NSclient++ Performance Counters Help ??

[Mirza Dedic]

After some more trial and error, I got the command check fixed but there is still an issue.

The command I am sending is:

root at van-nagios:/usr/local/nagios/libexec# ./check_nt -H van-mail01 -s xr1p71c -p 12779 -v COUNTER -l  "MSExchangeIS Mailbox(_Total)\\Messages Delivered/min" -w 25 -c 120

The output is: 0

When I check nsclient.log; here is what I have:

2009-05-06 11:09:18: debug:.\NSClientListener.cpp:146: Data: xr1p71c&8&“MSExchangeISConnection
2009-05-06 11:09:18: debug:.\NSClientListener.cpp:171: Data: “MSExchangeISConnection
2009-05-06 11:09:18: debug:.\NSClient++.cpp:910: Injecting: checkCounter: Counter=“MSExchangeISConnection, nsclient
2009-05-06 11:09:18: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp:1019: ERROR: Counter not found: “MSExchangeISConnection: The counter path string could not be parsed.
2009-05-06 11:09:18: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp:1021: ERROR: Counter not found: “MSExchangeISConnection: The counter path string could not be parsed.
2009-05-06 11:09:18: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp:1050: ERROR: “MSExchangeISConnection: PdhAddCounter failed: -1073738816: Unable to parse the counter path. Check the format and syntax of the
specified path.
 (“MSExchangeISConnection|“MSExchangeISConnection)

Where is "“" coming from??

-----Original Message-----
From: Mirza Dedic [mailto:mirde at oppy.com]
Sent: May/06/2009 10:32 AM
To: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: [Nagios-users] NSclient++ Performance Counters Help ??

Hello,

I am trying to use NSClient++ to monitor performance counters; previously I only used it to check disk space etc, but I am trying to make sure of the "-v COUNTER -l" switch more now as it is very powerful.

In my config I have:

define command{
command_name check_nt_exchange_messages_delivered_per_min
command_line $USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -s password -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "MSExchangeIS Mailbox(_Total)\\Messages Delivered/min" -w 25 -c 120
}

However, when I try to test this from my box with:

./check_nt -H van-mail01 -s xr1p71c -p 12779 -v COUNTER -l  "MSExchangeIS Mailbox(_Total)\\Messages Delivered/min" -w 25 -c 120

I get:

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

Also, on Nagios it reports as "null"; which I would assume is because of the above syntax issue.

How can I fix this?

The source I got my counter from is:
http://www.hackmyidea.com/wordpress/2007/11/14/misc-windows-checks-for-nagios/

Also, I noticed in my NSClient++ installation in the windows box (Exchange 2005/Win2003) there is a counters.defs file, should I be making use of that and entering the counters in there as opposed to calling them from commands.cfg ? If so, how could I use the ./check_nt to call a performance counter defined in counters.defs ? (assuming this is what its for?).

Thanks.


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