SNIA Compliant Tape Libraries (SNMP)

Description

This connector connects to the SNMP Agent of IBM 3584 tape libraries (also known as IBM TotalStorage 3xxx).

datacenter hardware ibm storage

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Target

Typical platform: IBM Tape Library

Operating system: Other

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Prerequisites

Leverages: SNIA Compliant SNMP Agent (SNIA-SML-MIB)

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +SNIALibrary --snmp v2c --community public

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +SNIALibrary ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria

The SNIA Compliant Tape Libraries (SNMP) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• An SNMP GetNext on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.14851.3.1.2 must return a non-empty value

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id model name serial_number type vendor
robotics	hw.status{hw.type="robotics", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="robotics", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name robotics_type
tape_drive	hw.status{hw.type="tape_drive", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="tape_drive", state="needs_cleaning"} hw.status{hw.type="tape_drive", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model name serial_number vendor