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This connector is superseded by:

• CpqSCSIDriveArray^[2]
• CpqFCADriveArray^[3]
• CpqIDEDriveArray^[4]
• CpqDriveArrayNT^[5]

enterprise^[6] hardware^[7] solaris^[8] storage^[9] sun^[10]

Target

Typical platform: Oracle/Sun

Operating system: Oracle Solaris

Prerequisites

Leverages: Sun Solaris system commands (iostat, dd)

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

Examples

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

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