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Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:43 pm
by ssax
Does your username or password have special characters in it? If so, you might try surrounding them with single quotes:
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--username 'xxxx' --password 'xxxx'
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:51 pm
by tgriep
I found a link that says the following perl module (IO::Compress::Zlib::Extra) needs to be updated.
Login to the server as root and run the following command to do that.
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:08 pm
by scheema31
tgriep - I ran the perl module update which completed, ran the command again and this time i don't get an error but command does not return anything either, just waiting for input... ive attached screenshot
ssax - thanks for the suggestion but my username nor password contain special characters, however i tried it with single quotes but that did not help.
thanks!
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:22 am
by tgriep
It looks like if you do not specify a Virtual Machine, or a Datastore, etc., the plugin will walk through all of the hosts and guests in your VMWare network so it could take a long time to run.
Try using specific guests, datastores in the command and that should make it run faster.
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:42 pm
by scheema31
Excellet!
it worked when running on my server
[root@someserver ~]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_esx3.pl --hostIP 10.10.xx.xx --dataType Datastore --datacenter /vmfs/volumes/somedatastore_01 --username user --password pass --warning 80 --critical 90
MYDATASTORE_01 : 84 % Used MYDATASTORE_02 : 83 % Used
now how should my command line looks for it to run on web? i dont think what i have is correct:
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define command{
command_name check_esx_datastore
command_line $USER1$/check_esx3.pl -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u $ESXUSER$ -p $ESXPASSWORD$ -l datastore -s usage -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ }
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define service{
use Generic-services
host_name SV-VMHOST-02
service_description Datastore MYDATASTORE
check_command check_esx_datastore!80!90 }
Thanks,
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:34 pm
by tgriep
You could create your command like the example below. You may have to tweak it to get it to work.
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command_line $USER1$/check_esx3.pl --hostIP $HOSTADDRESS$ --dataType Datastore --datacenter /vmfs/volumes/somedatastore_01 --username $ESXUSER$ --password $ESXPASSWORD$ --warning $ARG1$ --critical $ARG2$
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:26 pm
by scheema31
thanks that made some progress, i can make checks but returns a warning state with an error (attached picture)
looks like another plugin install/update?
thanks!
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:18 pm
by tgriep
Yes, looks like another perl module needs to be installed.
Run this as root to install that
Most sites you download plugins from, should have instructions on installing and creating commands, take a look at them for more details.
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:14 pm
by scheema31
Perfect that did the trick, my checks are now successful on server and through browser.
Thanks for all your help Tgriep!
Re: Check_exi command setup
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:31 pm
by tgriep
That is good to hear. I'll close and lock this post as solved. If you have any other issues / questions, feel free to open a new post.