Checkpoint   Checkpoint – Nagios plugin to monitor VS active connections



Having our Checkpoint VSX Virtual System active connections under control can be very important to avoid problems, configure a higher connection limit, be ready for growth (and so scalate our environment)…

Nagios and SNMP can be used to configure a VS connection monitor plugin:
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Steps needed to configure the plugin:

  1. SNMP OID for virtual systems active connections
  2. Develop an script
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EXCHANGE   Exchange – Monitor mailbox database copies using Nagios



This post shows a Powershell script I use to monitor the status of my Exchange mailbox database copies and raises a critical alert if any of them is not "Mounted" or "Healthy".
Exchange Nagios Database Copies OK

Exchange Nagios Database Copies Alert

The script takes advantage of the Nagios passive checks and the configurations shown on my previous post "Nagios – Using passive checks without agent".

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Nagios   Nagios – Using passive checks without agent



I usually use remote active checks by executing SNMP queries or SSH commands. But there are systems and values that cannot be monitored this way.

The passive checks have allowed me to check anything that I cannot check remotely via SNMP or SSH. But I did not want any agent (NSC++, NPA…) installed on the monitored system. That problem can … Read more