check_snmp

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2020-12-15, Matthews, Travis Oakes <travis_matthews at unc.edu> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I've been using the check_snmp plugin, and can't quite figure out how to de=
> fine different thresholds for critical and warning.  I see the help has thi=
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> -w, --warning=3DTHRESHOLD(s)
>     Warning threshold range(s)
> -c, --critical=3DTHRESHOLD(s)
>     Critical threshold range(s)
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> I don't see any examples of what the formatting is supposed to look like to=
>  define things though?  I have some checks that need to use something like =
> -w  > 1000 or -w < 1000 etc and don't understand how to do that.  Can you p=
> lease advise on the formatting for setting the critical and warning thresho=
> lds.

This is standard for thresholds in the various monitoring-plugins tools;
check_snmp --help includes this:

 - See:
 https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/guidelines.html#THRESHOLDFORMAT
 for THRESHOLD format and examples.