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. Thanks to Robert
27 Heinzmann for a patch.
28 * For blacklisting, the component ID kan now be "ALL", in which all
29 components of that type is blacklisted.
30 * Man page is moved to manual section 8
36 * Fixed a bug that could cause errors and weird results when checking
37 cooling devices (fans) via SNMP. Thanks to Ken McKinlay for spotting
38 this bug and reporting it.
43 * For failed physical drives, check_openmanage will now output the
44 drive's vendor, model and size in GB or TB.
49 * The -s|--snmp option was redundant and no longer does anything. SNMP
50 is triggered automatically if the -H|--hostname option is
51 present. The -s|--snmp option is kept for compatibility, but has no
57 * Added support for performance data (temperatures) from attached
58 storage enclosures such as the MD1000
63 * Fixed a regression in the --htmlinfo option when it is not supplied
69 * New option --htmlinfo adds clickable HTML links in the plugin's
75 * Fixed a regression bug in CPU and power supply reporting that only
76 affects verbose output
77 * If blacklisting is used, the global health check (via the --global
78 option) is now negated. Checking the global health doesn't make
79 sense when one or more components is blacklisted. Thanks to Rene
80 Beaulieu for reporting this bug
81 * The PNP4Nagios template is now included in the tarball and zip
87 * Improved memory error reporting, when using omreport
88 * Collect performance data from pwrmonitoring (amperage probes) that
89 were previously ignored when using omreport
94 * Improved memory error reporting, when using SNMP
95 * Other small ehnancements
100 * The plugin is now compatible with the Nagios embedded Perl
101 interpreter (ePN) in theory. However, the plugin will not not use
102 ePN by default. We don't want any "accidents".
103 * License is now GPLv3, previously only specified as "GPL"
104 * New options --only-critical and --only-warning. With these options
105 the plugin will only print critical or warning alerts, respectively.
106 * Bugfixes and speed enhancements in the storage section, when
107 checking enclosure components via omreport
108 * The --okinfo option is now less verbose and more to the point
109 * Lots of code refactoring for readability, maintainability and
115 * Fixed a bug in the storage section, when checking controllers. This
116 is an obscure bug that only manifests itself in the odd case where a
117 server has multiple controllers, and one of the controllers are
118 missing some of the OIDs, in which case these OIDs will be missing
119 for the other controllers as well. The change is minor and only
120 includes using get_table() instead of get_entries() to collect the
121 SNMP result. Thanks to Stephan Bovet for reporting this bug.
126 * The --perfdata option can now optionally take an argument
127 "multiline", which makes the plugin produce multiline performance
128 data output in a Nagios 3.x way. Not really needed, but the plugin
130 * Added comment within the 10 first lines to disable the nagios
131 embedded perl (ePN) interpreter by default for Nagios 3.x
132 * Improvements in the performance data output. Units are now included
137 * Added --global option, which turns on checking of everything. If
138 used with SNMP, the global system health status is also probed, to
139 protect the user against bugs in the plugin. If used with omreport,
140 the overall chassis health is used.
141 * Support for SNMP version 3
142 * New check added: esmhealth. This checks the overall health of the
143 ESM log, i.e. the fill grade. More than 80% means a warning message
144 * Fixed alert log reporting to use the same format as for the ESM log
145 * Output messages are now sorted by severity
146 * Minor changes in how out-of-date controller firmware/driver is
148 * Code refactoring and cleanup
153 * Use "omreport about" to collect OMSA version. Slightly faster than
154 "omreport system version". This should give a small speedup in
155 certain configurations
156 * Fixed typo in output when a logical drive is rebuilding. Thanks to
157 Andreas Olsson for reporting
158 * Improved reporting of ESM log content
159 * Added omreport.sh as alternate omreport path
160 * Lots of other small fixes and enhancements
162 Plus: A few changes to make the plugin work with old PowerEdge models
163 (e.g. 2550, 2450) and/or old OMSA versions (e.g. version 4.5):
165 * Use the chassisModelName OID to determine if SNMP works (instead of
167 * No longer require a response when checking baseboard type via
168 SNMP. If there is no response, we assume that we're not dealing with
171 Thanks to Christian McHugh for help with testing and debugging this
177 * Use 'omreport system operatingsystem' to collect OS info, instead of
178 'omreport system' version which is incredibly slow. This should speed
179 things up in certain configurations.
180 * A few speedups, don't collect information that isn't needed
186 * New option --linebreak to specify the separator between line in case
188 * Added support for 64bit Windows. Thanks to Patrick Hemmen for a patch
189 * [Patrick Hemmen] Added install.bat for Windows installation
190 * [Patrick Hemmen] Improvements on install.sh. Will now install in
191 /usr/lib64 for x86_64
192 * RPMs are now architecture dependent, because of different libdir
197 * New option -o|--ok-info to display extra information when everything
198 is ok. The plugin can now display storage firmware and driver info,
199 DRAC and BMC firmware, and OMSA version
200 * Support for setting custom minimum temperature thresholds via the
201 -c|--critical and -w|--warning options
202 * Better and more detailed temperature error reporting
203 * Bugfix in the amperage report (including performance data). The
204 plugin now takes into account the correct unit and measurement for
205 amperage probes (other than watts)
206 * New option --port lets the user specify the remote SNMP port number
211 * Regression fix: Use the older Processor Device SNMP OIDs for older
212 PowerEdge models, that don't have the new Processor Device Status
213 OIDs. Thanks to Nicole Hähnel for reporting this bug.
214 * Default output (when there are no alerts) now shows RAC firmware,
215 BMC firmware, info about controllers and enclosures (firmware,
221 * Regression fix: Ignore unoccupied CPU slots with SNMP probing. This
222 fixes a bug introduced in versjon 3.2.1, which would output
223 something like this if one or more CPU slots were empty: CPU 1 needs
229 * Use Processor Device Status Table OIDs instead of Processor Device
230 Table when checking CPUs via SNMP
231 * Bugfix: don't report throttled CPUs as warnings when checking via
232 SNMP (same as for checking locally)
237 * New options --state and --short-state for displaying service state
239 * Lots of small fixes for code readability and maintainability
244 * Support for running natively on Windows (using omreport.exe). Thanks
245 to Peter Jestico for a patch.
246 * Support for compiled Windows version, i.e. check_openmanage.exe is
247 now a legal script name.
248 * Exit with error if script basename is illegal/unknown
249 * Various small fixes
254 * Use of alternate basenames for checking only one class of components
255 * Added support for checking the ESM log via SNMP
256 * Code refactoring for robustness and maintainability
257 * Numerous small fixes and enhancements
258 * Added install script in distribution tarball
263 * The script no longer aborts if it can't get system information via
264 SNMP. Give a warning instead, as this is not a critical error
265 * Increased robustness when checking controllers
270 * Man page fix in the 'check' section. Thanks to Ansgar Dahlen for
272 * Allow invalid command error from 'omreport chassis pwrmonitoring'
273 * Various small fixes
278 * Use unique IDs for storage components with regard to blacklisting,
279 which means that the blacklisting API has changed
280 * Added checks for storage components: connectors (channels),
281 enclosures, enclosure fans, enclosure power supplies, enclosure
282 temperature probes and enclosure management modules (EMMs)
283 * Improved verbose output
284 * New option -t|--timeout for setting the plugin timeout
285 * New option -w|--warning for setting custom temperature warning
287 * New option -c|--critical for setting custom temperature critical
289 * Option --check can no longer be specified in its short form (-c)
290 * Code cleanup and improvements
295 * The workaround for the OMSA bug introduced in OMSA 5.5.0 didn't take
296 multiple controllers into account. This has been fixed.
301 * New option -i|--info prefixes all alerts with the service tag
302 * New option -e|--extinfo gives and extra line of output in case of an
303 alert (model and service tag)
304 * New option --postmsg lets the user specify a post message string,
305 with info such as model, service tag etc.
306 * Options -b|--blacklist and -c|--check can now be specified multiple
307 times (actually quite useful)
312 * Slightly improved output for alerts on logical drives (vdisks)
313 * Now shows a rebuilding physical disk as a warning, as this is
314 usually accompanied by a degraded vdisk. Previous versions didn't
315 show this at all (omreport classifies it as "OK").
320 * Slightly improved output for charging controller batteries
325 * Bugfix for reporting physical drives with predictive failure (both
331 * Fix bug in option handling (ambiguous options)
332 * Slightly improved output if checking the storage subsystem is turned
334 * Don't complain if there are no logical drives. This is OK. Thanks to
335 Jamie Henderson for reporting this
340 * Fix bug in SNMP status level table
345 * Added workaround for a BUG introduced in OpenManage 5.5.0. OM
346 sometimes adds a newline in the controller driver version name,
347 which leads to problems parsing the output. Thanks to Hiren Patel
348 for bringing this to my attention.
353 * (snmp) Improved handling of cases where OM is not working properly
358 * Fixed issue where controller number for physical disks can't be
359 established via SNMP (now identifies as controller no. -1)
364 * Correctly identifies and reports error condition in which OpenManage
365 has stopped working (it happens)
371 * Same options for checking, blacklisting etc. supported with SNMP
372 * Same output with SNMP as with NRPE
377 * Collects performance data if the option '-p' or '--perfdata' is
379 * New blacklisting directives ctrl_fw and ctrl_driver
380 added. Suppresses the "special" warning messages concerning outdated
381 controller firmware and driver. Useful if you can't or won't
387 * Fix getting system model and serial number for newer blades
392 * Three new checks added:
393 - System battery probes (typical CMOS battery). Newer poweredge
395 - Power consumption monitoring (if the server supports it)
396 - ESM log, with same functionality as the alert log check. Disabled
402 * Internal refactoring: use ssv-formatted output from openmanage,
403 resulting in slightly faster execution and increased robustness.
404 * If /usr/bin/omreport doesn't exist, try
405 /opt/dell/srvadmin/oma/bin/omreport.
406 * Allow for no instrumented/redundant power supplies. Needed on
407 low-end poweredge models and blades.
412 * Openmanage reports non-critical warning about throttled CPUs on new
413 hardware models. Most og us use ondemand CPU frequency scaling (with
414 throttled CPUs as a result). This specific non-critical warning (CPU
415 Throttled) is ignored from now on.
416 * Remove superfluous Celcius sign when reporting temperatures.
421 * Accommodate blade systems with no fans or powersupplies, i.e. accept
422 errors from omreport when trying to check fans or powersupplies on
424 * Accommodate newer hardware with slightly different omreport
425 options. Use the newer options if they exist. Not really necessary
426 yet, but deprecated options may be removed in future versions of
432 * When everything is OK, check_openmanage now outputs the same info as
433 Gerhard Lausser's excellent check_hpasm plugin does for HP servers:
435 OK - System: 'poweredge 2850', S/N: 'XXXXXXX', ROM: 'A06
436 10/03/2006', hardware working fine, 2 logical drives, 4 physical