Check_mboxsize.ws
Another Nagios plugin. One of my hardest to write.
Note that this will require the Nagios Plugin Service to run as a Administrator Account (local system account) will
not work!
Script example:
…nagios/libexec# ./check_nrpe -H SERVER114 -t 90 -u -c get_top_mbox -a SERVER114 3 2000 4000
WARNING – Full Name, Mona , 2.517,00 MB – San Pil, Eric , 1.175,00 MB – Cabo Boiola, Manul , 991,00 MB
Always run the command localy to test if it works, then from nagios cmd line then define it.
The arguments of the command are:
c:cscript check_mboxsize.wsg -h -t -w -c
ex:
c:cscript check_mboxsize.wsg -h SERVER10 -t 5 -w 900 -c 2000
will report the top 5 largest mailboxes and will trhow a warn if over 900mbs and critical if over 2gb.
More information on how to configure NRPE commands and Nagios commands here
get_top_mbox is defined inside nrpe.cfg to point and pass arguments to the script.
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Hey, could you give me more informations regarding this check ?
you give the check_mboxsize script but in your command I cannot see that name … ??? Could you help me ?
@Luc
I don’t mind helping. I appreciate being able to use this script (Thanks to Mr. Ferreira for writing it) and want others to be able to enjoy it.
In order to use it, you need to have several things configured:
1. The NRPE client on the exchange server
2. The command defined in Nagios
3. The service check set up for the host
Examples:
1. I use NSClient++, so my NSC.ini file contains this
;# Checks largest mailboxes in Exchange
command[check_mboxsize]=c:winntsystem32cscript.exe //NoLogo //T:40 “C:Program FilesNSClient++scriptscheck_mboxsize.wsf” -t $ARG1$ -w $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$ -h
Check that the path is right for your setup. You might have windows instead of winnt.
2. Your Nagios config should include this with your other commands:
define command{
command_name check_mboxsize
command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -u -c check_mboxsize -a $ARG1$ $ARG2$ $ARG3$
}
3.
define service{
use email-service
host_name
service_description largest_mailboxes
display_name Largest Mailboxes
check_command check_mboxsize!6!450!500
}
Note that if you don’t have an email-service template, you should either make one or use something else. Use the arguments in the check_command line that make the most sense for your situation.
Enjoy.
@kaeves
Edit:
The following line should read
“C:Program FilesNSClient++scriptscheck_mboxsize.wsf” -t $ARG1$ -w $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$ -h
@kaeves
Ok. I see why it took that out. HTML is disabled so it didn’t like my > and <
After the -h it should have the hostname of your exchange server.
Also in part 3, after host_name it should have the same.
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Hi,
First I want to Thank you for this great script, I’m dying to put it to good use. This brings me to my issue. I have copied the script over to the server which I obtained from the link above. When I run the following from the command prompt:
cscript check_mboxsize.wsf -t 5 -w 900 -c 2000 -h server1
I get the following error:
check_mboxsize.wsf(120, 4) ClogQueryClass: Error parsing query: Syntax Error: : expecting FROM keyword instead of token ‘FilesNSClient++scriptslog_.txt’ [SQL query syntax invalid or unsupported.]
NSClient++ is running as a user with Administrator privileges. Am I suppose to edit something in the script or did I miss anything?
Thanks for any help you provide 🙂
Vicort,
Its hard for me to tell exaclty where is the problem but I recommend u go inside the script and
change it do debug mode and run locally on the exchange server
Dim Verbose : Verbose = 1 ‘########### SET 1 FOR DEBUG MODE #####
Check the Query, maybe its malformed or u have some non-standard location of ur storages….
@admin
Hi, it has been a while 🙂 .. I left this on the backburner and I recently remembered..I changed the verbose to 1 as you suggested and I get the following returned:
cscript check_mboxsize.wsf -t 5 -w 900 -c 2000 -h server1
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.
0 – -t
1 – 5
2 – -w
3 – 900
4 – -c
5 – 2000
6 – -h
7 – server1
Querying : , SMTP LogFile : 20100301.log , for over 1 emails sent
C:Program FilesNSClient++scriptscheck_mboxsize.wsf(120, 4) CLogQueryClass: Error
parsing query: Syntax Error: : expecting FROM keyword instead
of token ‘FilesNSClient++scriptslog_.txt’ [SQL query syntax invalid or unsupported.]
Victor,
Read the requirements.. U need to install CLogQueryClass.
I never knew the fact that even basic topics like the present also can become exciting.
Did you ever fix this issue?
I am runnign into same issue and have CLogQueryClass. installed
have u tried running it localy? did it work?
read inside the script you may need to create a folder or set some variables.
cheers,
Felipe
Not long ago, I was searching about the related subject but could not truly find it out. In all appreciation for this one.
I have everything working with this script as far as connectivity to nagios. However when launching localy or even though nagios I get the following error.
Querying : , SMTP LogFile : 20101125.log , for over 1 emails sent
Can anyone shed some light on this one for me?
Hi,
I’m facing the same problem as Victor and eugene.
My command looks like this:
cscript check_emailers.wsf -t 5 -w 1000 -c 3000 -h winexch01
As output I receive
0 – -t
1 – 5
2 – -w
3 – 1000
4 – -c
5 – 3000
6 – -h
7 – winexch01
Querying : , SMTP LogFile : 20101200.log , for over 1 emails sent
C:Program FilesNSClient++scriptscheck_emailers.wsf(121, 4) CLogQueryClass: Error parsing query: Syntax Error: : expecting FROM keyword instead of token ‘FilesNSClient++scriptslog_.txt’ [Syntaxe de requête SQL non valide ou non prise en charge.]
If I look at this line:
Querying : , SMTP LogFile : 20101200.log , for over 1 emails sent
and then look into the code:
DisplayMsg( “Querying : ” & serverOUT & ” , SMTP LogFile : ” & nomelog & “.log , for over ” & intSpamMin & ” emails sent” )
It appears to me that serverOUT is empty and nomelog 20101200.log
Instead of these value should it be winexch01 for serverOUT and 20101201.log for nomelog as I run it the first december 2010?
Did someone managed to get rid of this error?