Description

This connector provides hardware status information on the non-RAID SCSI physical disks on IBM AIX systems.

Connector file name: MS_HW_IBMAIXDisk.hdf

This connector is superseded by:

• MS_HW_IBMVIOS.hdf

Target

Typical platform: IBM POWER

Operating system: IBM AIX

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM AIX system commands (lsdev, pvdisplay, etc.)

Technology and protocols: System Commands

This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the command below:

• /usr/bin/dd

This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the command listed above.

Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above command to be run as root by the patrol account:

patrol ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dd

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM AIX - SCSI disks connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• Operating System is IBM AIX
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: which lsdev
  • Output contains: /lsdev$ (regex)