What kind of device are you polling? It could be that it provides load and percent CPU used via SNMP and the your plugin is using the percent CPU OID(s). <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:20 PM, lance raymond <<a href="mailto:lance.raymond@gmail.com">lance.raymond@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I see a nice little check_snmp_load plugin that comes with groundwork/nagios, but not sure if it's correct. When I run from the command line on the nagio server, I get the following; ./<a href="http://check_snmp_load.pl" target="_blank">check_snmp_load.pl</a> -H 192.168.50.101 -C community -w 50 0 -c 60 I get the following reply; 4 CPU, average load 14.8 < 50 : OK at the same time, a 'w' shows; root@ws1:~# w 15:18:31 up 21 days, 17:51, 3 users, load average: 1.12, 1.75, 1.72 So I am trying to see if I am missing something as to why the load is showing at 14, where it should be one. Not sure if anyone is using this over the check_by_ssh, and has feedback, but I would like to just get the immediate server load every x amount of minutes, not worried about the 5 minute average, etc. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </blockquote></div> -- <a href="http://www.andrewford.org">http://www.andrewford.org</a>