The new UnprotectedVolume check searches for volumes not protected by a SnapMirror. An alarm is generated if one or more unprotected volumes are found. Specific volumes and vservers can be checked by using…
The new UnprotectedVolume check searches for volumes not protected by a SnapMirror. An alarm is generated if one or more unprotected volumes are found. Specific volumes and vservers can be checked by using…
The new VolumeAge check for check_netapp_pro warns about overly old or exceptionally young volumes, where the age is calculated as the difference between the volume creation-time and now. Thresholds (–warning, –critical) may be…
The very useful –rm_ack=… parameter lets us decide how to deal with the posibility to remove a service acknowledgement in case of a reason-change. The optional arguments supplied until now have included ignore,…
With the upcoming new v5.0.0 release comes an interesting new check for Snap Centers. The new program is check_netapp_snapcenter and is being delivered as the first of several checks which is compiled into…
An interesting option for check_netapp_pro, available with the 4.3.0 release, is the new aggr_over=n feature. The Usage plugin has always checked volume and aggregate capacities. The latter being serviced in dedicated detail via…
A bug has been discovered in the PerfDisk report functionality of check_netapp_pro. This error has been fixed and you should decide whether this is important enough for you to install an unstable release…
Looking forward to the next release of check_netapp_pro brings several enhancements. The first one off the block, due to be released with 4.3.0, is the top=n parameter. To assist with managing large slabs…
When using the DiskPaths plugin with check_netapp_pro, it can be useful to leverage the lesser known –port_pattern_ok argument. For example, if you are receiving an error message similar to this: The found port…
It’s all too easy to assume that everyone else knows what you know. We tend to take it for granted that all technical users are familiar with regexes. And also that, being familiar,…