Monitor Isilon with Nagios XI

[SilvesterDU]

Dear all,

We are working on a project, in which we have EMC isilon X400 and wewant to monitor the status with Nagios XI.

The SNMP Monitoring has been enabled in Cluster Management --> General Settings --> SNMP Monitoring


And I have downloaded the configuration file for:

Global Nagios Configuration-Configuration file for Nagios -applicable to all Isilon clusters
Cluster Nagios Configuration-Configuration file for Nagios applicable to this cluster


May I know who to do with these config files in Nagios XI to monitor Isilon? (Or is there any other setup needed?)
I'm new to Nagios XI and appreciate your help if you have experience in this before.



Thanks!



Silvester

[jdalrymple]

There is a well documented plugin available on the Nagios Exchange, did you look at it?

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... on/details

[SilvesterDU]

Yes I've reviewed the doc. I have some questions on this plug-in:
1. This plug-in is a bit old. It is said to be compatible with Nagios 3.x, is it compatible with Nagios XI?
2. What is the environment $NAGIOS_HOME standing for ? Is it "/usr/local/nagios"?
3. To use this plug-in, it seems we have do a lot of manual work on both isilon and Nagios host. Now that we've able to extracted Isilon Cluster's configuration in a single file from Isilon OneFS WebGUI, which is said to be "Configuration file for Nagios", is there any "modern" way for the Nagios to import/digest the Isilon configuration file? The link below is the response from EMC Isilon team, btw
https://community.emc.com/message/899048


Thanks
Silvester

There is a well documented plugin available on the Nagios Exchange, did you look at it?

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... on/details

[jdalrymple]

1. This plug-in is a bit old. It is said to be compatible with Nagios 3.x, is it compatible with Nagios XI?

The plugins were intended to be modular from day 1. I'd 98% guarantee compatibility.

2. What is the environment $NAGIOS_HOME standing for ? Is it "/usr/local/nagios"?

In the documentation's context he is just indicating a path to where your configs are located. This is of no consequence regarding the actual Nagios configuration.

3. To use this plug-in, it seems we have do a lot of manual work on both isilon and Nagios host.

Sometimes that's just how it is. We do keep the Wizard and Plugin model open though so that if people wish to create their own simple ways to setup their stuff they can. We also build wizards in house if their is enough interest, however to the best of my knowledge interest in Isilon pales as compared to a lot of other candidates.

Now that we've able to extracted Isilon Cluster's configuration in a single file from Isilon OneFS WebGUI, which is said to be "Configuration file for Nagios", is there any "modern" way for the Nagios to import/digest the Isilon configuration file? The link below is the response from EMC Isilon team, btw

What you've downloaded is an EMC thing, not a Nagios thing. Show us what you downloaded and potentially we'll be able to identify how you're supposed to use it with our software to monitor your system. Whatever it is though is nothing I've ever seen. If they have a Nagios configuration utility actually baked into their firmware these days that would be pretty slick. I won't hold my breath though.

[SilvesterDU]

Thanks I will have a try first.


Silvester

[hsmith]

Please let us know what your testing reveals.

Thank you.

[SilvesterDU]

Hi , I tried my best to follow every steps in https://sites.google.com/a/verypowerful ... ith-nagios
however when running the last step "$NAGIOS_HOME/bin/nagios -v $NAGIOS_HOME/etc/nagios.cfg" to validate the Nagios configuration file, it kept me giving me the error like below

WARNING: Extinfo objects are deprecated and will be removed in future versions
Warning: failure_prediction_enabled is obsoleted and no longer has any effect in service type objects (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/static/isilon-services.cfg', starting at line 65)
Warning: Duplicate definition found for host 'rtpisilon-1' (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/static/isilon-services.cfg', starting on line 4)
Error: Could not add object property in file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/static/isilon-services.cfg' on line 6.
Error processing object config files!

The "rtpisilon-1" is the host name of my Isilon node. And I modify the name/address, folder name, etc according to the document above. After troubleshooting this for one day, I'm now considering other alternatives.
Maybe a Guru of NagiosXI can help me to pinpoint why it keeps on complaining Duplicate definition , however I have to say it's not so user-friendly to modify so many configuration manually, which is so prone to error out.

Thanks to all!
Silvester

[lmiltchev]

Are you trying to manage this host/service under the CCM, when you have the config placed in the "static" directory?

You either manage hosts/service under the CCM or manually (by placing your configs in the "/usr/local/nagios/etc/static" directory), but not both ways... Choose one the the two methods, and delete the duplicate host/service from the CCM or static.

[SilvesterDU]

Are you trying to manage this host/service under the CCM, when you have the config placed in the "static" directory?

You either manage hosts/service under the CCM or manually (by placing your configs in the "/usr/local/nagios/etc/static" directory), but not both ways... Choose one the the two methods, and delete the duplicate host/service from the CCM or static.

No I didn't use CCM, I followed the steps in the link to change everything manually.


Silvester

[jdalrymple]

It sounds though like you already have the host defined in CCM. You will have to remove it from CCM in order to define it in the static directory. Nagios balks when you have a host defined in 2 places.