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    Rrd showing nonexistent gw's + rrdtool update… "ERROR: unknown DS name" @boot

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    • M
      mxx
      last edited by

      Hi,

      These errors show up when booting since I configured the traffic shaper, which was several snapshots/weeks before, the shaper seems to work btw.
      Now I'm on the last snapshot from yesterday..

      Jul 14 02:18:35 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt2-queuedrops.rrd -t :opt2:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 14 02:18:35 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt2-queues.rrd -t :opt2:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 14 02:18:35 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt1-queuedrops.rrd -t :opt1:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 14 02:18:35 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt1-queues.rrd -t :opt1:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 14 02:18:35 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd -t :lan:qInternet:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow:qUltraHigh N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 14 02:18:35 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queues.rrd -t :lan:qInternet:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow:qUltraHigh N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 14 02:18:35 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/wan-queuedrops.rrd -t :wan:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow:qUltraHigh N:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 14 02:18:35 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/wan-queues.rrd -t :wan:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow:qUltraHigh N:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''

      Something which is also strange (but not exactly related as the errors above appeared long before that) is that rrd graphs lists gateways that are long gone, that aren't present anywhere else in the gui where you might select any gateways. Also those gateways aren't present in config.xml. One of those is "gw_opt2" for example, but there are more.

      Thank you!

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        You'll have to delete those rrd files from /var/db/rrd/ before they'll disappear from the GUI RRD choices.

        As for the RRDs with errors, you may need to delete those files too, and they should be recreated properly.

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          mxx
          last edited by

          Thnx very much!

          Can I just delete all files in that directory and it will recreate them as needed?

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            It should, you might need to go to the RRD settings page and press save to kick it in the rear and recreate the graphs.

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              mxx
              last edited by

              :D
              Thnx!

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                mxx
                last edited by

                Hi,

                I removed /var/db/rrd/* and all invalid gateways disappeared. Great!

                But the boot time errors I get since the beginning after configuring the traffic shaper about 1 month ago still persist:

                Jul 16 01:46:40 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt2-queuedrops.rrd -t :opt2:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 16 01:46:40 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt2-queues.rrd -t :opt2:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 16 01:46:40 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt1-queuedrops.rrd -t :opt1:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 16 01:46:40 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt1-queues.rrd -t :opt1:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 16 01:46:40 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd -t :lan:qInternet:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow:qUltraHigh N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 16 01:46:40 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queues.rrd -t :lan:qInternet:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow:qUltraHigh N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 16 01:46:40 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/wan-queuedrops.rrd -t :wan:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow:qUltraHigh N:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Jul 16 01:46:40 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/wan-queues.rrd -t :wan:qACK:qDefault:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow:qUltraHigh N:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''

                I remember at least one user also reporting this problem some weeks ago..
                What's this about anyway? Only affecting rrd drawing graphs for queues I suppose and not affecting anything else?

                Thank you again!

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  I thought all of the graphs would have been recreated by pressing "Save" on the RRD Graphs settings.

                  I'd have to look into what creates the traffic shaper RRDs.

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                    Cino
                    last edited by

                    @jimp:

                    I thought all of the graphs would have been recreated by pressing "Save" on the RRD Graphs settings.

                    I'd have to look into what creates the traffic shaper RRDs.

                    jimp, Did you have a chance to see what creates the traffic shaper RRDs? I'm using the latest snapshot and i'm getting the same errors that mxx reported back in July. I only see the error when the box first boots up. Going to keep an eye on it but the graphs seem to be updating tho, so it could nothing…

                    2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Fri Feb 18 06:31:46 EST 2011

                    Feb 19 10:40:54 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd -t :lan:qACK:qDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Feb 19 10:40:54 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queues.rrd -t :lan:qACK:qDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Feb 19 10:40:54 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/wan-queuedrops.rrd -t :wan:qACK:qDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Feb 19 10:40:54 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/wan-queues.rrd -t :wan:qACK:qDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
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                      celox
                      last edited by

                      i have the same problem. i changed some traffic shaper values and upgraded to the latest snapshot (old one was three days older) and after a reboot it get these:

                      
Mar 31 02:15:02 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd -t :lan:qInternet:qACK:qOthersDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Mar 31 02:15:02 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queues.rrd -t :lan:qInternet:qACK:qOthersDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Mar 31 02:15:01 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/wan-queuedrops.rrd -t :wan:qACK:qOthersDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''
Mar 31 02:15:01 	php: : The command '/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/wan-queues.rrd -t :wan:qACK:qOthersDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: unknown DS name '''

                      i tried deleting them as suggested and did another reboot but the message still appears. does anyone know how to fix this? queues and shaper work fine though!

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        I don't have a system that's up to date with shaping enabled to try, but can you try running this from Diagnostics > Command?

                        First the original one:

                        /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd -t :lan:qInternet:qACK:qOthersDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U

                        (I expect that to fail, but it's good to double check)

                        And then try this one:

                        /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd -t lan:qInternet:qACK:qOthersDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U

                        And for good measure, show the output of:

                        rrdtool info /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Nevermind, I found the problem, should be fixed on future snapshots.

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                            celox
                            last edited by

                            @jimp:

                            I don't have a system that's up to date with shaping enabled to try, but can you try running this from Diagnostics > Command?

                            First the original one:

                            /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd -t :lan:qInternet:qACK:qOthersDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U

                            (I expect that to fail, but it's good to double check)

                            And then try this one:

                            /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd -t lan:qInternet:qACK:qOthersDefault:qP2P:qVoIP:qGames:qOthersHigh:qOthersLow N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U

                            And for good measure, show the output of:

                            rrdtool info /var/db/rrd/lan-queuedrops.rrd

                            i run those from ssh:
                            1st one gave: "ERROR: unknown DS name ''"
                            2nd: seems to be accepted
                            3rd: http://pastebin.com/e4tTp3gH

                            thanks for the help!

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              It should be fixed now:
                              https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/repos/mainline/commits/857a4a79864a4b250271e5a5648ddb2a3ad249ee

                              Once that makes it into snapshots anyhow.

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