Install check_db2_health¶

Important note: Install this addon on the Nagios machine.

Official website: http://labs.consol.de/nagios/check_db2_health/

Prerequisites¶

This addon requires the following Perl modules in order to work properly:

• DBI
• DBD::DB2

Installation Steps¶

DB2 server (which to be monitored by Nagios)¶

1. login to the server
   1. if nagios user and nagios group do not exist:
      

      # useradd nagios
      # passwd nagios
      

   2. if nagios user and nagios group exist, proceed to next step
2. login to the server with the DB2 user, e.g. db2inst1, and execute:
   

   db2inst1$ db2 update dbm cfg using sysmon_group nagios
   db2inst1$ db2 grant select,update on table SYSTOOLS.STMG_DBSIZE_INFO to nagios
   db2inst1$ db2stop; db2start
   

Nagios server¶

1. download the source file check_db2_health
2. extract the downloaded file
   

   # tar -xvzf check_db2_health-1.0.1.tar.gz
   

3. cd to the extracted directory
   

   # cd check_db2_health-1.0.1
   

4. make and install the package:
   

   # ./configure