IBM VIO Server

Description

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

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

• IBMAIX
• IBMAIXChrpMachstat
• IBMAIXDisk
• IBMAIXHBA
• IBMAIXUeSensor

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: Commands

Examples

CLI

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

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +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:

• The device type must be one of: RS6000
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host:
  • Command: ioscli uname -a
  • Output contains: AIX (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
cpu	hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
disk_controller	hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="present"}	controller_number hw.parent.type id model name
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id info model name serial_number type vendor
lun	hw.lun.paths hw.status{hw.type="lun", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
memory	hw.errors{hw.type="memory"} hw.memory.limit hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name serial_number
network	hw.errors{hw.type="network"} hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.network.full_duplex hw.network.io{direction="receive"} hw.network.io{direction="transmit"} hw.network.packets{direction="receive"} hw.network.packets{direction="transmit"} hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	bandwidth device_type hw.parent.type id name physical_address physical_address_type serial_number
physical_disk	hw.errors{hw.type="physical_disk"} hw.physical_disk.size hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name serial_number vendor