[Orca-dev] Re: unknown value

[Jason D. Kelleher]

Nope.  How will counter values of "U" be treated?  My results are the
same, but now Orca throws out the following errors:

/opt/orca/bin/orca: making directory
`/opt/orca/data/dw-ibm/sp/html/ODO'.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in multiply at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 77.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in multiply at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 77.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 77.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 77.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 77.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in multiply at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 78.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in multiply at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 78.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 78.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 78.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 78.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in multiply at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 79.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in multiply at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 79.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 79.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 79.
Argument "U" isn't numeric in subtract at (eval 95) line 3, <FD>
chunk 79.

--- Blair Zajac <blair at gps.caltech.edu> wrote:
> If you use the value U and pass this to Orca, then this will be
> understood by RRDtool to mean an unknown value.
>
> Let me know if this works.
>
> Blair
>
> "Jason D. Kelleher" wrote:
> >
> > I'm writing a script that takes datafiles from severals nodes in
> an
> > OPS cluster and creates an aggregate datafile for Orca so data
> from
> > several nodes can be put onto one graph along with totals and
> > averages.
> >
> > Everything is working fine now except when I encounter a "hole"
> in
> > the data from a node.  To prevent changing the number of columns
> and
> > upsetting Orca I've been filling these holes with "0".  This
> skews
> > averages a little, but I didn't consider it significant until I
> saw
> > what it did to counter values - definitely a Bad Thing(tm).  Does
> > Orca accept something like the RRDTool "*UNKNOWN*" value?
> >
> > I guess I could just drop the entire line, but that seems silly
> since
> > dropping a node for maintenance may be considered a SOP and
> doesn't
> > affect the cluster.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > jason
> >
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