[ZendTo] Re: rrdInit.php error

[Jules]

On 16/07/2010 15:01, Naz Snidanko wrote:
>
> I am using version 3.53 with a lot of patches, so I am not sure where 
> I stand version-wise. I will update to the latest one tonight.
>
> Here's my crontab:
>
> # Zendto service scripts
>
> 5 0 * * * /usr/bin/php /home/zendto/sbin/cleanup.php 
> /home/zendto/config/preferences.php &> /dev/null
>
> 10 2 * * *  /usr/bin/php /home/zendto/sbin/rrdInit.php 
> /home/zendto/config/preferences.php
>
> 15 2 * * * /usr/bin/php /home/zendto/sbin/rrdUpdate.php 
> /home/zendto/config/preferences.php
>
> Btw, my crontab format is:
>
> # m h  dom mon dow   command
>
> I was observing this thing for 3 days and got the following:
>
> *************Day 1
>
> Initial creation of RRD file (start date of 2010-07-13)
>
> 1
>
> /usr/bin/rrdtool update /home/zendto/data/rrd/dropbox.rrd 
> 1279080000:1:1:32.0
>
> *************Day 2
>
> 1
>
> /usr/bin/rrdtool update /home/zendto/data/rrd/dropbox.rrd 
> 1279080000:1:1:32.0
>
> ERROR: /home/zendto/data/rrd/dropbox.rrd: illegal attempt to update 
> using time 1279080000 when last update time is 1279080000 (minimum one 
> second step)
>
> *************Day 3
>
> 1
>
> /usr/bin/rrdtool update /home/zendto/data/rrd/dropbox.rrd 
> 1279080000:1:1:32.0
>
> ERROR: /home/zendto/data/rrd/dropbox.rrd: illegal attempt to update 
> using time 1279080000 when last update time is 1279080000 (minimum one 
> second step)
>
> Value of 1279080000 always stays the same. How is it generated in 
> rrdInit.php?
>
It is calculated from the dates of dropoffs in your database. So it's 
quite possible it might produce that value. Do you have more dropoffs 
going into your system every day?

Jules.
>
> Please advice,
>
> *Naz Snidanko*
>
> *Desktop & Network Support*
>
> *Harper Power Products Inc.*
>
> *(p) 416 201- 7506*
>
> nsnidanko at harperpowerproducts.com 
> <mailto:nsnidanko at harperpowerproducts.com>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* zendto-bounces at zendto.com [mailto:zendto-bounces at zendto.com] 
> *On Behalf Of *Jules
> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 9:24 AM
> *To:* ZendTo Users
> *Subject:* [ZendTo] Re: rrdInit.php error
>
> You need to change the cron jobs a little, to ensure there is a couple 
> of minutes delay between the rrdInit and the rrdUpdate. This will show 
> you what you need: (I have fixed this in a more recent version)
>
> 5 0 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/cleanup.php 
> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
> 2 10 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/rrdInit.php 
> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
> 2 12 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/rrdUpdate.php 
> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
>
> Let me know if this fixes it for you (or not!).
>
> Jules.
>
> On 16/07/2010 13:56, Naz Snidanko wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> To begin; I've been following development of ZendTo for sometime. We 
> actually have this product in production working with 3 AD domains.
>
> I've been getting email reports of my cron jobs for ZendTo and the 
> following error message keeps appearing:
>
> /usr/bin/php /home/zendto/sbin/rrdInit.php 
> /home/zendto/config/preferences.php
>
> Output:
>
> 1
>
> /usr/bin/rrdtool update /home/zendto/data/rrd/dropbox.rrd 
> 1279080000:1:1:32.0
>
> ERROR: /home/zendto/data/rrd/dropbox.rrd: illegal attempt to update 
> using time 1279080000 when last update time is 1279080000 (minimum one 
> second step)
>
>   
>  From what I understand there's something wrong with rrdInit.php. That happens whenever script attempts to update an RRD file using a timestamp that was already used previously.
>
> Please advice,
>
> *Naz Snidanko*
>
> *Desktop & Network Support*
>
> *Harper Power Products Inc.*
>
> *(p) 416 201- 7506*
>
> nsnidanko at harperpowerproducts.com 
> <mailto:nsnidanko at harperpowerproducts.com>
>
>   
>
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