<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:ns1 = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @page Section1 {size: 612.0pt 792.0pt; margin: 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt; } A:link { mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MSOHYPERLINK { mso-style-priority: 99 } A:visited { mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MSOHYPERLINKFOLLOWED { mso-style-priority: 99 } P { mso-style-priority: 99 } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto } SPAN.StileMessaggioDiPostaElettronica18 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.StileMessaggioDiPostaElettronica19 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.StileMessaggioDiPostaElettronica20 { COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.StileMessaggioDiPostaElettronica21 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=IT vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>This discussion intrigues me...</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>We've been using NRPE_NT with our Windows boxes (probably around 200 that we're monitoring) because I think I had the impression that this was the more commonly used of the two (NRPE/nsclient++). We primarily use it to call the wincheck_counter.exe file to probe Windows' PDH counters. However, from seeing the responses so far I'd say it appears that the majority of folks are using nsclient++ instead.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>I had considered nsclient++ at one time because it doesn't appear that nrpe_nt is actively developed anymore, yet nsclient++ has a lot of activity. When I tried it out, I did have some difficulty getting it working properly and eventually gave up on it. Then again, I maybe just didn't give it enough time and didn't understand how it worked well enough. It seemed to me that you mostly were able to probe things that it gave you the opportunity to probe. With NRPE_NT and wincheck_counter.exe (which doesn't seem to me to be run by all that many people either...) we could probe anything that was returnable by the PDH lib.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>I also had the impression that nsclient++ carried a bigger footprint than NRPE_NT did.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>One problem we've seen with NRPE_NT and wincheck_counter.exe is that it seems rather unreliable on Win2k machines -- at least for the things we commonly check like cpu, memory and disk space. A number of times it will just time out.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Another list member indicated that they'd had crashes with Win2k3 -- we've never seen that.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Given that nsclient++ seems much more widely used and is still actively developed, I'm considering giving it another shot.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>This issue of figuring out what's widely used has come up for me before with Nagios. When I was trying to figure out whether to use nagiosgraph or nagiosgrapher, for example. Just because something's in the Nagios Exchange, doesn't mean it's any good, actively supported, or perhaps even worth using. I wish I could send out a poll :-)</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Mark</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Marco Borsani Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 4:24 AM To: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] R: R: NSClient++ or NRPE </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> I have Nagios 1.4 on Linux server.<o:p></o:p> 374 hosts (Linux/Unix,Windows and network equipment)<o:p></o:p> 877 services<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> More than 40 windows systems have NSClient++ installed<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Regards<o:p></o:p> Marco<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> Da: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] Per conto di Antonio Pereira Inviato: gioved� 7 giugno 2007 17.36 A: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Oggetto: Re: [Nagios-users] R: NSClient++ or NRPE<o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> The way I have set up is Nagios 2.7 on Linux and installed NSClient++ on windows servers. I am monitoring the windows servers using NSClient++.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Is this the best option? I want to make sure before I go any further in configuration. I am presently monitoring 2 windows servers.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> From: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="Marco Borsani">Marco Borsani </st1:PersonName>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 11:30 AM To: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] R: NSClient++ or NRPE<o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> On unix/linux system you can use only NRPE.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On Microsoft system you can use NSClient++ (that contains both features of old NSClient and NRPE).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Regards<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Marco<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> Da: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] Per conto di Antonio Pereira Inviato: gioved� 7 giugno 2007 17.07 A: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Oggetto: [Nagios-users] NSClient++ or NRPE<o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> Hello,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I am trying to figure out which one is better to use and I am having a difficult time to determine which is better. So I figured I would ask all of you.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Which one is better NRPE or NSClient++?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR align=center width="100%" color=#d2d3d2 noShade SIZE=2> </DIV> Avis Le present message n'est destine qu'a la personne ou a l'entite a qui il est adresse et peut contenir des renseignements de nature privilegiee et confidentielle. Si le lecteur du present message n'est pas le destinataire prevu ou encore la personne chargee de remettre ce message au destinataire prevu, veuillez nous aviser immediatement. 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