Alex, If you don't use rrdtool the historical data from MRTG is stored in 2 files per graph: *.log and *.old.
If you remove these 2 files MRTG will create new ones and your graphs lose all history. My guess is that someone (or some batchjob) removed your *.old and *.log files. You can put some tight security on these files to prevent anybody from removing them again. The only way to get history back is to restore the original *.log and *.old files. HTH, Jan. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Greg Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mrtg] Graphs reset for no apparent reason Hi all, We've been successfully using MRTG for over a year to graph over 200 metrics across our server farm. All in all I've been very happy with it. We're using version 2.10.5 on Linux. However, for some reason this morning, between 1:30am and 2:30am, a whole load of our graphs got reset, i.e. we lost all the history. This is the first time this is happened in over a year of use and nothing changed in the config file or on that server recently that I can think might have caused this. Can anyone suggest what might have happened (and how we can stop it from happening again), and if there's any way to get the history back? Thanks, -- Alex -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi _________________________________________________________ Het ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid sluit elke aansprakelijkheid uit in verband met het niet juist, onvolledig of niet tijdig overkomen van de informatie in deze e-mail. Aan dit bericht kunnen geen rechten worden ontleend. Dit bericht is alleen bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien dit bericht niet voor u bestemd is, verzoeken wij u dit onmiddellijk aan ons te melden en de inhoud van dit bericht te vernietigen. _________________________________________________________ The ministry of Social Affairs and Employment is not liable for any incorrect or incomplete transmission of the information in this e-mail or for any delay in its receipt. This message shall not constitute any obligations. This message is intended solely for the addressee. If you have received this message in error, please inform us immediately and delete its content. _________________________________________________________ -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi
