check_openmanage.exe cannot find Dell OMSA

[C. Bensend]

> "C. Bensend" <benny at bennyvision.com> writes:
>
>>> "C. Bensend" <benny at bennyvision.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Hey folks,
>>>>
>>>>    I'm trying to teach my newest Nagios installation how to test
>>>> Dell's
>>>> hardware on remote Windows boxes via NRPE/NSClient++, and I'm running
>>>> into a snag:
>>>>
>>>> ./check_nrpe -H HOSTNAME -c check_openmanage
>>>> ERROR: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is not installed
>>>>
>>>>    Hmm.  It's installed, and it's installed on every host I've tried
>>>> so far, but each of them report that OMSA is not installed.  Running
>>>> the check_openmanage.exe from the command prompt locally on the
>>>> Windows machine reports the exact same, that it thinks OMSA is not
>>>> installed.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts/cluebats?
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Which version of check_openmanage is this? Find out with
>>>
>>>   check_openmanage.exe -V
>>>
>>> Also, where is omreport.exe installed on your hosts?
>>
>> Hi Trond,
>>
>>    -V reports v3.5.1.  I believe that's the latest release.
>
> Yep, that is the latest release.
>
>>    omreport.exe is in F:\dellopenmanage\oma\bin, which is where our
>> infrastructure group stores their software (the F: drive).  Is there
>> a way to tell check_openmanage where it is?
>
> Yes, your problem is that omreport.exe is not installed in the search
> path of check_openmanage. You can use the '--omreport' option to specify
> where omreport.exe is, like this:
>
>   check_openmanage.exe --omreport F:\dellopenmanage\oma\bin\omreport.exe
>
> This should be configured in your nsc.ini file on the hosts.

Thank you, Trond...  That fixed everything up!  I should have seen
that option...

Benny


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