Correct Syntax for check_flexlm (fwd)

[Subhendu Ghosh]

-F is used for the license.dat file not the lmstat utility

I'll take a look at the files a bit later...

-sg

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:

> Hi Sg,
> 
> I ran the command ./check_flexlm -F=/exports/apps/matlab/etc/lmstat and got the
> following results:
> 
> 1. A series of lines that read USE OF UNINITIALIZED VALUE IN CONCATENATION (.)
> OR STRING AT ./CHECK_FLEXLM LINE 87, <CMD> LINE 12.
> 2. These were followed by the line LICENSE SERVER NOT RUNNING
> 
> I ran the lmstat command itself and it confirmed the license was up an running.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Subhendu Ghosh [mailto:sghosh at sghosh.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:42 PM
> To: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Correct Syntax for check_flexlm (fwd)
> 
> 
> Can you run it on the cmdline on the nrpe server? 
> 
> Is the error from the plugin or via check_nrpe?
> 
> -sg
> 
> 
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:
> 
> > Hi Sg,
> > 
> > I configured the utils.pm file to reflect the correct path to lmstat. The
> > use lib
> > statement in the check_flexlm plugin included the libexec directory where
> > utils.pm
> > is located. I stopped and restarted the nrpe client on the server.
> > 
> > The error message I am getting is RETURN CODE OF 112 IS OUT OF BOUNDS.
> > 
> > Your thoughts?
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Subhendu Ghosh [mailto:sghosh at sghosh.org]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 12:15 AM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Correct Syntax for check_flexlm (fwd)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:12:16 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org>
> > To: "Kaplan, Andrew H." <AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG>
> > Cc: nagios-user at lists.sf.net
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Correct Syntax for check_flexlm
> > 
> > the server and the license.dat need to exist on the server that the plugin
> > is running on.  If you are using nrpe - install the plugin on the flexlm
> > server and make sure the path to lmstat is correct. - note the path is set
> > in "utils.pm" and not the plugin itself. so utils.pm needs to present and
> > the "use lib" statement in the plugin must include the directory where
> > "utils.pm" is copied.
> > 
> > -sg 
> > 
> > On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:
> > 
> > > If I understand you correctly, I have to install the flexlm license server
> > and
> > > its
> > > associated license.dat file on the nagios server even though the "real"
> > server
> > > is 
> > > on the client running the nrpe program?
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Subhendu Ghosh [mailto:sghosh at sghosh.org]
> > > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:43 PM
> > > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > > Cc: Nagios-Users (E-mail)
> > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Correct Syntax for check_flexlm
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > When you run "configure", it searches for the "lmstat" program from 
> > > GlobeTrotter and configures the path to the exec.
> > > 
> > > So even if flexlm is not running on the nagios server, you need to intall 
> > > the flexlm utilities like lmstat and the appropriate flexlm config file.
> > > 
> > > -sg
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > >  -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: 	Kaplan, Andrew H.  
> > > > > Sent:	Friday, January 24, 2003 9:35 AM
> > > > > To:	Nagios-Users (E-mail)
> > > > > Subject:	Correct Syntax for check_flexlm
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi there,
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I want to monitor the flexlm server on a Linux box. I am currently
> > receiving
> > > > > the error message:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 		cannot find "lmstat"
> > > > > 
> > > > > Here is what I have so far:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Nagios server:
> > > > > 
> > > > > check_commands.cfg:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	# 'check_flexlm' command definition
> > > > > 	define command{
> > > > > 		command_name	check_flexlm
> > > > > 		command_line		$USER1$/check_flexlm -F
> $FILENAME$
> > > > > 		}
> > > > > 
> > > > > services.cfg:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	check_command		check_nrpe!check_flexlm
> > > > > 
> > > > > Nagios client machine:
> > > > > 
> > > > > nrpe.cfg:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	command[check_flexlm]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_flexlm -F
> > > > > /exports/apps/matlab/etc/lmstat
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > > 	
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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