Issue monitoring process on windows

[Anthony Montibello]

What about using Negate plugin to revers the Critical to a OK?

TOny (Author of NC_Net)

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:52 AM, Stane <informacije at stane.org> wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> I need a little help configuring Nagios (client?) to monitor (non)
> existence of a process on a windows box (explorer.exe for example). I'm
> using client v0.3.1 and Nagios v3.0.1 with plug ins v1.4.11 on Centos
> 5.1 server.
>
> My request (or wish :-)) is: OK condition: explorer.exe IS NOT running
> CRITICAL condition: explore.exe IS running (Note that normal condition
> should be NON running process).
>
> Check 1: - which I made locally on windows box:
> I run "nsclient++ /test" on windows box and enter:
> CheckProcState ShowAll explorer.exe=stopped
>
> I get next (good) answer:
> CRITICAL:CRITICAL: explorer.exe: started (critical)
>
> Check 1 gives next entries in NSC.log:
> debug:.\NSClient++.cpp:516: Injecting: CheckProcState: ShowAll,
> explorer.exe=stopped debug:.\NSClient++.cpp:536:
> Injected Result: CRITICAL 'CRITICAL: explorer.exe: started (critical)'
>
> Check 2: - which I made remotely from nagios server:
> I run next command:
> check_nt -H 192.168.5.3 -p 12489 -v PROCSTATE -l "explorer.exe=stopped"
> -d SHOWALL
>
> I get next (not ok) answer:
> explorer.exe: Running
>
> Check 1 gives next entries in NSC.log:
> debug:.\NSClient++.cpp:516: Injecting: checkProcState: ShowAll,
> explorer.exe=stopped, nsclient
> debug:.\NSClient++.cpp:536: Injected Result: OK 'explorer.exe: Running'
>
> (Where IP address 192.168.5.3 is my windows box).
>
> Using nsc log on windows box, I've found the difference between Check 1
> and Check 2. It's is in injecting command. Check 2 has an additional
> ",nsclient" at the end of injecting line (without quotes).
> Unfortunately, I can't figure why there is ",nsclient" appearing in
> remote command and I don't know how to fix it. Please help.
>
> Thanks, Stane
>
>
>
>
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