IBM AIX - Environment (uesensor)

Description

This connector provides hardware environment information on IBM AIX systems (temperature sensors, voltage sensors, fans, power supplies).

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• IBMVIOS

Target

Typical platform: IBM POWER

Operating system: IBM AIX

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM AIX system commands (uesensor)

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +IBMAIXUeSensor --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

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

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM AIX - Environment (uesensor) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The device type must be one of: RS6000
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host:
  • Command: /bin/ls /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/uesensor
  • Output contains: ^/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/uesensor$ (regex)
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host:
  • Command: /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/uesensor -a
  • Output contains: ^3 \|^9001 \|^9002 \|^9004 (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
fan	hw.fan.speed hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.critical"} hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.degraded"} hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name sensor_location
power_supply	hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name power_supply_type
temperature	hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"} hw.temperature hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"} hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}	hw.parent.type id name sensor_location
voltage	hw.status{hw.type="voltage", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="voltage", state="present"} hw.voltage	hw.parent.type id name sensor_location