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Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:47 am**

Good Day

This one is strange. sometimes the "force immediate check" doesn't work and sometimes it does.

Here is a snip from the nagios.log

[1598978422] EXTERNAL COMMAND: SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;IDM Service - WebServer;1598978419

[1598978436] EXTERNAL COMMAND: SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/var\/lib\/ipa\/backup Directory;1598978434
[1598978436] Error: External command failed -> SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/var\/lib\/ipa\/backup Directory;1598978434
[1598978436] External command [1598978436] SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/var\/lib\/ipa\/backup Directory;1598978434 returned error Command failed

[1598978453] EXTERNAL COMMAND: SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/var\/lib\/ipa\/backup Directory;1598978444
[1598978453] Error: External command failed -> SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/var\/lib\/ipa\/backup Directory;1598978444
[1598978453] External command [1598978453] SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/var\/lib\/ipa\/backup Directory;1598978444 returned error Command failed

[1598978459] EXTERNAL COMMAND: SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/boot Directory;1598978457
[1598978459] Error: External command failed -> SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/boot Directory;1598978457
[1598978459] External command [1598978459] SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;\/boot Directory;1598978457 returned error Command failed

[1598978466] EXTERNAL COMMAND: SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;IDM Service - WebServer;1598978464

Disk space checks return command failed, but they work just fine on regular scheduled 5 min intervals. The "IDM Service" one is just a check_procs and it works just fine

Nagios XI 5.6.10 on RedHat 7.8

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:03 pm**

The \ in the commands should not be there unless your services have those \ in the name. Does your service have \ in the name?

You should see this instead:

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EXTERNAL COMMAND: SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;lp-dc1-auth1;/var/lib/ipa/backup Directory;1598978434

Posted: **Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:30 pm**

Apologizes,forgot about this post i did haha

No this '\' are not part of the service_description

[root@lp-dc1-nagp1 ~]# cat /usr/local/nagios/etc/services/lp-dc1-auth1.cfg | grep backup
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define service {
    host_name                lp-dc1-auth1
    service_description      /var/lib/ipa/backup Directory
    use                      aixadmin-service
    check_command            check_remote_ssl!check_backup!!!!!!!
    max_check_attempts       3
    check_interval           5
    retry_interval           1
    check_period             xi_timeperiod_24x7
    notification_interval    120
    notification_period      xi_timeperiod_24x7
    _xiwizard                linux-server
    register                 1
}

Posted: **Mon Sep 14, 2020 4:33 pm**

I really think this is likely because of the \ character not being stripped on submission.

The ones that work probably don't have the / character in them being escaped which is causing the \.

What exact version of XI are you using?

Please PM a copy of your profile, you can download it from Admin > System Profile > Download Profile.

I labbed this up with the same service name and it's working properly on XI 5.7.2 so I'll need to know which XI version you're on.

Are you submitting them through the API or web interface?

Posted: **Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:52 pm**

Thank you for the reply

So we have 2 nagios servers in our environment, Both are at 5.6.10. This server specifically was updated from 5.2.5 to 5.6.10 and we have seen this issue ever since. The other server wasnt that old, went from 5.5.2 to 5.6.10, and i do not see the same issue with it. Dont know if that matters but thought i would mention it

This is all done via the web interface.

I have PM'd you the profile

Thank you

Posted: **Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:19 pm**

Please send me this file from the non-working system:

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/usr/local/nagiosxi/html/includes/components/xicore/status-utils.inc.php

Open up firefox and pull up the /var/lib/ipa/backup Directory service.

Hit the F12 button, click the Network Tab.

Now click the Force immediate check button and you should see a bunch of URLs popup, click on the one that shows:

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ajaxhelper.php?cmd=submitcommands

Then right click on it, choose Copy > Copy URL and PM that info to me as well.

Posted: **Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:52 pm**

Info Sent

Thank you for your help

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:03 pm**

All that looks proper.

I think you need to do this:

https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/n ... r-754.html

I'm labbing it up with postgresql to test but I'm pretty sure that's the resolution for this.

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:14 am**

Well I dont see the same error when I force check this specific service, but i do see simlar error that the KBA talks about:

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ERROR:  syntax error at or near "stopped" at character 282
STATEMENT:  UPDATE xi_sysstat SET value='a:3:{s:10:"nagioscore";a:4:{s:6:"daemon";s:6:"nagios";s:6:"output";s:195:"           └─30957 /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -n -2 -H msg-dc2-exch-1.saskpower.sk.ca -p 5666 -t 30 -c check_service -a service=MSExchangeSubmission crit=state = \'stopped\' warn=none";s:11:"return_code";i:0;s:6:"status";i:0;}s:3:"pnp";a:4:{s:6:"daemon";s:4:"npcd";s:6:"output";s:89:"           └─4303 /usr/local/nagios/bin/npcd -d -f /usr/local/nagios/etc/pnp/npcd.cfg";s:11:"return_code";i:0;s:6:"status";i:0;}s:8:"ndoutils";a:4:{s:6:"daemon";s:6:"ndo2db";s:6:"output";s:90:"           └─21383 /usr/local/nagios/bin/ndo2db -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndo2db.cfg -f";s:11:"return_code";i:0;s:6:"status";i:0;}}', update_time=NOW() WHERE metric='daemons'

I will follow the KBA suggestion and plan a time to impliment. Am I going to have to do a full restart of all things Nagios, or just bounce pgsql?

Thank you!

Posted: **Wed Sep 23, 2020 4:27 pm**

I labbed it up and was able to replicate the issue with it putting the \ in there. It fixed it by doing what the guide says and editing this file:

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/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf

Changing this:

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#standard_conforming_strings = on

To this:

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standard_conforming_strings = off

Then restart postgresql:

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service postgresql restart

If you see errors in the web interface (you likely will will postfix is restarted and the app is able to connect to the DB) try logging out and back in again or closing the browser and going back into it.

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