snmp not working

HP Geeza getbacktome3 at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 16 17:12:45 CET 2005
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how do i find out which version of the check_snmp plugin im using? - sorry 
for yet another silly question!!! - im having one of those daysssssss


>From: Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org>
>To: HP Geeza <getbacktome3 at hotmail.com>
>CC: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:10:19 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>Ok - what version of check_snmp?
>
>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, HP Geeza wrote:
>
>>the result of running:
>>
>>snmpget -v 1 -c public 10.30.129.30 .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0
>>
>>is:
>>
>>SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 = INTEGER: 68
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org>
>>>To: HP Geeza <getbacktome3 at hotmail.com>
>>>CC: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>>>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:03:01 -0500 (EST)
>>>
>>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, HP Geeza wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Subhendu,
>>>>
>>>>Appologies for the silly question but what do you mean add a -m?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Add a "-m:"
>>>The colon after the -m option indicates an empty miblist.  You don't need 
>>>a miblist if you are providing a numeric OID.
>>>A normal miblist is a colon separated list of directories containing mib 
>>>files.  It is used by the snmpget utility to translate to a numeric OID. 
>>>e.g.  system.sysDescr.0 ==> .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0
>>>
>>>Also please post the result of the following:
>>>snmpget -v 1 -c public 10.30.129.30 .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0
>>>
>>>If you see data other than
>>>SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 = INTEGER: 69
>>>
>>>then you may have some local mib files that don't have the correct 
>>>syntax.
>>>
>>>The WARNING is then the result of output seen on STDERR where it was not 
>>>expected.
>>>
>>>>when i run:
>>>>./check_snmp -H 10.30.129.30 -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -w 80 -c 
>>>>85 -C public -v -m
>>>>i get ./check_snmp: option requires an argument -- m
>>>>
>>>>how do i find out what the miblist is????
>>>>
>>>>WHEN I RUN:
>>>>./check_snmp -H 10.30.129.30 -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -w 80 -c 
>>>>85 -C public -v
>>>>
>>>>i get:
>>>>/usr/bin/snmpget -t 1 -r 5 -m ALL -v 1 -c public 10.30.129.30:161 
>>>>.1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0
>>>>SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 = INTEGER: 69
>>>>
>>>>SNMP WARNING - 69
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>NOTE if it is of any use, there is a line space between SNMP WARNING - 
>>>>69 and INTEGER 69
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org>
>>>>>To: HP Geeza <getbacktome3 at hotmail.com>
>>>>>CC: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>>>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>>>>>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:03:05 -0500 (EST)
>>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, HP Geeza wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks for the info, but im affraid it still isn't working :-(
>>>>>>
>>>>>>FYI
>>>>>>Usage: check_snmp -H <ip_address> -o <OID> [-w warn_range] [-c 
>>>>>>crit_range]
>>>>>>                 [-C community] [-s string] [-r regex] [-R regexi]
>>>>>>                 [-t timeout] [-e retries]
>>>>>>                 [-l label] [-u units] [-p port-number] [-d delimiter]
>>>>>>                 [-D output-delimiter] [-m miblist] [-P snmp version]
>>>>>>                 [-L seclevel] [-U secname] [-a authproto] [-A 
>>>>>>authpasswd]
>>>>>>                 [-X privpasswd]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>i try running the command: ./check_snmp -H 10.30.129.30 -o 
>>>>>>.1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -w 80 -c 85 -C public
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and still get a value of "SNMP WARNING - 69" back
>>>>>>
>>>>>>accoring to the command im running should the waring only come up when 
>>>>>>the -w parameter is met? - i.e 80 and critical when its 85??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any help would be great
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Add a "-m:"
>>>>>
>>>>>Also please post the result of tagging on a "-v" option
>>>>>
>>>>>-sg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>From: "Marc Powell" <marc at ena.com>
>>>>>>>To: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>>>>>>>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>>>>>>>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:55:15 -0600
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net 
>>>>>>>[mailto:nagios-users-
>>>>>>> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of HP Geeza
>>>>>>> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:26 AM
>>>>>>> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>>>>> > Subject: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Hi All,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I was hoping that somebody might be able to help me with a snmp
>>>>>>>monitoring
>>>>>>> > issue on my nagios box.  I am running the following command on the
>>>>>>>command
>>>>>>> > line on the nagios box:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/./check_snmp <ip address of temp probe 
>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>our
>>>>>>> > lab)
>>>>>>> > -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -C public
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > and get a value of SNMP "WARNING - 68" back
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > however i dont think that this value is correct and as a reult the
>>>>>>> > check_snmp plugin seems to be obtaining the wrong result as i dont
>>>>>>>expect
>>>>>>> > this to be a warning.  For example if i run:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well, you haven't told check_snmp if that's OK or CRITICAL so it 
>>>>>>>doesn't
>>>>>>>know what to report it as, hence WARNING. Remember the OIDs can 
>>>>>>>contain
>>>>>>>just about any kind of data and check_snmp has no idea what it is 
>>>>>>>you're
>>>>>>>querying, it just has an SNMP 'address'. You have to add in the 
>>>>>>>status
>>>>>>>intelligence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > ./check_snmp 10.30.129.30 -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -C 
>>>>>>>public
>>>>>>>-wv
>>>>>>> > 80
>>>>>>> > -cv 85
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > i still get a value of "WARNING - 68"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'm not sure what version of check_snmp you're using but -wv and -cv
>>>>>>>aren't valid command line args, at least with 1.4 and prior.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > is there a different check_snmp plugin i could use? or am i just
>>>>>>>running
>>>>>>> > the
>>>>>>> > command wrong?  I dont want the service to show up as a warning 
>>>>>>>when
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>> > temperature is 68F...hence the reason for doing -wv 80 -cv 85
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You just need to tell check_snmp what to expect for each range.
>>>>>>>Check_snmp (and a couple other plugins) behave differently than other
>>>>>>>plugins WRT warning and critical detection as the results of the SNMP
>>>>>>>query are highly variable. Here are a couple of examples --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>To test for a very specific value where anything but that value is 
>>>>>>>bad
>>>>>>>you might use something like -
>>>>>>>define command{
>>>>>>>         command_name    check_bgp_peer_state
>>>>>>>         command_line    $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -o
>>>>>>>.1.3.6.1.2.1.15.3.1.2.$ARG1$ -s 6 -C $USER3$ -l 'BGP Peer $ARG1$ 
>>>>>>>State'
>>>>>>>         }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The above will be OK if the value of that OID is 6 and CRITICAL if 
>>>>>>>it's
>>>>>>>anything else.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>To check for a range of values you might use the following -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>define command{
>>>>>>>         command_name    check_temperature_server_sites
>>>>>>>         command_line    $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u 
>>>>>>>'Degrees
>>>>>>>Celsius' -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1.3.1.3.2 -C $USER3$ -w 37:32 -c 
>>>>>>>99:38
>>>>>>>-l '
>>>>>>>Temperature is'
>>>>>>>         }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The above will result in WARNING if the value of the OID is between 
>>>>>>>32
>>>>>>>and 37 (inclusive), CRITICAL if it's between 38 and 99 (inclusive) 
>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>OK for all other values.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hope that helps. Use 'check_snmp --help' for other command line args 
>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>their description.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Marc
>>>>>>>
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