snmp not working
HP Geeza
getbacktome3 at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 16 17:08:46 CET 2005
the result of running:
snmpget -v 1 -c public 10.30.129.30 .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0
is:
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 = INTEGER: 68
>From: Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org>
>To: HP Geeza <getbacktome3 at hotmail.com>
>CC: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:03:01 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, HP Geeza wrote:
>
>>Hi Subhendu,
>>
>>Appologies for the silly question but what do you mean add a -m?
>>
>
>Add a "-m:"
>The colon after the -m option indicates an empty miblist. You don't need a
>miblist if you are providing a numeric OID.
>A normal miblist is a colon separated list of directories containing mib
>files. It is used by the snmpget utility to translate to a numeric OID.
>e.g. system.sysDescr.0 ==> .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0
>
>Also please post the result of the following:
>snmpget -v 1 -c public 10.30.129.30 .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0
>
>If you see data other than
>SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 = INTEGER: 69
>
>then you may have some local mib files that don't have the correct syntax.
>
>The WARNING is then the result of output seen on STDERR where it was not
>expected.
>
>>when i run:
>>./check_snmp -H 10.30.129.30 -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -w 80 -c 85
>>-C public -v -m
>>i get ./check_snmp: option requires an argument -- m
>>
>>how do i find out what the miblist is????
>>
>>WHEN I RUN:
>>./check_snmp -H 10.30.129.30 -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -w 80 -c 85
>>-C public -v
>>
>>i get:
>>/usr/bin/snmpget -t 1 -r 5 -m ALL -v 1 -c public 10.30.129.30:161
>>.1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0
>>SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 = INTEGER: 69
>>
>>SNMP WARNING - 69
>>
>>
>>NOTE if it is of any use, there is a line space between SNMP WARNING - 69
>>and INTEGER 69
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org>
>>>To: HP Geeza <getbacktome3 at hotmail.com>
>>>CC: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>>>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:03:05 -0500 (EST)
>>>
>>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, HP Geeza wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for the info, but im affraid it still isn't working :-(
>>>>
>>>>FYI
>>>>Usage: check_snmp -H <ip_address> -o <OID> [-w warn_range] [-c
>>>>crit_range]
>>>> [-C community] [-s string] [-r regex] [-R regexi]
>>>> [-t timeout] [-e retries]
>>>> [-l label] [-u units] [-p port-number] [-d delimiter]
>>>> [-D output-delimiter] [-m miblist] [-P snmp version]
>>>> [-L seclevel] [-U secname] [-a authproto] [-A
>>>>authpasswd]
>>>> [-X privpasswd]
>>>>
>>>>i try running the command: ./check_snmp -H 10.30.129.30 -o
>>>>.1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -w 80 -c 85 -C public
>>>>
>>>>and still get a value of "SNMP WARNING - 69" back
>>>>
>>>>accoring to the command im running should the waring only come up when
>>>>the -w parameter is met? - i.e 80 and critical when its 85??
>>>>
>>>>Any help would be great
>>>>
>>>
>>>Add a "-m:"
>>>
>>>Also please post the result of tagging on a "-v" option
>>>
>>>-sg
>>>
>>>
>>>>>From: "Marc Powell" <marc at ena.com>
>>>>>To: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>>>>>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>>>>>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:55:15 -0600
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
>>>>> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of HP Geeza
>>>>> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:26 AM
>>>>> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>>> > Subject: [Nagios-users] snmp not working
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Hi All,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I was hoping that somebody might be able to help me with a snmp
>>>>>monitoring
>>>>> > issue on my nagios box. I am running the following command on the
>>>>>command
>>>>> > line on the nagios box:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/./check_snmp <ip address of temp probe in
>>>>>our
>>>>> > lab)
>>>>> > -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -C public
>>>>> >
>>>>> > and get a value of SNMP "WARNING - 68" back
>>>>> >
>>>>> > however i dont think that this value is correct and as a reult the
>>>>> > check_snmp plugin seems to be obtaining the wrong result as i dont
>>>>>expect
>>>>> > this to be a warning. For example if i run:
>>>>>
>>>>>Well, you haven't told check_snmp if that's OK or CRITICAL so it
>>>>>doesn't
>>>>>know what to report it as, hence WARNING. Remember the OIDs can contain
>>>>>just about any kind of data and check_snmp has no idea what it is
>>>>>you're
>>>>>querying, it just has an SNMP 'address'. You have to add in the status
>>>>>intelligence.
>>>>>
>>>>> > ./check_snmp 10.30.129.30 -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.2012.1.1.1.4.2.0 -C public
>>>>>-wv
>>>>> > 80
>>>>> > -cv 85
>>>>> >
>>>>> > i still get a value of "WARNING - 68"
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm not sure what version of check_snmp you're using but -wv and -cv
>>>>>aren't valid command line args, at least with 1.4 and prior.
>>>>>
>>>>> > is there a different check_snmp plugin i could use? or am i just
>>>>>running
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > command wrong? I dont want the service to show up as a warning when
>>>>>the
>>>>> > temperature is 68F...hence the reason for doing -wv 80 -cv 85
>>>>>
>>>>>You just need to tell check_snmp what to expect for each range.
>>>>>Check_snmp (and a couple other plugins) behave differently than other
>>>>>plugins WRT warning and critical detection as the results of the SNMP
>>>>>query are highly variable. Here are a couple of examples --
>>>>>
>>>>>To test for a very specific value where anything but that value is bad
>>>>>you might use something like -
>>>>>define command{
>>>>> command_name check_bgp_peer_state
>>>>> command_line $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -o
>>>>>.1.3.6.1.2.1.15.3.1.2.$ARG1$ -s 6 -C $USER3$ -l 'BGP Peer $ARG1$ State'
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>The above will be OK if the value of that OID is 6 and CRITICAL if it's
>>>>>anything else.
>>>>>
>>>>>To check for a range of values you might use the following -
>>>>>
>>>>>define command{
>>>>> command_name check_temperature_server_sites
>>>>> command_line $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u
>>>>>'Degrees
>>>>>Celsius' -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1.3.1.3.2 -C $USER3$ -w 37:32 -c 99:38
>>>>>-l '
>>>>>Temperature is'
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>The above will result in WARNING if the value of the OID is between 32
>>>>>and 37 (inclusive), CRITICAL if it's between 38 and 99 (inclusive) and
>>>>>OK for all other values.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hope that helps. Use 'check_snmp --help' for other command line args
>>>>>and
>>>>>their description.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Marc
>>>>>
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