AIX Host Template

Post by **rony** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:41 pm

Attached is a AIX Host template that I have been working on. It uses SNMP and AIX specific Enterprise MIB 2.6.191.

If you want to use this, you will need to enable access to the MIB and be running the aixmibd subagent for snmpd.

The following configuration in the /etc/snmpd.conf or /etc/snmpdv3.conf file will enable the enterprise MIB.

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VACM_VIEW defaultView 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.191  -  include -

I recommend a more restricted view or use SNMPv3, but this configuration will let you get running right away.

Attached are the host template with all dependancies that you can import. Also included are the required xml files for the data queries.

Edit: 1-19-2005 - Removed attachment.

pbulteel · Post by **pbulteel** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:18 am

I can't seem to import the file. I don't get any errors either... Maybe I'm missing something (php-xml or something.) I'll have to check since this is the first template I import on this cacti environment.

-P

pbulteel · Post by **pbulteel** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:13 am

Well, I was able to import a different template without any problems... Anyone know what I might be missing?

-P

Post by **rony** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:47 pm

Can you post the import screen?

I might have some dependancies I need to fix in the template.

pbulteel · Post by **pbulteel** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:59 am

Well, the import screen look just like... the import screen. =)

What version of Cacti are you on?

I'll post the screenshot in a minute...

-P

pbulteel · Post by **pbulteel** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:44 am

Well, so much for "in a minute" - here are the screenshots. First one is with the selection box open. I then click save and get the 2nd selection box.

i.e. nothing happens - and I don't get any error messages.

The templates that I DID import were the ones for apache-stats.

-P

I just noticed after pressing preview that the images are in reverse order, even though I attached them to the message in the correct order.

pbulteel · Post by **pbulteel** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:47 am

Ok - for starters, I tried using another template which caused the same error, so I upgraded to 0.8.6c. That worked for those templates, but... not completely for these.

Aparently there are unmet dependencies.

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Data Template
[success] AIX Volume Group [update]
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Method) Get SNMP Data (Indexed)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Output Type ID
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Index Value
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Index Type
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Version (1, 2, or 3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Password (v3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Username (v3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Community
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP IP Address
[success] AIX Physical Volume [update]
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Method) Get SNMP Data (Indexed)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Output Type ID
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Index Value
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Index Type
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Version (1, 2, or 3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Password (v3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Username (v3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Community
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP IP Address
[success] AIX Paging Volume [update]
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Method) Get SNMP Data (Indexed)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Username (v3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Community
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP IP Address
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Password (v3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Version (1, 2, or 3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Index Type
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Index Value
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Output Type ID
[success] AIX File System [update]
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Method) Get SNMP Data (Indexed)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Output Type ID
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Index Value
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) Index Type
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Version (1, 2, or 3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Password (v3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Username (v3)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP Community
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Field) SNMP IP Address

Graph Template
[success] AIX Volume Group Statistics [update]
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixVgCurNumLVs
   + Unmet Dependency: (GPRINT Preset) Exact Numbers
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixVgOpenLVs
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixVgActivePVs
[success] AIX Physical Volume Usage [update]
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixPvSize
   + Unmet Dependency: (GPRINT Preset) Exact Numbers
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixPvFree
   + Unmet Dependency: (GPRINT Preset) Normal
[success] AIX Paging Volume Usage [update]
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixPagePercent
   + Unmet Dependency: (GPRINT Preset) Exact Numbers
[success] AIX File System Usage [update]
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixFsSize
   + Unmet Dependency: (GPRINT Preset) Exact Numbers
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixFsFree
   + Unmet Dependency: (GPRINT Preset) Normal
[success] AIX File System Statistics [update]
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixFsNumINodes
   + Unmet Dependency: (GPRINT Preset) Exact Numbers
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixFsUsedInodes
   + Unmet Dependency: (GPRINT Preset) Normal

Data Query
[success] AIX - Get Volume Groups [update]
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Method) Get SNMP Data (Indexed)
   + Unmet Dependency: (Graph Template)
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template) AIX Volume Group
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixVgSize
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixVgFree
   + Found Dependency: (Graph Template) AIX Volume Group Statistics
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixVgCurNumLVs
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixVgOpenLVs
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixVgActivePVs
[success] AIX - Get Physical Volumes [update]
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Method) Get SNMP Data (Indexed)
   + Found Dependency: (Graph Template) AIX Physical Volume Usage
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template) AIX Physical Volume
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixPvFree
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixPvSize
[success] AIX - Get Page Volumes [update]
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Method) Get SNMP Data (Indexed)
   + Found Dependency: (Graph Template) AIX Paging Volume Usage
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template) AIX Paging Volume
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixPagePercent
[success] AIX - Get File Systems [update]
   + Unmet Dependency: (Data Input Method) Get SNMP Data (Indexed)
   + Found Dependency: (Graph Template) AIX File System Usage
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template) AIX File System
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixFsSize
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixFsFree
   + Found Dependency: (Graph Template) AIX File System Statistics
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixFsNumINodes
   + Found Dependency: (Data Template Item) aixFsUsedInodes

Host Template
[success] AIX SNMP Host [update]

Post by **rony** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:03 am

I will fix the dependency issue. I forgot to remove the dependant hash id's from the template. I don't like to distrubute templates that overwrite rras and other stuff.

Post by **rony** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:11 pm

I have removed the template from this post, until I can figure out what is broken with them.

Sorry about this.

pbulteel · Post by **pbulteel** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:41 pm

No problem - you've done the hard work already =)

Any ideas when the cacti script repo will be done?

-p

hootjr29 · Post by **hootjr29** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:47 pm

I would definately be inerested in this as well! In the past, I've been able to gather only CPU and Network information from AIX 5.2. I would be extremely interested in gathering Processes, Users, Logical Volumes, etc... as well.

Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Joe

hootjr29 · Post by **hootjr29** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:28 pm

So far, with regards to AIX 5.2 and SNMP, I have only been able to use SNMP v1. I've never got 2c or 3 working (partially because I haven't focused on 3).

I was on the phone with AIX support today. The tech support told me that if you just leave aix's snmpdv3.conf file as is, you can do the following:

1) make sure that /usr/sbin/snmpd is a symlink to /usr/sbin/snmpdv3ne

2) start all snmpd related services:

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startsrc -s snmpd
startsrc -s dpid2
startsrc -s aixmibd
startsrc -s hostmibd
startsrc -s snmpmibd

3) Then you can query it with:

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snmpinfo -m dump -v | grep hrStorageDescr
snmpinfo -m dump -v | grep aixFsFree

4) I've taken that information and put it together to match up my logical volumes and mount points with mibs:
aixFsFree.1 = 875 = /dev/hd4 = /
aixFsFree.2 = 7336 = /dev/hd2 = /usr
aixFsFree.3 = 2005 = /dev/hd9var = /var
aixFsFree.4 = 1019 = /dev/hd3 = /tmp
aixFsFree.5 = 2076 = /dev/hd1 = /home
aixFsFree.6 = 0 = /proc = /proc
aixFsFree.7 = 3946 = /dev/hd10opt = /opt
aixFsFree.8 = 2523 = /dev/fslv07 = /export/spot
aixFsFree.9 = 16200 = /dev/fslv06 = /export/lpp_source
aixFsFree.10 = 61 = /dev/lv00 = /var/adm/csd
aixFsFree.11 = 14904 = /dev/fslv00 = /export/mksysb
aixFsFree.12 = 6797 = /dev/fslv01 = /export/aix_install

5) With that information, now my goal is to try to query this information from a remote host running net-snmp.

My problem right now is that when I run the following I get results that show my logical volumes:

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snmpwalk -c public -v 1 scsysdev | grep -i hrStorageDescr

However, when I run the same command to query aixFsFree I don't get anything. I tried searching for the values of some of my aixFsFree queries before (I thought that maybe it was because my queriing client didn't know about the mibs and would therefore only be able to see oid's and values). So it seems that I need to find out how to query the aixFsFree.

So what I need to get done at this point is the following:
- Find out how to query aixFsFree
- Find the OID for that aixFsFree mib
- Learn how to create a Cacti Template
- Apply that template and troubleshoot

Good luck... any hopefully you, me, and others may be able to figure this out. I'd like to contact IBM Support sometime over the next few weeks to see if they can help me out to figure this out... but I'm pretty busy over the next few weeks... so we'll see how things go.

hootjr29 · Post by **hootjr29** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:04 pm

OK.... here ya go.

I used the knowledge the I found within the last few weeks and can finally query my aix boxes using snmpwalk from any other system. Here's how:

1) Edit the default /etc/snmpdv3.conf file
2) Look for the line the I've commented out below and change it to be included instead of excluded. Also, add the lines that I've included below it:

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#VACM_VIEW defaultView        1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.191       - excluded -
VACM_VIEW defaultView    1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.191    - included -

3) in /etc/rc.tcpip, comment out dpid2 since snmpd v3 doesn't use dpid2
4) make sure /usr/sbin/snmpd is pointing to /usr/sbin/snmpdv3ne
5) stop and start all snmpd related services:
*note - you must not refresh the service, but actually stop it, then start it with snmpdv3!

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stopsrc -s snmpd
stopsrc -s aixmibd
stopsrc -s hostmibd
stopsrc -s snmpmibd
startsrc -s snmpd
startsrc -s aixmibd
startsrc -s hostmibd
startsrc -s snmpmibd

6) From the aix box, query all desired mibs with the following:
Storage

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# Use this command to see how things match up to your mount points
snmpinfo -m dump -v | grep aixFs 
# This next command will give you Free Space in Megabytes
snmpinfo -m dump -v | grep aixFsFree
# This command will allow you to query that from a remote host
snmpwalk -c public -v 1 scsysdev -O fn 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.191

CPU

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# This command will show you the current CPU Utilization in Percent Used
snmpinfo -m dump -v | grep -i aixSeCPUUtilization

Interfaces

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#I'm not sure which mib to query on this one.
#In the past, I've used MRTG and just put something like this for my target:
#Target[myserver.en0]: 1:public@192.168.0.1:
# So I still need to find this OID or mib

Users Logged In

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snmpinfo -m dump -v | grep -i hrSystemNumUsers.0
#I'm not sure what mide to

Percent Page Space Used

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#I'm not sure what the mib is to query from aix,
# so from the remote system, you should be able to query the 
#AIX server with this command:
snmpwalk -c public -v 1 scsysdev -O f 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.191.2.4.2.1 
#gives you all things related to page space.  It is my belief that the 
#following mib actually gives you the percent page space used:
snmpwalk -c public -v 1 scsysdev -O f 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.191.2.4.2.1.5

I hope this helps some people. I guess the next thing that I need to figure out is how to create a template for Cacti. I've read briefly through some forums on this and I guess I will continue to read through them.

Cya,
Joe

Post by **rony** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:15 pm

I just finished tweaking the templates I created, sorry for the delay, for those there were interested in this.

Please test and let me know how they work.

Also, the AIX host template does not include Interface, Hostmib CPU, Hostmib Processes, and Hostmib Users. You will have to add those to the template or host manually.

If anyone wants to add to these, please do.

Edit: Attachment removed, new version available later in thread

hootjr29 · Post by **hootjr29** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:27 pm

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