check_ping

[Thomas Stocking]

In general I like check_icmp better, though it's requirement for setuid 
root are kind of scary. I did find that it is faster than check_ping, 
and that the old check_ping had a problem with some of the icmp response 
codes that check_icmp did not have.
The speed issue is especially important if you are trying to optimize 
blocking host checks.

This definition works for host checks:

define command {
	command_name			check-host-alive
	command_line			$USER1$/check_icmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -n 1
}

for a service check, I use basically the same thing:

define command {
	command_name			check-icmp
	command_line			$USER1$/check_icmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -n 5
}

Check ping is almost the same:

define command {
	command_name			check_ping
	command_line			$USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p 5
}


Note the -p for number of pings changes to -n in check_icmp. 

    Thomas

Marc Powell wrote:
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
>> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of grace ingabire
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:52 AM
>> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [Nagios-users] check_ping
>>
>> Status Information: check_ping: %s: Warning threshold must be integer
>>     
> or
>   
>> percentage! Performance Data:
>>
>> What should I do to solve this?
>>     
>
> Change your check_ping Warning threshold to an integer or percentage. =)
>
> Longer --
> 	Run ~nagios/libexec/check_ping --help and look at its options.
> Make sure that your command definition passes the options to check_ping
> that it's expecting.
>
> Last Resort --
> 	Post your service{} definition and the command{} definition that
> it references for us to look at.
>
> --
> Marc
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