Re: [Nagios-users-br] [resolvido] Performance Nagios

2007-08-16 Thread Rejaine Monteiro
eu nao sei muito bem como nem quando, mas o problema foi resolvido... fiz já havia feito varios ajustes, comentados nas msgs anteriores, referente aos parametros no nagios.cfg e nada surtiu efeito.. ajustei tambem varios tempos de checagens de serviços etc.. em vão... daí percebi que haviam

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios best practices?

2007-08-16 Thread Anthony Montibello
Personally, I would like to see the NagiosCommunity wiki become more populated. I would assume it would be moderated by at least Ethan which would assist keeping high integrety. and he has been keeping the Blog updated with some interesting articals and events. I am hoping to find some time in

[Nagios-users] SMTP problem

2007-08-16 Thread Sukesh /IT/BLR/JIG/IN
Hi Please let me know how to configure SMTP settings in Nagios. Unable to receive e-mail alerts in nagios. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop.

Re: [Nagios-users] SMTP problem

2007-08-16 Thread Sukesh /IT/BLR/JIG/IN
Hi Please let me know how to configure SMTP settings in Nagios. Unable to receive e-mail alerts in nagios. Using this version nagios-3.0a4. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log

Re: [Nagios-users] SMTP problem

2007-08-16 Thread Lev Lafayette
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 12:03 +0530, Sukesh /IT/BLR/JIG/IN wrote: Hi Please let me know how to configure SMTP settings in Nagios. Unable to receive e-mail alerts in nagios. Using this version nagios-3.0a4. Edit /etc/nagios/contacs.cfg and follow the sample. # 'nagios' contact

Re: [Nagios-users] SMTP problem

2007-08-16 Thread Shivkumar
AFAIK, Nagios has got nothing to do with SMTP. Your question should probably be re-phrased as How do I configure an MTA on my server? This would throw up a new can of worms and this is not the list to post that on. You are better off on your OS how-to or FAQ. Just try sending out a simple mail

[Nagios-users] Error in configuration file in hosts.cfg

2007-08-16 Thread Rodrigo Tavares
Hello, See the file hosts.cfg below : # Generic host definition template define host{ namegeneric-host ; The name of this host template - referenced in other host definitions, used for template recursion notifications_enabled 1 ;

[Nagios-users] hostextinfo help

2007-08-16 Thread Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen
Hi, Suddenly my hostextinfo.cfg is not working. Anyone has an idea what can be wrong ? Thanks. My DocumentRoot is /usr/share/nagios/htdocs/ sirius:/etc/nagios# nagios -v nagios.cfg Nagios 1.4 Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Ethan Galstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Last Modified: 05-03-2006 License: GPL

[Nagios-users] do not receive mails for check_ping.

2007-08-16 Thread Lalita Drolia
Hi, I am not receiving mails for ping checks. I am receiving mails for check-host-alive, check_ssh, databases checks n all other services. But I realized that I am not receiving any mails for an explicit ping check which I have defined for windows servers in services.cfg. Could anybody help

Re: [Nagios-users] Error in configuration file in hosts.cfg

2007-08-16 Thread Richard Mohr
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 08:32 -0300, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: When I run the command : ./bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg Come this merror messenger: Error in configuration file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg' - Line 3 (NULL value) I believe the problem is that you are

[Nagios-users] Nagios 3.0b1 and perl check plugins

2007-08-16 Thread Nicole Hähnel
Hi, I'm trying nagios 3.0b1, all works fine, standard nagios-plugins... But some perl plugins (check_systime.pl, check_rsync, check_disk_snmp.pl) are driving me crazy. Within nagios, I get Service check did not exit properly). I tested as user nagios and root on command line and it worked. Any

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.0b1 and perl check plugins

2007-08-16 Thread Syd Alsobrook
On Thursday 16 August 2007 09:47, Nicole Hähnel wrote: I'm trying nagios 3.0b1, all works fine, standard nagios-plugins... But some perl plugins (check_systime.pl, check_rsync, check_disk_snmp.pl) are driving me crazy. Within nagios, I get Service check did not exit properly). I tested as

[Nagios-users] Opinion Sought... Essential Nagios 3rd Party Apps.

2007-08-16 Thread Chris Stankaitis
We have been using Nagios for a very long time, I have been running it under an older rev for a bit because everything has worked, and there have been no new features that my install has needed. However for various reasons we are now looking to upgrade to current. I would like some opinions of

Re: [Nagios-users] Opinion Sought... Essential Nagios 3rd Party Apps.

2007-08-16 Thread Sapon, Dimitry
Chris, One application I can recommend right away is Groundwork. We use it here and for the most part it works great. As with any application (especially open source) there are features that would be great to have that aren't there at the moment but it still makes the administration of Nagios

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.0b1 and perl check plugins

2007-08-16 Thread Nicole Hähnel
Syd Alsobrook schrieb: On Thursday 16 August 2007 09:47, Nicole Hähnel wrote: I'm trying nagios 3.0b1, all works fine, standard nagios-plugins... But some perl plugins (check_systime.pl, check_rsync, check_disk_snmp.pl) are driving me crazy. Within nagios, I get Service check did not exit

Re: [Nagios-users] Error in configuration file in hosts.cfg

2007-08-16 Thread Rodrigo Tavares
Hello Richard, Now, I run the command with nagios.cfg, then th I have to create escalations.cfg, then i created the servers dile, but come this error: Error: Could not open config directory '/usr/local/nagios/etc/servers' for reading. I gave 777 for the file, and changed file's user for nagios,

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.0b1 and perl check plugins

2007-08-16 Thread Syd Alsobrook
On Thursday 16 August 2007 10:29, Nicole Hähnel wrote: After recompiling nagios doesn't crash anymore. But now I get CRITICAL and (null) as status information. Odd, all my status information cleaned right up after I did this. Is this a custom plugin or a base one? Syd -- Syd Alsobrook IT

Re: [Nagios-users] do not receive mails for check_ping.

2007-08-16 Thread Marc Powell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lalita Drolia Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:38 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] do not receive mails for check_ping. Hi, I am not receiving

Re: [Nagios-users] hostextinfo help

2007-08-16 Thread Marc Powell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:33 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] hostextinfo help Hi, Suddenly my

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.0b1 and perl check plugins

2007-08-16 Thread Marc Powell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Syd Alsobrook Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:51 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.0b1 and perl check plugins On Thursday 16 August 2007

Re: [Nagios-users] Error in configuration file in hosts.cfg

2007-08-16 Thread Richard Mohr
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 11:43 -0300, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: Error: Could not open config directory '/usr/local/nagios/etc/servers' for reading. It sounds like you created this file, but Nagios thinks it is a directory. Are you using cfg_file or cfg_dir in nagios.cfg? -- Rick Mohr Systems

[Nagios-users] Availability CGI - problem with custom report period

2007-08-16 Thread James Michael Keller
I'm having an issue with the avail.cgi on 2.6 If I set up a custom start and end date, unless the end date includes today or 2 days before today, no status log information is included in the report.If I run a 31 day report, year, etc Anything that would include today or today-2 works.

Re: [Nagios-users] Opinion Sought... Essential Nagios 3rd Party Apps.

2007-08-16 Thread Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists)
Hi Chris, I'm playing my own trumpet a bit here, but I started a project called Nagios Looking Glass - it's aim is to provide a prettier, read-only interface to users with the essentials at-a-glance without the complexity of the Nagios GUI. The view-switching between servers, services and

Re: [Nagios-users] Opinion Sought... Essential Nagios 3rd Party Apps.

2007-08-16 Thread Jim Avery
On 16/08/07, Chris Stankaitis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like some opinions of what the must have 3rd party apps are for nagios ... The one I would always install is PNP http://www.ederdrom.de/doku.php/nagios/pnp_en for graphing performance information. It's a doddle to install and use

Re: [Nagios-users] Opinion Sought... Essential Nagios 3rd PartyApps.

2007-08-16 Thread Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists)
Hi Dimitry, Yep. NLG 2.0 release is code-named Padlock for this very reason! The main goal is purely on security, anything else I can get going will be a bonus, and it will feature a complete security model. In v2, you'll be able to create users and tag them to groups. Users can then be

[Nagios-users] How do I check the services on remote machines

2007-08-16 Thread Lingyun Yang
Hi: I am running nagios to monitoring a cluster. There are different kinds of services running on different machines. How could I use nagios to monitor the services on remote machines? I know I may need to write new plugins to check the service status. My question is: how could I send the

Re: [Nagios-users] How do I check the services on remote machines

2007-08-16 Thread Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists)
Hi Lingyun, Have a look at NRPE. Basically you run an NRPE daemon on the remote machines (which is configured with the commands to use.) You set up a service in Nagios to use check_nrpe to query the remote NRPE daemon. The NRPE daemon takes the command name to use, runs the command

[Nagios-users] verify the connection of nagios an NDOUtils

2007-08-16 Thread Nagavekar, Prasad
Hi I have installed nagios 3.x and a NDOUtils addon , on SUsue linux server . Also I have installed phpmyadmin to view and work with mysql database, I would like to know the procedure about testing the connection between nagios 3.x and mysql database which I have created with the help of

Re: [Nagios-users] How do I check the services on remote machines

2007-08-16 Thread Jim Avery
On 16/08/07, Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a look at NRPE. I prefer to use NSCA myself, but there are pros and cons to both. As ever, you decide! - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk

[Nagios-users] nt_check COUNTER

2007-08-16 Thread Ilya Aronov
I am trying to retrieve SMTP counters from Windows 2003 server Command bellow returning -1, application log in Windows 2003 has error message Category does not exist. In Perfmon I am able to see this counter though. I am able to get other counters from the same server in Nagios. What am I

Re: [Nagios-users] How do I check the services on remote machines

2007-08-16 Thread Jim Avery
On 16/08/07, Donnell Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally like the most secure way which is by using the check_by_ssh plugin Is check_by_ssh more secure than nsca? I'd have thought nsca was more secure as no ports need to be 'open' on the server being monitored. I'm ready to stand

[Nagios-users] Charting trends

2007-08-16 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi List; In my last gig (a postgres shop) we used MRTG to run a number of queries that every 5 minutes tracked things like overall db size, table sizes, number of sequential scans vs. number of index scans, etc. With MRTG we were able to create a set of daily, monthly and YTD graphs that

[Nagios-users] Service escalation question

2007-08-16 Thread Matthew D. Baker
All, In the process of setting up service escalations to have warning notifications occur at a different frequency than critical notifications. With no service escalation defined, warning and critical notifications occur at the same frequency and both work fine. To test, I picked one service

Re: [Nagios-users] Charting trends

2007-08-16 Thread Marc Powell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Kempter Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:45 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Charting trends Hi List; In my last gig (a postgres shop) we

Re: [Nagios-users] How do I check the services on remote machines

2007-08-16 Thread Lingyun Yang
Hi guys: Thanks so much for the information. Your answers are very helpful. Lingyun Jim Avery wrote: On 16/08/07, Donnell Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally like the most secure way which is by using the check_by_ssh plugin Is check_by_ssh more secure than nsca? I'd

[Nagios-users] Getting the following error message from the nagios web interface,

2007-08-16 Thread Kevin Branagan
*Hi All, Getting the following error message from the nagios web interface,* Whoops! *Error: Could not read host and service status information!* The most common cause of this error message (especially for new users), is the fact that Nagios is not actually running. If Nagios is indeed not

[Nagios-users] Getting the following error message from the nagios web interface, *

2007-08-16 Thread Kevin Branagan
*Hi All, Getting the following error message from the nagios web interface,** Whoops! *Error: Could not read host and service status information!* The most common cause of this error message (especially for new users), is the fact that Nagios is not actually running. If Nagios is indeed

[Nagios-users] Schedule reports

2007-08-16 Thread Sukesh /IT/BLR/JIG/IN
Hi Please let me know how I can schedule and send daily available report by e-mail. Using nagios version nagios-3.0a4. Regards Sukesh - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files

[Nagios-users] Disable warning messages

2007-08-16 Thread Sukesh /IT/BLR/JIG/IN
Hi Please let me know how can I disable all warning alert by e-mail. Sukesh - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and

[Nagios-users] send daily available report

2007-08-16 Thread Sukesh /IT/BLR/JIG/IN
Hi Please let me know how can I send daily all availability report via e-mail. Using nagios 3.0.4 Regards - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now

[Nagios-users] No hosts being monitored

2007-08-16 Thread John Tabasz (jtabasz)
This is a brand new setup. I have two remote hosts defined in the hosts.cfg file and in the hostgroups.cfg file. When I run ./nagios -v nagios.cfg the messages returned only indicate that there are only the localhost being monitored. Ditto with the web screens. Do I need to install nrpe on the

Re: [Nagios-users] do not receive mails for check_ping.

2007-08-16 Thread Lalita Drolia
I read the first section. I guess it means that if it is determined that a host is down then it does not check for its corresponding services and so I am not getting a mail. But I do still get a mail for databases and ssh going down. It is only for ping service check that I am not getting mails.

Re: [Nagios-users] No hosts being monitored

2007-08-16 Thread Dennis Huenseler
Hallo John, give us some more information. Which version of Nagios? Did you only define the hosts or did you additionally at least define one service like Ping for these hosts? Can you see the new defined hosts as pending in the overview ? @your question: nrpe is not needed for Ping

[Nagios-users] availability report

2007-08-16 Thread Sukesh /IT/BLR/JIG/IN
Hi I need to get all availability report for hosts and services by email daily by 8AM. Please let me know hoe can I do this. Using nagios version 3.0.4a - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.0b1 and perl check plugins [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2007-08-16 Thread Stanley.Hopcroft
Dear Folks, The reports about this matter are a bit perplexing in that 1 if the Nag internals have changed so that the ePN functions do not have their return values processed correctly, or the ePN functions are not called in the same way as 2.x, then the SEGV is expected with ePN. 2 However, if