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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=681142912-30052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>The problem is fixed and the monitoring is enabled
based on args in the running process using ' -a ' option.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>Defined the following in...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>In commands definitions:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>define command
{<BR> command_name
nrpe_check_procs4<BR> command_line
$USER1$/check_nrpe -n -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c check_procs4 -a $ARG1$ $ARG2$
$ARG3$<BR> }<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>In nrpe.cfg</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Courier color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=651213707-30052007>command[check_procs4]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs
-w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -a $ARG3$</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Courier color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=651213707-30052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>Checking via command line:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -n
-H ORACLESERVER -c check_procs4 -a 1:4 1:8
ora_pmon_orcldb</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=681142912-30052007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=681142912-30052007>R</SPAN><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007>egards,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=681142912-30052007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>A<SPAN class=681142912-30052007>jay</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Phil
Costelloe<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:56 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users]
check_procs through nrpe gives wrong results<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007>The exact process string is appearing with the
options you are giving to ps. However Nagios may be using different options or
even a binary it builds itself.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007>You can find out by grepping PS_COMMAND in config.h
in the plugins build directory.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007>On Fedora Core 4, that gives:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007>#define PS_COMMAND "/bin/ps axwo 'stat uid pid ppid
vsz rss pcpu comm args'"<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007>On Solaris, it gives:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007>#define PS_COMMAND
"/usr/local/nagios/libexec/pst3"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=179424716-24052007>Phil</DIV></SPAN></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> M V Ajay (vMoksha)
[mailto:Ajay.MV@UCB-Group.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 24 May 2007
17:04<BR><B>To:</B> Phil Costelloe;
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Nagios-users]
check_procs through nrpe gives wrong results<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Exact process string is appearing in the ps
output.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>oracle 9882
1 0 May18 ? 00:01:40
ora_pmon_orcldb</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Nagios: 2.7 on x86_64 (RHEL4)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Nagios plugins: 1.4.5</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>check_procs : (nagios-plugins 1.4.5)
1.54</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>NRPE: 2.6 (RHEL4)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Nagios server is on x86_64 and monitored server is an
i386. And RPM packages were built for the respective
platforms.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Plugins were built as RPM packages on similar OS. Also
there is only one 'ps' binary which is /bin/ps.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=931384715-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ajay</DIV></FONT></SPAN><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Phil
Costelloe<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users]
check_procs through nrpe gives wrong results<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=568343015-24052007>That explains why the process you want to monitor is
called ora_pmon_orcldb but not why check_procs can't detect it. That's likely
to be down to that exact string not appearing in the ps output that
check_procs is using, maybe due to truncation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=568343015-24052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=568343015-24052007>Back to basics. What version of Nagios are you using?
What version of the plugins? What version of nrpe? How did you compile/install
the plugins that are on the remote server, specifically were they compiled
either on that server or on a server running the same OS?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=568343015-24052007><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=568343015-24052007><FONT size=2>--<BR>Phil Costelloe<BR>Foundation IT,
Hermitage Berkshire RG18 9SE </FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT><BR>
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[mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>M V
Ajay (vMoksha)<BR><B>Sent:</B> 24 May 2007 12:28<BR><B>To:</B>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users]
check_procs through nrpe gives wrong results<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=871352511-24052007>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=871352511-24052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=871352511-24052007>I found the reason for the
behaviour.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=871352511-24052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=+0><SPAN class=871352511-24052007>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=338452510-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><EM>"Oracle have a process naming mechanism that enables
you to distinguish between multiple instances of the database. With Oracle,
when you open an instance, the $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle executable renames
itself using the UNIX environment variable ORACLE_SID for a given database.
This variable is used in generating Oracle process names:
ora_process_name_$ORACLE_SID."</EM></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=338452510-24052007><EM><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></EM></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=338452510-24052007><SPAN
class=871352511-24052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So is there a
away to monitor process (using the process name) as they appear in 'ps -ef'
output?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=338452510-24052007><SPAN
class=871352511-24052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=338452510-24052007><SPAN
class=871352511-24052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=338452510-24052007><SPAN
class=871352511-24052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ajay</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR>
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[mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>M V
Ajay (vMoksha)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Nagios-users]
check_procs through nrpe gives wrong results<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007>I am monitoring a
Redhat enterprise Linux 4 server running oracle using Nagios and
NRPE.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007>When I monitor
Oracle PMON process (ora_pmon_orcldb) on the server I get the message that
'PROCS CRITICAL: 0 processes with command name
'ora_pmon_orcldb''.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007>I have confirmed
that process 'ora_pmon_orcldb' is actually running on the remote server. The
same type of monitoring works for other processes such as
'httpd'.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007>Nagios command
definition:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007>define command
{<BR> command_name
nrpe_check_procs3<BR> command_line
$USER1$/check_nrpe -n -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c check_procs3 -a $ARG1$ $ARG2$
$ARG3$<BR> }</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007>NRPE
configuration:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Courier">dont_blame_nrpe=1</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Courier">command[check_procs3]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_procs
-w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -C $ARG3$</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Courier"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Courier">From the command
line I see the following message:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Courier"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Courier">[nagios@nagiosserver
~]$ /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H oracleserver -n -c
check_procs3 -a 1:4 1:8 ora_pmon_orcldb<BR>PROCS CRITICAL: 0 processes with
command name 'ora_pmon_orcldb'<BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=105512816-23052007>Any idea what is
wrong?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=105512816-23052007>Ajay</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=105512816-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=Arial
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