Performance data not being returned

[Mike Guthrie]

On 5/10/2012 5:51 AM, Jonathan Gazeley wrote:
> On 10/05/12 11:31, C. Bensend wrote:
>>> The plugin is being executed through NRPE. Executing the plugin by hand
>>> seems to return valid perfdata:
>>>
>>> [jg4461 at dhcp1 ~]$ /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_dhcpd_pools
>>> OK - all pools less than 80% full | 'resnet-wireless-652'=43.769%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-653'=47.923%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-654'=46.201%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-655'=44.681%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-656'=47.720%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-657'=47.112%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-658'=42.452%;80;90, 'resnet-wireless-659'=0.304%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-ratelimited-660'=1.114%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-onlinepayment-661'=0.405%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-onlinepayment-662'=0.405%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-onlinepayment-663'=0.304%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-consoles-665'=1.114%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-message-666'=0.000%;80;90,
>>> 'resnet-wireless-instructions-667'=8.056%;80;90
>> http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html#AEN201
>>
>> I think you might try spaces, not commas.  I have developed a
>> number of plugins, and I've never used anything but spaces to
>> delimit the performance data.  If Nagios doesn't believe that's
>> valid data, it's going to ignore it.
>>
>>
> I removed the commas, and I'm now using only spaces. It still isn't
> showing up in Nagios, though.
>
> I'm slightly perplexed, since the perfdata used to show up in Nagios in
> the form that I already posted it to the list. I don't know what changed.
>
> Does anyone know any good ways of debugging this?
Try using floats for your thresholds instead of integers.  Those are two 
different data types being compared.

For debugging I usually set up a local passive check with hard-coded 
status text and performance data, and then I just play with the format 
until it starts being processed for a graph.


>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
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