Checking remote disk space with check_disk.

[Russell Scibetti]

check_disk only checks the local machine it is run on.  You need to use 
either check_by_ssh or nrpe if you want to use check_disk to check 
remote machines.  You could also get disk data via check_snmp if you 
have ucd-snmp running.

Russell

Michael Warner wrote:

> I am setting up Nagios for the first time, and am having some problems 
> getting disk usage stats from a remote hosts (capra).  I am getting 
> disk stats on Nagios, but they appear to be coming from the machine 
> Nagios is running on (marlin). Is there anything special I need to to 
> to get the command to execute remotely? My .cfg syntax is as follows:
>
> services.cfg:
>
> # Service definition for Linux local disk free space /dev/hda3
> define service{
> use generic-service ; Name of service template to use
> host_name capra
> service_description /dev/hda3 Disk Space
> is_volatile 0
> check_period 24x7
> contact_groups sys
> notification_options w,u,c,r
> check_command check_local_disk!"/dev/hda3"
> }
>
> checkcommands.cfg
> # 'check_local_disk' command definition
> define command{
> command_name check_local_disk
> command_line /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 10% -c 5% -p $ARG1$ -v
> }
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike Warner
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Russell Scibetti
Quadrix Solutions, Inc.
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