[clue] [tech] Nagios question - remote plugin status isn't shown

[Jim Ockers]

Hi CLUEbies,

I'll keep this simple since I hope it's a simple question. I set up 
nagios and it's monitoring a remote system to make sure the RAID array 
is OK. I'm using the NRPE (remote) plugin because the /proc/mdstat file 
contains the RAID array health information, and it's not readable from 
my Nagios server.  In the web interface the status is shown (OK, 
critical, etc) but no further command output is shown.

There's a whole "Status Information" column in the web interface and 
instead of showing some useful command output it shows only "NRPE 
v2.13".  When I click on the service to drill into the status further, 
the "Performance Data" is blank where the status output should be.  I 
think it would be a lot better if the actual plugin output was shown in 
the web interface.

When I run the local command it displays this:

[root]# /usr/nagios/libexec/check_md_raid
OK - Checked 1 arrays.

When I run the remote command from the nagios monitoring server it 
displays this:

[root at nagios ~]# /usr/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H remote.host.IP -c 
check_md_raid
OK - Checked 1 arrays.

 From this I know the remote command is working as configured, and the 
command output is seen on the nagios server when it runs the remote 
command because it picks up the OK status.  In the web/GUI interface for 
"Services" it shows OK but the only status information is "NRPE v2.13" 
instead of the "OK - Checked 1 arrays." command output like it shows for 
every other non-remote Nagios command.

Help please?  How can I get the remote command output shown in the web 
interface?  Believe it or not I've tried a variety of google searches 
for this and got nothing, so help me CLUE you're my only hope!

Thanks,
Jim

-- 
Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng. (ockers at ockers.net)
Contact info: http://www.ockers.net/


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