If I write the extension, I will certainly commit it to the nagios-snmp SF project for inclusion.
Frank, feel free to beat me to the punch (since yours is already running) Robert On 3/11/2011 10:13 AM, Joe Beck wrote: > Frank, > > This looks like a great addition to my core alerting. > Any chance you can share the details of your setup-- > Did you make these updates to check_snmp_load.pl& do something similar to > Robert? >>> I'm getting good results by using the NETSL option to report load averages. >>> I'm setting '-c 99,4,10' to basically ignore the 1 minute value and alarm >>> on 5 and 15 minutes. > Thx, > Joe > > > On 3/9/11 9:00 PM, "frank"<ra...@they.org> wrote: > >> On my installation I added code to the SNMP load check to count the CPU >> cores via SNMP and set WARN to 1.25*cores and CRIT to 1.5*cores (for >> any/all load values). Seems to be working ok. Haven't had any complaints >> from the NOC for excessive alerting. >> >> -f >> >> On Wed, 9 Mar 2011, Robert Eden wrote: >> >>> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:33:13 -0600 >>> From: Robert Eden<rme...@gmail.com> >>> Reply-To: Nagios Users List<nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >>> To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: [Nagios-users] check_snmp_load.pl best linux practices >>> >>> I'm currently experimenting with using check_snmp_load.pl to alarm on system >>> overload. >>> >>> Monitoring CPU usage is giving me a lot of false alarms due to their >>> instantaneous nature. >>> >>> I'm getting good results by using the NETSL option to report load averages. >>> I'm setting '-c 99,4,10' to basically ignore the 1 minute value and alarm >>> on 5 and 15 minutes. >>> >>> Unfortunately, unlike the CPU percentages, the load numbers should be based >>> on the number of processors. The NETSL option doesn't do that. >>> >>> One option is to have a series of service commands based on the number of >>> processors, but I'm considering writing a new mode that will using the >>> "STAND" option to get the number of CPUs and then use that as a >>> multiplication factor for alarms. >>> >>> Does that make sense? Surely others have run into this problem. How do >>> you >>> alarm on excessive load w/o causing lots of false alarms. >>> >>> Robert >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------->> > - >>> Colocation vs. Managed Hosting >>> A question and answer guide to determining the best fit >>> for your organization - today and in the future. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nagios-users mailing list >>> Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users >>> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting >>> any issue. >>> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Colocation vs. Managed Hosting >> A question and answer guide to determining the best fit >> for your organization - today and in the future. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Nagios-users mailing list >> Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users >> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting >> any issue. >> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null