You can track adapter multipath status.
Supported operating systems:
- AIX
- VIOS
- Linux on Power
- Linux x86 servers
- IBM i (XorMon NG 1.9.0+ & LPAR2RRD IBM i OS agent 1.1.9+)
You must deploy
AIX , Linux and
IBM i OS agents on monitored hosts.
OS agent configuration
- AIX, VIOS: nothing is needed, all works automatically
- IBM i: nothing is needed, all works automatically
- Linux:
Mutltipath info on Linux is provided only via cmd '/usr/sbin/multipath -ll' which can be run under root only.
Follow these steps to make it work:
- enable sudo for lpar2rrd user:
visudo
lpar2rrd ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/multipath -ll
- use this crontab cmd to run the agent, add "-m" option
* * * * * /usr/bin/perl /opt/lpar2rrd-agent/lpar2rrd-agent.pl -m <XorMon NG server hostname/IP> > /var/tmp/lpar2rrd-agent.out 2>&1