Ignoring a particular alarm (on purpose)?

[jeff vier]

On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 23:24 +0200, max wrote:
> I though you where able to monitor if there are new update to install
> on server (install and do the reboot). With the check you sent, don't
> you just check if the agent that manage the update is running, not
> that new update is available.
> 
> Am I missing something?

That process only runs when a new update is available.
I believe it corresponds to the little icon in the bottom-right "dock"
thing.

I have managed to avoid dealing with Windoze on any real level for the
past 8 years or so, so forgive me for skipping the precise details.  (I
don't touch any MS products directly at my current position - I just
monitor them.)

I can tell you that the alert only "goes off" when a new update comes
out, though.

> Max
> 
> jeff vier wrote: 
> > Please don't reply just to me.  *Always* reply to the list (except,
> > perhaps, to only say "thanks" :) ), thanks.
> > 
> > On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 11:13 +0200, max wrote: 
> >   
> > > How do you check for Windows Update availability with nagios?
> > >     
> > 
> > define command{
> >         command_name    check_nt_windows_update
> >         command_line    $USER1$/negate $USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$
> > -v PROCSTATE -d SHOWALL -l wuauclt.exe
> > 
> > 
> > check_nt uses the NSClient suite (or NC_Net, or whatever other
> > replacement).
> > 
> > What that check is doing, in case it's unclear, is checking for the
> > existence of a running 'wuauclt.exe' process, then negating the result
> > (so, running==critical, no process==OK)
> > 
> >   
> > > jeff vier wrote:
> > > 
> > >     
> > > > Here's a weird one.
> > > > 
> > > > I have a request to be able to filter out a particular alarm on the
> > > > Service Status Page.
> > > > 
> > > > The problem is that I have Nagios set up to watch for Windows Update
> > > > (WU) availability, but it can take WEEKS for the Windows Admin to roll
> > > > them out to all the Windows Servers.  So, in the interim, we're staring
> > > > down a few hundred WU alerts.
> > > > 
> > > > A couple of the folks in the NOC have asked if there's a way to not see
> > > > them (but still see everything else).
> > > > 
> > > > I figure I *COULD* code it out of the cgi, but then why watch for the
> > > > WUs at all (we don't page on them).
> > > > 
> > > > Any idea?  (regex filter that can be passed arbitrary values via GET
> > > > variables? *fingers crossed*)
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > > 
> > > > --jeff
> > > >       
> > 
> >   
> 
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