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while running check_snmp_storage, i am getting errors :
ERROR: Description/Type table : The requested table is empty or does not exist. 

Is there any port that needs to be opened for this service to run ? or Any idea would be a great help!

Thanks in Advance

Can you show us the exact command that you are running from the command line, along with the output of it? Are you running a command, similar to this one:
Are you sure you are using the correct community string and if the snmp service is running on the remote box?

Thanks for quick reply!

This is the command that i am executing:
./check_snmp_storage.pl -H <HOSTNAME> -C public -m / -w 90% -c 95% -r

Output : ERROR: Description/Type table : The requested table is empty or does not exist.


For some hosts it's working fine but for some it is giving the above exception. These are Linux boxes.. Not sure, if something needs to be configured on Remote HOSTS because i can see ping, ssh services are running fine.

community string seems to be correct.

Is snmpd running on these remote hosts? Have you fully configured snmp?

Yup, snmpd is running on the host..snmp is configured properly as it is running fine for few similar hosts

Any ideas...what i can check here to get this working ?

Lets try just a plain old walk on one of the problematic hosts to make sure the oid used by the plugin is even available:

v2c v1

will perform the action & let you know...Thanks Much!

Well, it looks like your snmpd config is restricting what you can reach. You need to modify the remote /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf to allow this host and community string access to all snmp data. Then do another walk like above please.