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MetricsHub Enterprise 1.0.01
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SmartMon Tools Enterprise
Description
This connector discovers and monitors S.M.A.R.T.-enabled physical disk information through the smartd/smartctl utility under Linux.
This connector is superseded by:
- CpqSCSIDriveArray[2]
- LSIsas2ircu[3]
- SunHwMon[4]
- CpqIDEDriveArray[5]
Target
Typical platform: Any system with SmartMon
Operating system: Linux
Prerequisites
Leverages: SmartMon Tools
Technology and protocols: Command Lines
This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the commands below:
/usr/sbin/smartctl
/bin/dd
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 commands listed above.
Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above commands to be run as root by the metricshub account:
metricshub ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/smartctl
metricshub ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/dd
Examples
CLI
metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +SmartMonLinux --ssh -u USER --sudo-command-list /usr/sbin/smartctl,/bin/dd
metricshub.yaml
resourceGroups:
<RESOURCE_GROUP>:
resources:
<HOSTNAME-ID>:
attributes:
host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
host.type: linux
connectors: [ +SmartMonLinux ] # Optional, to load only this connector
protocols:
ssh:
username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt
useSudo: true
useSudoCommands: [ "/usr/sbin/smartctl", "/bin/dd" ]
Connector Activation Criteria
The SmartMon Tools connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:
- Operating System is Linux
- The command below succeeds on the monitored host
- Command:
/bin/ls /usr/sbin/smartd
- Output contains:
^/usr/sbin/smartd$
(regex)
- Command:
- The command below succeeds on the monitored host
- Command:
/bin/ls /usr/sbin/smartctl
- Output contains:
^/usr/sbin/smartctl$
(regex)
- Command:
- The command below succeeds on the monitored host
- Command:
/usr/sbin/smartd -c;/usr/sbin/smartd -q onecheck
- Output contains:
Device: .* opened
(regex)
- Command:
- The command below succeeds on the monitored host
- Command:
/usr/sbin/smartd -c;/usr/sbin/smartd -q onecheck
- Output contains:
Device: .* is SMART capable
(regex)
- Command:
Metrics
Type | Collected Metrics | Specific Attributes |
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physical_disk |
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temperature |
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