The most common error messages that occur during fresh installations are those related to the performance data collected by the getters. Previously, they only contained the information that the delta of the check is too big or too small for the interval, with which the getter collects the data and that the settings …

In my articles Overly Long Outputs and Turning Off Performance Data Output I discuss shortened text outputs. However some basics about the subject matter are needed in order to fully understand these two articles The first thing to know is that the plugin should provide data to the monitoring system that is is …

Checks such as Disk or ShelfBay have very long outputs with (depending on the configuration of the filer) long lists of instances even when everything is perfectly fine. At first, this might seem a bit confusing, but the checks can be configured according to your needs. Let’s take a look at an example with a very …

Use these two switches to obtain background information The newly included switch --discover is now ready to be used, whereas --explore has been available since Version 2.x. Furthermore, the meaning of --explore has been changed slightly. How can the admin take advantage of these switches? –explore --explore displays …