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Oracle/Sun Solaris - Tape Drives Enterprise

Description

This connector provides physical disk information (status and error count) on Sun Solaris systems through the iostat -En utility. Supports only official Sun disks.

This connector is superseded by:

hardware[6] solaris[7] storage[8] sun[9]

Target

Typical platform: Oracle/Sun

Operating system: Oracle Solaris

Prerequisites

Leverages: Sun Solaris system commands (iostat, dd)

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t solaris -c +SunTapeDrives --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

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

Connector Activation Criteria

The Oracle/Sun Solaris - Tape Drives connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

  • Operating System is Oracle Solaris or Oracle Solaris
  • The command below succeeds on the monitored host
    • Command: /usr/bin/iostat -En
    • Output contains: ^rmt/.*Soft [Ee]rrors.*Hard [Ee]rrors.*Transport [Ee]rrors (regex)

Metrics

Type Collected Metrics Specific Attributes
tape_drive
  • hw.errors{hw.type="tape_drive"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="tape_drive", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • model
  • name
  • serial_number
  • vendor
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