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Werk #7390: ipmi_sensors: Stop flooding syslog if no IPMI devices are present

Component Checks & agents
Title ipmi_sensors: Stop flooding syslog if no IPMI devices are present
Date Apr 3, 2019
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0p17 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.4.0p39 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

In case no IPMI device was present on a system, the system log was flooded with error messages. We no longer call ipmi-sensors if no IPMI devices are found. Considered IPMI devices are all that match "/dev/ipmi*" (in particular /dev/ipmi0, /dev/ipmi/0 and /dev/ipmidev/0).

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