perfdata-file not working the same since upgrade from 3.0.2 to 3.3.1

[Joe Hoot]

Yep.  I had seen your post earlier and was hoping that there was an additional variable that I could add to tell nagios to include non-perfdata information in that file.  This is a shame.  In the past, my Nagios upgrades have went very smoothly.

Thanks for the reply.   I am now happily up and running again on 3.2.3

On Sep 6, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Michael Friedrich wrote:

> 
> 
> On 06.09.2011 18:36, Joe Hoot wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I recently upgraded from Nagios Core 3.0.2 to 3.3.1.  Once upgraded, I noticed that my nagiosgraph wasn't graphing data from some custom checks that I wrote.  After further investigation, it turns out that nagiosgraph isn't seeing of the output from my check commands.  This information used to go to my service_perfdata_file.
>> 
>> I have the following template setup:
>> 
>> service_perfdata_file_template=$LASTSERVICECHECK$||$HOSTNAME$||$SERVICEDESC$||$SERVICEOUTPUT$||$SERVICEPERFDATA$
>> 
>> 
>> And that has worked just fine for nagiosgraph to pull that information and parse it in order to fill rrd data.  But now that I've upgraded to 3.3.1, I don't appear to be seeing any of my custom commands (ones that don't have perfdata) in that file.  And upon investigating more, if I include perfdata in my custom commands, it sends to that perfdata_file just fine.  but if the performance data isn't there, it doesn't show up in that file.
> 
> nagios 3.3.1 does not process empty perfdata macros anymore which causes 
> those results not to be put onto the perfdata channel. so all your 
> plugins not returning perfdata won't even be put over there where 
> nagiosgraph and other addons might calculate their perfdata from the 
> output themselves.
> 
>> 
>> Is this a bug?
> 
> i consider it a bug as it breaks compatibility. previous discussions on 
> nagios-* mailinglists can be found in the archive. dunno when this will 
> get fixed.
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg36537.html
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.nagios.devel/8128
> 
> i'd suggest downgrading onto 3.2.3 and wait for a properly tested 3.3.x 
> release.
> 
> kind regards,
> Michael
> 
> -- 
> DI (FH) Michael Friedrich
> 
> Vienna University Computer Center
> Universitaetsstrasse 7 A-1010 Vienna, Austria
> 
> email:     michael.friedrich at univie.ac.at
> phone:     +43 1 4277 14359
> mobile:    +43 664 60277 14359
> fax:	   +43 1 4277 14338
> web:       http://www.univie.ac.at/zid
>            http://www.aco.net
> 
> Icinga Core&  IDOUtils Developer
> http://www.icinga.org
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE!
> Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better 
> price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you
> download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY!
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev
> _______________________________________________
> Nagios-users mailing list
> Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. 
> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the 
Bottom Line. Protect your business and customers by understanding the 
threat from malware and how it can impact your online business. 
http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427462/
_______________________________________________
Nagios-users mailing list
Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. 
::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null