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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello there,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have just run into an issue with “multipath -ll” after
upgrading to RHEL 4 Update 7. Apparently, now running “multipath” takes
up to 15 seconds to get a response back. Before I updated the server in
question to RHEL 4 Update 7, the ‘multipath’ command responded immediately,
therefore not creating any timing issue with nagios. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PROBLEM: my RHEL servers that have been updated to
RHEL 4 Update 7, now respond too slowly to the “multipath” command and will
give the following error in Nagios:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Multipath
CRITICAL
10-01-2008 12:16:59 0d 1h 0m 59s 3/3
CRITICAL – Plugin timed out while executing system call<o:p></o:p></p>
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src="cid:image001.png@01C92558.741DCE70"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>QUESTION: How do I set up ‘nagios’ so that it will
wait up to 15 seconds for the service to complete?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>NAGIOS SETUP: I have cut and pasted screenshots of the
services and commands in the Nagios setup:<o:p></o:p></p>
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src="cid:image002.png@01C92558.741DCE70"><o:p></o:p></p>
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src="cid:image003.png@01C92558.741DCE70"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please keep in mind that this
service, check_ssh_multipath, worked fine prior to the upgrade to RHEL 4.7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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