<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType" /><o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName" /><o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place" /><style>  </style> </head> <body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="Section1"> Group,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I am trying to wrap my head around the best way to manage things like ping RTA/packet loss, partition free space warn/critical, cpu/memory use, etc. I can set these up using custom object variables for a host template, and reference them via macros in the command definition. If I need a different setting for a particular host, I can override these inherited values in that host’s config. check_nrpe throws a bit of a wrench in this – I’d probably need a different command set up for each item I’d like to check via NRPE. Does it sound like I’m on the right track?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Another item I’m struggling with is how to monitor partitions easily. I can check all filesystems by just passing “/” as the argument. This makes it easy since I don’t care what the separate partitions are – if there is /var, /usr, and so on these will automatically be checked. One problem is that if any one of these exceeds the threshold, the notification will occur, even if all the others are fine. I am trying to avoid having to set up a service for each partition on each host. Any thoughts on this? I’d rather use Nagios for this rather than something like Vertias Volume Manager’s space monitoring.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> My generic host template:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> define host{<o:p></o:p> name generic-host ; The name of this host template<o:p></o:p> notifications_enabled 1 ; Host notifications are enabled<o:p></o:p> event_handler_enabled 1 ; Host event handler is enabled<o:p></o:p> flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled<o:p></o:p> failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled<o:p></o:p> process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data<o:p></o:p> retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts<o:p></o:p> retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts<o:p></o:p> notification_period 24x7 ; Send host notifications at any time<o:p></o:p> register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> #Default threshold variables<o:p></o:p> #check_ping <o:p></o:p> _PING-RTA-W 50 ;Round Trip Average Warn<o:p></o:p> _PING-RTA-C 100 ;Round Trip Average Crit<o:p></o:p> _PING-PL-W 10% ;Packet Loss Warn<o:p></o:p> _PING-PL-C 20% ;Packet Loss Crit<o:p></o:p> _PING-PKT 5 ;Packet count<o:p></o:p> }<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> My check_ping command:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> define command{<o:p></o:p> command_name check_ping<o:p></o:p> command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $_HOSTPING-RTA-W$,$_HOSTPING-PL-W$ -c $_HOSTPING-RTA-C$,$_HOSTPING-PL-C$ -p $_HOSTPING-PKT$<o:p></o:p> }<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Robert C. Cipriani<o:p></o:p> Senior Network Administrator<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tampa</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Division IT<o:p></o:p> Bright House Networks<o:p></o:p> W: (727) 329-2000 x74264<o:p></o:p> M: (727) 365-1231<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Nolite id cogere, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">cape</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> malleum</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> majorem<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <hr> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, purge it and do not disseminate or copy it. </body> </html>