[Orca-users] Re: orca errors

[Blair Zajac]

mbanker1966 wrote:
> 
> I started seeing a bunch of these lately:
> 
> /usr/local/bin/orca: number of columns in line 224 of
> `/usr/local/var/orca/orcallator/unixeng9/orcallator-2002-05-07-000.Z'
> does not match column description.
> /usr/local/bin/orca: number of columns in line 225 of
> `/usr/local/var/orca/orcallator/unixeng9/orcallator-2002-05-07-000.Z'
> does not match column description.
> 
> Now, I'm using the same orcallator.se on all my systems, but I've
> only noticed this error from a handful of them.  I'm using version
> 1.32 of orcallator.se and orcallator.cfg.  On the systems where I've
> seen these errors, there are gaps in the charts.
> 
> Any ideas?

>From Orca's FAQ:

Warning Messages
----------------

  2.1) Number of columns in line '1,2,3.....' of
       ../orcallator/...../percol-2000-09-26 does not match column
       description.

       When Orca sees a line in an input data file that does not have
       the same number of columns as defined at the top of the file
       when column_description is `first_line' or does not match the
       column_description, then Orca will complain and ignore the
       line.  Additionally, Orca will not record the data from this
       line in the RRD files and no data will be plotted.

       If this happens when using orcallator.se, then it will happen
       for orcallator.se versions 1.28b6 or older when hardware, mount
       points, network interfaces, etc. are added or removed from the
       system and orcallator.se outputs a different number of columns.

       To work around this problem, upgrade to version 1.32 or later
       of orcallator.se and orcallator.cfg at

         http://www.orcaware.com/orca/pub/

       which now create new output data file any time the number of
       columns or a name of a column changes so that Orca will not
       complain and all of your data will be plotted.

-- 
Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com>
Web and OS performance plots - http://www.orcaware.com/orca/