[Nagiosplug-help] Problem with check_nt plugin only one digit return when use a perfomance counter

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest]

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On 26/03/10 08:57 AM, Sébastien HAIRION wrote:
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> I use logically check_nt for that and I ask the performance counter.
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> But when I do that in a bash :
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> ./check_nt ?H 10.198.42.33 ?p 12489 ?v COUNTER ?l
> ?? \\Process(sqlservr)\\Working <file:///\\Process(sqlservr)\Working>
> Set?? -s Password
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> The result is :
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> 5
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>  but when i see the perfomance counter in perfmon the value are 55287808.
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> And i don?t think the problem are in NsClient ++ because in the log i
> can see that :
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> 2010-03-26 00:30:58: debug:.\NSClientListener.cpp:143: Data:
> Password&8&\Process(sqlservr)\Working Set
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> 2010-03-26 00:30:58: debug:.\NSClientListener.cpp:168: Data:
> \Process(sqlservr)\Working Set
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> 2010-03-26 00:30:58: debug:.\NSClient++.cpp:516: Injecting:
> checkCounter: Counter=\Process(sqlservr)\Working Set, nsclient
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> 2010-03-26 00:30:59: debug:.\NSClient++.cpp:536: Injected Result: OK
> '5.51731e+007'
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> 2010-03-26 00:30:59: debug:.\NSClient++.cpp:537: Injected Performance
> Result: ''
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> I try to search help on goole but i don?t find anything.
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> Y try to reconstruct my perfomance counter database with lodctr /R,  i
> try too to use differents versions of NSclient ++ and differents
> versions of check_nt but the results are the same.
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> Version use :
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> Nagios 3.1.2
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> Plugins 1-4.14
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> NSClient++ 0.3.5
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> I test these version
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> NSClient ++ 0.3.7
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> NSClient ++ 0.3.1
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> Plugins 1.4.11
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> Plugins 1.4.12
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> I don?t have this problem before for my other server.

Probably because the number was lower, thus not in scientific notation.

> Anyone have an idea of the resolution of this problem ?

First of all you should not use check_nt with NSClient++ - you should
enable the nrpe module and use check_nrpe. If the problem still persist,
you should likely contact the NSClient++ developer directly - I'm not
sure if he actually read this mailing list.


FWIW I also rolled my own method of getting counters, as the current way
it works with NSClient++ and the like is very imprecise on averaging
counters and too slow for fast cacti polls (I graph in Cacti separately).

I hope to finish the doc soon, but a general overview of it is available
here:
http://solaris.beaubien.net/~dermoth/pages/cacti/windows-perfmon.php

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Thomas
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