14 nagios troubleshooting – HP Insight Control Software for Linux User Manual

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The following table describes possible causes of problems with the Performance Dashboard tool
and provides actions to correct them.

Corrective Actions

Cause/Symptom

Perform the appropriate action:

Restart the Performance Dashboard tool.

Determine if Nagios is collecting data.

The Performance Dashboard tool uses the same metric
gathering infrastructure as Nagios. If Performance
Dashboard is not working, check to see if Nagios is
successfully collecting data. If it is not, see

“Nagios

Troubleshooting” (page 235)

.

Use the following command to verify the
infrastructure:

/opt/hptc/supermon/usr/bin/get_stats -n

CMS_IP_ADDR

Where CMS_IP_ADDR is the IP address of the CMS

Determine if there is any error output by running the
following command and interpreting its output:

# watch "ls -ltr /opt/hptc/cmu/tmp/GUI"

This command displays the following:

— a file named ReadSequence
— a series of log files named

number-ClusterResults.log

— a file named Sequence

Verify that these files are listed in this order and that
the numbers in the file names of the log files are
sequential.

Run the following command to determine if the
infrastructure is gathering data:

/opt/hptc/cmu/bin/cmumon –actionfile \
/opt/hptc/cmu/etc/sysconfig/ActionAndAlertsFile.txt
–cmustatdir \
/opt/hptc/cmu/tmp/GUI --foreground --lm

NOTE:

This command is continued over three lines

for clarity.

Performance Dashboard initiates without data. It
displays all dark gray.

Examine the two Performance Dashboard log files for
errors:

/var/opt/mx/logs/mxdomainmgr.0.log

/tmp/dbg

Performance Dashboard stops presenting data. The
broken GIF symbol is displayed.

Determine that JavaScript has permission to replace
context menus in the browser.

Incorrect Performance Dashboard context menu is
displayed for a right-click of the mouse.

23.14 Nagios Troubleshooting

This section contains the following general troubleshooting topics for Nagios:

“Determining the status of the Nagios service” (page 236)

“Examining Nagios log files” (page 236)

“Running Nagios plug-ins manually” (page 236)

“Using the Nagios report generator analyze mode” (page 236)

“Messages reported by Nagios” (page 237)

“A check_nrpe error occurs during management agents installation” (page 239)

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