From 2d8297b72b98005b7220c1ab47e9eeeb68711ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niko Tyni Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:40:58 +0000 Subject: * check at startup that existing RRD files conform to the config specifications -- niko - new Smokeping::RRDtools module - note in CHANGES and smokeping_upgrade --- doc/smokeping_upgrade.pod | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/smokeping_upgrade.pod b/doc/smokeping_upgrade.pod index ac393aa..36587d9 100644 --- a/doc/smokeping_upgrade.pod +++ b/doc/smokeping_upgrade.pod @@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ The C variable now has an enforced minimum value of 3, as the whole design of Smokeping is based on the idea of sending several probes and measuring and visualizing the variation between them. +=item RRD parameter checking + +Smokeping now checks at startup that the parameters of any existing RRD files +match those specified in the configuration file. If there is a discrepancy, +it will give an error message and refuse to start. + +This situation is most likely to happen if you have modified the C +or C variables in your configuration file. You'll then have to +delete the old RRD file or somehow convert it to use the new parameters. +The C command might be helpful here. + =back In addition to this, some probes have had minor incompatible changes to -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b