Zabbix_sender issues.... please help

[Blackerado]

Hi Guys,

Lets talk zabbix_sender for a moment please. Im trying to understand why it is failing to send data, also why is there no log file specifically for the sender?

zabbix_sender [14610]: DEBUG: answer [{

"response":"success",

"info":"Processed 0 Failed 171 Total 171 Seconds spent 0.001888"}]

sent: 171; skipped: 0; total: 171

This kind of answer doesn't help at all.

the format im using is:

zabbix_sender -vv -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -s ZabbixServer -k agent.ping -o 1

Im running this command on the Zabbix Server itself (so no firewalls blocking connections)

Please help... thanks

[dmartel]

This means the file you're trying to send through zabbix_sender has errors.

Make sure the the file is formatted like so (one data per line):

<host_name> <item_name> <value>

Also, make sure the host is already created in Zabbix and the item exists.
After all, verify if the <value> corresponds to the type of your item.

Exemple:
If you have a host named "HttpServer01" with an item called "Hard_Drive_Usage" which is numeric (unsigned) and the drive is actually used at 30%, your zabbix_sender file should be like so:

HttpServer01 Hard_Drive_Usage 30

Good luck!

David

[Blackerado]

OMG!!! You are a life saver! Thank you sir!