Perf Data Issue

[Paul Wilson]

> Paul Wilson:

> > Hi All,
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> > Firstly, thanks for everyone involved with Nagios, its a fantastic
> > piece of softwarel!
> >
> > My problem is that I cannot enable performance data from my monitors.
> > I'm running the latest version of nagios2 which I downloaded a week
> > ago, and compiled it with the default perfdata setting.
> >
> > I have also installed pnp successfully, however it tells me that there
> > are no valid rrdfiles in the given host's directory.
> >
> > I've set up the follow configuration options in my nagios.cfg:
> >
> > process_performance_data=1
>
> OK
>
> > host_perfdata_command=process-host-perfdata
> > service_perfdata_command=process-service-perfdata
>
> OK
>
> > And in my commands.cfg
> >
> > define command {
> >        command_name    process-host-perfdata
> > #       command_line    /usr/bin/perl
> > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/process_perfdata.pl -d HOSTPERFDATA
> >         command_line    /bin/echo -e
> > "$LASTCHECK$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$HOSTSTATE$\t$HOSTATTEMPT$\t$STATETYPE$\t$EXECUTIONTIME$\t$OUTPUT$\t$PERFDATA$"
> >>> /usr/local/nagios/var/host-perfdata
>
> Do you use regular host checks with Nagios 2.x ? Tis is not the best
> Idea i think.
>
> > Notice I've commented out the process_perfata.pl line in favour of a
> > simple echo to a file, just for testing.
> >
> > I have also restarted the nagios process to take into account my changes.
> >
> > I have a host set up to monitor with the check_icmp command:
> >
> > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 30524 2007-10-22 15:17 check_icmp
> >
> > A simple check determines that it's returning performance data:
> > ./check_icmp -H 128.1.2.181
> >       OK - 128.1.2.181: rta 0.451ms, lost
> > 0%|rta=0.451ms;200.000;500.000;0; pl=0%;40;80;;
>
> OK, check_icmp looks good.
>
> > And the service command looks like:
> >
> > define service{
> >         use                           generic-service
> >         host_name                Virgin.Invader            ; All our
> > boxes are named after trains
> >         service_description     ICMP Echo Stats
> >         check_command        check_icmp
> > }
> >
>
> Is "process_perf_data 1" set in your service definition or templates ?

NO! This was the cause of the problem Adding this to the service
definition solved it. Thanks for your help!

>
> > Within Nagios I get the status printed without problems, but no
> > /usr/local/nagios/var/host-perfdata exists.
>
> Thats OK. PNP dont need this file if your using the PNP Default Mode.
>
> > I've checked books and online articles for a solution but I guess I
> > must be doing something fundimentally wrong.
>
> First choose the right mode for your installation.
> http://www.pnp4nagios.org/pnp/modes
>
> Configure PNP based on http://www.pnp4nagios.org/pnp/config
>
> and check the function as described on
>
> http://www.pnp4nagios.org/pnp/verify
>
> Kind regards,
> J?rg
>

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