Checking load via snmp

[Andy Ford]

What kind of device are you polling? It could be that it provides load and
percent CPU used via SNMP and the your plugin is using the percent CPU
OID(s).

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:20 PM, lance raymond <lance.raymond at gmail.com>wrote:

> I see a nice little check_snmp_load plugin that comes with
> groundwork/nagios, but not sure if it's correct.  When I run from the
> command line on the nagio server, I get the following;
>
> ./check_snmp_load.pl -H 192.168.50.101 -C community -w 50 0 -c 60   I get
> the following reply;
> 4 CPU, average load 14.8 < 50 : OK
>
> at the same time, a 'w' shows;
> root at ws1:~# w
>  15:18:31 up 21 days, 17:51,  3 users,  load average: 1.12, 1.75, 1.72
>
> So I am trying to see if I am missing something as to why the load is
> showing at 14, where it should be one.
>
> Not sure if anyone is using this over the check_by_ssh, and has feedback,
> but I would like to just get the immediate server load every x amount of
> minutes, not worried about the 5 minute average, etc.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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