NAME
rrddump - dump the contents of an RRD to XML format
SYNOPSIS
rrdtool dump
filename.rrd > filename.xml
or
rrdtool dump filename.rrd
filename.xml
DESCRIPTION
The dump function
writes the contents of an RRD in
human readable (?) XML format to a file or
to stdout. This format can be read by rrdrestore. Together they
allow you to transfer your files from one computer architecture to
another as well to manipulate the contents of an RRD file in a somewhat more convenient manner.
- filename.rrd
- The name of the RRD you want to dump.
- filename.xml
- The (optional) filename that you want to
write the XML output to. If not specified,
the XML will be printed to
stdout.
EXAMPLES
To transfer an RRD between architectures, follow these steps:
- 1.
- On the same system where the RRD was
created, use rrdtool dump to export the data to
XML format.
- 2.
- Transfer the XML dump to the target
system.
- 3.
- Run rrdtool restore to create a new RRD from the XML dump. See
rrdrestore for details.
AUTHOR
Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>