Title: Avoid crash upon failure to create RRD files
Class: fix
Compatible: compat
Component: core
Date: 1702630948
Edition: cre
Level: 1
Version: 2.3.0b1
Failure to create an RRD file would generate a crash report. Now, we
generate a log entry explaining the error, without crashing.
This has no incidence on the monitoring but the data is not saved on
disk anymore.
Title: Unusable services for "HPE Proliant Servers: Raid Status"
Class: fix
Compatible: incomp
Component: checks
Date: 1702636533
Edition: cre
Level: 1
Version: 2.1.0p38
This fixes some unusable services of the "HPE Proliant Servers: Raid Status" plugin.
This werk only affecs you if you observe unknown "Logical device <ITEM>" services after the upgrade.
In case you are affected please run a discovery on the affected hosts and fix the monitoring history as described below.
We observed some devices to send <tt>"\x00"</tt> (the null-byte) as their name (OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.232.3.2.3.1.1.14).
Not all components delt well with it, leading to unacknowlegable downtimes, non matching rules and the like.
We now replace all null-bytes with <tt>"\x00"</tt> (the literal containing the four characters backslash, 'x', 'zero', 'zero').
As of Checkmk 2.3, this should in fact no longer be necessary, but as we need a backportable solution, we change the item consistently in all versions.
If this affects you, you might also want to fix the services in the monitring history by running
C+:
sed -i 's|\x00|\\x00|' var/check_mk/core/history var/check_mk/core/archive/*
C-:
Title: Crash of Checkmk Agent service if MRPE plugins are used
Class: fix
Compatible: compat
Component: checks
Date: 1702646733
Edition: cre
Level: 1
Version: 2.1.0p38
Title: Unusable services for "HPE Proliant Servers: Raid Status"
Class: fix
Compatible: incomp
Component: checks
Date: 1702636533
Edition: cre
Level: 1
Version: 2.2.0p18
This fixes some unusable services of the "HPE Proliant Servers: Raid Status" plugin.
This werk only affecs you if you observe unknown "Logical device <ITEM>" services after the upgrade.
In case you are affected please run a discovery on the affected hosts and fix the monitoring history as described below.
We observed some devices to send <tt>"\x00"</tt> (the null-byte) as their name (OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.232.3.2.3.1.1.14).
Not all components delt well with it, leading to unacknowlegable downtimes, non matching rules and the like.
We now replace all null-bytes with <tt>"\x00"</tt> (the literal containing the four characters backslash, 'x', 'zero', 'zero').
As of Checkmk 2.3, this should in fact no longer be necessary, but as we need a backportable solution, we change the item consistently in all versions.
If this affects you, you might also want to fix the services in the monitring history by running
C+:
sed -i 's|\x00|\\x00|' var/check_mk/core/history var/check_mk/core/archive/*
C-:
Title: Crash of Checkmk Agent service if MRPE plugins are used
Class: fix
Compatible: compat
Component: checks
Date: 1702646733
Edition: cre
Level: 1
Version: 2.2.0p18
Title: Unusable services for "HPE Proliant Servers: Raid Status"
Class: fix
Compatible: incomp
Component: checks
Date: 1702636533
Edition: cre
Level: 1
Version: 2.3.0b1
This fixes some unusable services of the "HPE Proliant Servers: Raid Status" plugin.
This werk only affecs you if you observe unknown "Logical device <ITEM>" services after the upgrade.
In case you are affected please run a discovery on the affected hosts and fix the monitoring history as described below.
We observed some devices to send <tt>"\x00"</tt> (the null-byte) as their name (OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.232.3.2.3.1.1.14).
Not all components delt well with it, leading to unacknowlegable downtimes, non matching rules and the like.
We now replace all null-bytes with <tt>"\\x00"</tt> (the literal containing the four characters backslash, 'x', 'zero', 'zero').
As of Checkmk 2.3, this should in fact no longer be necessary, but as we need a backportable solution, we change the item consistently in all versions.
If this affects you, you might also want to fix the services in the monitring history by running
C+:
sed -i 's|\x00|\\x00|' var/check_mk/core/history var/check_mk/core/archive/*
C-:
Title: Crash of Checkmk Agent service if MRPE plugins are used
Class: fix
Compatible: compat
Component: checks
Date: 1702646733
Edition: cre
Level: 1
Version: 2.3.0b1