How to compare two nrpe status information results in Nagios server?

[Assaf Flatto]

Janne Leinonen wrote:
> I use NRPE to poll information from two Windows servers running NSclient++
>
> $USER1$/check_nrpe -t 300 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c CheckFile2 -a path 
> ...max-dir-depth=1 pattern=*.XT filter+written=lt:4d
>
> The command returns all files named *.XT newer than 4 days and these 
> file names can be seen in status information from the  hosts service  
> detail.
>
> Output is something like this :
>
> server 1 service status information:
> 0305_04192-11_2011-05-24_09-07-13.XT, 
> 0305_05035-11_2011-05-24_08-43-48.XT, 
> 03052_05163-11_2011-05-24_08-46-25.XT,
>
> server 2 service status information:
> 0305_04192-11_2011-05-24_09-07-13.XT, 
> 0305_05035-11_2011-05-24_08-43-48.XT, 
> 0305_05163-11_2011-05-24_08-46-25.XT, 
> 0305_05697-11_2011-05-24_08-48-40.XT, 0305_05701-11_2011-05-24_08-51-05.XT,
>
>
> How can I compare these results in centralized Nagios server and make an 
> email notification if for example the file names differ?
>
> Thank You, Janne Leinonen
>
>   

What you are asking is not a part of nagios , but you can write an 
external script that goes of over the status.dat and gets the data you 
need , it will not be an easy task as you'll need to account for time 
diff ,specific string match and  file position  .


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