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AIX SNMP

Pack Assets​

Templates​

The Centreon Monitoring Connector AIX SNMP brings a host template:

  • OS-AIX-SNMP-custom

It brings the following service templates:

Service AliasService TemplateService DescriptionDefaultDiscovery
CpuOS-AIX-Cpu-SNMPCheck the rate of utilization of CPU for the machine. This check can give the average CPU utilization rate and the rate per CPU for multi-core CPUX
Disk-Generic-IdOS-AIX-Disk-Generic-Id-SNMPCheck the rate of free space on the disk. For each checks the name of the disk will appear
Disk-Generic-NameOS-AIX-Disk-Generic-Name-SNMPCheck the rate of free space on the disk. For each checks the mount pont of the disk will appear
Disk-GlobalOS-AIX-Disk-Global-SNMPCheck the rate of free space on disks. For each checks the mount point of disks will appearX
Process-GenericOS-AIX-Process-Generic-SNMPCheck Linux processX
SwapOS-AIX-Swap-SNMPCheck virtual memory usageX
TimeOS-AIX-Time-SNMPCheck NTP synchronizationX
Traffic-Generic-IdOS-AIX-Traffic-Generic-Id-SNMPCheck the bandwidth of the interface. For each checks the name of the interface will appear
Traffic-Generic-NameOS-AIX-Traffic-Generic-Name-SNMPCheck the bandwidth of the interface. For each checks the name of the interface will appear
Traffic-GlobalOS-AIX-Traffic-Global-SNMPCheck the bandwidth of interfaces. For each checks the name of the interface will appearX

Discovery rules​

Rule NameDescription
OS-AIX-SNMP-Traffic-NameDiscover network interfaces and monitor bandwidth utilization
OS-AIX-SNMP-Disk-NameDiscover the disk partitions and monitor space occupation
OS-AIX-SNMP-Processes-NameDiscover processes and monitor their system usage

Collected metrics & status​

Metric NameUnit
cpu.utilization.percentage%
cpu_core#core.cpu.utilization.percentage%

Prerequisites​

SNMP Configuration​

To use this pack, the SNMP service must be properly configured on your AIX SNMP server. Please refer to the official documentation from IBM:

Network flow​

The target server must be reachable from the Centreon poller on the UDP/161 SNMP port.

Setup​

  1. Install the package on every Centreon poller expected to monitor AIX SNMP resources:
yum install centreon-plugin-Operatingsystems-Aix-Snmp
  1. On the Centreon web interface, on page Configuration > Monitoring Connector Manager, install the AIX SNMP Centreon Monitoring Connector.

Configuration​

Host​

  • Log into Centreon and add a new host through Configuration > Hosts.
  • Fill the Name, Alias & IP Address/DNS fields according to your AIX SNMP server settings.
  • Apply the OS-AIX-SNMP-custom template to the host.

When using SNMP v3, use the SNMPEXTRAOPTIONS Macro to add specific authentication parameters More information in the Troubleshooting SNMP section.

MandatoryMacroDescription
SNMPEXTRAOPTIONSConfigure your own SNMPv3 credentials combo

How to check in the CLI that the configuration is OK and what are the main options for?​

Once the plugin is installed, log into your Centreon poller's CLI using the centreon-engine user account (su - centreon-engine) and test the plugin by running the following command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_aix_snmp.pl \
--plugin=os::aix::snmp::plugin \
--mode=cpu \
--hostname=10.0.0.1 \
--snmp-version='2c' \
--snmp-community='my-snmp-community' \
--warning-average='80' \
--critical-average='90' \
--use-new-perfdata

The expected command output is shown below:

OK: All CPUs usage are OK | 'cpu.utilization.percentage'=9000%;80;90;0;100 'core.cpu.utilization.percentage'=9000%;;;0;100 

All available options for a given mode can be displayed by adding the --help parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_aix_snmp.pl \
--plugin=os::aix::snmp::plugin \
--mode=cpu \
--help

All available modes can be displayed by adding the --list-mode parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_aix_snmp.pl \
--plugin=os::aix::snmp::plugin \
--list-mode

Troubleshooting​

Please find the troubleshooting documentation for Centreon Plugins typical issues.