[CentOS] nagios check_local_disk failing

Tim Dunphy bluethundr at gmail.com
Thu May 14 15:58:20 UTC 2015


>
> [root at nagios plugins]# ./check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p / -x
> ./check_disk: option requires an argument -- 'x'
> Unknown argument
> Usage:
>  check_disk -w limit -c limit [-W limit] [-K limit] {-p path | -x device}
> [-C] [-E] [-e] [-g group ] [-k] [-l] [-M] [-m] [-R path ] [-r path ]
> [-t timeout] [-u unit] [-v] [-X type]
> [root at nagios plugins]# ./check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p /
> DISK OK - free space: / 20848 MB (92% inode=97%);|
> /=1670MB;23711;23721;0;23731


Thanks for the tip! That worked. :-)

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Tris Hoar <trishoar at bgfl.org> wrote:

> On 14/05/2015 02:42, Tim Dunphy wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have a local disk check defined which is giving me an error:
>>
>> Current Status:
>>    UNKNOWN
>>   (for 0d 0h 1m 38s)Status Information:Unknown argument
>> Usage:
>> check_disk -w limit -c limit [-W limit] [-K limit] {-p pathPerformance
>> Data:-x
>> device} [-C] [-E] [-e] [-f] [-g group ] [-k] [-l] [-M] [-m] [-R path ] [-r
>> path ] [-t timeout] [-u unit] [-v] [-X type] [-N type] [-n]
>>
>>   I have a local check setup like this in the server's config:
>>
>> define service{
>>          use                             local-service         ; Name of
>> service template to use
>>          host_name                       monitor1
>>          service_description             Root Partition
>>          check_command                   check_local_disk!20%!10%!/
>>          }
>>
>> It's attempting to do a local disk check on the nagios server itself. Not
>> an NRPE check.
>>
>> This is the command definition:
>>
>> # 'check_local_disk' command definition
>> define command{
>>          command_name    check_local_disk
>>          command_line    $USER1$/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p $ARG3$
>> -x
>> $ARG4$
>>          }
>>
>> Can someone please tel me where I'm going wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>>
>>
> You need to remove the 4th argument if you are not using it
>
> [root at nagios plugins]# ./check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p / -x
> ./check_disk: option requires an argument -- 'x'
> Unknown argument
> Usage:
>  check_disk -w limit -c limit [-W limit] [-K limit] {-p path | -x device}
> [-C] [-E] [-e] [-g group ] [-k] [-l] [-M] [-m] [-R path ] [-r path ]
> [-t timeout] [-u unit] [-v] [-X type]
> [root at nagios plugins]# ./check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p /
> DISK OK - free space: / 20848 MB (92% inode=97%);|
> /=1670MB;23711;23721;0;23731
>
> Tris
>
>
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