<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head>  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <style type="text/css">P.3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3 { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt } LI.3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3 { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt } DIV.3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3 { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt } TABLE.3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3Table { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </style> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"> </head> <body> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="530445021-29062011">Ok - I solved it. It was an Upper/Lower case thing. my variable IN USE needed to be $_SERVICENAVOLUME$ instead of $_SERVICEnavolume$ because it automatically converts the variable name to uppercase.</span></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="530445021-29062011"></span></font> </div> <br> <div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Stringham, Steven [mailto:SStringh@lrlaw.com] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 29, 2011 12:19 PM<br> <b>To:</b> 'Nagios Users List'<br> <b>Subject:</b> [Nagios-users] Expanding Custom Variables<br> </font><br> </div> <div></div> <p class="3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3"></p> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011">I am trying to monitor multiple volumes on a NetApp system. The format of the command requires a hostname:volumename format. I want to reduce my commands/service definitions to a minimum. My initial thought was to have a generic service definition, that gets more specific with a sub definition. When the command is run, it seems like it is not passing the custom variable, but rather leaving a single $ behind where the variable ought to be.</span></font></font></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011"></span></font></font></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011">Any ideas on</span></font></font></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011">1) fixing my syntax?</span></font></font></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011">2) Doing this somehow easier?</span></font></font></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011"></span></font></font></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011"></span></font></font></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman">NAF UNKNOWN - No Snapmirror with source or destination "myhostname:$" found! </font></font></font></span></font></font></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011"></span></font></font></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="660440919-29062011"> </span>define service{<br> name NA_SnapMirror<br> check_command netapp_snapmirror<br> use GenericService_Core<br> normal_check_interval 1000<br> max_check_attempts 300<br> register 0<br> contact_groups CoreServers<br> }</font></font></font></div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">define service {<br> use NA_SnapMirror<br> _navolume <span class="660440919-29062011">myvolumename</span><br> service_description SnapMirror_groups<br> hosts <span class="660440919-29062011">myhostname</span><br> }</font></div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">define command{<br> command_name netapp_snapmirror<br> command_line $USER1$/check_naf.py -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C $USER8$ snapmirror,$HOSTNAME$:$_SERVICEnavolume$,$USER25$<br> }</font></div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <p></p> <p class="3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3"> </p> <p class="3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3"></p> <hr id="HR1"> <p class="3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3"><font size="1">For more information about <strong>Lewis and Roca LLP</strong>, please go to </font><a title="Lewis and Roca LLP's Website" href="http://www.lewisandroca.com/" target="_blank"><strong><font size="1">www.lewisandroca.com</font></strong></a>.</p> <p class="3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"> <table style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small" class="3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3Table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr height="0"> <td>Phoenix (602)262-5311</td> <td> </td> <td>Minden (775)586-9500</td> </tr> <tr height="0"> <td>Tucson (520)622-2090</td> <td> </td> <td>Albuquerque (505)764-5400</td> </tr> <tr height="0"> <td>Las Vegas (702)949-8200</td> <td> </td> <td>Silicon Valley (650)391-1380</td> </tr> <tr height="0"> <td>Reno (775)823-2900</td> <td> </td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </span></p> <p class="3638fb19-7976-4a08-85e5-ee69e19531a3"><font size="1"> This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. 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