clueless about what the actual cause or issue might have been...

[atiyehk]

Hi,

i have the same issue and I noticed the extra \, I dropped the database, but that did not fix anything. Any ideas, my poller keeps hanging waiting 1/1 etc.....

Thanks,
Cal.

[gandalf]

This issue is often a result of a failing "Downed Host Detection", defined at "Settings". Please try "SNMP only"
Reinhard

[paul-lmi]

i can replicate this as an issue with that trailing slash.

i ran the rrd creation command without it, and i now have graphs.

i have downed host detection turned OFF.

[paul-lmi]

also, i had to comment out the check for last run vs. cron schedule in order to not get NaN's. hope this helps you to track the issue down.

[gandalf]

i can replicate this as an issue with that trailing slash.

i ran the rrd creation command without it, and i now have graphs.

i have downed host detection turned OFF.

That's very interesting, sice it worked this way since ages, at least on my box. So please post versions of everything (OS, PHP, rrdtool, cacti itself, cactid/spine if using this)
Reinhard

[paul-lmi]

CentOS 4.5
PHP 5.2.4 CLI
RRDTool 1.2
Latest cacti as of Saturday
Same behavior under Spine and cmd.php

[cigamit]

I'm on CentOS 4.5 and don't see the same issue, but I do see how it could potentially be one.

Attached is a patch against lib/rrd.php to correct it. Please give it a ago and let me know if it fixes the issue for you.

Jimmy