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Werk #292: Inline SNMP: Check_MK check helpers are closing UDP sockets now

Component Core & setup
Title Inline SNMP: Check_MK check helpers are closing UDP sockets now
Date Nov 29, 2013
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.3i7 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

In previous versions, the Check-Helpers in Check_MK were opening UDP sockets for each host and caching them during their runtime. This resulted in too many open sockets with a large amount of hosts. Now closing all the sockets after an action iteration.

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