HP-UX - System – Documentation

Supported Platforms^[1] Connectors Directory^[2]

Collects system metrics from HP-UX hosts using various command-line tools and a C program that relies on the C pstat and dk libraries. Implements the OpenTelemetry semantic conventions for system metrics.

enterprise^[3] hp-ux^[4] hpe^[5] system^[6]

Target

Typical platform: HP-UX^[7]

Operating system: HP-UX

Prerequisites

Leverages: HP-UX system commands

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t hp -c +HPUXSystem --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: hp
        connectors: [ +HPUXSystem ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The HP-UX - System connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

Operating System is HP-UX
The command below succeeds on the monitored host
- Command: uname -s
- Output contains: ^HP-UX$ (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
cpu	`hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}` `system.cpu.time{system.cpu.state="idle"}` `system.cpu.time{system.cpu.state="io_wait"}` `system.cpu.time{system.cpu.state="system"}` `system.cpu.time{system.cpu.state="user"}` `system.cpu.utilization{system.cpu.state="idle"}` `system.cpu.utilization{system.cpu.state="io_wait"}` `system.cpu.utilization{system.cpu.state="system"}` `system.cpu.utilization{system.cpu.state="user"}`	`id` `name` `system.cpu.logical_number`
file_system	`system.filesystem.usage{system.filesystem.state="free"}` `system.filesystem.usage{system.filesystem.state="reserved"}` `system.filesystem.usage{system.filesystem.state="used"}` `system.filesystem.utilization{system.filesystem.state="free"}` `system.filesystem.utilization{system.filesystem.state="reserved"}` `system.filesystem.utilization{system.filesystem.state="used"}`	`id` `system.device` `system.filesystem.mountpoint` `system.filesystem.type`
memory	`hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}` `system.memory.limit` `system.memory.usage{system.memory.state="free"}` `system.memory.usage{system.memory.state="used"}` `system.memory.utilization{system.memory.state="free"}` `system.memory.utilization{system.memory.state="used"}`	`id`
network	`hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}` `system.network.bandwidth.limit` `system.network.dropped{network.io.direction="receive"}` `system.network.dropped{network.io.direction="transmit"}` `system.network.errors{network.io.direction="receive"}` `system.network.errors{network.io.direction="transmit"}` `system.network.io{network.io.direction="receive"}` `system.network.io{network.io.direction="transmit"}` `system.network.packets{network.io.direction="receive"}` `system.network.packets{network.io.direction="transmit"}`	`id` `network.interface.ip` `network.interface.mac_address` `network.interface.name` `network.interface.state`
paging	`system.paging.usage{system.paging.state="free"}` `system.paging.usage{system.paging.state="used"}` `system.paging.utilization{system.paging.state="free"}` `system.paging.utilization{system.paging.state="used"}`	`id` `system.device`
paging_activity	`system.paging.faults{system.paging.type="major"}` `system.paging.faults{system.paging.type="minor"}` `system.paging.operations{system.paging.direction="in"}` `system.paging.operations{system.paging.direction="out"}`	`id`
physical_disk	`hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}` `system.disk.io` `system.disk.io_time` `system.disk.operations{disk.io.direction="read"}` `system.disk.operations{disk.io.direction="write"}`	`id` `system.device`
system	`system.uptime`	`id` `name` `os_version` `version`

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HP-UX - System

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Target

Prerequisites

Examples

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metricshub.yaml

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