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I have a CheckFile check_nrpe set up and it is returning 0 Files Found but yet the count still shows files.
Output:
{0 Files Found}|'count'=1053419;1000;2000

Command:
# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -2 -H 10.100.30.107 -t 30 -c CheckFiles -a path='D:\\Apps_Vision_General\\Vision_Prod\\PrintFlow\\Inbox' pattern=*.* 'master-syntax={%total% Files Found}' MaxWarn=1000 MaxCrit=2000 'filter=size gt 0b'
{0 Files Found}|'count'=1053419;1000;2000

I can run the same command (obvious difference due to file path) and it works as expected.
# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -2 -H 10.100.32.120 -t 30 -c CheckFiles -a path='D:\\Dell\\ArchiveManager\\Error' pattern=*.* 'master-syntax={%total% Files Found}' MaxWarn=2000 MaxCrit=5000 'filter=size gt 0b'
OK: All 1653 files are ok|'count'=1653;2000;5000

Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong here?

please advise
-pete

Is the version of NSClient the same on both servers?

The client is the same on both servers and the nsclient.ini file is the same on both servers.

Attached is the ini file

I'm assuming these checks still alert (return the correct ok/warn/crit status) in the way you'd like them to? If not, you might try leveraging the count field in your warning/critical criteria like so (as a replacement for MaxWarn/MaxCrit): More info here:
https://support.nagios.com/kb/article.php?id=783

total and count reference two different things.
Though in this particular case, according to the documentation, both total and count should return the same value. That said, I've learned to not always trust the documentation for things.

Try switching the master-syntax argument to reference %count% instead and see if it produces the desired results.

I would try @mcapra's suggestion.

You may gave found a NSClient++ bug with directories that have that many files as your first command had 1053419 as the count

seems to be working now.
Not sure why. I'll open the ticket again if it starts failing again
-pete

wspackaging wrote:seems to be working now.
Not sure why. I'll open the ticket again if it starts failing again
-pete

Great! Closing thread