[Orca-users] Re: orca errors

[mbanker1966]

I mailed you the orcallator files and the orca error log.

Thanks.
-Mike

--- In orca-users at y..., Blair Zajac <blair at o...> wrote:
> 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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Service.
>
> --
> Blair Zajac <blair at o...>
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