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Nagios plug-ins are located in the /opt/hptc/nagios/libexec directory on the CMS.

Table 14-1

lists each Nagios plug-in service that runs on the CMS. The items in the Service Name

column correspond to the Service column of the Nagios Service Detail View and Service Problems
View windows, which are shown in

Figure 14-5 (page 158)

and

Figure 14-8 (page 161)

, respectively.

Table 14-1 Nagios monitoring plug-ins running on the CMS

Function/Description

Plug-in name

Service name

Monitors the Web server providing the Nagios Web
interface.

check_http

Apache HTTPS Server

Periodically generates and updates configuration
information for all managed systems.

check_node_config

Configuration Monitor

Watches the

DHCP

service on the CMS.

check_procs

IP Assignment DHCP

Watches the /opt/hptc/etc/sysconfig/vars.ini
file and reports if the file is not synchronized across all
managed systems.

check_nagios_vars

Management Settings
Monitor

Watches the Nagios master and Nagios monitor systems
on the CMS and reports on the status of the Nagios
master and monitor daemons.

check_nrpe

Nagios Monitor

Gathers environmental data for all managed systems.

check_metrics

Sensor Collection Monitor

Gathers (predetermined) Supermon metrics for the
managed systems. It collects loadave, environmental,
and system information data and stores it in the
round-robin database (RRD).

check_metrics

Supermon Metrics Monitor

Gathers switch status and metrics through SNMP.

switch_poller

Switch Data Collection

Watches for patterns in the /opt/hptc/nagios/etc/
syslogAlertRules

file.

Individual per-system results are reported by the

Syslog

Alerts

Nagios service.

check_syslogalerts

Syslog Alert Monitor

Monitors the hardware event log and issues alerts based
on patterns in the /opt/hptc/nagios/etc/selRules
file.

Individual per-system results are reported by the

Syslog

Alerts

Nagios service.

check_selmon

System Event Log Monitor

Gathers sensor data for HP BladeSystem Enclosures.

Enclosures are represented as hosts in the Nagios web
interface.

check_enclosures

Enclosure Collection
Monitor

Table 14-2

lists the services that are monitored on every managed system.

Table 14-2 Services monitored on managed systems

Function/Description

Service name

Provides per-system sensor reporting and alerts. It reports on an individual managed
system's sensor status. Depending on the system type, all available live sensors are
reported.

Environment

1

Provides per-system load average information and alerts. It reports a single managed
system's most recently collected load average. Alerts are generated based on
thresholds defined in the /opt/hptc/nagios/etc/nagios_vars.ini file.

Load Average

2

Provides per-system process, user, and disk statistics. It reports and alerts based
on an individual managed system's process counts, total, user, zombie processes,
and system uptime. Alerts are generated based on thresholds defined in the /opt/
hptc/nagios/etc/nagios_vars.ini

file.

NodeInfo

2

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