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Greetings! Extreme Nagios n00b here so please be kind!

Having difficulty getting monitoring setup for NetApp Filer. I've uploaded several of the plug-ins (check_netapp) but I seem to be missing a step or 2 to configure monitoring. Can anyone point me to a document to help configure this?

Thanks in advance!

Scobi

With new plugins the next step would be to get the plugin to work from the command line.

Once you know what arguments must be passed and get it to work the way you like, you should setup a command in XI under Configure -> Core Config Manager -> Commands. Look at some of the others to see what the format looks like. Choose check command as the type.

Then you can select this command for your hosts or services filling in the $ARGn$ that you need to populate your command.

Wow wow wow... Thanks for the pointers! I'm sooooo close now! I ran into a small bit of oddness. Here's where I'm at.

Installed/uploaded "check_netapp3.pl"
Figured out the command and ran from command line, success!
Created command
Created service
Created host (just using check-host-alive)
Updated service to belong to host

Works great!

Now I try to add a 2nd host and I can't add the service to the host. I create the host and it appears as part of the NetApp hostsgroup, that part is fine. However, I appear to add the host to the service - save, hit apply configuration - yippie! No errors, but no service gets attached to the host either. I also seem to have an issue attempting to add notification contacts to these custom hosts/services. Same issue, it appears that I add them, save and apply configuration but the host/service isn't associated with any notification group. Again, everything appears to be a success, just doesn't appear to be updating the config...

I've verified permissions and got a green checkmark.

Upgraded this morning to 2011R2.2 hoping this would fix the issue, but still not feeling the luv.

Thoughts, suggestions?

Thanks again!

Scobi

Are you selecting the host you are adding the service to by clicking the notepad, selecting the host, right arrow, save?

Unbelievable - I think this is a combination self inflicted wound and something else.

Step #1. Make sure you always fill in the required fields on the host and service. If you don't fill all the fields in, there will be no error and configuration may not apply. I'm used to working with wizards and this stuff was filled in, creating one manually I found that oddness can happen if those fields are left blank.

Step #2. If you make a change and it just wont take and doesn't error, wait 24-hours and try again.

I hammered away at this pretty good yesterday and was able to get the service to associate with the host and now appears in xi as expected. Last night I was still having an issue trying to add a contact. I click the notepad icon on the host, the lower box populates with available groups, I highlight the needed group and hit the arrow to move to selected box, select save, then apply configuration. If I review the snapshot output, I still saw a warning that no contacts associated with host. Anywho, I just tried one last time this morning and it worked!!! The one thing that was different is thins time I got a pop-up to select the group. Previously I needed to scroll down to select the group. Seems that selecting thru the pop-up window worked but the scroll down method didn't update the configuration.

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks!

Scobi

It does, I bet you were using an older version of IE last time, there are a few know bugs that don't popup the window...

Hmm, maybe I need to switch browsers now... Was using IE9 but I've made a mental note if I don't see that pop-up to try a different one.

Appreciate the help Scott, I like that you guided me and didn't spoon-feed me. Teach a man to fish...

scobi wrote:Hmm, maybe I need to switch browsers now... Was using IE9 but I've made a mental note if I don't see that pop-up to try a different one.

Appreciate the help Scott, I like that you guided me and didn't spoon-feed me. Teach a man to fish...

Ya, dumb browser dependencies and inconsistencies suck. We are working on a new CCM that won't have these same browser dependencies. (Not to say that new ones couldn't creep up.)

No kidding, I'm going to create a spreadsheet for which apps work best in which browser...

Take care and thanks again!