Monitoring non-integer SNMP values with IPCheck Server Monitor
We have published a new article in our knowledge base that explains how you can use the Custom Script sensor of IPCheck Server Monitor to monitor non-integer values via SNMP.
The standard SNMP sensors of IPCheck Server Monitor are limited to integer values, but some devices and server solutions also offer floating point values (which is not even exactly included in the SNMP RFCs…).
Anyway, with this tiny script you can now monitor the database connections from a MySQL database (I have no idea why this is a float value) or the Linux load factor (a value between 0.00 and 1.00 in 1/100 steps). All you need is the corresponding OID.