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EMC PowerPath (powermt) Enterprise
Description
This connector enables hardware monitoring for HBA cards on all Linux systems through the multipath utility.
aix[2] dell[3] emc[4] hardware[5] hp-ux[6] linux[7] solaris[8] windows[9]
Target
Typical platform: Any system with EMC PowerPath
Operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX
Prerequisites
Leverages: EMC powermt utility
Technology and protocols: Command Lines
This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the command below:
powermt
This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo
on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the command listed above.
Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above command to be run as root by the metricshub account:
metricshub ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: powermt
Examples
CLI
metricshub HOSTNAME -t win -c +EMCPowerPath --wmi -u USER
metricshub.yaml
resourceGroups:
<RESOURCE_GROUP>:
resources:
<HOSTNAME-ID>:
attributes:
host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
host.type: win
connectors: [ +EMCPowerPath ] # Optional, to load only this connector
protocols:
wmi:
username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt
Connector Activation Criteria
The EMC PowerPath (powermt) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:
- The command below succeeds on the monitored host
- Command:
powermt version
- Output contains:
EMC powermt for PowerPath
(regex)
- Command:
- The command below succeeds on the monitored host
- Command:
powermt check_registration
- Output contains:
Key
(regex)
- Command:
Metrics
Type | Collected Metrics | Specific Attributes |
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lun |
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