check_disk syntax question

[Karl DeBisschop]

On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 11:04, Webster, Stuart SITI-ITDIUR wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I am using check_disk plugin to monitor some very large file systems.
> I was monitoring using percentages, but this is pointless, because
> when you ar 99% full, you still have lots of space.
> 
> so I changed to a minimum killobytes check, now i get critical
> messages for every disk i check,  probably something obviously wrong
> in what im doing.
> 
> Here is one of my filesystems
> #df -k
> sw017    4164728832 858727296 3306001536    21%    /sw017
> 
> and here is my nrpe command
> command[check_sw017]=/nagios/libexec/check_disk -c 1000000 -w 1500000
> -m /sw017
> 
> im trying to set it to 1.5 gb warning, and 1gb crit.
> 
> but i get this error every time.
> DISK CRITICAL [-988965760 kB (79%) free on /sw017] 
> 
> 
> is my sytax wrong????

What plugin version on the remote machine?

ISTM there must be a bug, unless you've figured out how to store more
bytes on a disk than its total capacity (which I take to be the meaning
of les than 0 bytes free).

OOTH, if you have figured out a way to create this extra capacity, when
you take out the patent please be sure you do not mention 'Unix' in the
application, otherwise SCO may assert ownership ;-)

--
Karl




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