Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios check latency

What are your check_result_reaper_frequency and max_check_result_reaper_time set to? I use 3 and 15 respectively here. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk

Re: [Nagios-users] ESXi/vCenter Monitoring

check_mk 1.2.3 should do that for you. There's a bit of pain migrating your config into check_mk's WATO, but IMHO it's worth it in the long run. http://mathias-kettner.com/check_mk.html It might be prudent to wait for the check_mk 1.2.3i2 before playing with it, though. Cheers, Phil -- Phil

Re: [Nagios-users] Update Nagios 3.3.1 to 3.5.0

That depends on how and where you installed it from in the first place. >From RPM, and if so, which repo? Or from source? Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk

Re: [Nagios-users] rpmbuild nagios-3.5.0

Talking of DAG's RPMs, if you'd been using Nagios 3.2.3 from rpmforge, I've written a blog post on how to build Nagios 3.4.1 / 3.5.0 as a replacement, using same file locations. The last postscript in the blog is the relevant stuff for 3.5.0. http://www.rebee.clara.net/blog/archives/2012/05/en

Re: [Nagios-users] nagios SIGSEGV on archive rotation

Which version of nagios? Are you using check_mk / mk_livestatus? Check the thread "Nagios 3.5.0 segfaulting at midnight" in this list's archives. Cheers, Phil -Original Message- From: Mike W [mailto:uce_m...@yahoo.com] Sent: 09 July 2013 15:58 To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sub

Re: [Nagios-users] Issues with check_openmanage documentation URLs

Hmm, Dell have changed the urls yet again... Seems to be no way to automagically determine the url from the product type - uk doc page for that server is: http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/uk/en/ukdhs1/Product/poweredge-r210-2 Thanks very much, Dell :-( This will also affect check_esxi_hardw

Re: [Nagios-users] Log Rotations Issue

ailto:paxindust...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 February 2013 15:43 To: Nagios Users List Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Log Rotations Issue On Jan 31, 2013, at 12:53 PM, "Randal, Phil" wrote: > I'm seeing the same issue here :-( > > Phil > > Phil, Stopping Nagios completely, and

Re: [Nagios-users] Log Rotations Issue

I'm seeing the same issue here :-( Phil -Original Message- From: Alaric [mailto:paxindust...@gmail.com] Sent: 31 January 2013 15:57 To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Log Rotations Issue Hi, I was hoping that someone on this list might have some insight to a

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.2 and PNP4Nagios

Just tried a build of 3.4.2 here, similar problem, nagios not actually performing checks. Nagios 3.4.2 with check_mk and pnp4nagios. I won't have time to investigate today, alas. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage and ESXi

You get more reported back from check_esxi_hardware.py if the check detects any error conditions. I did a lot of work on this last year, see my blog post about it for example output when things don't work: http://www.rebee.clara.net/blog/archives/2011/04/entry_185.html Cheers, Phil -- Phil R

Re: [Nagios-users] Installing n2rrd with Nagios on Centos 6.2

Can't help but think that using pnp4nagios would be easier :-) Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk -Original Message- From: nelson [mailto:tnels...@comcast.net] Sent: 20 Jul

Re: [Nagios-users] Help with OCP_daemon and distributed monitoring

Check out Bug 247 http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=247 The attached patch should fix the issue. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: James Fillman [mailto:jfill

Re: [Nagios-users] Large scale installation

What's the spec of your nagios server? We're checking (around) 500 hosts, 4500 active, 5000 passive service with Nagios 3.4.1 in a CentOS 5.8 VM with 2GB RAM, 4 vCPUs, without problems with the help of check_mk /mk_livestatus (http://mathias-kettner.de/check_mk.html) Also using pnp4nagios and r

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.1 keeps sending notifications for hosts and service(s) in scheduled shutdown time

Hi Andreas, In my limited testing it seems to work properly with the patch. I've just scheduled downtime for a host, rebooted it, and restarted Nagios when it was down. No notifications were resent here after the Nagios restart. Cheers, Phil -Original Message- From: Andreas Ericsson

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.1 keeps sending notifications for hosts and service(s) in scheduled shutdown time

Does the patch in http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=338 fix the issue for you? Cheers, Phil From: Mark Elsen [mailto:mark.el...@gmail.com] Sent: 04 June 2012 12:12 To: Nagios Users List Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.1 keeps sending notifications for hosts and service(s) in scheduled

Re: [Nagios-users] Plugin to Monitor Network Interface

If you've SNMP enabled on your servers, easiest way is via check_iftraffic3.pl It would help if you specified which operating system(s) the monitored box(es) run(s). Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Ema

Re: [Nagios-users] Data Visualization in Nagios

You don't have to do anything on your remote system. If your nagios checks are returning performance data they'll automatically be graphed. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.c

Re: [Nagios-users] Data Visualization in Nagios

I'd also add mk_livestatus and rrdcached into the mix with pnp4nagios. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk -Original Message- From: Paul Dubuc [mailto:w...@paul.dub

Re: [Nagios-users] Perfdata problem

fixed) On 05/15/2012 03:49 PM, Dennis Kuhlmeier wrote: > Hi Phil, > > On 15.05.12 15:24, Randal, Phil wrote: >> Hi Dennis, >> >> Can you check out Nagios 3.4.1 and see if this fixes the problem? >> > > sorry for not checking prior to posting. > > Anyway, I

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 double quote in command bug (fixed)

Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk -Original Message- From: Dennis Kuhlmeier [mailto:kuhlme...@riege.com] Sent: 15 May 2012 14:49 To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 double quote in command bug (fixed) Hi Phil, On 15.05.12 15:24, Randal, Phil wrote:

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 double quote in command bug (fixed)

cted and fixed in an upcoming 3.4 release? Regards, Dennis On 14.05.12 11:31, Randal, Phil wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > Yours is probably the safest approach. > > Cheers, > > Phil > > -- > Phil Randal > Infrastructure Engineer > Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 double quote in command bug (fixed)

May 2012 00:17 To: Nagios Users List Cc: Randal, Phil Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 double quote in command bug (fixed) On 05/13/2012 10:44 PM, Randal, Phil wrote: > I've uploaded a patch to > > http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=332 > > Which fixes the doubl

[Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 double quote in command bug (fixed)

I've uploaded a patch to http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=332 Which fixes the double quote issue and my original compile problem. Cheers, Phil "Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Hoople Ltd. You should be aw

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 complilation error (and trivial fix)

I wouldn't rush to deploy Nagios 3.4.0 until this nasty bug's fixed: http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=332 Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: Ra

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 complilation error (and trivial fix)

o: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 complilation error (and trivial fix) Thanks Phill On 05/08/2012 04:03 PM, Randal, Phil wrote: Hi folks, Trying to compile nagios 3.4.0 gave me this error: checks.c: In function 'run_async_service_check': checks.c:7

[Nagios-users] Nagios 3.4.0 complilation error (and trivial fix)

Hi folks, Trying to compile nagios 3.4.0 gave me this error: checks.c: In function 'run_async_service_check': checks.c:714:5: error: 'temp_buffer' undeclared (first use in this function) Patch to fix the compilation error is: --- nagios/base/checks.c2012-05-08 14:36:02.0 +0100 +

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor Directory (Folders) Size with NSClient++

GetFileSize works for me using backslashes and not forward slashes. Try using "\" or "\\" instead of "/" in the path. e.g. d:\\Network Shares\\individual\\*.* This might be a bug in NSClient++ and/or its documentation. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Off

Re: [Nagios-users] Eventlog monitoring through NSClient++

I'm using check_mk to monitor eventlogs (and do other good things). http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk.html Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: Mark Elsen [mailto:mar

Re: [Nagios-users] Plugin to monitor bandwidth usage

I enable SNMP on our servers and use check_iftraffic3l to monitor them. One of the later check_ iftraffic variations might work for you too. http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Network-Connections%2C-Stats-and-Bandwidth/page2 Cheers, Phil From: Serge Dukic [mailto:serge.du...@orionhea

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring clustered services

One solution to that problem is to use Mathias Kettner's check_mk and use its clustered service support: http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_clusters.html That's what I do here. Another alternative is to create a third 'host' in Nagios representing the cluster and monitor the services on that,

Re: [Nagios-users] What the best way to monitor Windows?

I use Nsclient++ and check_mk_agent, coupled with pnp4nagios http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk.html Getting check_mk to work the way you want takes a bit of effort, but once you're used to it there's no turning back. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire & Her

[Nagios-users] Problems with exchange.nagios.org

Looks like the backend's fallen over. When trying to download a plugin: "Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL" Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire & Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Ser

Re: [Nagios-users] enable SNMP trap handling in Nagios

I'll second that. The documentation's a bit sparse for nagtrap, and overwhelming at times for snmptt, but you'll eventually get there. Installed both last night without too much hassle. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire & Herefordshire Council | Deputy Ch

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage errors

Hi Trond, Is the beta of check_openmanage.php available for testing? I'm currently using a slightly modified version of the one in the latest PNP release. Two cosmetic issues came to mind: 1: Temperature is measured in Celsius, not Celcius 2: Formatting when reporting multiple sensors in one

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios alert via Twitter - authorization issue

I haven't tested this myself yet, but take a look at this solution which uses OAuth authentication: http://0wned.it/2010/10/07/tweeting-alerts-from-nagios/ Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire & Herefordshire Council  | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.

Re: [Nagios-users] check for the absence of a service

http://nagiosplugins.org/man/negate -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160 email: pran...@herefordshire.gov.uk Any opinion expressed in this e-mail

Re: [Nagios-users] DNS down and false alerts...

Option 5: Install a local caching DNS server on your nagios box, and put 127.0.0.1 at the top of resolv.conf. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT

Re: [Nagios-users] HTTP and Web Form based Auth

Same here. I did have to apply this patch to get it to work properly with NTLM authentication: # diff -Naur webinject.pl /usr/local/webinject/webinject.pl --- webinject.pl2006-01-04 18:10:30.0 + +++ /usr/local/webinject/webinject.pl 2008-05-14 11:02:21.0 +0100 @@ -80

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE

Yes, You can do it without NRPE too. Install something like NSClient++ (http://www.nsclient.org) on the Vista host. http://www.nsclient.org/nscp/wiki/NSClientListener PROCSTATE is the one you want. I use a command check_nt_process: $USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 1248 -v PROCSTAT

Re: [Nagios-users] nagios upgrade

Is there any way you can clone your nagios box to a VM and test on the cloned box? I've just done that here testing for a planned 2.12 to 3.0.6 upgrade. You'll need to edit your nagios.cfg file to remove one obsolete option, and there are a few new options to merge in from the example nagios.cf

Re: [Nagios-users] Lilac 1.0 beta 1 released! The most robust Nagios3.x configuration tool available!

Shame it requires PHP 5.2. Any chance of re-engineering it so it works out of the box with a standard RedHat / CentOS 5.2 install? My past experience of the hassles of custom builds of PHP makes me very wary of going down that route again. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefo

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor web server run multiple virtual web site

I've recently done this. The details are in the Webinject forum here: http://www.webinject.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.cgi?board=Development;actio n=display;num=1185818423 It works a treat. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message-

Re: [Nagios-users] Announce: Check_Yum for RedHat/CentOS serverpackagealerts

ineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Hari Sekhon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 May 2008 10:40 To: Randal, Phil Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Announce: Check_Yum for RedHat/CentOS serverpackagealerts Randal, Phil wrote:

Re: [Nagios-users] Announce: Check_Yum for RedHat/CentOS serverpackagealerts

] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randal, Phil Sent: 30 April 2008 15:30 To: Hari Sekhon; Nagios Users mailinglist Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Announce: Check_Yum for RedHat/CentOS serverpackagealerts # ./check_yum -vvv setting plugin timeout to 30 seconds running command: /usr/bin/yum

Re: [Nagios-users] Announce: Check_Yum for RedHat/CentOS server packagealerts

# ./check_yum -vvv setting plugin timeout to 30 seconds running command: /usr/bin/yum --security check-update Returncode: '0' Output: 'Loading "security" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Loading "protectbase" plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Loading "dellsysidplugin" plugin Setting up reposit

Re: [Nagios-users] NSClient - ERROR: PDH Collection thread not running.

Upgrade to NSClient++ 0.3.1 and try again. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marco Borsani Sent: 13 March 2008 16:04 To:

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 2.11 changelog

The new download page is vile! Bring back the old one! Phil -- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Giles Coochey > Sent: 12 March 2008 14:16 > To: nagios-users@lists

Re: [Nagios-users] check-nt Windows 2003 Server

: 11 July 2006 16:08 > To: Randal, Phil; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] check-nt Windows 2003 Server > > What does this software ? > > -----Message d'origine- > De : Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : mardi 11 juillet

Re: [Nagios-users] check-nt Windows 2003 Server

Nobody told my Windows 2003 servers that! pnsClient.exe works fine on Win 2003. If you're on SP1, disable DEP for pnsclient.exe. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Nagios-users] Check MS Terminal Services

pnsclient does work on Win2003 SP1 boxes, you just need to disable DEP for pnsclient.exe. NSClient++ (http://nscplus.medin.name/index.php/Main_Page) looks good and works for me for what I want to do (and saves me from having to have nrpe_nt installed as well). Clientless? Spend aeons figuring ou

RE: [Nagios-users] Email notifications

Assuming your nagios box is on your internal network and not NAT'ed to the outside world... You just need a standard sendmail setup or equivalent, making sure your internal DNS has MX records for your mail servers, then make sure your notifications go to internal addresses only. If that restricti

RE: [Nagios-users] Best web front end

A quick look at the NagioSQL web page gives me little confidence.  No documentation or screenshots.   I've been playing with both Monarch and Fruity.  Both are (to me) Alpha quality, regardless of any RC monnikers the developers attach to them.   I needed to patch both to make them usable:  

RE: [Nagios-users] NSCPlus (aka clearly im stupid)

1326. Cheers, Phil Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Oliver Marshall > Sent: 23 May 2006 11:18 > To: Randal, Phil; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net

RE: [Nagios-users] NSCPlus (aka clearly im stupid)

Or both, the choice isn't exclusive. Cheers, Phil Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Allan Holdt Hansen INBODAN > Sent: 23 May 2006 11:01 > To: nagios-users@li

RE: [Nagios-users] NSCPlus (aka clearly im stupid)

There is a check_nt as part of the standard nagios plugins (http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/). The only difference between that and the check_nt which came with pnsclient.exe is the fileage checking (which isn't implemented yet in nsclient++ - or if it is it doesn't work). You can use NSClient+

RE: [Nagios-users] Remove NSClient++

Have a look in c:\nsclient++\docs\index.html To uninstall NSClient++ execute the following command: NSClient++ /uninstall Cheers, Phil Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [Nagios-users] SMS Text Message help

In the smsclient FAQ it says: " I can't get smsclient to run from inside a script. (eg. netsaint) Answer by default SMSClient uses stdout to display some information (dialing...). Some apllications (eg. netsaint) don't want to know what a script returns, and SMSClient sends it output into

RE: [Nagios-users] NsClient vs. NRPE_nt

Try NSClient++ from     http://nscplus.medin.name/index.php/Main_Page   Depending on your needs and environment you might be able to use just this and not need nrpe_nt (from     http://www.miwi-dv.com/nrpent/   Cheers,   Phil Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK  

RE: [Nagios-users] Migrate Nagios 1.3 to 2.0

That's useful, but has anybody done a Migration "howto"? Or written a migration tool? Cheers, Phil Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Marc Powell > Sent: 07 F