NSClient custom counter question

[Jan Scholten]

Nope no luck with that.. it seems NSClient is ignoring the whole %.2f%%  
Stuff and does not parse it.

at least not here :-)

It's working but not looking good.

But thanks for trying!

Jan

> Try %2.2f%%
>
> Example:
> [root at milano root]# cat foo.c
> main() {
>         printf("foo is %2.2f%%\n:", 37.66);
> }
>
> [root at milano root]# make foo
> cc     foo.c   -o foo
> [root at milano root]# ./foo
> foo is 37.66%
>
> You may also need to escape the % in the check_nt statement: \%2.2f\%\%.
>
> Hope that works,
>
> - Harper
>
> Harper Mann
> Groundwork Open Source Solutions
> 510-599-2075 (cell)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Jan  
> Scholten
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:07 PM
> To: Julian Hein; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NSClient custom counter question
>
> Sorry for pulling an old topic, but i came to this right now :)
>
> I have a similar problem:
>
> /check_nt -H 192.168.100.54 -p 1248 -v COUNTER -l "\\Paging
> File(_Total)\\% Usage","Paging File Usage is %.2f%%" -w 35 -c 90
> Paging File Usage is %.2f%% = 38
>                       ^^^^^^^ Ugly
>
>
> Wortking but i can't get it being wellformated. So what must i do to geht
> this as 37.66% or something like that.
>
> I tried different Versions like "%.2f %%" "% .2f %" "%%.2f %%" "% .2f %%"
> but no luck..
> Any hints?
>
> Jan
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> I've got my Nagios install set up to check the paging file on several
>>> Windows 200 hosts thus:
>>>
>>> define command {
>>>      command_name    check_nt_pagingfile
>>>      command_line    $USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 1248 -v
>>> COUNTER -l "\\Paging File(_Total)\\%Usage","Paging File Usage
>>> is %.2f%%"
>>> -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
>>> }
>>>
>>> I'm passing 75 and 90 as the warning and critical levels respectively,
>>> but every host I'm checking returns the same result - Paging
>>> File Usage
>>> is 0.00%
>>
>> I think, you need a blank between "%" and "Usage":
>>
>> -l "\\Paging File(_Total)\\% Usage","Paging File Usage is %.2f%%"
>>
>> Julian
>>
>
>
>



-- 
Jan Scholten
Research and Development Intern
Iconz.co.nz


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