Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for HBA cards on all Linux systems through the multipath utility.

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

metricshub HOSTNAME -t win -c +EMCPowerPath --wmi -u USER

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: win
        selectConnectors: [ 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)
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: powermt check_registration
  • Output contains: Key (regex)

Metrics