check_nt -v counter value question (when using counters with colon)

[Michael Medin]

Hello,

Counternames with : are "broken" this is bug that will hopefully be fixed
in the next version. A workaround is to use an "alias" which IIRC might
work
is to add an "alias" (which is what causes the problem) like so:

"dummyalias:\\SQLServer:Databases(_Total)\\Data File(s) Size (KB)","SQL
 Server Databases Datafile size total is %.f"

(not so much) more details here: http://nsclient.org/nscp/ticket/165

// Michael Medihn

> I am using, on my windows 2003 server, nsclient++. For the check_nt
> reference where it refers to the 'COUNTER' parameters it refers to
> 'float parameters'. This does seem to be working for me. I have added to
> output from my Nagios server. I got the command line reference from
> http://nagioswiki.com/wiki/index.php/Checking_NT_Services_with_Nagios.
> It refers to using NSclient so maybe nsclient++ does not have the same
> functionality.
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> [root at srv-qs-nagiosp1 plugins]# ./check_nt -H srv-qs-sqlprd -p 12489 -v
> COUNTER -l "\\SQLServer:Databases(_Total)\\Data File(s) Size (KB)","SQL
> Server Databases Datafile size total is %.f" -w 5 -c 30
>
> SQL Server Databases Datafile size total is 191552 | 'SQL Server
> Databases Datafile size total is %.f'=191552.000000%;5.000000;30.000000;
>
>
>
> COUNTER =
>
>   Check any performance counter of Windows NT/2000.
>
>   Request a -l parameters with the following syntax:
>
>   -l "\\<performance object>\\counter","<description>
>
>   The <description> parameter is optional and is given to a printf
>
>   output command which requires a float parameter.
>
>   If <description> does not include "%%", it is used as a label.
>
>
>
>   Some examples:
>
>   "Paging file usage is %%.2f %%%%"
>
>   "%%.f %%%% paging file used."
>
>
>
>
>
>
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