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hi,
i'm trying use check_nmon.pl plugin for check cpu, mem, paging space.....
when i run the plugin on servers i need check it work fine. But UNKNOW error once run via check_ncpa.py.
don't know if anything incorrect?
Thank you.

bash-4.3# ./check_nmon.pl -F /backup/nmon_log/srv_06_210128_0600.nmon -k CPU_ID -s User%,Sys%,Wait%,Idl
OK - All counters within specified thresholds

[root@nagiosxi libexec]#/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ncpa.py -H 192.168.xxx.x -P 5693 -t aaa -M 'plugins/check_nmon.pl' -a '-F /backup/nmon_log/srv_06_210128_0600.nmon -k CPU_ID -s User%,Sys%,Wait%,Idl'
UNKNOWN - NMON file backup older than an hour. NMON is stopped!

HI @sacom01,

So it's failing right away in the script where it checks the options if the log file is older than 1 hour. There maybe a time issue here. I'm don't have a test AIX system here, but what does the time on the file read? And what is the system time? Also, from the Nagos XI side, please test the plugin as the Nagios user account instead of root to rule out any variations there. Lastly, check the file permission on the log file, it maybe that the nagios user account cannot read the file, and therefore that part of the plugin is failing. You can try to relax the permissions and test again.

--Benjamin

hi Ben,
thanks for you reply

The problem is : it work fine on local server but can not work with check_ncpa when i do check on the same time. And nmon file have been updated every 2 minutes bro.

ON LOCAL SERVER:
bash-4.3$ cd /backup/nmon_log/
bash-4.3$ ls -l | grep 210201
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 914069 Feb 01 08:38 srv_210201_0600.nmon

bash-4.3$ date
Mon Feb 1 08:39:19 ICT 2021

bash-4.3$ cd /usr/local/ncpa/plugins/
bash-4.3$ ./check_nmon.pl -F /backup/nmon_log/srv_210201_0600.nmon -k CPU_ID -s User%,Sys%,Wait%,Idl
OK - All counters within specified thresholds

ON NAGIOS SRV :
[root@nagiosxi- libexec]# date
Mon Feb 1 08:42:20 +07 2021

[root@nagiosxi- libexec]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ncpa.py -H 192.168.xxx.xx -P 5693 -t mytoken -M 'plugins/check_nmon.pl' -a '-F /backup/nmon_log/srv_210201_0600.nmon -k CPU_ID -s User%,Sys%,Wait%,Idl'
UNKNOWN - NMON file backup older than an hour. NMON is stopped!

Hi @sacom01

Hmmm. we think this is an issue with the path to the plugin not getting escaped properly or the permissions. Can you relax the permissions on permissions on this file temporarily for testing to rule that out as a factor?

While I don't have any AIX system, going to try run some tests with NCPA on the plugin arguments and follow up with you shortly.

Best Regards,
Benjamin

Try running this command with double quotes around the log file path and see if it works.

hi tgriep,
well, it work fine now with your suggest.

[root@dc-nagiosxi-uat01 libexec]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ncpa.py -H 192.168.xxx.xx -P 5693 -t mytoken -M 'plugins/check_nmon.pl' -a '-F "/backup/nmon_log/210203_0600.nmon" -k CPU_ID -s User%,Sys%,Wait%,Idl'
OK - All counters within specified thresholds |

Many thanks tgriep and ben.

hi bro,
i have try check on nagios xi, but no luck, i'm getting another error UNKNOWN - NMON file
Everyday we have 2 nmon files, so i want indicate file name is dynamic with $ARG3$

Note : i already tried with exact path : /backup/nmon_log/_210203_0600.nmon but not work as well.
pls help

If you go to that folder does the file exist when the plugin runs?

Can you clarify what you mean by this?
"file name is dynamic"

Does the file name change periodically?

Sometimes when using the Run Check Command button, it adds extra escaping on special characters and cause the test to fail.
What you should do it to create the service check, save and apply it to the system and see if it runs in the Home > Service Status menu.

Another thing to do is to change the command to use $ARG3$ for all of the arguments you are sending the plugin and them put this in $ARG3$ after you edit it.

hi tgriep,
Does the file name change periodically? --> yes bro
The file name have structure like this : servername_yymmdd_hhmm.nmon
i want to use yymmdd as an argument. I have tried YYMMDD, yymmdd, %YYMMDD%, `date +%Y%m%d` on $ARG3$
but did not work as well

First thing, because of the quotes, escaping, etc that the plugin is setup to use, sometimes it causes the Run Check Command button to fail as it adds extra escaping to the check.

There is not a way to change the name of the file on the fly but adding the $ARGx$ to the command should work if you use the alternate way to send arguments for the NCPA plugin.

Create the NCPA command like the following example. Put in the name of the file in $ARG3$ and it should pass it on.
We do not have access to a server to test this but it should work.