Cacti 0.8 (pre20030410) - Problem and Question

holti · Joined: 19 Mar 2002 Posts: 19

Hi all,
i'm using 0.8 since friday: fantastic tool, upgrade from 0.68 worked fine, all data is still there and is't much better than 0.68....
One problem occurs: i can't collapse the tree, is it a known bug or what am i doing wrong???
One Question: will i have to do the update-procedure with every new preVersion or can i leave the database as it is??
Thanks for your answers
Michael

raX · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:50 pm Post subject:

Expanding/Collapsing branches should work at this point. There was a bug regarding this, but it has since been fixed. What happens when you try and expand/collapse a branch? The first thing I would do is drop and reload your database from cacti.sql to make sure that everything is up to date.

It's not a given that you have to re-import your database for each pre-release, but it's a very good idea. Since it is pre-release software, the database structure is subject to change in which case could cause things to break.

I hope I answered your questions.

-Ian

holti · Joined: 19 Mar 2002 Posts: 19

Hi Ian,
thanks for your fast answer.
When i click on a "-" in the tree, the screen is rebuilded, but with the same content.
So i tried the following: picked the version from today (20030414), moved my cacti-dir to cacti old, created a new database and filled it from cacti.sql and copied the rra/ to the new dir.
When i point my browser to the new directory, the setup-dialog appears. I choose "Update from 0.8", but i allways come back to this screen...
So no chance to start with a new database.
Greetings
Michael

raX · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 5:11 pm Post subject:

I fixed this problem in the latest release and in CVS. Just FYI 'New install' and 'upgrade from 0.8.x' are functionally equivilant at this point. Eventually the latter option will take care of making modifications to the 0.8.x database upon upgrades to future versions.

-Ian

holti · Joined: 19 Mar 2002 Posts: 19

Hi Ian,
so i tried pre20030415 with a blank database an added some hosts, builded a graph tree and collapsing the tree works great

My new problem now: how can i import my existing data (from the db with "non-working-collapse") to the new version????
I fear, that copying the database will copy the problem too

Greetings
Michael

raX · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 12:09 am Post subject:

To force the installer to appear, just execute the following SQL on your cacti database:

holti · Joined: 19 Mar 2002 Posts: 19

Hi Ian,
i had the same thought yesterday....
I set up a new cacti 0.8 and added some graphs: collapsing worked

Then i set up another new cacti 0.8 and imported my old 0.6 database: collapsing didn't work

So today i'll start with another new one and create all my hosts. Then i'll copy the old rras over the new ones.... This should bring up a working version of 0.8 with collapsing trees....
Thanks for your answer
Michael

Guest · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 12:10 pm Post subject:

I'm at the same point here, I did an upgrade from .68 to .8 and collapsing the branches does not work. It just refreshes the page with them all expanded. This is still probably a bug if it only works with a new install.

Thanks,
J

chrism · Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 13

Same problem here, with Version 0.8-pre20030430. I've tried building/populating/dropping the schema a number of times, but 'update' from 0.6.8 still brings in the problem. Trees won't collapse.

Other than that, 0.8 is the tops. The speed of the poller is awsome. A huge improvement.

ChrisM

raX · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject:

Alright, I will take a look at the import/tree issue tonight.

-Ian

raX · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 8:50 pm Post subject:

The problem was due to the fact that I was not importing the 'graph_settings' column from the users table. To fix you can either re-run the import with a new release, or check the "Allow this User to Keep Custom Graph Settings" under user administration.

-Ian

chrism · Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 13

Thanks Ian,

It's working fine now.

Chris