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Description

check_avira_smc is a Windows-Plugin for Nagios, which checks the state of a AVIRA Management Controller (called SMC or AMC).
The plugin detects various states from the Avira database.

Requirements

Installed AVIRA Management Controller (AMC) database

Documentation

Usually you run the script with the path to the database:

C:> check_avira_smc.exe database=<path_to_amc_database>

For debugging purposes, it may also be called with a more detailed output option (this mode is not suitable for continuous operation, but for testing purposes only). Afterwards it will output the detailed status of the individual components:

C:> check_avira_smc.exe database=”C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avira\Avira Security Management Center Server\ev_mgr.mdb” debug

Database: c:\programdata\Avira\Avira Security Management Center Server\ev_mgr.mdb
Timeout: 15
Last Event_ID: 1350894777

*** New Events in database ***
04.09.2014 11:50:14: Update of TRANSFER (192.168.2.22) failed. There were no new files downloaded.
| events=1152

*** END (1 new events in database) ***
Avira_SMC OK: 1 new Events in database. 0 critical, 0 warning | events=0

For information on the plugin and its usage you can call it with the help command:

C:> check_avira_smc.exe help

check_avira_smc - 1.6
Copyright (C) 2014 LuftEngineering GmbH
Report Bugs to:info@luft-it.de 

check_avira_smc plugin for Nagios. Monitors event database of avira

Usage:
    database - Full Path to avira access database or database name on  SQL server (default: ev_mgr)
    sql     - Plugin use MS SQL Express database (SERVER\INSTANCE)
    licence - Print information about licence status
    timeout - Seconds before the plugin times out (default = 15)
    version - Plugin version
    help     - Show this text
    debug   - Print details. NOT for use with nagios

    Examples:
    check_avira_smc sql=SERVER\SQLEXPRESS database=avira_db licence ... checks in SQL-DB for Licence Informations
    check_avira_smc database=avira_db timeout=60 ... checks for Alarms in Access Database with timeout of 60 secs

Installation

Preferably the plugin is copied into the script directory where you will store your checks under Windows

When using NSClient ++ use an entry in NSC.INI similar to this is generated and pointed to check_avira_smc:

...
[/modules]
NRPEServer=enabled
CheckExternalScripts=enabled

[/settings/NRPE/server] 
allow arguments=true  

check_avira_smc_lic=scripts\check_avira_smc.exe 
database="C:\ProgramData\Avira\Avira Security Management Center 
Server\ev_mgr.mdb" licence timeout=60
...

Examples

Check for license term, warning due to low residual time to maturity:

check_avira_smc.exe database=”C:\ProgramData\Avira\Avira Security Management Center Server\ev_mgr.mdb” licence timeout=60

Avira_SMC WARNING: The license is valid until 2014-15-11, User Fa. Virenschutz AG, Users 0000035.

Changelog

2014-07-06
1.6 – Support for .Net 3.5

2013-05-07
1.5 – Support for international Dataformats (german / english)

2013-01-07
1.41 – correction at output of licence-date

2013-12-01
1.4 – Difference Malware / Trojans with Datapath of detection.
Several small Bugfixes & Typos.

2012-04-11
1.32 – Events “Update outstanding” ect. no longer CRITICAL, now WARNING. CRITICAL-States only at malware detection

2012-30-10
1.31 – wrong parameter-handling with MDB-Databases

2012-26-10
1.3 – Support for SQL-Databases

2012-21-10
1.2 – Support for new AMC / Bugfix: Cleanup SQL and Licence-Calls

2012-09-05
1.1 – Support for MS SQL Express databases

2011-10-12
1.0 – First public version

Copyright

Check_avira_smc is licensed under the GNU General Public License.

Author

Joachim Luft will answer your questions to this plugin and is happy about your donation.