NSClient - ERROR: Failed to get PDH value
Jatin Davey
jashokda at cisco.com
Wed Mar 10 09:57:17 CET 2010
It did not help , Still getting the same error.
Thanks
Jatin
On 3/10/2010 2:10 PM, Verhaeghe, Koen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You need to reset the windows performance counters:
> C:\windows\system32\lodctr \R
>
> Regards,
> Koen
>
>
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> 1. Re: Notification Interval set to 0 not working as per doc
> (Jatin Davey)
> 2. Re: priority: host or service who's really on top? (Jim Avery)
> 3. Re: Monitoring a process with its pid (Jatin Davey)
> 4. Re: Host/Svc Deps (Jim Avery)
> 5. Nagios DST bug and upcoming DST-time switch in Europe (Mark Elsen)
> 6. Re: Nagios DST bug and upcoming DST-time switch in Europe
> (Ton Voon)
> 7. Re: Streamline Alerts/Notifications for user group (Martin Melin)
> 8. NSClient - ERROR: Failed to get PDH value. (Jatin Davey)
> 9. Restrict user only to enable/disable checks (Jelle Smet)
> 10. Re: Streamline Alerts/Notifications for user group (Juki)
> 11. NRPE install vs. SSL (Gezina Dekker)
> 12. Re: NRPE install vs. SSL (Juki)
> 13. Re: NRPE install vs. SSL (Richard Quintin)
> 14. Re: check_by_ssh from a different username (Marc Powell)
> 15. Re: Notification Interval set to 0 not working as per doc
> (Marc Powell)
> 16. Re: NSClient - ERROR: Failed to get PDH value. (Marc Powell)
> 17. Re: Restrict user only to enable/disable checks (Marc Powell)
> 18. Re: check_by_ssh from a different username (Matt Simmons)
> 19. Re: NRPE install vs. SSL (Gezina Dekker)
> 20. Re: priority: host or service who's really on top? (alexus)
> 21. Re: priority: host or service who's really on top?
> (Morris, Patrick)
> 22. check_openmanage: "Failed to load external entity" with OMSA
> v5.3.0 on 2003 (C. Bensend)
> 23. Re: NSClient - ERROR: Failed to get PDH value. (Jim Avery)
> 24. event handler script not executing (Rick)
> 25. Re: check_openmanage: "Failed to load external entity" with
> OMSA v5.3.0 on 2003 (Trond Hasle Amundsen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:20:11 +0530
> From: Jatin Davey<jashokda at cisco.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Notification Interval set to 0 not working
> as per doc
> To: Jim Avery<jim at jimavery.me.uk>
> Cc: Nagios Mailinglist<nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Message-ID:<4B95FDB3.7040603 at cisco.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Please let me know what needs to be done , i am kind of receving 1000
> notifications per day for the same hosts.
>
> Thanks
> Jatin
>
> On 3/8/2010 9:54 AM, Jatin Davey wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim
>>
>> Replies to the questions that you had asked about the issue:
>>
>> 1. I do not have any escalations defined.
>>
>> 2. Given below is the output from one of the host as found in the
>> object.cache file:
>>
>> define host {
>> host_name Windows-xxxx
>> alias Windows XP PC
>> address x.x.x.x
>> check_period 24x7
>> check_command check-host-alive
>> contact_groups xxxx
>> notification_period 24x7
>> initial_state o
>> check_interval 2.000000
>> retry_interval 1.000000
>> max_check_attempts 2
>> active_checks_enabled 1
>> passive_checks_enabled 1
>> obsess_over_host 1
>> event_handler_enabled 1
>> low_flap_threshold 0.000000
>> high_flap_threshold 0.000000
>> flap_detection_enabled 1
>> flap_detection_options o,d,u
>> freshness_threshold 0
>> check_freshness 0
>> notification_options d,r,f,s
>> notifications_enabled 1
>> notification_interval 0.000000
>> first_notification_delay 0.000000
>> stalking_options n
>> process_perf_data 1
>> failure_prediction_enabled 1
>> retain_status_information 1
>> retain_nonstatus_information 1
>> }
>>
>> Please let me know if any further inputs are needed.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jatin
>>
>>
>> On 3/5/2010 8:04 PM, Jim Avery wrote:
>>
>>> On 5 March 2010 10:16, Jatin Davey<jashokda at cisco.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> The Nagios documentation says that when you set the "Notification
>>>> Interval" to 0 , it will notify with an email alert only once when
>>>> the service state goes to "down" from "up" , it will then again
>>>> notify when the service comes back to "up" state , correct me if am
>>>>
> wrong.
>
>>>> But when i set this to 0 , i am still getting email notifications
>>>> every 10 mins for the service which is in "down" state for more than
>>>>
> one day.
>
>>>> Is this is a bug or am i missing something here , Please let me
>>>>
> know.
>
>>> Bit of a long shot, but do you have any escalations defined?
>>>
>>> Also, check what the service or host definition looks like in your
>>> objects.cache file and post it here if you would like it
>>>
> checked-over.
>
>>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:56:36 +0000
> From: Jim Avery<jim at jimavery.me.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] priority: host or service who's really on
> top?
> To: google at alexus.org
> Cc: Nagios Users<nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
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> On 8 March 2010 22:16, alexus<alexus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> if i define my host to be checked/notify only at certain time frame,
>> let's say 10-18 yet service states 24/7 ... who takes priority? host's
>>
>
>> definition or service?
>>
> If the service check fails, I think Nagios would check the host anyway.
> You might like to run a test to confirm this.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:27:25 +0530
> From: Jatin Davey<jashokda at cisco.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring a process with its pid
> To: Matt Simmons<standalone.sysadmin at gmail.com>
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Message-ID:<4B95FF65.2090705 at cisco.com>
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>
> Thanks Matt,
>
> It solved my problem.
>
> Thanks
> Jatin
>
> On 3/8/2010 9:01 PM, Matt Simmons wrote:
>
>> If you have snmp enabled on the hosts, you can pull that information
>>
> out:
>
>> ~$ snmpwalk -v 2c -c COMMUNITY myhost.mydomain.com
>> HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSWRunName.3309
>> HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSWRunName.3309 = STRING: "crond"
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Jatin Davey<jashokda at cisco.com>
>>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> Let me re-phrase it a little ,
>>>
>>> Basically what i want is to give the process id as the input and make
>>>
>
>>> sure on that target machine i have the process with the given id
>>> running , once it stops there might not be the process running with
>>> that id and hence i need to raise an email notification alert.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Jatin
>>>
>>> On 3/8/2010 5:41 PM, Jatin Davey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> Do we have a plugin that can monitor process id (pid) on a target
>>>> machine , the target machine could be anything such as windows ,
>>>> linux , solaris etc and alert with an email notification when the
>>>> process id changes.
>>>>
>>>> Appreciate your responses.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Jatin
>>>>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:01:30 +0000
> From: Jim Avery<jim at jimavery.me.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host/Svc Deps
> To: "Joseph L. Casale"<jcasale at activenetwerx.com>
> Cc: "nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net"
> <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
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> On 9 March 2010 02:47, Joseph L. Casale<jcasale at activenetwerx.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to make hosts dependant on single services from another
>>
> host?
>
>> An example being a monitored vpn tunnel on a firewall, and the hosts
>>
> it provides.
>
>> The firewall may very well be up, but the tunnel status alone dictates
>>
>
>> the availability of the hosts it provides.
>>
>> > From what I gather, there are only host or service deps, also making
>>
>>> groups
>>>
>> such that all the services of a host depend on one service but the
>> host check would remain?
>>
> I'm not sure. I would probably define the tunnel as a host in its own
> right. A 'host' doesn't always have to be a physical box.
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:19:09 +0100
> From: Mark Elsen<mark.elsen at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios DST bug and upcoming DST-time switch in
> Europe
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
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> Nagios 3.2.0
> --------------------
>
> - By the end of the month, Europe will switch to DST.
> Will I be affected by the Nagios DST-BUG which , which results in
> NAGIOS becoming
> dis-functional ?
>
> Which countermeasures can I take to prevent being struck by this problem
> ?
>
> M.
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:32:59 +0000
> From: Ton Voon<ton.voon at opsera.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios DST bug and upcoming DST-time
> switch in Europe
> To: Nagios Users Mailinglist<nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Message-ID:<F07AE9B5-49A5-47B3-A346-993617DBD3BF at opsera.com>
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>
> On 9 Mar 2010, at 08:19, Mark Elsen wrote:
>
>
>> Nagios 3.2.0
>> --------------------
>>
>> - By the end of the month, Europe will switch to DST.
>> Will I be affected by the Nagios DST-BUG which , which results in
>> NAGIOS becoming
>> dis-functional ?
>>
>> Which countermeasures can I take to prevent being struck by this
>> problem ?
>>
>>
> The bug, which stops all Nagios monitoring for 24 hours, occurs when
> "time moves backwards". This does not happen when "time moves
> forward". However, any other timeperiods (such as 09:00-17:00) maybe
> incorrect by an hour, which is obviously not as serious. This is true
> for Nagios 3.2.0.
>
> Ton
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:13:58 +0100
> From: Martin Melin<mmelin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Streamline Alerts/Notifications for user
> group
> To: Nagios Users Mail-list<nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
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> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Juki<juki.emma at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I'm running Nagios-3.2.0 with plugins-1.4.14 on an openSuSE 11.0
>>
> platform.
>
>> I have setup both e-mail and sms notifications for different groups of
>>
> users
>
>> based on the instructions here;
>>
>> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-opensuse.html
>>
>> I would like to be able to send host DOWN *only* notifications/alerts
>>
> to a
>
>> particular user group. In other words, I would like that user group to
>> receive alerts ONLY when a host goes DOWN
>> and no other alerts/notifications whatsoever. I have looked at on-call
>> rotations but that doesn't seem to suite my need.
>>
>> Has anyone got suggestions on how to implement this?
>>
> If these users should never get anything else than DOWN notifications,
> use service_notification_options and host_notification_options in the
> contact definition.
>
> You could also do this with escalations, but it sounds like the above
> will work for you?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:51 +0530
> From: Jatin Davey<jashokda at cisco.com>
> Subject: [Nagios-users] NSClient - ERROR: Failed to get PDH value.
> To: Nagios Mailinglist<nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Message-ID:<4B9611C7.80800 at cisco.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi
>
> I am getting this error when i monitor my windows box using NSClient++
>
> NSClient - ERROR: Failed to get PDH value.
>
> Please let me know what can be done.
>
> Thanks
> Jatin
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:01:37 +0100
> From: Jelle Smet<nagios at smetj.net>
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Restrict user only to enable/disable checks
> To: Nagios users<nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Message-ID:<b6ef1419eaa20b8afbf98a21cc1df00e at smetj.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
>
>
> Hi list,
>
> I'm looking for a way to allow users do pretty much everything
> of the host and service commands except enabling& disabling them.
>
> I
> believe these are
>
> cmd_typ=16 (for all services on the host)
> cmd_typ=4
> (for the host check)
> cmd_typ=6 (for a service check)
>
> There are a couple
> of things which come to my mind such as mod_security, or some other
> apache
> level restricting stuff.
>
> Has anyone experience in setting up something
> like this?
> It would be helpfull if people see a helpfull message saying,
> you're not allowed to execute this command, so they don't think the
> application isn't working.
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
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