Branch: refs/heads/master
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Commit: d61193be5f3df2943aa30a06d1cb877fa96ba361
https://github.com/tribe29/checkmk/commit/d61193be5f3df2943aa30a06d1cb877fa…
Author: Moritz Kiemer <moritz.kiemer(a)tribe29.com>
Date: 2019-09-30 (Mon, 30 Sep 2019)
Changed paths:
A .werks/10146
A agents/plugins/mk_errpt.aix
R agents/plugins/mk_logwatch.aix
A tests/unit/agents/plugins/test_mk_errpt_aix.py
R tests/unit/agents/plugins/test_mk_logwatch_aix.py
Log Message:
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10146 FIX mk_logwatch.aix: Rename to mk_errpt.aix
The AIX agent plugin {{mk_logwatch.aix}} has been renamed to {{mk_errpt.aix}}.
The plugins name wrongly suggested that it was a version of {{mk_logwatch}}
designed to run on AIX machines.
In fact, mk_errpt.aix (formerly known as mk_logwatch.aix) is a Korn-shell
plugin that will forward all errors reported by the command line tool {{errpt}}
in a way that will create a logwatch service on the monitoring server.
{{mk_logwatch}}, on the other hand, is a python plugin. It should run on any
machine as long as python is installed, in particular it is known to run
on AIX.
These two plugins can be deployed independently from one another.
<b>Note:</b>Before deploying the renamed plugin, it is recommended to copy
the file that stores the last reported message, in order to avoid duplicate
warnings.
In the {{$MK_VARDIR}} directory, copy {{mk_logwatch_aix.last_reported}}
to {{mk_errpt_aix.last_reported}}. After {{mk_errpt.aix}} is deployed,
you may remove the former.
CMK-1620
Change-Id: I0adb8449b1cb7ed39eaf30888b2c982c6e50fef8