Nagios Support Forum

Thanks. Got it all figured out and the update works like a charm!

Ok, looks like it is a known bug: http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=514. Now to figure out how to pull the latest version and compile it.

I'm not set on anything. :) I'm still learning and trying to figure out the best way to monitor Windows boxes. Being new I'm trying to make sure there aren't any gotchas to using something like check_wmi_plus over NSClient (or ncpa) like performance or resources. I'll take a look at ncpa as well. Th...

Something isn't working right. I've scheduled a couple downtimes but they do no show up in the Downtime page. The downtime works as expected and the comment is added, but the downtime just isn't listed. Any ideas? I can't find where this is stored and I'm not seeing anything in the logs. Not sure wh...

That's a good point. I guess I can have the default be using check_wmi_plus and then deploy NSClient when I need more access. Thanks for the feedback.

What is the general consensus on using NSClient++ vs Check_WMI_Plus to monitor Windows machines? I'm evaluating Nagios and don't like the idea of having an agent so I'm leaning towards using Check_WMI_Plus. However, I'm wondering if anyone has experience using both and has pros and cons of each? Are...