Re: [cricket-users] [MRTG-DEV] Re: Adding new data sources to existing

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From: Tobias Oetiker <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>

Hi Kajetan Hinner,

Today you sent me mail regarding Re: [cricket-users] [MRTG-DEV] Re: Adding...:

*> >
*> > Hi roofpig@the.satanic.org,
*> >
*> > Yesterday you sent me mail regarding Re: [cricket-users] [MRTG-DEV] Re:...:
*> >
*> > *> On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Tobias Oetiker wrote:
*> > *>
*> > *> > From: Tobias Oetiker <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>
*> > *> >
*> > *> > *>
*> > *> > *> Paul Wickman wrote:
*> > *> > *> > Am I correct is saying that RRD will not let you added new
*> > *> > *> > data-sources to an exhisting RRD?
*> > *> > *>
*> > *> > *> Yes. You need to recreate your RRD, which will make you lose all your
*> > *> > *> old data. :(
*> > *> >
*> >
*>
*>
*> > I think the way to go about this would be to write an rrddump / restore pair
*> > and then use a perl script to manipulate the asci representation before
*> > restore ...
*> >
*>
*>
*> Yes, another possibility (the one I use) is only suitable for small amounts
*> of data: I write all my data also in an ascii file (while I'm updating the
*> RRD), and I have a perl script which rebuilds a rrd file from those ascii
*> data files. So I can add new data sources to rrds or cope with version changes...

:-) not quite what I would like to promote ...

btw there will be no more format changes without upgrade path ...

cheers
tobi

*> Kajetan
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