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NAGIOS-STAT(1)		    General Commands Manual		NAGIOS-STAT(1)

NAME
       nagios-stat - nagios-statd client

SYNOPSIS
       nagios-stat [OPTION] check server

DESCRIPTION
       nagios-stat  (nagios-stat  client)  is  the  client program for nagios-
       statd(8).  These	programs together comprise a systems  monitoring  tool
       for various platforms.  It is designed to be integrated with the	Nagios
       monitoring tool,	although this is not a requirement.

       nagios-stat is the client that connects to the nagios-statd server.  It
       then  sends  the	 daemon	 which check it	wants to run, parses the data,
       prints a	result,	and then exits appropriately.

OPTIONS
       -c, --critical=LEVEL
       LEVEL is	the what level of data will cause the client program  to  exit
       with  a	critical error.	 The defaults are dependent upon the check be-
       low, and	are documented below.

       -d, --disk=DISK
       A specific disk to check	when running the disk check.  It is only valid
       for this	check, and will	be ignored for all other checks.

       -D, --ignoredisk=DISK
       A comma delimited list of disks (device names) to ignore	 when  running
       the  disk  check.  It is	only valid for this check, and will be ignored
       for all other checks.

       -l, --lt
       Reverse how the proc check exits	on criticality and warnings.   Instead
       of  going critical/warning when the number of processes is greater than
       -c/-w, it now goes critical/warning when	the  number  of	 processes  is
       less than -c/-w.

       -m, --mount=MOUNT
       A  specific  mount  point  to check when	running	the disk check.	 It is
       only valid for this check, and will be ignored for all other checks.

       -M, --ignoremount=MOUNT
       A comma delimited list of mount points to ignore	when running the  disk
       check.	It  is	only valid for this check, and will be ignored for all
       other checks.

       -n, --processname=NAME
       Name of a specific process to check for when running  the  proc	check.
       It  is  only  valid  for	 this check, and will be ignored for all other
       checks.

       -P, --perfdata
       Enables output of nagios	performance data.

       -p, --port=PORT
       Port to connect to on remote nagios-statd(8) server.

       -s, --state=STATE
       Process states to check for (such as ZW,	or just	Z, etc.) when  running
       the  proc  check.  It is	only valid for this check, and will be ignored
       for all other checks.

       -v, --verbose
       Gives verbose output for	checks.	 Currently, it causes the  disk	 check
       to always print out utilization information.

       -w, -warning=LEVEL
       LEVEL  is  the what level of data will cause the	client program to exit
       with a warning error.  The defaults are dependent upon the check	below,
       and are documented below.

       -V, --version
       Output version information and exit.

       -x, --debug
       Prints out raw data  that  nagios-stat(1)  receives  from  the  nagios-
       statd(8)	server.	 Useful	for debugging connection issues.

       -h, --help
       Print short option information and exit.

CHECKS
       disk (warning: 90%; critical: 95%)
       The  disk  check	 allows	you to check to	see if a disks'	utilization is
       above a specified percentage. You can use the -d/-m to check a specific
       disk/mount, or  you  can	 use  the  -D/-M  options  to  ignore  certain
       disks/mount  points  (like  /cdrom).   By  default, the disk check will
       check all disks on a machine.  Note that	-d/-m and (-D/-M)  are	exclu-
       sive  options,  although	 -D  and  -M  are not.	Also, if you specify a
       disk/mount and it isn't found, then nagios-stat(1) will exit at a crit-
       ical level.

       load (warning: 2; critical: 5)
       The load	check allows you to check to see if a machines'	 load  average
       is above	a specified 5-minute load average).

       proc (warning: 100; critical: 200) / (warning: -1; critical: 1 if using
       -l/--lt)
       The  proc check allows you to check to see if a machine is running more
       than the	specified number of processes.	You can	use the	-s  option  to
       restrict	 the  results  to  processes running in	a specified state.  Be
       warned: Using the -s check with a state that the	process	check will run
       in may result in	an off-by-one error.  There is no workable way to  fix
       this.  You can also use the -n option to	only look at certain processes
       as they appear in the process table.  This matches the beginning	of the
       processes  name,	 so  -n	 ora  would  match  "oracle",  "orablob",  and
       "orafreep -n".  Interpreted programs often find their command line mod-
       ified (especially in Linux).  For example, running "./foo.pl" will  re-
       sult  in	 a process name	of "/usr/bin/perl ./foo.pl".  An easy solution
       (in Perl, for example) is to add	"$0 = $0;" at the  beginning  of  your
       programs.

       swap (warning: 75%; critical: 90%)
       The  swap check allows you to check to see if a machines' swap utiliza-
       tion is above a specified percentage.  Due to the difficulty of	ascer-
       taining	this  information, your	platform may not be supported for this
       check.

       user (warning: 20; critical: 30)
       The user	check allows you to check to see if more than a	specified num-
       ber of users are	currently logged in.

       version (warning: nagios-stat(1)	version	- .01; critical: none)
       The version check allows	you to check what version  of  nagios-statd(8)
       that  the  remote  server is running.  This is useful for organizations
       that are	running	a large	quantity of servers to make sure they are  al-
       ways up-to-date.

EXAMPLES
       Check to	see if /dev/hda	is under 60%/80% full on server.domain.net:
	      nagios-stat -d /dev/hda -w 60 -c 80 disk server.domain.net

       Check  to  see  if  all mounts except /cdrom and	/tmp are under 75%/85%
       full:
	      nagios-stat -M /cdrom,/tmp -w 75 -c 85 disk server.domain.net

       Check to	see if the load	average	is below 2.5/10:
	      nagios-stat -w 2.5 -c 10 load server.domain.net

       Check and warn if load is above 1 (only):
	      nagios-stat -w 1 -c 10000	load server.domain.net

       Check to	see if there are more than 5/10	zombie processes:
	      nagios-stat -w 5 -c 10 -s	Z proc server.domain.net

       Check and critical if more than 20 Z or N or W processes:
	      nagios-stat -w 10000 -c 20 -s NWZ	proc server.domain.net

       Check to	see if cron is running - critical if it	isn't:
	      nagios-stat -l -n	'/usr/sbin/cron' proc server.domain.net

       Check 'oracle' processes	running, critical if less than	3,  warn  less
       than 5:
	      nagios-stat -l -n	'oracle' -c 3 -w 5 proc	server.domain.net

       Check if	swap utilization is above 50%/75%:
	      nagios-stat -w 50	-c 75 swap server.domain.net

       Check to	see if there are more than 250/500 users connected:
	      nagios-stat -w 250 -c 500	user server.domain.net

       Check and critical if server is running nagios-statd 3.05 or lower:
	      nagios-stat -w 10000 -c 3.05 version server.domain.net

EXIT CODES
       To  comply  with	 Nagios	 specifications,  the following	exit codes are
       used:
       0 : OK
       1 : Warning
       2 : Critical
       3 : Invalid command line	options, unable	to check status	(Unknown)

BUGS
       There is	a general lack of feedback for the more	obscure	platforms.  As
       such their behavior might not  always  be  particularly	deterministic.
       Feedback	 is  always  welcome.	Redhat	Linux  contains	 Python	1.x as
       /usr/bin/python.	 This program requires Python 2.x to function.	Either
       change  the  shebang  at	 the  top  of  the   program   to   point   to
       /usr/bin/python2, or change /usr/bin/python to be Python	2.x.

AUTHOR
       April King http://www.twoevils.org
       E-mail: april at	twoevils dot org

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002-2005 April King.

       This is free software, there is NO warranty; not	even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR	PURPOSE.  This program is licensed un-
       der the BSD license.  More information is available in the LICENSE file
       included	with this program.

       Nagios is a trademark of	Ethan Galstad.

SEE ALSO
       nagios-statd(8)

Version	3.12			  17 Nov 2005			NAGIOS-STAT(1)

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