CPU Usage arguments

[steve.chambers]

I am looking at the configuration for CPU Usage (which is set to the defaults) on my Windows 2012-based VM and they look like this:

check_xi_service_nsclient![PASSWORD]CPULOAD!-l 5,80,90

And I cant locate where the description of what each number specifies. Feeling a bit silly but I can't locate where this info is anywhere in the documentation. I assume it is percentages of CPU load but what does each number specifically signify?

Also is there somewhere that has a listing of all the command arguments and what each is?

thx

Steve

[jdalrymple]

It is not at all obvious where you should expect to find documentation on that. Under the hood you're running a check_nt, so you can find the usage here:

https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/ ... ck_nt.html

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CPULOAD =
  Average CPU load on last x minutes.
  Request a -l parameter with the following syntax:
  -l <minutes range>,<warning threshold>,<critical threshold>.
  <minute range> should be less than 24*60.
  Thresholds are percentage and up to 10 requests can be done in one shot.
  ie: -l 60,90,95,120,90,95

So for you, you're looking for a CPU average over 5 minutes, >80% is Warning, >90% is Critical.