snmp not working

HP Geeza getbacktome3 at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 16 17:18:43 CET 2005
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./check_snmp -V

returns:

check_snmp (nagios-plugins 1.4) 1.53


>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 11:17:22 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>All plugins -V provides version info.
>
>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, HP Geeza wrote:
>
>>how do i find out which version of the check_snmp plugin im using? - sorry 
>>for yet another silly question!!! - im having one of those daysssssss
>>
>>
>>>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 11:10:19 -0500 (EST)
>>>
>>>
>>>Ok - what version of check_snmp?
>>>
>>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, HP Geeza wrote:
>>>
>>>>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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