Description

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

This connector is superseded by:

• IBMVIOS^[2]

Target

Typical platform: IBM POWER

Operating system: IBM AIX

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM AIX system commands (uesensor)

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

Examples

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

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: aix
        selectConnectors: [ 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:

• Operating System is IBM AIX
• 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