snmp not working

Subhendu Ghosh sghosh at sghosh.org
Wed Nov 16 17:22:18 CET 2005
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Try upgrading the plugins.

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, HP Geeza wrote:

> ./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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