[Nagios-users] check_openmanage having issues with OMSA 6.2.0

2010-02-01 Thread C. Bensend
Hey folks, During this past weekend's maintenance window, we upgraded several hosts to OMSA v6.2.0. They were previously at v5.0.0, and so check_openmanage wasn't able to poll them. Now, they are still showing as UNKNOWN, giving the following error: Problem running 'omreport storage con

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage having issues with OMSA 6.2.0

2010-02-01 Thread C. Bensend
>>I would have thought 6.2.0 would be OK - is anyone else seeing >> issues, or does anyone know of incompatibilities? I checked the >> check_openmanage FAQ, but didn't see anything... > > Hi Benny, > > The command 'omreport storage controller' is pretty basic and should > never fail like that

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage having issues with OMSA 6.2.0

2010-02-01 Thread C. Bensend
>>>I would have thought 6.2.0 would be OK - is anyone else seeing >>> issues, or does anyone know of incompatibilities? I checked the >>> check_openmanage FAQ, but didn't see anything... >> >> Hi Benny, >> >> The command 'omreport storage controller' is pretty basic and should >> never fail l

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.2.0 process dies silently - help!

2010-02-05 Thread C. Bensend
> Our nagios 3.2.0 installation is having major problems. > > The nagios process dies silently about 10-60 seconds after beeing > started. No record as to why in any logfiles. > > Have tried setting max debug (debug_level=-1 and debug_verbosity=2) in > nagios.cfg - nothing. > > System is a CentOS r

[Nagios-users] check_openmanage not using my custom temperature thresholds

2010-02-09 Thread C. Bensend
Hey folks, I am trying to use custom temperature thresholds with one of my servers, and it doesn't seem to take them into account. The full command (as defined in NSC.ini for NSClient++): command[check_openmanage]=check_openmanage.exe -e -p -w 0=50 -c 0=54 -b bat_charge=ALL/ctrl_fw=ALL/ct

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage not using my custom temperature thresholds

2010-02-09 Thread C. Bensend
> Openmanage has its own limits. From a random M600 server here, the > limits for ambient temperature is > > # omreport chassis temps > Temperature Probes Information > > > Main System Chassis Temperatures: Ok > >

Re: [Nagios-users] Re-send: Notificaitons after the commit

2010-03-02 Thread C. Bensend
> Running nagios -v nagios.cfg haves Nagios verify the configuration, this > is > best practice because otherwise you risk a typo stopping your monitoring > for > the time it takes for you to correct the configuration :-) ... > Tip: don't use restart when you just want Nagios to load new > confi

[Nagios-users] check_openmanage: "Failed to load external entity" with OMSA v5.3.0 on 2003

2010-03-09 Thread C. Bensend
Hey folks, I am working my way through some more Windows NSClient++ installs, and I've hit a 2003 server that is not happy with check_openmanage (please forgive the horrible formatting): C:\Program Files\NSClient++>check_openmanage -e -p -b bat_charge=ALL/ctrl_fw=ALL /ctrl_driver=ALL --omrep

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage: "Failed to load external entity" with OMSA v5.3.0 on 2003

2010-03-09 Thread C. Bensend
>> C:\Program Files\NSClient++>check_openmanage -e -p -b >> bat_charge=ALL/ctrl_fw=ALL >> /ctrl_driver=ALL --omreport F:\dellopenmanage\oma\bin\omreport.exe >> >> I/O warning : failed to load external entity >> "E:/dellopenmanage/xslroot/oma/cli/ >> omclpr.xsl" >> error >> xsltParseStylesheetFile

Re: [Nagios-users] Different timeperdiods for warning / critical states ?

2010-03-10 Thread C. Bensend
> We have a nagios 2.x installation that I plan to upgrade to 3.x soon... > > For some services, I'd like to be able to send notification 24x7, but only > with a critical state. For exemple a disk space checking service. When it > reaches warning state, I don't want to be waked up at 3 am. But when

Re: [Nagios-users] Overall Service Status

2010-03-15 Thread C. Bensend
> Kernel version is just an example, there are many service results I'd like > to be able to display in this manner. > > Something similar to how the Hosts page, displays ping status against each > host. I'm assuming I could create another customised page, and stick it on > the sidebar, but was wo

[Nagios-users] Does anyone have event log monitors that *work*?

2010-03-19 Thread C. Bensend
Hey folks, I have been beating my head against various and sundry walls, tables, and desks for quite some time now, and my brain is starting to get very, VERY mushy. I need to monitor Windows event logs. You'd think this would be easy, but either the tools available out there don't work (

Re: [Nagios-users] Does anyone have event log monitors that *work*?

2010-03-19 Thread C. Bensend
> This is probably overkill for your situation but you could use Splunk > > to watch event logs (and other logs) via saved searches and then > > have it notify Nagios when it spots something. We do this here as > > Splunk just has more smarts about dealing with events/logs/matches > > within cert

Re: [Nagios-users] Does anyone have event log monitors that *work*?

2010-03-19 Thread C. Bensend
> You may want to consider a unified SYSLOG in a linux box for your windows > machines an build your own plugins, this not only cuts off the stress on > the windows side but allows you quite a bit of freedom in processing > logging. It's just an idea, we are doing it over here, and we've had great

Re: [Nagios-users] Does anyone have event log monitors that *work*?

2010-03-19 Thread C. Bensend
> I agree, it's not easy. > > If it's any help, the best I've been able or bothered to get for > monitoring any errors from MS SQL Server is to put this in the > NSClient++ .ini file: > > Event_MSSQL=inject CheckEventLog filter=new file=application MaxWarn=1 > MaxCrit=2 filter+generated=<30m filte

Re: [Nagios-users] Does anyone have event log monitors that *work*?

2010-03-20 Thread C. Bensend
> I just read your thread on the NSClient++ forum too. I have found > that whenever I try to combine too many matches in one check it simply > doesn't work right (can't remember the precise details). So I > normally try to match on as few things as possible for each check even > if that means I'

Re: [Nagios-users] Does anyone have event log monitors that *work*?

2010-03-22 Thread C. Bensend
> I just read your thread on the NSClient++ forum too. I have found > that whenever I try to combine too many matches in one check it simply > doesn't work right (can't remember the precise details). So I > normally try to match on as few things as possible for each check even > if that means I'

Re: [Nagios-users] Does anyone have event log monitors that *work*?

2010-03-26 Thread C. Bensend
> Likewise please ask again if you're still stuck. I don't mind having > another bash at some of these issues when I have a minute. > > I just read your thread on the NSClient++ forum too. I have found > that whenever I try to combine too many matches in one check it simply > doesn't work right

Re: [Nagios-users] Expiration of passive check results

2010-03-30 Thread C. Bensend
> - Is it possible in NAGIOS, to let the result of a passive check , > 'expire' after a given time period ? >(this could be used for errors, which are considered less > important, and are being considered 'dead weight' for > the time being). > >I mean if I a get a CRITICAL (passive)

Re: [Nagios-users] state change question

2010-04-01 Thread C. Bensend
> I'm trying to track down an issue and am not sure If I'm following what is > happening correctly. We had a service go critical and start sending > alerts. > The service was then acknowledged so it would stop sending notifications. > The problem with that service was then "resolved" by getting th

Re: [Nagios-users] Plugin to check file for string?

2010-04-06 Thread C. Bensend
> Does anyone know of a nagios plugin that will grep a file for a string? > > I have a cronjob that logs output to a file and I basically want to grep > for > 'cronjob successful' in this file, alerting Critical if the string isn't > found and OK if it is. http://labs.consol.de/lang/en/nagios/che

Re: [Nagios-users] service dependency - dependent from

2010-04-08 Thread C. Bensend
> If I understand the documentation right it is just possible to add the > services that are dependent _from_ a service in the servicedependency > definition. > I would need to define a service and add to that definition from which > service > it is dependent. > > As an example I would like to add

Re: [Nagios-users] service dependency - dependent from

2010-04-08 Thread C. Bensend
>> You mean like: >> >> >> # All services that depend on NSClient++ >> define servicedependency{ >> # Host the dependent service is running on >> dependent_host_name HOSTNAME >> # Service that is dependent on the service_description below >> dependent_se

Re: [Nagios-users] Setup Nagios on an HP-UX Server

2010-04-08 Thread C. Bensend
> I had hoped someone could give me some direction here. I would > appreciate any help in this matter! Please be patient, Paul... People do not check their mail 24x7, nor is everyone in the same time zone as yourself. :) Now, just to verify, you are intending to run the Nagios daemon *on* the

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3 Include File Mechanism

2010-04-15 Thread C. Bensend
> I have an awkward nagios 3 configuration setup where configs for monitored > hosts are automatically generated from a database, but I also have need to > add new hosts via a manual method in a separate configuration file. > It looks like an "include file" mechanism would be needed in the main >

Re: [Nagios-users] [Nagios-devel] FW: Timeperiods and oncall rotation with UK Public holidays

2010-04-22 Thread C. Bensend
> If you can find a way to do this, please let me know! My boss is wanting > our Nagios installation to do this very thing, but I have yet to find a > way to make this happen. If you're needing to have warnings sent via email and criticals sent via SMS (for example), it's not difficult. The sol

Re: [Nagios-users] MySQL 5 Replikation

2010-05-04 Thread C. Bensend
> I have to set up a Master/Slave Replication in mySQL 5. Before i do this > i want to have tools watching this replication. Unfortunately i haven´t > found a Nagios plugin, which is checking more than something like the > time the slave is behind. > Is there something to check all data between th

Re: [Nagios-users] Parsing Logs

2010-05-05 Thread C. Bensend
> However, it what you really want to know is if the entire mail flow is > working, I'm a fan of having procmail look for trigger messages and send > a passive check result to Nagios when it sees one. A cron job can be > set up to send mail on a regular basis, and the check can then > be configur

Re: [Nagios-users] trying to fix problem with excessive latency

2010-05-19 Thread C. Bensend
> Try disabling "enable_environment_macros". It helped use greatly when we > disabled this option. Nagios was spending most of its time allocating > memory for environment variables it never used. (in our case) > > Host/Service checks latency dropped from ~20 minutes to 10 seconds I > would say.

Re: [Nagios-users] trying to fix problem with excessive latency

2010-05-19 Thread C. Bensend
>> Doesn't this kill the use of said macros in notifications, etc? > > No. It just means you can't access the various macros as environment > variables, like so: > > $NAGIOS_(macroname) > > They still get swapped in at the command line, so they're still > totally useful for that particular purpose

Re: [Nagios-users] Only 1 hostgroup access?

2010-05-21 Thread C. Bensend
> Is it possible to give a user access to only one hostgroup? > > Someone told me that " if authentication is enabled is to only show hosts > and services to people who are contacts on those hosts and services". > Would somebody please give me an example of this setting? > > When I check the cg

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE: No output returned from plugin error

2010-07-01 Thread C. Bensend
> command[check_users]="/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_users -w 5 -c 10" > command[check_load]="/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_load -w 15,10,5 -c > 30,25,20" > command[check_disk]="/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 20% -c 10% > -p /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00" > command[check_zombie_pro

Re: [Nagios-users] Returning "CHECK_NRPE: Error - Could not complete SSL handshake' on Nagios server

2010-07-01 Thread C. Bensend
> The strange this is I've configured 5 other solaris based remote hosts the > same way with ssl for nrpe but works fine with the same centos based > nagios server. Is your Nagios server in the 'allowed_hosts' option in the client's nrpe.cfg? Can you telnet from your Nagios server to port 5666 o

Re: [Nagios-users] Returning "CHECK_NRPE: Error - Could not complete SSL handshake' on Nagios server

2010-07-01 Thread C. Bensend
> Below is a successful telnet session from my centos nagios server to the > solaris remote host. As requested in my nrpe.cfg file on the solaris > remote host I have loop back ip address 127.0.0.1 for 'allowed_host' not > the ip address of the centos nagios server, but before it was working > fin

Re: [Nagios-users] Running Nagios on Vmware

2010-07-08 Thread C. Bensend
> Is anyone aware of documentation or test cases showing whether or not > running Nagios on VMware is a good idea? I realize the common opinion is > that it is a bad idea due to I/O but I am looking for something a bit more > in depth. I would also be interested in seeing some more detailed info

Re: [Nagios-users] Going Nuts trying to get check_by_ssh to work

2010-07-13 Thread C. Bensend
> I have tried running the check_by_ssh plugin from the command line with no > success , specifying ports, protocol, user, etc > > ./check_by_ssh -H pbylinux7 -C '/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ssh' -2 -4 > -p 22 Have you tried using the *IP* instead of the hostname? Depending on how you have y

Re: [Nagios-users] Going Nuts trying to get check_by_ssh to work

2010-07-13 Thread C. Bensend
> Thanks for the reply, yes I have tried it with both ip & name with the > same results. > > I assume that the command line check should work as I have written it here > correct? > > /usr/local/nagios/libexec> ./check_by_ssh -H 172.xx.xx.xx -C > '/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_users -w 5 -c 8' -l

Re: [Nagios-users] Going Nuts trying to get check_by_ssh to work

2010-07-13 Thread C. Bensend
> I also tried this as well from the server , which does work > > ssh 172.xx.xx.xx /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_users -w 5 -c 8 > > Authorized users only. > > USERS OK - 0 users currently logged in |users=0;5;8;0 > > > This tells me that > 1. ssh as Nagios works > 2. the check_users scrip

Re: [Nagios-users] Going Nuts trying to get check_by_ssh to work

2010-07-13 Thread C. Bensend
> If I remember, that line is in the sshd.config for the auth users banner. > I should be able to comment it out to test it. > > Didn't think about that... I'll dial in when I get home & try it.. If you're running a recent release of OpenSSH, you might be able to use a match directive to skip th

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios plugin always returns 0 value

2010-07-16 Thread C. Bensend
> I made a plugin that counts mails in particular postfix queues and when > invoke from shell at remote host (mail server) it returns me valid > values on stdout: > > ./check_postfixq.sh -w 3 -c 5 -p > OK - total mails in queues: 10606 | mail in queues=10606;3;5;0 > > but when I in

Re: [Nagios-users] Windows Print Queue Monitoring...

2010-07-22 Thread C. Bensend
> Can anyone point me in the direction on some documentation, how to monitor > print queues on a 2008 Window server. I have the NSClient++ installed on > this box, I just need to know if I'm barking up the right tree :) A quick > web search is not getting anything thats helpful There are a number

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage ignores blacklist directive

2010-08-10 Thread C. Bensend
> Despite of giving it the parameter to ignore Warnings about the > controller firmware, it still gives a Warning Status: > > /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_openmanage -b ctrl_fw -s -H 192.168.2.137 'ctrl_fw' isn't the complete option you need to give there - you also need to specify the ID per:

Re: [Nagios-users] Email echo monitoring

2010-08-14 Thread C. Bensend
> yes please. > > I was going to write something similar but if you've already done the > work.. C'mon, people, where did you look? http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Email-and-Groupware/check_email_delivery/details This package contains multiple plugins, that when they are all set up

Re: [Nagios-users] Email echo monitoring

2010-08-14 Thread C. Bensend
> Thanks for the reply, this saved me a lot of extra work. No worries... Configuration was a pain, but it works *very* well. It will alert when the message sent is not received, as well as when message delivery latency exceeds your thresholds. Very nice. NOTE: Make it a part of your scheduled

Re: [Nagios-users] Problem with custom plugin on a remote linux box

2010-09-02 Thread C. Bensend
> in the file: vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg i added > command[check_wadmin]=perl > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/custom/check_wadmin.pl > -f /tmp/nagiosInput.txt -i wait -n 35 Always use the full path to interpreters, as the Nagios environment is not the same as a normal shell user's. > I also

Re: [Nagios-users] [Nagios-devel] FW: Nagios - SunOS

2010-09-07 Thread C. Bensend
> This is really a joke, right? > > The in-charge person in our team feel s afraid to upgrade the SunOS to > higher versions, just because of lack of technical knowledge. > > I suggested on the upgrade, but the boss with that in-charge person. While I think we're getting considerably off-topi

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios plain files vs database storage

2010-09-15 Thread C. Bensend
> if you are considering an install of ndoutils, make sure it's either a > cvs + patched version of 1.4b9 or the old 1.4b7 which runs smooth. > current 1.4b9 contains some severe bugs which haven't been fixed for a > while now. Hm... I've been running b9 for a year now, and I haven't noticed

Re: [Nagios-users] Problem with custom plugin on a remote linux box

2010-09-17 Thread C. Bensend
> **On the machine being monitored** > I have the perl script I created in /usr/local/nagios/libexec/custom/ (its > a > modification of > http://www.deimos.fr/gitweb/?p=nagios_plugins.git;a=blob;f=check_file_conten > t/check_file_content.pl;h=ecf737389fd5a4360ee864eb55aca92056308445;hb=HEAD > I >

Re: [Nagios-users] Acquiring data from a log

2010-09-20 Thread C. Bensend
> I need to acquire data from a log, parse if and, if a particular condition > is > met, notify the problem, otherwise just have on nagios the condition. I.e. > if > number of record (parsed from log) exceeds 1000, trigger an email, > otherwise > just have on nagios web page "Processed 123 records

Re: [Nagios-users] FTP Server is shown alive, but Nagios says DOWN!

2010-09-28 Thread C. Bensend
The check_command in the *host* definition, not the service definition. Is this a Windows 2008 FTP server? If so, Win2008 disables pings out of the box, and a custom rule must be added to the Windows Firewall to allow ICMP ECHOREQ. Or use a check_command that would indeed show the correct statu

Re: [Nagios-users] How to determine the login duration of current user?

2010-10-14 Thread C. Bensend
> VMware's version of this is VDI - it's pretty good, but it's not cheap - > it needs a special kind of ESX license so you can't run those desktops > on your existing servers, they need to be on dedicated ESX/VDI servers. This statement is not accurate, at least not in our locale. While VDI *doe

Re: [Nagios-users] Scheduled checks falling far behind

2010-10-23 Thread C. Bensend
> You can also run, if memory serves, the "nagiostats" command located in > your Nagios "bin" directory to see this information as well. I actually > use that nagiostats data in a custom check and graph a lot of those > latencies and other Nagios performance related info. Boy, would I *love* to

Re: [Nagios-users] Scheduled checks falling far behind

2010-10-27 Thread C. Bensend
> OK, well, I hope I'm not embarrassing myself with this. It's a perl > script and uses Ton Voon's nifty Nagios::Plugins module. I run checks > against things I want to know about. Thinking about it, I guess it would > be nice to have the failed hosts/services check alert on percentage of > fai

Re: [Nagios-users] host_port objects - Enhancement Request

2010-10-29 Thread C. Bensend
> parent_service is actually a pretty good idea, I hadn't thought of that. I very, very much wish Nagios had the concept of parent_services (notice the plural, no reason not to give a parent service the same multi-parent capabilities as a regular parent host scenario). That way, you could get fi

Re: [Nagios-users] Change "Procs Critical" threshold

2010-11-05 Thread C. Bensend
> I have a couple of systems that are reporting critical notifications, that > when you drill into them, the Service : Total Processes has been > triggered. Its showing critical process level of 231, 453, for example. > Which on a production server is nothing really --- my question is, how do > I

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage -- question about battery check

2010-11-12 Thread C. Bensend
> the problem i'm having is that the check is reporting battery charging > WARNINGS even though I'm blacklisting that check. > > === > r...@nagios:/opt/plugins# perl ./check_openmanage-3.6.1 -H server1 -C > public > -e -s -i -b bat_charge No, you're not... Not quite, anyw

Re: [Nagios-users] Change "Procs Critical" threshold

2010-11-19 Thread C. Bensend
> I had another question regarding adjusting these thresholds, this time on > localhost. It regards the Current Load parameter, which is giving me a > Critical Load average of -- 2.47, 3.43, and 4.06 > > in localhost.cfg, /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/localhost.cfg, I have this > > define service{

Re: [Nagios-users] Change "Procs Critical" threshold

2010-11-22 Thread C. Bensend
>> From the help for check_load (which I'm assuming you're using >> in the command definition): >> >> Usage:check_load [-r] -w WLOAD1,WLOAD5,WLOAD15 -c CLOAD1,CLOAD5,CLOAD15 >> >> So, in your service definition, you're telling check_load that you >> want to trigger a critical condition if the 15 m

Re: [Nagios-users] high latency

2010-12-02 Thread C. Bensend
> Yeah, for giggles I went back further through the archives last night > and found stuff back to 2.x series, and not much has seemed to help. I > killed some of my mis-behaving active checks, and that dropped to about > 20 seconds, then went up to about 35-50. So while that's better, I have > A

Re: [Nagios-users] qpage - OT

2010-12-13 Thread C. Bensend
> qpage error: > <502 MESSAGE REJECTED - STX OR EOT EXPECTED> It would have been nice to see your qpage.cf file... ;) Be sure you have 'parity=even' in your config. When you run a test with verbose and interactive flags set, do you fail five or six times before you get that message? Benny -

Re: [Nagios-users] qpage - OT

2010-12-16 Thread C. Bensend
>>It would have been nice to see your qpage.cf file... ;) > That seems obvious, see below > >>Be sure you have 'parity=even' in your config. When you run a test > with verbose and interactive flags set, do you fail five or six times > before you get that message? > > I've never tried the interac

Re: [Nagios-users] Problem with check_openmanage

2011-01-24 Thread C. Bensend
> $ check_openmanage -H myserver -C public > Power Supply 0 [AC] needs attention: Presence detected, Failure detected, > AC lost You have a power supply #0, it is plugged in, but it has no AC input. Someone tripped over a cable. > Voltage sensor 14 [PS 2 Voltage 2] is > INTERNAL ERROR: Use of u

Re: [Nagios-users] Writing nrpe commands

2011-01-24 Thread C. Bensend
> I'm in need of using nrpe to get information from log files, and > I'm stumped on where to find guidance on doing so. Any pointers to the > right information or the right place to ask (if this isn't it)? I would take a look at the sample nrpe.cfg that comes with NRPE for examples of comman

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring temperatures on Cisco equipment

2011-01-27 Thread C. Bensend
> I think you misunderstand. Those two plugins return WARNING or CRITICAL > if > one of the two things occur: > > 1) If the ciscoEnvMonTemperatureState is not "normal". > 2) If the passed -w and -c values are less > than ciscoEnvMonTemperatureStatusValue. > > What I'm asking is why #2 is _require

Re: [Nagios-users] monitoring Windows 2008 event log?

2011-02-04 Thread C. Bensend
> Anybody know a good way to monitor Windows 2008 event logs? > > Steve Shipway's beta NagEventLog for win2k8 to run on my server > > http://www.steveshipway.org/software/nagevlog-setup-1.9.2.exe > > Any ideas would be most appreciated I found NagEventLog to be unreliable, and Steve stopped answe

Re: [Nagios-users] monitoring Windows 2008 event log?

2011-02-04 Thread C. Bensend
> forgive my ignorance, but nsclient can check the event log? > > I wouldn't blame Steve, I think he had a baby not so long ago NSClient++ can, yes. *shrug* This was like a year ago or so... If he's busy, that's fine and understandable. Just *say* so, don't just ignore your users, especially

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring unmounted partition

2011-02-08 Thread C. Bensend
> Im having a problem with check_nrpe. Im monitoring a partition > /mnt/2 f.e. If i dont have this partition mounted, it just > returns the value of "/" witout sending any error. > > How can i get an alert when the partition isn`t mounted. Oooof, plain text, please. I d

[Nagios-users] Hostgroups: if not contact for one host, none are available

2011-02-16 Thread C. Bensend
Hey folks, This has bitten me a few times now, so I figured I'd better report it... If I have hostgroup "bob": host1 host2 host3 host4 host5 and contact "frank" is a contact for hosts 1, 2, 3, and 4 (but NOT 5), frank will not be able to view the *hostgroup*. It gives the usual "It appe

Re: [Nagios-users] Hostgroups: if not contact for one host, none are available

2011-02-17 Thread C. Bensend
> this isn't a bug. > by reviewing the source codes, you can find that Nagios(more > precisely, the CGIs) just do this way. > i have no clue why Nagios won't show "partial" hostgroups if one has > no access to all host members. > maybe for performance issue? If this behavior is intention, I'd lov

Re: [Nagios-users] Which GUI to configure Nagios 3 ?

2011-02-24 Thread C. Bensend
> I know that there are nice GUI to configure Nagios…which one do you > know/use > ? I'm a big, big fan of NConf. Benny -- "Hairy ape nads."-- Colleen, playing Neverwinter Nights -- Free Software Download:

Re: [Nagios-users] check_hpasm and check_openmanage over nrpe in windows

2011-02-25 Thread C. Bensend
> I have encountered an issue with wanting to monitor HP and Dell servers > running windows OS . > The main issue is that due to security issue we can not use the > NSClient++ internal functionality , but use the NRPE module option . > I have not used the nrpe on windows boxes extensively before a

Re: [Nagios-users] Error in performance-data-output

2011-03-02 Thread C. Bensend
> Could it be that this is a Windows issue, or perhaps NSClient++? > > Any NSClient++ users here who can confirm if this is the case? I'm > thinking that perhaps the underscore character '_' is throwing off > Windows or NSClient++. I use NSClient on hundreds of hosts, and I haven't noticed any is

Re: [Nagios-users] Ho to Deploy massively Nagios on more than 200 Windows servers?

2011-03-04 Thread C. Bensend
> Hi Gurus,I have to deploy Nagios plugins on more than 200 Windows > servers. > Configuration: Nagios Server runs Nagios3.06 on linux Centos 5.5.So i > would like to know how to do it massively instead of server by server > ?Thanks for your help. The same way as you deploy any other software t

Re: [Nagios-users] Availability Report

2011-03-10 Thread C. Bensend
> I need to generate availability for a service in a > particular timeperiod. I have created one timeperiod in nagios from > 06:00 to 22:00 every day. While creating availability report in report > time period i am selecting that timeperiod but the report always > generating from 00:00 to 24:00. C

Re: [Nagios-users] Fwd: Availability Report

2011-03-10 Thread C. Bensend
> I am > selecting custom time period only but the availability report is not > taking the Report time period option it always go for 00:00 to > 24:00. Ah, yes, I see that in your original message, sorry. H, I don't use the custom reporting... Is it just *displaying* the 00:00 - 24:00 time

Re: [Nagios-users] Fwd: Availability Report

2011-03-10 Thread C. Bensend
> Its ignoring my timeperiod and generating availability record. I want > to generate availability for timeperiod 06:00 to 22:00 so i created the > below timeperiod > > define timeperiod { > timeperiod_name 16x7 > alias For avialability report > sunday 06:00-2

Re: [Nagios-users] A question on nagios group nagcmd

2011-03-10 Thread C. Bensend
> My question is, the docs say to create the group nagcmd and add nagios & > wwwrun to the group in order to allow external commands to be submitted > thru the web interface. > > What external commands are we talking about here? Are we talking about > the service commands from the check screen (

Re: [Nagios-users] Verifying the email delivery completion

2011-03-13 Thread C. Bensend
> I had been successfuly using check_smtp to verify the SMTP service. > Few days ago, one of our SMTP servers was still listening on 25 but > messages > where all rejected with a 451 error. (451 mail server temporarily rejected > message (#4.3.0)) > Is there any way to verify the email delivery co

Re: [Nagios-users] NSClient++. Monitoring the devices behind the Firewall.

2011-03-15 Thread C. Bensend
> The question I have is the same of already reported in the link > http://nsclient.com/nscp/discussion/topic/466#-1. The diagram and scenario > is the same reported in the link > http://nsclient.com/nscp/wiki/doc/usage/nagios/nrpe but with a second > remote > Firewall. > > Basically, I know how t

Re: [Nagios-users] NSClient++. Monitoring the devices behind the Firewall.

2011-03-15 Thread C. Bensend
> If you're looking to do this without cooperation from the client > and their security folks, you're going to run into problems. If > they want you to monitor their hosts, they have to provide some > manner of accessing them. Just to be thorough, passive monitoring is also a possibility. In tha

Re: [Nagios-users] Web Hostgroups View / Screen ... hostgroups missing ...

2011-03-23 Thread C. Bensend
> I have a User defined that, when I login, and click on Host Groups, only > one of the two hostgroups for which he is a member gets listed … Although > all of the hosts are listed if I go into the Hosts section … > > For example, if I go under Hosts -> HostA, it shows 'Member of GroupA, > GroupB'

Re: [Nagios-users] Why is check_openmanage so slow on PowerEdge R510?

2011-04-14 Thread C. Bensend
> At one time we had a battery that didn't finish charging for a week, > called Dell and got a replacement battery. This was during a regular > charge cycle. In your case I would give it a few more days. ... > But, as we in fact did experience a case where the battery never > finished charging I

Re: [Nagios-users] Why is check_openmanage so slow on PowerEdge R510?

2011-04-14 Thread C. Bensend
> Unfortunately OMSA has no info on when the charge cycle is expected to > be finished, or how long it has been in its current learn/charge state: > > # omreport storage battery controller=1 > Battery 0 on Controller PERC 6/E Adapter (Slot 1) > > Controller PERC 6/E Adapter (Slot 1) > ID

Re: [Nagios-users] pnp4nagios?

2011-04-14 Thread C. Bensend
> Anyone here using pnp4nagios for graphing? I'm having some configuration > issues and wanted to see if there was someone who could assist? Sure, I know several of us use it. What issues are you having? Benny -- "Hairy ape nads."-- Colleen, playing Neverwinter Nights

Re: [Nagios-users] pnp4nagios?

2011-04-14 Thread C. Bensend
> I've configured pnp and it has been successfully graphing data since the > actual installation. However, I have nagios perfdata logs from the past > year (host_perfdata.log, service_perfdata.log) that are not being parsed > that I want to be included. ... > Is there a certain method, configura

Re: [Nagios-users] Default Acknowledge Behavior

2011-05-13 Thread C. Bensend
> Can the default behavior for acknowledging an event be changed. As in can > the default be changed from the "Sticky Acknowedgement" being always > checked, to always unchecked? > > I have read a post on the internet that this is hard coded and you would > have to change the source and recompile

Re: [Nagios-users] Services are dependent on the host they run on?

2011-05-27 Thread C. Bensend
> Yesterday for instance, a host went down because of a hd controller > failure, and I received 22 sms.. I apologize if this has already been stated, I haven't been following this thread too closely. When this happened, was the host down *in a network sense*, or was it just down in a user sense?

Re: [Nagios-users] Getting Started with Nagios

2011-05-30 Thread C. Bensend
> I then restart the web server, expecting to see a new host inf1 > > But the host count has not increased and I can't see any reference to the > host. I also can not see the new host group I defined. > > So obviously I am missing something fundamental. > > Thanks for any incite you care to share

Re: [Nagios-users] How to monitor specific windows services using nsclient++

2011-06-08 Thread C. Bensend
> Actually i want to monitor specific windows services using nagios and > nsclient++ agent installed on Windows servers... OK. $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u -c CheckServiceState -a ShowAll "$ARG1$"="$ARG2$" Then, in your Nagios service command definition, call that command with two

Re: [Nagios-users] How to monitor specific windows services using nsclient++

2011-06-08 Thread C. Bensend
> Thanks Benny,..but still i couldn't understand is check_nrpe is used for > monitoring windows servers because what i know it's for monitoring remote > linux servers only.. If yes do i need to install check_nrpe on my Nagios > Server.. > > Also i am already monitoring these basic things but i wan

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Issue of not detecting down/up status of server and delay of mails notifications

2011-06-17 Thread C. Bensend
> Is this a valid issue with nagios or is there any way to scale it up. How > can a network/sever admin can believe on it if this works like this. This is a configuration issue... I monitor some 700 hosts and 6000+ services on a single host and my notifications go out instantly (once max_check_a

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios force host/service check

2011-07-07 Thread C. Bensend
> Does anyone know the HTTP(S)-GET command to force check a host/service? I > would like a host to execute the HTTP(S)-GET command to force Nagios to > check the status as it is booting up. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Watch your http access log, and execute the sa

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios force host/service check

2011-07-12 Thread C. Bensend
> Thanks for the response. Below are entries that are made in > ssl_access_log: > > When I click on "Re-schedule the next check of this service", it creates > the following entry: > > 139.222.121.213 - xca10...@uea.ac.uk [12/Jul/2011:11:03:10 +0100] "GET > /nagios/cgi-bin/cmd.cgi?cmd_typ=7&host=cn

[Nagios-users] Monitoring Active Directory

2009-11-02 Thread C. Bensend
Hey folks, I just started a new job, and my immediate task is to build a new Nagios system for them. I love my new job... :) They would like to monitor Active Directory OUs, so that Nagios alerts if any of a certain group of OUs are moved/renamed/deleted. Apparently, this happens every s

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Active Directory

2009-11-02 Thread C. Bensend
y click/drag OUs > in AD > > You could also use nsclient++ on your domain controller and run a power > shell script to compare list of OU's > > Cheers > Gareth > > > -Original Message- > From: C. Bensend [mailto:be...@bennyvision.com] &g

[Nagios-users] check_openmanage.exe cannot find Dell OMSA

2009-11-16 Thread C. Bensend
Hey folks, I'm trying to teach my newest Nagios installation how to test Dell's hardware on remote Windows boxes via NRPE/NSClient++, and I'm running into a snag: ./check_nrpe -H HOSTNAME -c check_openmanage ERROR: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is not installed Hmm. It's in

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage.exe cannot find Dell OMSA

2009-11-16 Thread C. Bensend
> "C. Bensend" writes: > >> Hey folks, >> >>I'm trying to teach my newest Nagios installation how to test Dell's >> hardware on remote Windows boxes via NRPE/NSClient++, and I'm running >> into a snag: >> >> ./ch

Re: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage.exe cannot find Dell OMSA

2009-11-16 Thread C. Bensend
> "C. Bensend" writes: > >>> "C. Bensend" writes: >>> >>>> Hey folks, >>>> >>>>I'm trying to teach my newest Nagios installation how to test >>>> Dell's >>>> hardware on

[Nagios-users] Passive service on Windows 2003 box notifies intermittently

2009-11-19 Thread C. Bensend
Hey folks, I'm working on ironing out Windows event log alerting for our eleventy billion Windows hosts, and they're slowly but surely driving me insane. I am using Steve Shipway's Nagios EventLog Agent, as I need the end users to be able to add/edit/remove their own alerts as they see fit

Re: [Nagios-users] Passive service on Windows 2003 box notifies intermittently

2009-11-20 Thread C. Bensend
> Nov 19 08:20:12 hostname nagios: SERVICE ALERT: winhost;System > EventLog;CRITICAL;HARD;1;System [info] [USER32 #1074]: The process > svchost.exe has initiated the restart of computer WINHOST on behalf of > user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM for the following reason: No title for this > reason could be fo

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