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Ignore or send unknown alerts for return code 255 error

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:00 am
by mejokj
How to ignore or send unknown alerts for return code 255 errors in Nagios XI

Re: Ignore or send unknown alerts for return code 255 error

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:35 am
by lmiltchev
Are these checks that use the check_nrpe plugin? If this is the case, and you wanted to receive UNKNOWNs, instead of CRITICALs on timeouts, you could add "-u" to your command.

From the check_nrpe plugin's usage:
-u, --unknown-timeout Make connection problems return UNKNOWN instead of CRITICAL
Example:

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H <client ip> -u

Re: Ignore or send unknown alerts for return code 255 error

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:12 am
by mejokj
This is for esx servers and we're using box293 plugin

Re: Ignore or send unknown alerts for return code 255 error

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:15 am
by lmiltchev
In this case, you would need to troubleshoot the issue by following the instructions in the manual (page 83):

https://exchange.nagios.org/components/ ... 0&cf_id=29

If this doesn't help you, I would recommend that you contact the plugin's owner (box293), and ask for assistance as box293_check_vmware plugin is not one of our official nagios plugins.

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... re/details