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Werk #8664: prefer ucd_mem over hr_mem in case of pfSense monitoring

Component Checks & agents
Title prefer ucd_mem over hr_mem in case of pfSense monitoring
Date Mar 2, 2017
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Incompatible - Manual interaction might be required
Checkmk versions & editions
1.5.0i1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.4.0b4 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.2.8p19 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

If monitoring pfSense firewalls the hr_mem check does not provide the right data. Because of this ucd_mem is preferred here.

The change is incompatible because you have to rediscover the affected hosts so ucd_mem is used instead of hr_mem.

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