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Service: Total Processes
Host: Nagios XI
Address: 127.0.0.1
State: WARNING
Info:
PROCS WARNING: 255 processes with STATE = RSZDT
Date/Time: 2012-09-04 09:23:50

How can I get rid of this alarm and what is causing it

It checks for the number of processes on localhost. You may have values of -w 100 -c 500, so 255 processes gives you a warning. Go to the Core Config Manager->Services->find "Total Processes" on localhost->Modify->change $ARG1$ to 350 (for example) and click on "Save", and "Apply Configuration". The warning will disappear.

Hope this helps.

lmiltchev wrote:It checks for the number of processes on localhost. You may have values of -w 100 -c 500, so 255 processes gives you a warning. Go to the Core Config Manager->Services->find "Total Processes" on localhost->Modify->change $ARG1$ to 350 (for example) and click on "Save", and "Apply Configuration". The warning will disappear.

Hope this helps.

I am now getting--- Critical
NRPE: Command '500' not defined-any idea?

Are you monitoring localhost via NRPE? You have host "Nagios XI" with IP address of 127.0.0.1... Not sure what is the deal.

Could you, please, go to the Core Config Manager->Services->Total Processes->click on "Modify" and send us a screenshot of this page?

Under Service Management for "Total Processes" you would only change the critical value as lmitlchev suggested, this is generally located under $ARG2$.

In the default case the definition is:
The change you would make is this:
Then save, and apply configuration.

lmiltchev wrote:Are you monitoring localhost via NRPE? You have host "Nagios XI" with IP address of 127.0.0.1... Not sure what is the deal.

Could you, please, go to the Core Config Manager->Services->Total Processes->click on "Modify" and send us a screenshot of this page?

see attached screenshot
thanks
steve

Replace the $ARG1$ field with: and in the $ARG2$ field:
NRPE is a remote plugin executor, the plugin you are executing for this check is check_procs so it must be defined as such in the argument field.

slansing wrote:Replace the $ARG1$ field with:

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check_procs

and in the $ARG2$ field:

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-a '-w 150 -c 500'

NRPE is a remote plugin executor, the plugin you are executing for this check is check_procs so it must be defined as such in the argument field.

Ok-I changed the above and the below is what I get now-the only I didn't change is field code: select all can't find it

Service: Total Processes
Host: www-Server
Address: 69.89.250.56
State: UNKNOWN
Info:
CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes from daemon. Check the remote server logs for error messages.
Date/Time: 2012-09-05 17:26:08

So your settings look similar to those of the ones in the attachment I added correct? Of course with the addition of a Config Name.

From your first message it looks as though you were trying to monitor your local machine. Are you attempting to monitor a remote machine?

slansing wrote:So your settings look similar to those of the ones in the attachment I added correct? Of course with the addition of a Config Name.

From your first message it looks as though you were trying to monitor your local machine. Are you attempting to monitor a remote machine?

setting look identical-it is our local amchine