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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi, I think your only problem may that you have no "-H $HOSTADDRESS$" on any of your defined commands - This means they will likely execute locally, which is probably why you see the same output.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>hope that helps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>jamie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Paul Singh [mailto:Paul.Singh@bamford.co.uk] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 28, 2011 12:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nagios-users] Remote commands<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>Setup: </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>nagios core v 3.2.3</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>Nagios monitoring machine: my laptop running windows xpsp3</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>Remote servers to be monitored: windows server 2003</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>Directories: </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagios.cfg</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\commands.cfg</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\contacts.cfg</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\localhost.cfg</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\templates.cfg</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\timeperiods.cfg</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\hosts.cfg</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>Hello. Hope you are well. First time emailing so thought better to put too much info than not enough!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>I'm trying to define services and commands that will monitor my remote servers. So at present, I have my localhost for which I have the following local commands in localhost.cfg: </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># Define local commands</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># 'check_local_disk' command definition<br>define command{<br> command_name check_local_disk<br> command_line $USER1$/check_pdm2 --disk --drive $ARG1$ --warning $ARG2$ --critical $ARG3$<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># 'check_local_procs' command definition<br>define command{<br> command_name check_local_procs<br> command_line $USER1$/check_winprocess --warning $ARG1$ --critical $ARG2$<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># 'check_local_load' command definition<br>define command{<br> command_name check_local_load<br> command_line $USER1$/check_pdm2 --processor --warning $ARG1$ --critical $ARG2$ --psamples $ARG3$ --pinterval $ARG4$<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># 'check_local_pyhsical_mem' command definition<br>define command{<br> command_name check_local_physical_mem<br> command_line $USER1$/check_pdm2 --memory physical --warning $ARG1$ --critical $ARG2$<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># 'check_local_virtual_mem' command definition<br>define command{<br> command_name check_local_virtual_mem<br> command_line $USER1$/check_pdm2 --memory virtual --warning $ARG1$ --critical $ARG2$<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># 'check_local_virtual_mem' command definition<br>define command{<br> command_name check_local_pagefile_mem<br> command_line $USER1$/check_pdm2 --memory pagefile --warning $ARG1$ --critical $ARG2$<br> }<br> # Define a service to check the disk space of system disk C on the local machine. <br># Warning if < 20% free, critical if < 10% free space.<br>define service{<br> use local-service ; Name of service template to use<br> host_name localhost<br> service_description System disk<br> check_command check_local_disk!C:!95!99<br> }<br># Define a service to check the number of currently running procs on the local machine.<br># Warning if > 250 processes, critical if > 400 users.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'>define service{<br> use local-service ; Name of service template to use<br> host_name localhost<br> service_description Total Processes<br> check_command check_local_procs!250!400<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># Define a service to check the load on the local machine. 5 samples with 5 secs intervals.<br># Warning at 80%, Critical at 95%<br>define service{<br> use local-service ; Name of service template to use<br> host_name localhost<br> service_description Current Load<br> check_command check_local_load!85!95!5!5<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># Define a service to check the physical memory usage the local machine. <br># Critical if less than 90% of swap is in use, warning if 80% is in use</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'>define service{<br> use local-service ; Name of service template to use<br> host_name localhost<br> service_description Physical memory<br> check_command check_local_physical_mem!80!90<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># Define a service to check the virtual memory usage the local machine. <br># Critical if less than 90% of swap is in use, warning if 80% is in use</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'>define service{<br> use local-service ; Name of service template to use<br> host_name localhost<br> service_description Virtual memory<br> check_command check_local_virtual_mem!80!90<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'># Define a service to check the page file usage the local machine. <br># Critical if less than 90% of swap is in use, warning if 80% is in use</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif";color:green'>define service{<br> use local-service ; Name of service template to use<br> host_name localhost<br> service_description Page file<br> check_command check_local_pagefile_mem!80!90<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>So all these work fine for the localhost. What I'm trying to do now is setup the exact same capability but for the remote servers, and this is where I'm getting stuck. Although I can define a service for the remote servers, the output displayed is the same as I have for my localhost. So for example in the screenshot below, the c: Disk space service, the remote service I tried to setup, is actually using the local command line and showing the same output as the System Disk service on localhost. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=1280 height=747 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBED45.04C72F00"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>Can you please advise on how to setup up equivalent remote commands similar to the local commands above?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>Eventually, I am looking to set up equivalent remote services for current load, page file, phys mem etc that I currently have for localhost. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>So far I have: </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\hosts.cfg</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>define service{<br> use remote-service ; Name of service template to use<br> host_name bamford-lon-fn1<br> service_description c: Disk Space<br> check_command check_remote_disk!C:!95!99<br> } </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\localhost.cfg</span></strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'># 'check_remote_disk' command definition<br>define command{<br> command_name check_remote_disk<br> command_line $USER1$/check_pdm2 --disk --drive $ARG1$ --warning $ARG2$ --critical $ARG3$<br> }<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>C:\Program Files\ICW\etc\nagios\nagwin\templates.cfg</span></strong><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'># Remote service definition template- This is NOT a real service, just a template!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>define service{<br> name remote-service<br> use generic-service<br> max_check_attempts 4<br> normal_check_interval 5<br> retry_check_interval 1<br> register 0<br> }</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>I've seen something about this on the wiki at <a href="http://wiki.nagios.org/index.php/Howtos:checkbyssh_RedHat">http://wiki.nagios.org/index.php/Howtos:checkbyssh_RedHat</a> but those commands are more centered around red hat and ssh. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>Also tried <a href="http://wiki.nagios.org/index.php/Howtos:specific">http://wiki.nagios.org/index.php/Howtos:specific</a> but windows os isn't listed (unless windows uses same commands as those listed?). </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>If you could help in any way I'd be most grateful. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"DIN-Regular","serif"'>If I've missed something out/you need more info please let me know. 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