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Hi Team,
I am facing issue with newly installed nagios plugin check_logfiles v3.5.3.2
installation went fine but I am not able to use that for searching scsi errors, I want to get alerts for following pattern in logs-

Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /scsi_vhci/disk@g60060e800547a200000047a2000005fb (sd24):
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 Error for Command: read(10) Error Level: Retryable
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block: 20954674 Error Block: 20954674
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: HITACHI Serial Number: 50 047A205FB
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Unit_Attention
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x2a (parameters changed), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /scsi_vhci/disk@g60060e800547a200000047a20000028c (sd61):
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 Error for Command: write(10) Error Level: Retryable
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block: 562 Error Block: 562
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: HITACHI Serial Number: 50 047A2028C
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Unit_Attention
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x2a (parameters changed), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /scsi_vhci/disk@g60060e800547a200000047a200000274 (sd70):
Jan 1 02:00:03 abcd123 Error for Command: write(10) Error Level: Retryable

above errors are scattered over files messages, messages.0, messages.1 ........ and below is the config file I am passing to that plugin-

% check_logfiles -V
check_logfiles v3.5.3.2
% cat config
$seekfilesdir = '~/nagios4/var/tmp';
# where the state information will be saved.
$protocolsdir = '~/nagios4/var/tmp';
# where protocols with found patterns will be stored.
$scriptpath = '~/nagios4/var/tmp';
# where scripts will be searched for.
#$MACROS = { CL_DISK01 => "/dev/dsk/c0d1", CL_DISK02 => "/dev/dsk/c0d2" };
@searches = (
{
tag => 'scsi',
logfile => '/tmp/abcd123/messages',
rotation => 'messagesmessages0messages1messages2',
# criticalpatterns => '*scsi_vhci*:*kern.warning*',
criticalpatterns => [
'scsi_vhci*',
'kern.warning'
]
# warningpatterns => '&quotscsi_vhci&quot:*kern.warning*',
# criticalexceptions => '/dev/testdisk',
# options => 'noprotocol'
}
);

but not able to get any single warning when I run this-
% ./check_logfiles -f config
OK - no errors or warnings|scsi_lines=0 scsi_warnings=0 scsi_criticals=0 scsi_unknowns=0

I played with criticalpatterns and warningpatterns to give different options like * or &quot but not able to get any warning/critical messages, please help me getting this plug in working

Are you sure the configuration file is being passed the proper location of the log files? And that it has the correct permissions? It looks like it is working fine for a number of people, it may be advantageous for you to contact the plugin's developer as well:

http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Pl ... es/details