https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/rrdtool-dump-to-xml/m-p/3386051#M86354 Hi,<BR /> I am at the begining of developing a systems management Portal for one of our clients that will disply network info but the Client has provided lots of .rrd files. I've used the rrdtool dump to put the contents in to an xml file but the contents look meaningless. Are there any other steps I need to perform on an rrd file before using the Dump function?<BR /><BR />The first few lines of the xml looks as follows:<BR /><BR /><RRD><BR /> <VERSION> 0001 </VERSION><BR /> <STEP> 300 </STEP> <!-- Seconds --><BR /> <LASTUPDATE> 1094660333 </LASTUPDATE> <!-- 2004-09-08 17:18:53 BST --><BR /><BR /> <DS><BR /> <NAME> smtp </NAME><BR /> <TYPE> GAUGE </TYPE><BR /> <MINIMAL_HEARTBEAT> 600 </MINIMAL_HEARTBEAT><BR /> <MIN> NaN </MIN><BR /> <MAX> NaN </MAX><BR /><BR /> <!-- PDP Status --><BR /> <LAST_DS> UNKN </LAST_DS><BR /> <VALUE> 4.1940000000e+03 </VALUE><BR /> <UNKNOWN_SEC> 0 </UNKNOWN_SEC><BR /> </DS><BR /><BR /><!-- Round Robin Archives --><BR /> <RRA><BR /> <CF> AVERAGE </CF><BR /> <PDP_PER_ROW> 1 </PDP_PER_ROW> <!-- 300 seconds --><BR /> <XFF> 5.0000000000e-01 </XFF><BR /><BR /> <CDP_PREP><BR /> <DS><VALUE> NaN </VALUE> <UNKNOWN_DATAPOINTS> 0 </UNKNOWN_DATAPOINTS></DS><BR /> </CDP_PREP><BR /> <DATABASE><BR /> <!-- 2004-09-01 17:20:00 BST / 1094055600 --> <ROW><V> NaN </V></ROW><BR /> <!-- 2004-09-01 17:25:00 BST / 1094055900 --> <ROW><V> NaN </V></ROW><BR /> <!-- 2004-09-01 17:30:00 BST / 1094056200 --> <ROW><V> NaN </V></ROW><BR /><BR /></DATABASE></RRA></RRD> Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:02:18 GMT Tim_275 2004-09-24T06:02:18Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/rrdtool-dump-to-xml/m-p/3386051#M86354 Hi,<BR /> I am at the begining of developing a systems management Portal for one of our clients that will disply network info but the Client has provided lots of .rrd files. I've used the rrdtool dump to put the contents in to an xml file but the contents look meaningless. Are there any other steps I need to perform on an rrd file before using the Dump function?<BR /><BR />The first few lines of the xml looks as follows:<BR /><BR /><RRD><BR /> <VERSION> 0001 </VERSION><BR /> <STEP> 300 </STEP> <!-- Seconds --><BR /> <LASTUPDATE> 1094660333 </LASTUPDATE> <!-- 2004-09-08 17:18:53 BST --><BR /><BR /> <DS><BR /> <NAME> smtp </NAME><BR /> <TYPE> GAUGE </TYPE><BR /> <MINIMAL_HEARTBEAT> 600 </MINIMAL_HEARTBEAT><BR /> <MIN> NaN </MIN><BR /> <MAX> NaN </MAX><BR /><BR /> <!-- PDP Status --><BR /> <LAST_DS> UNKN </LAST_DS><BR /> <VALUE> 4.1940000000e+03 </VALUE><BR /> <UNKNOWN_SEC> 0 </UNKNOWN_SEC><BR /> </DS><BR /><BR /><!-- Round Robin Archives --><BR /> <RRA><BR /> <CF> AVERAGE </CF><BR /> <PDP_PER_ROW> 1 </PDP_PER_ROW> <!-- 300 seconds --><BR /> <XFF> 5.0000000000e-01 </XFF><BR /><BR /> <CDP_PREP><BR /> <DS><VALUE> NaN </VALUE> <UNKNOWN_DATAPOINTS> 0 </UNKNOWN_DATAPOINTS></DS><BR /> </CDP_PREP><BR /> <DATABASE><BR /> <!-- 2004-09-01 17:20:00 BST / 1094055600 --> <ROW><V> NaN </V></ROW><BR /> <!-- 2004-09-01 17:25:00 BST / 1094055900 --> <ROW><V> NaN </V></ROW><BR /> <!-- 2004-09-01 17:30:00 BST / 1094056200 --> <ROW><V> NaN </V></ROW><BR /><BR /></DATABASE></RRA></RRD> Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:02:18 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/rrdtool-dump-to-xml/m-p/3386051#M86354 Tim_275 2004-09-24T06:02:18Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/rrdtool-dump-to-xml/m-p/3386052#M86355 Well that's what I'd expect to see in the file.<BR />The NaN is "Not A Number" - i.e. no data.<BR /><BR />You better read up on what a dump does.<BR /><BR />Good luck. ...Laurie :{) Sat, 25 Sep 2004 04:08:52 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/rrdtool-dump-to-xml/m-p/3386052#M86355 Laurie Gellatly 2004-09-25T04:08:52Z