Can't create triggers on system.run items because of reserved characters (I think).

[aarons]

Hey,

I need to monitor the amount of space used in a directory, and trigger an action if it exceeds an amount. I created an item as:

system.run[du /u01 --max-depth=0 | awk '{print $1}',wait]

Which works great. I tried creating a trigger as:

{<host>:system.run[du /u01 --max-depth=0 | awk '{print $1}',wait].last(0)}>50

But zabbix tells me:

[ERROR:Cannot add trigger]
Expression [{print $1\}',wait].last(0)}] does not match to [server:key.func(param)]

I assume it's not able to parse the item because I have reserved characters in there - like the {'$ or something. But I'm also pretty new to zabbix so I may be doing something wrong. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Aaron

[styx]

Maybe you could try the work around explained by Heva there:

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4809&highlight=system.run

Hope this helps

[dagof]

Workaround: If possible, try to make it a UserParameter on agent side.