Reset Bandwidth not working?

[nobaloney]

Today I noticed on one of my severs the bandwidth tally wasn't properly resetting.

I found and executed these two commands:

# echo "action=cleanreset&value=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue

and

# echo "action=tally&value=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue

and nothing has changed.

Do I need to wait until tomorrow? Or am I missing something?

Thanks.

Jeff

 

[smtalk]

Check /var/log/cron to see if the command got executed and crond is running. You can also try processing task.queue manually:

echo "action=cleanreset&value=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue
/usr/local/directadmin/dataskq d

 

[daveyw]

Check /var/log/cron to see if the command got executed and crond is running. You can also try processing task.queue manually:

echo "action=cleanreset&value=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue
/usr/local/directadmin/dataskq d

Before running the last command of smtalk's post remove the already executed command in the task.queue file.. otherwise it will run more then once.

 

[nobaloney]

Thanks to both of you, Martynas and daveyw.

I always check the contents of my task.queue when troubleshooting, so I know whether it's been run or not.

I'm no longer sure the problem is real; perhaps just perceived: one client has had greater and greater use every month, and I presumed it was a problem with the usage.

However I'm just checking the client today for the daily bandwidth breakdown and I get at: https://host.example.net:2222/CMD_BANDWIDTH_BREAKDOWN?user=xxxx

Date 		Apache 		Email 	Ftp 	DAdmin 	Other 	Total 	Sent Emails
2010 09 01	964.6 MB	3.62 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	964.6 MB	4
2010 09 02	322.9 MB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	322.9 MB	0
2010 09 03	380.2 MB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	380.2 MB	0
2010 09 04	358.9 MB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	358.9 MB	0
2010 09 05	220.5 MB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	220.5 MB	0
2010 09 06	464.4 MB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	464.4 MB	0
2010 09 07	223.7 MB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	223.7 MB	0
total		2.87 GB		3.62 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	0.00 KB	2.87 GB		4

It looks as if my client is really using that much transit.

I apologize for any inconvenience I've caused either of you.

What I need to know now, is following those instructions from John, did the second command clear my monthly summaries; it looks as if they're now lower than the total of these daily numbers.

Thanks.

Jeff