diff --git a/nagios/values.yaml b/nagios/values.yaml
index 9d251985f..5097bae05 100644
--- a/nagios/values.yaml
+++ b/nagios/values.yaml
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ conf:
         }
 
         define command {
-          command_line $USER1$/check_exporter_health_metric.py --exporter_api $USER10$ --health_metric ceph_health_status --critical 2 --warning 1
+          command_line $USER1$/check_exporter_health_metric.py --exporter_namespace "ceph" --label_selector "application=ceph,component=manager" --health_metric ceph_health_status --critical 2 --warning 1
           command_name check_ceph_health
         }
 
diff --git a/tools/deployment/multinode/110-nagios.sh b/tools/deployment/multinode/110-nagios.sh
index 359c93db1..0d02d23cd 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/multinode/110-nagios.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/multinode/110-nagios.sh
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ helm status nagios
 #NOTE: Verify elasticsearch query clauses are functional by execing into pod
 NAGIOS_POD=$(kubectl -n osh-infra get pods -l='application=nagios,component=monitoring' --output=jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
 kubectl exec $NAGIOS_POD  -n osh-infra -c nagios -- cat /opt/nagios/etc/objects/query_es_clauses.json | python -m json.tool
+
+#NOTE: Verify plugin for checking ceph health directly via ceph-mgr working as intended
+kubectl exec $NAGIOS_POD  -n osh-infra -c nagios -- python /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_exporter_health_metric.py --exporter_namespace "ceph" --label_selector "application=ceph,component=manager" --health_metric ceph_health_status --critical 2 --warning 1