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Werk #15873: ucd_cpu_load: Consider the number of CPUs

Component Checks & agents
Title ucd_cpu_load: Consider the number of CPUs
Date Oct 18, 2023
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.3.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.2.0p18 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The number of CPUs in UCD SNMP Daemon: CPU Utilization was hardcoded to 1, which is mostly wrong today.

With this Werk we count the number of CPUs by fetching {HOST-RESOURCES-V2-MIB::hrProcessorFrwID}. If this is not available the check falls back to 1 CPU.

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