Description

This connector provides hardware status information on IBM VIO systems (processors, memory modules, network interfaces, HBAs, physical disks) on IBM VIO systems.

This connector supersedes:

• IBMAIX^[2]
• IBMAIXChrpMachstat^[3]
• IBMAIXDisk^[4]
• IBMAIXHBA^[5]
• IBMAIXUeSensor^[6]

Target

Typical platform: IBM POWER

Operating system: IBM AIX

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM AIX system commands through the IOS interface (lsdev, entstat, etc.)

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

Examples

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

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: aix
        selectConnectors: [ IBMVIOS ] # 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 VIO Server 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: ioscli uname -a
  • Output contains: AIX (regex)

Metrics