Have you added the IP address of your Nagios server to the SNMP allowed list of the SNMP service in Windows? By default it only allows localhost queries.
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Auburn, Indiana > -----Original Message----- > From: arly arly [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:43 PM > To: Richard Remington > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor Windows 2003 using nagios + SNMP > > HI Richard, > > thank you for comment. > > comunity string I set up as for machines I have it works OK. > Comunity string is same, and let say it is "niceday" but it > is same on all machines I have plan to monitor. > > I tried all, but it I am really stuck, same configuration ( > which I btw just copy /paste to machines behind firewal ) > works corretly on machines which are direct accessable from > nagios server. > > I have port 161 open. > > Thank you all for comment, I need to hear your experiences > regarding this > > Kind regards, > > Arlytex > > > > 2009/8/6 Richard Remington <[email protected]>: > > Hi Arlytex, > > > > Is it possible that the SNMP password (community string) is > not 'public' on your Windows 2003 servers that are behind the > firewall? Perhaps if they're behind a firewall, someone also > went to the trouble to change the SNMP community string > (password) to reach them? > > > > Regards, > > > > Richard > > > > arly arly wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I am using nagios3 and I would like an monitoring system for my > >> network. I have cca 10 hosts in "my network" but they are behind > >> firewall. > >> I mean in "my network" which is not exposed to outside world, some > >> machines are behidn firewals in. > >> > >> Critical machines run Windows 2003 server OS, and I tried to use > >> NSClient++, in combination with check_nrpe ( I tried both > ports 5666 > >> and 12489 ) and I can get information from windows > servers--checking > >> them with check_nrpe looks ok. > >> > >> Then I realized that with SNMP I could better informations > ( tested > >> on machines directly accessible from nagios server ) and > decided to > >> copy/paste working SNMP configuration from windows > machines and add > >> necessary servers to nagios conf files and have all > unified via SNMP > >> monitoring. I am using *.pl scripts from > >> http://nagios.manubulon.com/snmp_storage.html and for machines > >> directly accessible all is ok > >> > >> But I got into troubles for servers behind firewall :) > Ports 161/162 > >> ( UDP/TCP ) are open on firewal to windows servers > >> > >> When I run > >> ./check_snmp_storage.pl -H AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA -C public -m > ^C: -w 80 -c > >> 90 ( AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA address of win. machine behind firewal ) I am > >> getting an error > >> > >> ERROR: Description/Type table : No response from remote > host 'AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA'. > >> what means no return information from server. First I suspected on > >> connectivity and I moved SNMP to listen on another port, > run command > >> ./check_snmp_storage.pl -H AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA -C public -m > ^C: -w 80 -c > >> 90 --port 2222 but same issue ( this process works when I > test it on > >> machines which are not behind firewall ) On windows > machine netstat > >> -a shows > >> > >> UDP server:snmp *:* > >> UDP server:snmptrap *:* > >> > >> what means snmp is listenning ( same configuration of SNMP service > >> works ok for machines which are in same net as nagios server ) > >> > >> I am suspection it could something to do with SNMP client / SNMP > >> protocol how it works, as I am getting correct response > when I sent > >> it to 5666 + check_nrpe. > >> > >> Any reasonable hint what I could check will very useful, > so thank you > >> in advance. I am preety lost I do not really know what to > check more > >> in order to resolve this. > >> > >> Operating system I use for nagios server is Debian stable 5, I am > >> very sure configuration of SNMP on Windows servers is > correct. HW I > >> am want to monitor are HP Proliants DL360 G5, DL380 G5 > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> > >> Arlytex > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> --------- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > >> Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, > integration > >> and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application > >> coding. 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