check_om_storage.pl and nagios question

[Jeff Wolfe]

AndydnA wrote:
> I have used NRPE protocol because is better and lighter than SSH check.
> Each machine should run NRPE server daemon (nagios_nrpe_server on  
> Debian) and must has on it the check_om_storage plugin.
> You can program and perform your check directly from NAGIOS machine  
> that operate as client.
> This way is the best way if you have a single NAGIOS machine and many  
> servers.
> For security I perform all my check into our VPN star, but this is not  
> required. NAGIOS has a very good security if you don't enable the  
> blame function. If you use blame is good also.


Since you already have SNMP by virtue of having OMSA installed, why add 
the complexity and security risks of remote program execution? You can 
get all the info you need out OMSA via SNMP.

This site has a set of SNMP plugins we've been using for quite some 
time. They work very well:

http://www.sroegner.de/nagios/check_omsa_snmp.php

-JEff