AIX ver 7.1

[Kirk]

We are attempting to install Nagios AIX NRPE agent on AIX 7.1 using the agent found here http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... ent.tar.gz.

The installer script checks for AIX version 5.3 or 6.1. If the script finds any version other than 5.3 or 6.1 it aborts with:

This platform (aix7.1) is not currently supported.

I notice the rpm file is labelled 5.3 (nrpe-2.14-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm) and it apparently works on AIX 6.1.
Does it work on AIX 7.1 as well, and the script has not been modified, or, do we need to wait for a AIX 7.1 version. If wait then any ideas on when?

[lmiltchev]

Currently, AIX 7.1 is not supported. I am not sure when an updated script would be available. This depends on the length of our TODO list, and the priority of the projects we are working on. We will let you know as soon as it is available.

[Kirk]

Thanks lmiltchev

Does unsupported mean not work? Its one thing to be supported and have the script work, its another to have the script work but unsupported.
I notice the rpm file is labelled 5.3 (nrpe-2.14-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm) and it apparently works on AIX 6.1. Has anyone tested it to work on AIX 7.1 as well?
Appreciate the help.

[slansing]

Unsupported means that even though it may function we do not support it on the support side here. Lets see if anyone else chimes in and says they have it functioning.

[lmiltchev]

I remember someone was saying that he made it work on one AIX 7.1 server but it failed on another one. So I am not sure... It is possible to make it work but we haven't tested it in-house, and it is not documented.

[Kirk]

Thanks for the info. We will give it a try and post the results for all to know as we can't be the only company on ver 7.
Thanks for the help all.

[scottwilkerson]

We will give it a try and post the results for all to know ...

Please do post your findings. We just haven't acquired an AIX 7.1 to be able to test internally yet.

[Kirk]

Thanks to all who helped.

We followed the instructions and have compiled them here - http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... _Agent.pdf

Make sure you have the dependencies (from http://www.perzl.org/aix/):
fping
gawk
net-snmp
net-snmp-perl
net-snmp-utils
openldap
openssl
python
libldap.a

Change the highlighted line:
esac
;;
aix6.1|aix5.3)
;;
to
esac
;;
aix7.1|aix6.1|aix5.3)
;;
In the executable file "fullinstall" that is contained in aix-nrpe-agent.tar.gz. I also renamed nagios-plugins-1.4.16-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm to nagios-plugins-1.4.16-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm. This may not me necessary.

Run the fuliinstall executable.

Configure your Nagios monitoring and alerts. The base setup is incorrect and is looking to run commands like checkMem which are now of the form check_ram etc.

[lmiltchev]

Thanks for the info! We really appreciate your feedback!

[abrist]

You may need to update the nrpe wizard, as there was an old bug that set up the wrong checks like checkMem.