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    • stephenw10S Offline
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      It would be: pkg install -f rrdtool

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      • GertjanG Offline
        Gertjan @stephenw10
        last edited by

        Before re installing : here is something to do :

        Together with the rrd files in /var/db/rrd/ you'll find a file called "updaterrd.sh".
        The content is pretty straight forward, this is the file that collects the stats, and add them to the rrd files.

        No need to edit this file, as it gets regenerated when an interface gets added, removed, or a gateway gets added etc.

        Use the forum search button, and look for "updaterrd.sh" : you'll find more posts with "no monitoring stats".

        Check the date and time of the updaterrd.sh file.
        Change some settings on an interface or gateway.
        Check that the file was updated.

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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          kevindd992002 @Gertjan
          last edited by kevindd992002

          @gertjan said in Status -> Monitoring shows no activity:

          updaterrd.sh

          Before changing some settings on a gateway:

          35de2902-f081-4763-a127-aff8e8d124e3-image.png

          After changing some settings on an interface:

          6bf9d178-2f5a-4b5d-90ea-632572e93a82-image.png

          So yeah, it looks like it did change as expected. However, when I tried changing the monitor IP of my WAN gateway earlier, the file was not updated. What does that tell us?

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          • stephenw10S Offline
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            That the update script is being written out when changes to the gateway are made.

            But we already know the rrd file themselves are being updated. So either they are being updated with garbage (or all 0s) or they are not being read correctly.

            Did you try re-installing the rrdtools package?

            Steve

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              kevindd992002 @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10 said in Status -> Monitoring shows no activity:

              That the update script is being written out when changes to the gateway are made.

              But we already know the rrd file themselves are being updated. So either they are being updated with garbage (or all 0s) or they are not being read correctly.

              Did you try re-installing the rrdtools package?

              Steve

              Sorry, I forgot to mention that yes I did try reinstalling the rrdtools package and it didn't really make any difference.

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              • stephenw10S Offline
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Might just be time to re-install then.

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                  kevindd992002 @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10 said in Status -> Monitoring shows no activity:

                  Might just be time to re-install then.

                  Argh, ok. I'm assuming it's better to not include RRD data in the backup, right? Besides, there isn't much data anyway because I had already reset it.

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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Yeah, I would omit it. I very rarely include that data as it makes working with the config file difficult.

                    Steve

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                      kevindd992002 @stephenw10
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                      I haven't gotten the time yet to reinstall pfsense but when I checked recently the problem seems to have fixed itself. There was no update or anything so I don't know what really happened.

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                      • stephenw10S Offline
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Hmm, well that's odd! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                        It 'feels' like some clock/timestamp issue. Hard to see what though. The data files looked good IIRC.

                        Steve

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                          kevindd992002 @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 said in Status -> Monitoring shows no activity:

                          Hmm, well that's odd! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                          It 'feels' like some clock/timestamp issue. Hard to see what though. The data files looked good IIRC.

                          Steve

                          Yeah, most probably. I'll leave it at this and move on, at least for now. Hopefully, it doesn't come back.

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