[Nagiosplug-help] check_snmp load

[Andrew Zahn]

Thank you for this explanation.

Thomas Guyot-Sionnest wrote:
> On 28/03/07 10:48 AM, Andrew Zahn wrote:
>   
>> I am having a problem with what check_snmp returns for load. If you run 
>> uptime on the console it show a load of:
>>
>> 16:46:04  up 122 days, 19:08,  1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.08, 0.08
>>
>> but as you can see below check_snmp returns 5,8,8 incorrectly triggering 
>> warning...
>>
>> [root at monitor ~]# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_snmp -H 
>> backup.insors.net -C uc5nmp -o 
>> .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.5.1,.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.5.2,.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.5.3 
>> -w 3,3,3 -c 3,3,3 -l load
>> load CRITICAL - *5* *8* *8* | UCD-SNMP-MIB::laLoadInt.1=5 
>> UCD-SNMP-MIB::laLoadInt.2=8 UCD-SNMP-MIB::laLoadInt.3=8
>>
>>
>> It seems the numbers are correct but there is no decimal does anyone see 
>> what I am doing wrong here?
>>     
>
> You're not doing anything wrong here; check_snmp can't interpret floats,
> so instead of using laLoad.x you use laLoadInt.x which multiply the
> value by 100 to avoid decimals.
>
> All you have to do is to multiply thresholds by 100. Ex. is you want to
> warn at 8,6,4 and alert at 16,12,8 then you'll use these thresholds:
>
> -w 800,600,400 -c 1600,1200,800
>
> Thomas
>   
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