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Monitor a switch interface within a host in Nagios XI
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:51 am
by LarsenC
Hello,
I would like to know if it is possible and if so how to monitor a certain interface on a switch(or host) that is being monitored in Nagios XI. The main reason for this is to monitor the traffic on the interface.
Regards,
Clinton L
Re: Monitor a switch interface within a host in Nagios XI
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:36 am
by scottwilkerson
Yep, just run the Network Switch / Router wizard.
If you just want 1 interface, you can uncheck any ports you are not interested in.
Re: Monitor a switch interface within a host in Nagios XI
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:31 am
by LarsenC
scottwilkerson wrote:Yep, just run the Network Switch / Router wizard.
If you just want 1 interface, you can uncheck any ports you are not interested in.
I have ran this wizard that you have mentioned and selected the interface I would like to monitor and applied the settings. I received the following message after I applied the settings: "Configuration Request Successful
Your configuration changes have been successfully applied to the monitoring engine."
I then went to the host I applied the settings to and the interface is not showing up as a service(nothing at all actually) I have the CPU Utilization, Temperature and Ping services. What have I done wrong?
Regards,
Clinton L
Re: Monitor a switch interface within a host in Nagios XI
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:14 am
by scottwilkerson
Can I have you download the current wizard from
Code: Select all
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Configuration/Configuration-Wizards/Network-Switch-And-Router-Monitoring-Wizard/details
and upload it through Admin -> Manage Config Wizards
Then try to re-run the wizard.
We did have a bug in a previous wizard that would have problems if there were special characters in the Port/Description.
Re: Monitor a switch interface within a host in Nagios XI
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:15 pm
by LarsenC
scottwilkerson wrote:Can I have you download the current wizard from
Code: Select all
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Configuration/Configuration-Wizards/Network-Switch-And-Router-Monitoring-Wizard/details
and upload it through Admin -> Manage Config Wizards
Then try to re-run the wizard.
We did have a bug in a previous wizard that would have problems if there were special characters in the Port/Description.
Scott,
I downloaded and installed the new switch wizard succesfully. I also tried the wizard again and applied the configuration in Core Configuration Manager. Then I went to check the host's services and the interface is still not showing up.
I am running "Nagios XI 2009R1.2"
Regards,
Clinton L
Re: Monitor a switch interface within a host in Nagios XI
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:20 am
by scottwilkerson
That's a pretty old version... It is possible there have been related bug fixes since then.
Can you see the item in the core config manager?