Windows Performance Monitor Syntax

[Pilly170]

Hi,

I am trying to get a windows performance monitor


Using:
$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -s "$ARG1$" -p 12489 -v $ARG2$ $ARG3$ $ARG4$

Arg1 = NSClient Password
Arg2 = COUNTER
Arg3 = -l "\\MSSQL$LIVE:Databases(MPS3)\\Data File(s) Size (KB)","Size is %.2f %%" -w 90 -c 100

I keep getting 0, then I know from the performance monitor is around 79gb.

Ive tried command line variations on this
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSSQL$LIVE:Databases(MPS3)\\Data File(s) Size (KB)"
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSSQL\$LIVE:Databases\(MPS3\)\\Data File\(s\) Size \(KB\)"

Any ideas why this returns nothing?

[slansing]

In addition to the added "\'s" you may need to double the dollar signs like so:

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$$

Then run the command from the command line first to ensure it works, rather than making configuration changes which take longer. Let us know the results!

[Pilly170]

Tried

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSSQL$$LIVE:Databases(MPS3)\\Data File(s) Size (KB)"
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSSQL\$$LIVE:Databases\(MPS3\)\\Data File\(s\) Size \(KB\)"

both returned 0

[lmiltchev]

What about this one?

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSSQL\\$$LIVE:Databases\(MPS3\)\\Data File\(s\) Size \(KB\)"

[Pilly170]

I tried exactly what you wrote

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSSQL\\$$LIVE:Databases\(MPS3\)\\Data File\(s\) Size \(KB\)"
result : 0

[lmiltchev]

The "\\$$" worked for many users. I am not sure why it's not working in your case but I am pretty sure it's an escaping issue. You will have to play around and try different options. We can't test this in house, but you may try:

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\MSSQL\$LIVE:Databases(MPS3)\Data File(s) Size (KB)"

or

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\MSSQL\$LIVE:Databases\(MPS3\)\Data File\(s\) Size \(KB\)"

[Pilly170]

The first example worked in the command line

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[root@nagios ~]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\MSSQL\$LIVE:Databases(MPS3)\Data File(s) Size (KB)"   

71163900

but when I copied

-l "\MSSQL\$LIVE:Databases(MPS3)\Data File(s) Size (KB)","Size is %.2f %%" -w 80 -c 100

into the service ($ARG3$)

I get

NSClient - ERROR: Failed to get counter value: MSSQL:Databases(MPS3)Data File(s) Size (KB)

[scottwilkerson]

Try making your $ARG3$

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-l "\\MSSQL\\$$LIVE:Databases(MPS3)\\Data File(s) Size (KB)","Size is %.2f %%" -w 80 -c 100

[slansing]

Can you show us what you now have in your service definition?

[Pilly170]

Not sure how I get the definition from the XI version.

I can get /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 10.4.2.63 -s "Password" -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSSQL\\\$LIVE:Databases\(MPS3\)\\Data File\(s\) Size \(KB\)"

but I think you are looking for the actual declaration within the core