geekmungus

This is what would be needed in your hosts configuration to monitor using check_icmp rather than check_ping.

define service{
use                     generic-service ; Inherit values from a template
host_name               SWITCH    ; The name of the host the service is associated with
service_description     PING            ; The service description
check_command           check_icmp!40.0,10%!100.0,40%  ; The command used to monitor the service
normal_check_interval   5               ; Check the service every 5 minutes under normal conditions
retry_check_interval    1               ; Re-check the service every minute until its final/hard state is determined
}

This is what would be needed in the commands.cfg

# ‘check-host-alive’ command definition
define command{
command_name    check_icmp
command_line    $USER1$/check_icmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p 2
}

This makes the assumption its going to do two pings, otherwise turn “-p 2″ into $ARG3$ instead!

I have the following problem when trying to install nsclient++ onto a Windows 2003 Server SP2 (note this is a member server).

Using a local administrator account on the server trying to install the install completes but the service does not get registered trying to manually register gives this error:

C:\Program Files\NSClient++>nsclient++ -install e NSClient++.cpp(212) Service installation failed: Unable to install service.5: Access is denied.
RESOLUTION

I ran “FileMon” tool from SysInternals which installing the service, and found access denied errors. But permissions where not the problem. It turned out that Sophos Anti-Virus thought the “Nsclient++.exe” was a virus. Once I authorised the nsclient++.exe file in Sophos the service could install and run fine.