[Orca-users] Re: orca errors

[Blair Zajac]

Can you send the files

/usr/local/var/orca/orcallator/unixeng9/orcallator-2002-05-07-*.Z

to me.

It looks like orcallator.se isn't keeping track of the columns properly.

Best,
Blair

mbanker1966 wrote:
> 
> hmmm... i'm already using version 1.32 of both cfg and se.
> 
> --- In orca-users at y..., Blair Zajac <blair at o...> wrote:
> > 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 o...>
> > Web and OS performance plots - http://www.orcaware.com/orca/
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Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com>
Web and OS performance plots - http://www.orcaware.com/orca/