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Usage:
check_dxml_drvstate [-s hostname|ip-address] -u username, -p password -d driver-dn [-i] [--br]
[-tw warnsize -tc criticalsize [-tree treename]] [--hbw warntime --hbc criticaltime [--hbattr attr-name]]

Usage: check_dxml_drvstate [-h | --help]
Novell DirXML 1.1 and Identity Manager 2.x/3.x/4.x driver state detector plugin for Nagios and Icinga

The latest version can now be found on MonitoringExchange (see download URL). This article will NOT be updated with new versions/features anymore!

  -s, --server     dirxml/idm server ip or hostname, e.g. 127.0.0.1 or myserver.mydomain.org.
                   Leave out this option to check drivers running on the same machine as nrpe
  -u, --username   account used to check driver state, ldap typed syntax, e.g. cn=admin,o=novell
  -p, --password   passwort in cleartext (good reason to use a restriced account :-)
  -d, --driver     driver to check, ldap typed syntax, cn=drv_test,cn=my_driverset,o=system
  -i, --invert     invert return codes to monitor inactive backup servers in a driverset.
                   A running driver will return STATE_CRITICAL (2), a stopped one STATE_OK (0)
      --tw         max TAO file size before STATE_WARNING (1) will be reported
      --tc         max TAO file size before STATE_CRITICAL (2) will be reported.
                   If neither --tw and --tc are set, TAO file size checking will be disabled
      --hbw        max time in seconds since last heartbeat before STATE_WARNING (1) will be reported
      --hbc        max time in seconds since last heartbeat before STATE_CRITICAL (2) will be reported.
                   If neither --hbw and --hbc are set, heartbeat checking will be disabled
                   Please note that a schema extension and a special event transform policy on the
                   driver are necessary to support heartbeat checking
      --hbattr     ldap name of the attr that stores the heartbeat timestamp if a non-default
                   schema extension is used
      --tree       treename of the driver to be checked. only needed with TAO file size monitoring
                   on edir 8.8 running multiple instances (developement feature - not tested!)
      --br         add 
 tags to output for better readability in HTML display
  -h, --help       help screen

Version history:

v1.0, 2006-04-10, initial release
v1.1, 2007-05-21, added support for IDM 3.5 and more detailed return messages
v1.2, 2007-08-01, added support for Edir 8.8
                  new command line option "-i" to invert return codes of running and
                  stopped drivers. This is meant to help monitoring usually inactive
                  backup servers associated to a driver set.
                  all changes in v1.2 based on enhancements by Rainer Brunold, many thanks!
v1.3, 2007-12-05, added TAO file size monitoring
                  username and driverdn must now be ldap typed (for TAO file size monitoring),
                  still works with nds dotted username/driverdn, but only without TAO size checks
                  take driver startup mode into consideration when driver is not running:
                      disabled -> STATE_OK,
                      manual   -> STATE_WARNING
                      auto     -> STATE_CRITICAL
                      added long command line options
v1.4, 2008-01-22, added heartbeat monitoring, requires a schema extension (aux class), driver
   heartbeat and a special policy on the driver
   new command line option --br to add html line breaks to text output 
   text output now shows warning/critical values for TAO file size and 
   heartbeat monitoring

Newer versions can be found on MonitoringExchange (see download URL) and will not be emntioned here anymore!

Howto enable heartbeat monitoring:

1. extend the tree schema from nagiosHelper.ldif
2. add an event transform policy to monitored driver from Heartbeat4Nagios.xml
3. enable publisher heartbeat as shown in publisher-heartbeat.xml
4. restart driver
5. add --hbc and/or --hbw parameters for the driver to nrpe.cfg
6. (optional) add the --br option for better readability in HTML display
7. wait for or reschedule next service check for the driver

Schema extension example:

ice -lice.log -SLDIF -fP:\ath\to\nagiosHelper.ldif -v -DLDAP -s10.0.0.111 -p389 -dcn=admin,o=novell -w********* -B

nrpe.cfg config example:

command[dxml_srv_pwnotify]=/path/to/check_dxml_drvstate -u cn=dxcmd,o=novell -p ***** --tw 500000 --tc 1000000 
--hbw 360 --hbc 900 --br -d cn=srv_pwnotify,cn=dirxml_drvset,o=novell

If you want to use a different attribute to store the heartbeat timestamp:

1. edit the Heartbeat4Nagios policy to
1. reflect the new attribute name
2. make sure the timestamp is UTC and
3. has LDAP format (e.g. 20080122123345Z = 2008-01-22 12:33:45 UTC)
2. 1. edit the line starting with "HBATTR_LDAPNAME=" in check_dxml_drvstate to match the new attribute name
      or
   2. add the command line option --hbattr to nrpe.cfg
3. test extensively ;-)

download url: https://www.monitoringexchange.org/inventory/Check-Plugins/Operating-Systems/Novell/check_dxml_drvstate

Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.