AIX ERRPT Plugin Monitor
PURPOSE
This plugin monitor checks the errpt log for recent errors on an AIX system.
DESCRIPTION
This plugin monitor checks the errpt log for either temporary/unknown/permanent errors and specific class for the aix operating system. If the monitor finds the regular expression it will produce a critical alert.
REQUIREMENTS
up.time version: v5 or greater
Dependencies: Perl
INSTALLATION
Windows
Install the downloaded plug-in monitor using loadpluginmonitor.exe
On the command line, run loadpluginmonitor.exe (found in the scripts directory), providing the absolute path to the downloaded plug-in monitor.
e.g.: loadpluginmonitor c:Program Filesuptime softwareuptime4scriptsaixerrptwindows.zip or
scriptsloadpluginmonitor c:aixerrptwindows.zip
Running loadpluginmonitor unarchives the plug-in monitor contents to the appropriate up.time /script and /xml directories (and if applicable, /agent and /lib directories), and will add the plug-in monitor to the up.time interface (specifically, the Advanced Monitors section of the Add Service Monitor page).
UNIX
Install the downloaded plug-in monitor using loadpluginmonitor
On the command line, run loadpluginmonitor (found in the /scripts directory), providing the absolute path to the downloaded plug-in monitor.
e.g.: loadpluginmonitor/usr/local/uptime4/scripts/aixerrptunix.zip
or /scripts/loadpluginmonitor/user/local/scripts/aixerrptunix.zip
Running loadpluginmonitor unarchives the plug-in monitor contents into the appropriate up.time /script and /xml directories (and if applicable, /agent and /lib directories), and will add the plug-in monitor to the up.time interface (specifically, the Advanced Monitors section of the Add Service Monitor page).
CONFIGURING THE MONITOR IN UP.TIME
The following configuration settings need to be set when creating a service instance based on this plug-in monitor:
Script Name: The name of script to run
Agent Port: port that the up.time agent is listening on
Error type: Type of error from errpt log to search for
Options: Temporary, Information, Unknown, Permanent
Error Class: “ Hardware, Software, Error Logger, Undetermined
Error ID: Enter the ID to search for or leave blank
Ignore Error Text Matching: What errors to ignore
Error Search String: Report an error if it matches this string