Performance data & other issues

[Carroll, Jim P [OTH]]

The host only gets checked if a service on that host fails.

jc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Dickey [mailto:scdickey at sentry.corb.net]
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:01 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Performance data & other issues
> 
> 
> All:
> 
> I am new to the list and hoping to get some help with a new 
> installation.
> I have just setup and configured nagios and have a couple 
> dozen hosts that
> have been monitored for about 48 hours.  I have a couple of 
> issues that I am
> hoping someone can help me with:
> 
> 1. None of the hosts show any uptime when I go to look at the 
> availability
> and trend reports.  All time is shown as Indeterminate???  
> What am I missing
> here?
> 
> 2. I have been unable to find the check process command that 
> will allow for
> the nagios interface to correcly check the active process and also to
> restart it from the interface.  I have been doing a "service 
> nagios restart"
> after I make changes.
> 
> 3.  This is a Nagat question:  I keep getting a Hostgroup of 
> "Array" when I
> try to edit any of the hosts.  This appears to be a bug but 
> it seems that it
> would be prevalent in LOTS of installations and fixed so I am 
> convinced I
> have done something wrong but can not figure it out.  Anyone 
> have any ideas
> about this?
> 
> 4. Any suggestions for way to manage hosts & services other 
> than Nagat?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> scd
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cal Evans" <cal at calevans.com>
> To: <skip at pobox.com>
> Cc: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 6:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_mailq changes for exim?
> 
> 
> > Skip Montanaro wrote:
> >
> > >     >> Before I exercise my feeble Perl skills, does 
> anyone have mods
> for
> > >     >> the check_mailq plugin which will check exim's mail queue?
> > >
> > >     Cal> I actually wrote one, in bash, got completely 
> finished with it
> and
> > >     Cal> began testing before I remembered that you have 
> to be an root
> to
> > >     Cal> execute exim -bp? I'm not really keen on making 
> nagios an admin
> for
> > >     Cal> my mail server so I'm currently in 'thinking' 
> mode on this one.
> > >
> > >     Cal> I'm open to suggestions though.
> > >
> > > I did a little reading of the exim spec.txt file today 
> and saw that
> there's
> > > an option (queue_list_requires_admin) which, when set 
> false, allows mere
> > > mortals to list the mail queue.  I'm not an exim user, 
> just trying to
> > > monitor a system that runs it, so take this suggestion 
> with a grain of
> > > salt.  I doubt there'd be a huge security hole opened up 
> as a result,
> but
> > > the restriction is probably there for a reason.
> > >
> > > Skip
> > >
> > >
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> > Yes, this did the trick.  Now my check_exim_queue.sh works 
> like a charm.
> >   I'm still a little wary of the security ramifications of 
> this but for
> > now it seems to be ok.
> >
> > Thanks for the heads up.
> >
> > =C=
> >
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