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Hi,

I have plugin called check_esx3.pl and when I am trying to monitor separate LUNs which have weird names like for example:
"datastore1 (4)" then the plugin displays (null) on the screen. It either add backslashes to the \(4\) or when I use ' ' to add a space it displays
correct through CLI check in XI, but on the screen STILL FAILS and shows (null).

It is very important to fix it since the customer has requirements of monitoring all esxi.

Thanks

Is the "test check command" failing?
Is the check itself, once configured in XI, failing?

In test check it is working fine, but in Nagios XI UI it is showing (null).

This is the command used:

$USER1$/check_esx3.pl -H "$HOSTADDRESS$" -f "$ARG1$" -l "$ARG2$" -s $ARG3$

With following arguments:

ARG1: /usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/vmware/testesx1_auth.txt
ARG2: VMFS
ARG3: datastore1' '(4)

Result in Test Check Command:

COMMAND: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_esx3.pl -H "172.16.99.81" -f "/usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/vmware/testesx1_auth.txt" -l "VMFS" -s datastore1' '\(4\)
OUTPUT: ESX3 OK - datastore1 (4)=127109.00 MB (94.76%) | 'datastore1 (4)'=127109.00MB;;

Result from the screen is (null) as in attachment.
Please assist urgently.

Have you tried escaping the parenthesis with backslashes as the test check command does?