Optional PingLossPercentage Datapoint on Meraki Security Underlay Appliance Monitoring
Summary: Arran Dickson raised an issue about missing Ping Loss data on WAN interfaces for Meraki MX's, suggesting the inclusion of a PingLossPercentage datapoint in the Cisco_Meraki_SecurityApplianceUnderlay module. They mentioned the need to tweak scripts to include this data point, expressing a preference for it as an optional inclusion to avoid manual modifications. After receiving no response for a month, Arran Dickson followed up, and Sky Donnell acknowledged the oversight with an apology. Arran Dickson then expressed understanding and appreciation.
Hi!
So, a bit of context behind this request.
We had a problem record raised on our end regarding missing Ping Loss data on the WAN interfaces for the Meraki MX's. I understand that Ping tests are a normal OOB as a separate module, but for multiple WAN interfaces, this doesn't help when they don't alert to their current Ping loss, especially for Public IP Addresses, just the average which doesn't really help for real-time loss.
In the module Cisco_Meraki_SecurityApplianceUnderlay, I had included a datapoint to include PingLossPercentage, which worked, but required me to update the script with a few tweaks of my own so preferred to not do this. So, I deleted my test and tried to use tot_loss_percent but didn't work as it wasn't included in the ts_count so had to again tweak it to allow.
I was really just wondering if this datapoint could be included as an optional datapoint, really. as I understand it would be a tad bit annoying for those that wouldn't need it.
Thanks!
Arran Dickson
OP4 months agoHello, was there any way this could be approved? It's been a month since I posted this...
Sky Donnell
Admin4 months agoHi, apologies, I did not see this one as pending in the portal.
Arran Dickson
OP4 months agoAll good! Thank you :)