RHV

[fsodah]

How can I monitor my Red Hat Virtualization Hypervisors RHV-H with nagios? I am now checking only ping connectivity ... I need to capture more from the nodes and the virt. environment?

[lmiltchev]

The only plugin that found on the Nagios Exchange (that *may* work) is this one:

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... v3/details

You can test it first from the command line to make sure it works. If it does, you can create a new command and a service in the Nagios XI web UI. For more information on managing plugins in Nagios XI, please review our documentation on the topic here:

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ios-XI.pdf

[fsodah]

I will try it and give you my feedback master

[lmiltchev]

Sure, we will keep the thread open.

[fsodah]

It doesn't look an easy manage plugins ... it looks i need to recompile it, do i really need to do this on my nagios production server

"....
The simplest way to compile this package is:

1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
`./configure' to configure the package for your system.

Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints
some messages telling which features it is checking for.

2. Type `make' to compile the package.

3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
the package, generally using the just-built uninstalled binaries.

4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
documentation. When installing into a prefix owned by root, it is
..."

[lmiltchev]

It doesn't look an easy manage plugins ... it looks i need to recompile it, do i really need to do this on my nagios production server

You don't need to (and frankly, you shouldn't) do it on the production server. You should always try things like that in a test environment, BEFORE applying them to production. Every Nagios XI License key is valid for 3 installs - production, test, and backup.

https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/n ... s-145.html

[fsodah]

I will shift this task for few days till i get my backup server up .... and get back to you

[lmiltchev]

Sure. We will keep the thread open for the time being. Thank you!