/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check mem usage

Creditation

• http://blog.vergiss-blackjack.de/wp-uploads/2010/04/check_memory.txt

Script

#!/bin/bash

# Nagios plugin to check memory consumption
# Excludes Swap and Caches so only the real memory consumption is considered

source /usr/local/nagios/libexec/utils.sh

# set default values for the thresholds
WARN=90
CRIT=95

while getopts "c:w:h" ARG; do
	case $ARG in
		w) WARN=$OPTARG;;
		c) CRIT=$OPTARG;;
		h) echo "Usage: $0 -w <warning threshold> -c <critical threshold>"; exit;;
	esac
done

MEM_TOTAL=`free | fgrep "Mem:" | awk '{print $2}'`;
MEM_USED=`free | fgrep "/+ buffers/cache" | awk '{print $3}'`;

PERCENTAGE=$(($MEM_USED*100/$MEM_TOTAL))
echo "${PERCENTAGE}% ($((($MEM_USED)/1024)) of $((MEM_TOTAL/1024)) MB) used";

if [ $PERCENTAGE -gt $CRIT ]; then
	exit $STATE_CRITICAL;
elif [ $PERCENTAGE -gt $WARN ]; then
	exit $STATE_WARNING;
else
	exit $STATE_OK;
fi