Check_disk_smb problem

Jeff McKeon jsm at inpro.net
Thu Apr 24 18:31:53 CEST 2003


Look at this..

[jsm at rh80-jsm libexec]$ ./check_disk_smb -H db01tc07927 -s mail -w 47G
-c 2G
WARNING: Only 46.47G (92%) free on \\db01tc07927\mail


[jsm at rh80-jsm libexec]$ ./check_disk_smb -H db01tc07927 -s mail -w 50G
-c 47G
CRITICAL: Only 46.47G (92%) free on \\db01tc07927\mail


You need to specify k, M or G after the thresholds in order for it to
work the way you want...




On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 11:57, Steve Dussaux wrote:
> Nop it doesn't work.
> 
>  --- Jeff McKeon <jsm at inpro.net> a écrit : > Look at it the other way around...
> > 
> > warning state of 30% free and a critical state of 10% free
> > 
> > Won't that work?
> > 
> > On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 08:20, Steve Dussaux wrote:
> > > Thanks for your answer but I'm still being confused.
> > > Even you have redefined the plugin usage instruction, the results with % usage are still false
> > > since this plugin returns % FREE and not % USED.
> > > What does it mean to specify a WARNING STATE of 85% FREE and a CRITICAL STATE of 95% FREE disk
> > ?
> > > !!
> > > 
> > > Steve
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  --- Stanley Hopcroft <Stanley.Hopcroft at IPAustralia.Gov.AU> a écrit : > Dear Sir,
> > > > 
> > > > This plugins usage instructions were not clear to me either so I
> > > > 'improved' it ...
> > > > 
> > > > Here's my usage instructions
> > > > 
> > > > -w, --warning=STRING == \d+ | \d+% | \d+(\.\d+)?(K|M|G|T)
> > > >    Either the amount of free space __below__ which a warning will be
> > > > generated (followed by a unit suffix), Or
> > > >    Percent of used space __above__ which a warning will be generated
> > > > (Default: 85%)
> > > > -c, --critical=STRING == \d+ | \d+% | \d+(\.\d+)?(K|M|G|T)
> > > > 
> > > >    Either the amount of free space __below__ which a critical will be
> > > > generated (followed by a unit suffix), Or
> > > >    Percent of used space __above__ which a critical will be generated
> > > > (Default: 95%)
> > > > 
> > > >    if %    theshholds, Critical if disk_usage% >= crit_threshold, Warn
> > > > if warn_threshold <= disk_usage% < crit_thresh
> > > >    if byte threshold,  Critical if free_bytes  <= crit_threshold, Warn
> > > > if warn_threshold >= free_bytes  > crit_thresh 
> > > > 
> > > > Therefore since the thresholds are specified as Percentages, the first
> > > > inequalities apply so
> > > > 
> > > > '- First the script tells me to specify a WARNING thresold < CRITICAL
> > > > thresold. I don't understand the WARN threshold sould be > CRIT
> > > > threshold for free space.'
> > > > 
> > > > then WARN is < CRITICAL (so warn if 85% is used, alert if 95%).
> > > >  
> > > > You are right. Every time I look at this it's confusing. An unreasonable
> > > > trade-off, in my view, for plugin helpfulness - will interpret any
> > > > definition of disk usage - against ambiguity.
> > > > 
> > > > Yours sincerely.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
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> > > > 
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> >  
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