RRDDUMP(1)                          rrdtool                         RRDDUMP(1)



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>



1.2.30                            2009-01-19                        RRDDUMP(1)
