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Excuse me for asking this very basic question.

I want to use hpasm (check_hpasm) to monitor HP bladeenclosures. But I cant seem to get it to work under XI, or to state it more correctly ... I don't know how to do this.

- I've compiled the hpasm check and added it to the plugins (like documented in Managing XI Monitoring Plugins)
- I can run the check on the cmd line

nagios# ./libexec/check_hpasm -H hostname -C snmp-community
OK - System: 'bladesystem c7000 enclosure g2', S/N: 'xxxxxxxxxx', hardware working fine

But now I want to add it as a check to a specific host using the monitoring wizard....how do I do this? I think I can use the Generic Network Device check (for I want to monitor the BladeEnclosure hardware, not the OS or anything like that). But how?

TYIA

You'll have to create a new command in the core config manager->commands area. Then you could add that service to the host you want to monitor. (The wizards are created to do all of this for you, but at the moment we only have them for the most common set of checks).

Command syntax in the CCM would look something like this:
Then you you can go to Services->Add and add this command as a service for the host you want to monitor. Fill in the appropriate information for the host address and $ARG1$. I would suggest inserting the template for the "generic-service," and then making any modifications you want from there.

Thing is though that the host as such has not been added yet. What is the best way to add it?

So its:

- add command
- add service
- add service to host

The quickest way to add a host is to use the "Generic Network Device" wizard.

You don't even need to select the ping service when adding it.

All fine and dandy ... and now for the next issue.

[1280828515] SERVICE NOTIFICATION: nagiosadmin;hostname;HP Insight Manager;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;(Return code of 255 is out of bounds)

But while running it in / on bash:

./check_hpasm -H hostname -C community
OK - System: 'bladesystem c7000 enclosure g2', S/N: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx', hardware working fine

Any suggestions?

Show us a screenshot of the service and also the check command you've created.

You're almost there.

Got it working

Thanks for the support!

Great stuff.

Still not entirely satisfied ...

I can see the check in Host Status, but not in Service Status ... what did I miss??? (see screenshots)

Add a service for your check command and set something like PING(ICMP) for the host check command.