I switched to using check_nrpe, it allows the use of ShowAll type=physical. My experience with check_nt it includes both physical memory and virtual memory.
From: Help [mailto:help-bounces+brian.broughton=ppheartland....@monitoring-plugins.org] On Behalf Of Bhandara Purayil, Shyam Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 7:54 AM To: help@monitoring-plugins.org Subject: check_nt usage query Hi, We are using the check_nt (MEMUSE) plugin to monitor the memory of a server. The server has actually 16G of physical memory. But the output is: /usr/local/groundwork/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H xxx.xx.xx.xx -p 12489 -v MEMUSE -w 80 -c 90 -t 120 Memory usage: total:22439.84 Mb - used: 8713.17 Mb (39%) - free: 13726.67 Mb (61%) | 'Memory usage'=8713.17Mb;179 What memory is it monitoring? .Please advise. Regards, Shyam B P | System Analyst | ADM | Service Management Automation | Unisys | 135/1, Purva premier, Residency Road,Bangalore 560025 | | Net: 759 5758 | Direct: 91-80-41595758 | Cell: 91-9620272115 | [cid:image001.gif@01D02BE1.0E2E0F80]<http://www.youtube.com/theunisyschannel> [cid:image002.gif@01D02BE1.0E2E0F80] <http://www.facebook.com/unisyscorp> [cid:image003.gif@01D02BE1.0E2E0F80] <http://www.linkedin.com/companies/unisys> [cid:image004.gif@01D02BE1.0E2E0F80] <http://www.twitter.com/unisyscorp> [cid:image005.gif@01D02BE1.0E2E0F80] <http://www.unisys.com/> [cid:image006.gif@01D02BE1.0E2E0F80] THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. ________________________________ NOTE: Confidential Information - This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipients and contains information belonging to Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, which is confidential and/or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this e-mail information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
