nfs drive available space

[sapient]

Hi,
How can I check the available space nfs mount?
I tried use vfs.fs.size but unsuccessfully.
Thanks,
Sapient,

[GT4NE1]

I also need to know how to do this.

[fletch00]

nfs drive available space

Me too - we have a linux (backup) host with access to all NFS mounts - in BB we used a simple client side DF ext script to return disk usage.

I gather I need to create a new template in Zabbix for this - I'll have to find the documentation on how to do this

thanks

[qix]

Havn't tried this myself since I'm not using nfs mount currently so I can't confirm it doesn't work.

If the normal vfs items don't work, you could use a userparameter based on 'df' to query the agent as a workaround.

[fletch00]

Right - if the default disk check is using a df and excluding non-local mounts, then it should be simple to create a new template that includes NFS mounts?
I don't currently understand why we are doing SNMP indexes on filesystems when this is way better suited to the zabbix local agent running a simple DF.

I am starting to see that Zabbix templates are currently not dynamic enough (vs say Cacti templates and its system of querying and re-querying NICS, disks and allowing fresh instances of those to be monitored)

I heard this is coming in v2?

thanks

[qix]

Im not sure where you picked up the part about SNMP.

Zabbix 2.0 will include a new feature called low level discovery (lld) which will do exactly what you want with regard to discovering disc mountpoints.

[fletch00]

Havn't tried this myself since I'm not using nfs mount currently so I can't confirm it doesn't work.

If the normal vfs items don't work, you could use a userparameter based on 'df' to query the agent as a workaround.

I need to try the workaround you describe - are there docs/examples on how to do this?
We need NFS disk space monitoring NOW and can't wait for v2.0 lld

thanks!