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here is the command used
COMMAND: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 172.40.1.2 -s "password1" -p 12489 -v CPULOAD -l 5,80,90
OUTPUT: CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds

this is the output of test after adding ports to firewall Starting Nmap 6.47 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-04-25 16:23 CDT Nmap scan report for 172.40.1.2 Host is up (0.00066s latency). PORT STATE SERVICE 12489/tcp filtered unknown MAC Address: 00:15:5D:02:07:0B (Microsoft) Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 ...

i am getting Critical
CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds
after installing window Client ns++
this is pretty default config
password has been verified

still showing same error after change

after moding the resorce.cfg file to add the macro resulting in arg1 -U 'sa' -P '$USER10$ this is what the test says COMMAND: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mssql_server.py -H 172.16.31.4 -U 'sa' -P \'\$USER10\$ OUTPUT: SQL Server message 18456, severity 14, state 1, line 1: Login failed for user '...

sorry i meant or not for in the previous post

i hate to be a complete noob but do i need to create a macro to call the password for mod the recorse.cfg file
if so where would that be store on the pre configure vm

it looks like it is cutting off the password the check is showing this COMMAND: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mssql_server.py -H 172.16.31.4 -U 'sa' -P \'Password!@ OUTPUT: SQL Server message 18456, severity 14, state 1, line 1: Login failed for user 'sa'. DB-Lib error message 18456, severity 14: ...

all of the services in the mssql are giving the same error
here is the list
and the ag

MSSQL Average Wait Time
-U 'sa' -P 'Password!@#
@#' -p 1433 --averagewait --warning 20 --critical 30

after Configuring the Nagios xi MSSQL wizard on 2 sql servers i get the following :

Warning
(No output on stdout) stderr: /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''

what am i doing wrong?
this is the Trial Version