Overall, the script works as advertised, and i have tested centos 5 to confirm the script properly errors when mount is not attached or if folder is moved. I was recently converting a windows installation from a physical desktop to a virtual machine. Nfs is a serverclient oriented protocol, which means that in order to share files and folders with your nfs clients you first need to configure nfs server. Implementing effective filesystem monitoring with nagios offers advanced planning for system upgrades, fast detection of storage subsystem problems, early detection of potential future failures and reduced risk of. Nagios icinga plugin to check the status of nfs mounts on the client side. Find over 4000 plugins on the nagios exchange to extend the capabilities of your nagios monitoring solution. Solved persistent mount of drive from a nas to server. Enabling access for windows nfs clients this means that clients running windows operating systems with nfsv3 support can now access files on nfsv3 exports on the cluster.
Need to check disk size for folder mounted volume using. How to monitor nfs volumes on linux servers zenoss. It is used to provide shared access to files, folders and printers etc. The password is used for the connection from nagios server to windows server for monitoring.
I am trying to monitor mount points on windows server using nrpe and successful to some extent. Two nagios plugins to verify the presence and used disk space of an nfs share, and the existance of a file on that mount, without needing to mount the share from the os. I would check directly on the nfs server, but it does not have access to the public network that the other servers are on. Lets say, i have e drive with 2 mount point included, sql and sqllogs. Nagios provides the perfect solution to monitoring a nfs. Implementing effective filesystem monitoring with nagios offers advanced planning for system upgrades, fast detection of storage subsystem problems, early detection of potential future failures and. Script to show mounts and check status of nfs client. Networked file system nfs is very complex to both monitor and send notifications. Nfsutils package needed to mount nfs share on clients as local file system. Windows mount point monitoring using nagios view topic.
Input nagios servers hostname or ip address and set any password during installation like follows. Monitor windows disk space usage on a drive without letter. Published on december 18th 2017 listed in windows monitoring icinga nagios. This plugin shows the status of the configured nfs mount points in the server. Nov 30, 2019 how to mount windows share on centos 7 using cifs cifs common internet file system is an implementation of smb and network file sharing protocol. How to export via etcexports configuration and mount filesystems using the etcfstab file. Accessing nfs files using the os may result in long delays, and unkillable processes, if the server is down depending on mount options. If puppet is managing any child file paths of a mount point, the mount resource will autobefore them.
Check all mount points on a linux server with nagios spiceworks. The glusterpmd service is a red hat gluster storage process monitoring service running in every red hat gluster storage node to monitor glusterd, self heal, smb, quotad, ctdbd and brick services and to alert the user when the services go down. Check all mount points on a linux server with nagios. Same is not working for mount point under directory. I have enabled the services for nfs within windows features. Nagios plugin script to nfs health monitor nfs server andor client side.
Open up the services module in windows start services. Assuming your nas device is on the same network as your windows machine and the ip address of the device is 10. The only way to fix was to do a repair install changing the installation from an oem to a retail version of windows. The glusterpmd service sends its managing services detailed status to the nagios server whenever there is a state change on any of its. Oct 22, 2014 the two most frequently used network file systems are smb which stands for server message block and nfs network file system. Want to mount nfs share on centos 6 i hope you read and carefully followed my post on how to configure nfs server in centos 6. We have had an nfs server that has been having issues lately and if it goes down, all of the machines that have it mounted start failing their process checks because the nfs mount is hung and has hung the snmp check. Because the installation was an oem installation the p2v conversion failed the hardware check and the target vm was unregistered.
Use mount points if you run out of windows drive letters by rick vanover rick vanover is a software strategy specialist for veeam software, based in columbus, ohio. Useful for testing that a nfs directory is correctly mounted on a client. Besides testing that the remote nfs share is mounted, it test the mount is also writable, i. Browse other questions tagged mount nfs or ask your own question. Nagiosicinga plugin to check the status of nfs mounts on the client side. This will allow monitoring of nfs mounts from the client side using the snmp protocol, which will give accurate data about nfs mount usage levels. Nov 30, 2019 nfs network file system is a distributed network file sharing system protocol. Which leaves, as my only option, to check the nfs mount points on the clients, since they and the nagios server are on the public network. I was wondering if someone who is familiar with nagios can help me with seting up nagios to monitor mount points on windows partition. The map network drive window will open, select the drive letter that you want to assign to the nfs share, followed by the ip address or hostname of the nfs server as well as the path to the exported nfs directory. Hello everyone, i am now able to monitor my basic services or a host using nagios, including, load, memory, ping. Hello, i am curius if anybody out there is monitoring nfs mounts in nagios. Im pretty sure that it is just the generic nagios script.
Please note that this script will not work if nfsd goes down and. Hi all, i was wondering if someone who is familiar with nagios can help me with seting up nagios to monitor mount points on windows partition. It provides a centralized storage solution and easy access to remote files. By successfully setting up and configuring your nfs server and exporting all of the. This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. Enter the credentials of the local administrator account that you wish to monitor the mapped drives nfs mounts for. This plugin checks whether a device a mounted on a specific mount point. Nagios xi provides complete monitoring of filesystems including disk usage, directories, file count, file presence, file size, s. May 03, 2017 a tutorial on how to configure ubuntu server to be a nfs server. A perl script that checks all local nfs mounts by forking itself and trying to chdir to it and optionally. Those of you that have a bigger nfs infrastructure may know the problem, that some shares may unmount itself or wont be mount correctly after reboot. Log management software nagios log server download.
We use windows shared folders to mount as cifs shares on our linux servers for backups. Aug 03, 2016 assumes that you are checking nfs by default, but it can check for any type of fs. Use this procedure to manually mount to nfs on a linux client. Dear fellow nagios users, i was just wondering if anyone is monitoring windows mount points. Click ok to save the settings, restart the service to ensure this is still running. Aug 08, 2016 this site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. Dec 28, 2017 in this tutorial, we are going to discuss process for mounting drives in linux especially on rhelcentos using command line interface. Assumes that you are checking nfs by default, but it can check for any type of fs. To run it just give it the mount point youre looking for. Nfs network file system is a distributed network file sharing system protocol.
Complete guide for mounting drives in linux systems. Import the template nfs client and apply to the desidered host2. System administrators are concerned with the network, cluster, server hardware and software and managing the file system. Setting up a netapp nfsv4 share for linux guests lisenet. Plugin nagios via snmp to check the use of disk in windows 2003 server. I just set up a new array it has nfs mounted disks to a sun solaris 10 server. The glusterpmd service sends its managing services detailed status to the nagios server whenever there is a state change on any of its managing services. Jun 26, 20 want to mount nfs share on centos 6 i hope you read and carefully followed my post on how to configure nfs server in centos 6. Chances are you will use nfs if you need to set up a share for unixlike clients only, and will opt for samba if you need to share files with windowsbased clients and perhaps other unixlike clients as well. Navigate to server ssh linux from the list of device classes.
The glusterpmd service is a red hat storage process monitoring service running in every red hat storage node to monitor glusterd, self heal, smb, quotad, ctdbd and brick services and to alert the user when the services go down. Installing nagios red hat gluster storage 3 red hat. Check if all specified nfscifsdavfs mounts exist and if they are correct implemented. Accessing nfs files using the os may result in long delays, and unkillable processes.
I am currently looking to monitor if an nfs mount goes stale. To test this, the nagios user needs rwaccess in a directory called monitor in the root of the tested mount point. Use mount points if you run out of windows drive letters. Turns out the nfs datastore option wasnt great because esxi 5. In this tutorial, we are going to discuss process for mounting drives in linux especially on rhelcentos using command line interface. A tutorial on how to configure ubuntu server to be a nfs server. To successfully use this functionality, you must properly configure the storage virtual machine svm and be aware of certain requirements and limitations. But my nagios server is not displaying all the mount points of. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. In etc nagios g file, add the central nagios server ip address as shown below. I am running a nagios server and need to check the status of a few nfs shares. The windows folder has enabled unmapped user access and read only op. How to mount windows share on centos 7 using cifs cifs common internet file system is an implementation of smb and network file sharing protocol.
It is provides to share files and folders between linux distributions over the network. Double click on the service and go to the log on tab. The below modifications where made to get it working for our cifs mount points. Dec 03, 2015 home linux mounting windows shares cifs smb via fstab. Im trying to check for the size of an nfs share that is accessible from a windows host. Next, create the file systems to export or share on the nfs server. Network file system nfs is used for file sharing between linux servers. You may see a pop up window showing that the connection is being attempted. Nagios users monitoring windows mount points dear fellow nagios users, i was just wondering if anyone is monitoring windows mount points. Is anybody aware of a plugin out there that is able to do this. How to mount an nfs share using a windows 10 machine. For this guide, we will create four file systems, three of which are used by staff from three departments. The check script is a perl nagios script that uses the netsnmp library.
So i will either be standing up a separate vm just for this share an still attach the nas as a nfs datastore or just go the iscsi route. Need to check disk size for folder mounted volume using check. Nfs monitoring monitor nfs volumes on linux servers. Network file system nfs also known as clientserver file system is a popular, crossplatform and distributed file system protocol used to export local file systems over the network so that clients can share directories and files with others over a network and interact with them as though they are mounted locally in centosrhel 8, the supported nfs version are. First, the share isnt persistently mapped so at a minimum, id have to write a. End user concerns are drive space and availability. Monitoring a drive on windows is pretty easy, as a drive usually has a driveletter assigned for example c.