Monitoring a Fileserver Role in a Microsoft Failover Cluster

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Hi,
we need to monitor fileserver metrics in a Microsoft Failover Clusters. Does anybody has a working solution here?
The Cluster is build on 2 (or 3) nodes. Theses nodes are monitored with icinga with the standard icinga Agent installed.
But…the fileserver role provides it’s own network name and a shared disks wihich are moved between the nodes, depening which node is running the role. I want to monitor specific role based metrics in icinga (like free disk space etc.)
I can’t do this on the nodes, as only one host would provide the role, but I can’t use the fileservers network name, as it’s not holding the correct certificate…

So…does anybody knows a way to go…?

PS.: In the past, there war a way with nsclient++ (running without any security), but for me it seems that the newer nsclient++ versions does not support this anymore…

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did you try the powershell cluster checks?

Plugin Name Description
Invoke-IcingaCheckClusterHealth Checks the state and availability of a Cluster Service
Invoke-IcingaCheckClusterSharedVolume Checks the available space on cluster Shared Volumes and additionally the availability and state of the targeted Cluster Shared Volume from each Cluster nodes.
Invoke-IcingaCheckClusterNetwork Monitors the status of a Cluster network and its interfaces.

they have to be installed in addition to framework and plugins.

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Could you maybe monitor them with one of Nick’s mentioned Cluster Health CHecks? Or maybe CheckUNCPath?

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