4 * New option '-a' or '--all' turns on checking of everything
5 * The manual page (POD info) is removed from the script and is now in
6 a separate file, to make check_openmanage fully ePN compatible
7 * ePN is no longer disabled by default, check_openmanage no longer has
8 an opinion on whether it should run under ePN or not
9 * The '-m' or '--man' option is no longer available
10 * The option '-v' or '--verbose' is renamed to '-d' or '--debug',
11 which makes more sense wrt. its usage
12 * The '-g' or '--global' option is removed. Checking the global health
13 status is now default if applicable
14 * Checking intrusion detection is now turned on by default
15 * The obsolete option '--snmp' is removed
16 * The option '--state' now has a shorter equivalent '-s'
17 * The basename stuff and options '--only-critical' and
18 '--only-warning' are now replaced by an option '--only'
19 * If plugin is run by Nagios, redirect stderr to stdout
20 * Added option '--omreport', that lets the user specify the full path
21 to the omreport binary
22 * Added non-8bit-legacy default search paths for omreport.exe for
24 * Minor changes to the plugin output, for consistency
25 * New blacklisting keyword 'bat_charge' disables warning messages
26 related to controller cache battery charging.
31 * Fixed a bug that could cause errors and weird results when checking
32 cooling devices (fans) via SNMP. Thanks to Ken McKinlay for spotting
33 this bug and reporting it.
38 * For failed physical drives, check_openmanage will now output the
39 drive's vendor, model and size in GB or TB.
44 * The -s|--snmp option was redundant and no longer does anything. SNMP
45 is triggered automatically if the -H|--hostname option is
46 present. The -s|--snmp option is kept for compatibility, but has no
52 * Added support for performance data (temperatures) from attached
53 storage enclosures such as the MD1000
58 * Fixed a regression in the --htmlinfo option when it is not supplied
64 * New option --htmlinfo adds clickable HTML links in the plugin's
70 * Fixed a regression bug in CPU and power supply reporting that only
71 affects verbose output
72 * If blacklisting is used, the global health check (via the --global
73 option) is now negated. Checking the global health doesn't make
74 sense when one or more components is blacklisted. Thanks to Rene
75 Beaulieu for reporting this bug
76 * The PNP4Nagios template is now included in the tarball and zip
82 * Improved memory error reporting, when using omreport
83 * Collect performance data from pwrmonitoring (amperage probes) that
84 were previously ignored when using omreport
89 * Improved memory error reporting, when using SNMP
90 * Other small ehnancements
95 * The plugin is now compatible with the Nagios embedded Perl
96 interpreter (ePN) in theory. However, the plugin will not not use
97 ePN by default. We don't want any "accidents".
98 * License is now GPLv3, previously only specified as "GPL"
99 * New options --only-critical and --only-warning. With these options
100 the plugin will only print critical or warning alerts, respectively.
101 * Bugfixes and speed enhancements in the storage section, when
102 checking enclosure components via omreport
103 * The --okinfo option is now less verbose and more to the point
104 * Lots of code refactoring for readability, maintainability and
110 * Fixed a bug in the storage section, when checking controllers. This
111 is an obscure bug that only manifests itself in the odd case where a
112 server has multiple controllers, and one of the controllers are
113 missing some of the OIDs, in which case these OIDs will be missing
114 for the other controllers as well. The change is minor and only
115 includes using get_table() instead of get_entries() to collect the
116 SNMP result. Thanks to Stephan Bovet for reporting this bug.
121 * The --perfdata option can now optionally take an argument
122 "multiline", which makes the plugin produce multiline performance
123 data output in a Nagios 3.x way. Not really needed, but the plugin
125 * Added comment within the 10 first lines to disable the nagios
126 embedded perl (ePN) interpreter by default for Nagios 3.x
127 * Improvements in the performance data output. Units are now included
132 * Added --global option, which turns on checking of everything. If
133 used with SNMP, the global system health status is also probed, to
134 protect the user against bugs in the plugin. If used with omreport,
135 the overall chassis health is used.
136 * Support for SNMP version 3
137 * New check added: esmhealth. This checks the overall health of the
138 ESM log, i.e. the fill grade. More than 80% means a warning message
139 * Fixed alert log reporting to use the same format as for the ESM log
140 * Output messages are now sorted by severity
141 * Minor changes in how out-of-date controller firmware/driver is
143 * Code refactoring and cleanup
148 * Use "omreport about" to collect OMSA version. Slightly faster than
149 "omreport system version". This should give a small speedup in
150 certain configurations
151 * Fixed typo in output when a logical drive is rebuilding. Thanks to
152 Andreas Olsson for reporting
153 * Improved reporting of ESM log content
154 * Added omreport.sh as alternate omreport path
155 * Lots of other small fixes and enhancements
157 Plus: A few changes to make the plugin work with old PowerEdge models
158 (e.g. 2550, 2450) and/or old OMSA versions (e.g. version 4.5):
160 * Use the chassisModelName OID to determine if SNMP works (instead of
162 * No longer require a response when checking baseboard type via
163 SNMP. If there is no response, we assume that we're not dealing with
166 Thanks to Christian McHugh for help with testing and debugging this
172 * Use 'omreport system operatingsystem' to collect OS info, instead of
173 'omreport system' version which is incredibly slow. This should speed
174 things up in certain configurations.
175 * A few speedups, don't collect information that isn't needed
181 * New option --linebreak to specify the separator between line in case
183 * Added support for 64bit Windows. Thanks to Patrick Hemmen for a patch
184 * [Patrick Hemmen] Added install.bat for Windows installation
185 * [Patrick Hemmen] Improvements on install.sh. Will now install in
186 /usr/lib64 for x86_64
187 * RPMs are now architecture dependent, because of different libdir
192 * New option -o|--ok-info to display extra information when everything
193 is ok. The plugin can now display storage firmware and driver info,
194 DRAC and BMC firmware, and OMSA version
195 * Support for setting custom minimum temperature thresholds via the
196 -c|--critical and -w|--warning options
197 * Better and more detailed temperature error reporting
198 * Bugfix in the amperage report (including performance data). The
199 plugin now takes into account the correct unit and measurement for
200 amperage probes (other than watts)
201 * New option --port lets the user specify the remote SNMP port number
206 * Regression fix: Use the older Processor Device SNMP OIDs for older
207 PowerEdge models, that don't have the new Processor Device Status
208 OIDs. Thanks to Nicole Hähnel for reporting this bug.
209 * Default output (when there are no alerts) now shows RAC firmware,
210 BMC firmware, info about controllers and enclosures (firmware,
216 * Regression fix: Ignore unoccupied CPU slots with SNMP probing. This
217 fixes a bug introduced in versjon 3.2.1, which would output
218 something like this if one or more CPU slots were empty: CPU 1 needs
224 * Use Processor Device Status Table OIDs instead of Processor Device
225 Table when checking CPUs via SNMP
226 * Bugfix: don't report throttled CPUs as warnings when checking via
227 SNMP (same as for checking locally)
232 * New options --state and --short-state for displaying service state
234 * Lots of small fixes for code readability and maintainability
239 * Support for running natively on Windows (using omreport.exe). Thanks
240 to Peter Jestico for a patch.
241 * Support for compiled Windows version, i.e. check_openmanage.exe is
242 now a legal script name.
243 * Exit with error if script basename is illegal/unknown
244 * Various small fixes
249 * Use of alternate basenames for checking only one class of components
250 * Added support for checking the ESM log via SNMP
251 * Code refactoring for robustness and maintainability
252 * Numerous small fixes and enhancements
253 * Added install script in distribution tarball
258 * The script no longer aborts if it can't get system information via
259 SNMP. Give a warning instead, as this is not a critical error
260 * Increased robustness when checking controllers
265 * Man page fix in the 'check' section. Thanks to Ansgar Dahlen for
267 * Allow invalid command error from 'omreport chassis pwrmonitoring'
268 * Various small fixes
273 * Use unique IDs for storage components with regard to blacklisting,
274 which means that the blacklisting API has changed
275 * Added checks for storage components: connectors (channels),
276 enclosures, enclosure fans, enclosure power supplies, enclosure
277 temperature probes and enclosure management modules (EMMs)
278 * Improved verbose output
279 * New option -t|--timeout for setting the plugin timeout
280 * New option -w|--warning for setting custom temperature warning
282 * New option -c|--critical for setting custom temperature critical
284 * Option --check can no longer be specified in its short form (-c)
285 * Code cleanup and improvements
290 * The workaround for the OMSA bug introduced in OMSA 5.5.0 didn't take
291 multiple controllers into account. This has been fixed.
296 * New option -i|--info prefixes all alerts with the service tag
297 * New option -e|--extinfo gives and extra line of output in case of an
298 alert (model and service tag)
299 * New option --postmsg lets the user specify a post message string,
300 with info such as model, service tag etc.
301 * Options -b|--blacklist and -c|--check can now be specified multiple
302 times (actually quite useful)
307 * Slightly improved output for alerts on logical drives (vdisks)
308 * Now shows a rebuilding physical disk as a warning, as this is
309 usually accompanied by a degraded vdisk. Previous versions didn't
310 show this at all (omreport classifies it as "OK").
315 * Slightly improved output for charging controller batteries
320 * Bugfix for reporting physical drives with predictive failure (both
326 * Fix bug in option handling (ambiguous options)
327 * Slightly improved output if checking the storage subsystem is turned
329 * Don't complain if there are no logical drives. This is OK. Thanks to
330 Jamie Henderson for reporting this
335 * Fix bug in SNMP status level table
340 * Added workaround for a BUG introduced in OpenManage 5.5.0. OM
341 sometimes adds a newline in the controller driver version name,
342 which leads to problems parsing the output. Thanks to Hiren Patel
343 for bringing this to my attention.
348 * (snmp) Improved handling of cases where OM is not working properly
353 * Fixed issue where controller number for physical disks can't be
354 established via SNMP (now identifies as controller no. -1)
359 * Correctly identifies and reports error condition in which OpenManage
360 has stopped working (it happens)
366 * Same options for checking, blacklisting etc. supported with SNMP
367 * Same output with SNMP as with NRPE
372 * Collects performance data if the option '-p' or '--perfdata' is
374 * New blacklisting directives ctrl_fw and ctrl_driver
375 added. Suppresses the "special" warning messages concerning outdated
376 controller firmware and driver. Useful if you can't or won't
382 * Fix getting system model and serial number for newer blades
387 * Three new checks added:
388 - System battery probes (typical CMOS battery). Newer poweredge
390 - Power consumption monitoring (if the server supports it)
391 - ESM log, with same functionality as the alert log check. Disabled
397 * Internal refactoring: use ssv-formatted output from openmanage,
398 resulting in slightly faster execution and increased robustness.
399 * If /usr/bin/omreport doesn't exist, try
400 /opt/dell/srvadmin/oma/bin/omreport.
401 * Allow for no instrumented/redundant power supplies. Needed on
402 low-end poweredge models and blades.
407 * Openmanage reports non-critical warning about throttled CPUs on new
408 hardware models. Most og us use ondemand CPU frequency scaling (with
409 throttled CPUs as a result). This specific non-critical warning (CPU
410 Throttled) is ignored from now on.
411 * Remove superfluous Celcius sign when reporting temperatures.
416 * Accommodate blade systems with no fans or powersupplies, i.e. accept
417 errors from omreport when trying to check fans or powersupplies on
419 * Accommodate newer hardware with slightly different omreport
420 options. Use the newer options if they exist. Not really necessary
421 yet, but deprecated options may be removed in future versions of
427 * When everything is OK, check_openmanage now outputs the same info as
428 Gerhard Lausser's excellent check_hpasm plugin does for HP servers:
430 OK - System: 'poweredge 2850', S/N: 'XXXXXXX', ROM: 'A06
431 10/03/2006', hardware working fine, 2 logical drives, 4 physical