Troubleshooting HP 3PAR KM for PATROL

This section describes the operations the Support Team may ask you to perform to identify the source of the problem:

  • Testing the connection to the HP 3PAR embedded SMI-S provider
  • Enabling the Debug mode
  • Manually settings variables that are not available in TrueSight

Testing the Connection to the HP 3PAR embedded SMI-S provider

HP 3PAR KM for PATROL leverages the HP 3PAR embedded SMI-S provider to collect hardware and performance information. Because some connectivity issues may exist and cause HP 3PAR KM for PATROL to fail, it is highly recommended to test the connection to the HP 3PAR embedded SMI-S provider before contacting the Sentry Support Team.

To troubleshoot connectivity issues:

  1. Download the connection tool required from Sentry’s Website on the machine where the PATROL agent is installed to ensure that the network traffic is allowed from the PATROL agent machine to the HP 3PAR embedded SMI-S provider. Please note that the connection tool requires Java v1.6 or higher.
  2. Run the command java -jar <TroubleShootingToolName.jar> to launch the connection tool.

    Running the Troubleshooting Tool

  3. Enter the information required to connect to the system.

    Entering the Information Required

  4. Select the request(s) to execute, the results content and click Test Connection.

  5. Wait for the test to complete. If a connectivity issue is detected, an error message will appear.

    Viewing the Test Results

    In this case, the issue encountered has nothing to do with HP 3PAR KM for PATROL. Check your configuration to diagnose the source of the issue.

  6. Click Save As to export the connection test results into a txt file. You can then send this information to the Sentry Support Team.

Enabling the Debug Mode

When you encounter an issue and wish to report it to Sentry Software, you will be asked to enable the Debug Mode and provide the debug output to the Sentry Software support team.

To enable the Debug mode:

  1. Edit your HP 3PAR monitoring policy:

    Editing the HP 3PAR Monitoring Policy

    • Log on to the TrueSight console.
    • In the navigation pane, expand Configuration and select Infrastructure Policies.
    • In the Infrastructure Policies page, locate the monitoring policy you wish to modify, click its action button inline and click Edit.
    • In the Edit Monitoring Policy page, locate the HP 3PAR Storage Configuration you wish to modify and click its action button inline to access the monitoring options panel.

  2. Locate the Advanced Settings section

    Enabling the Debug Mode

  3. Select the Enable Debug Mode option. The solution will store debug information in a log file. By default debug files are stored in the %PATROL_HOME%\log folder.

  4. In the Debug End Time field, enter the date and time at which the system must stop logging debug information. Required format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss.
  5. Click OK
  6. Click Save.

Manually Setting Variables Not Available in TrueSight

Advanced configuration variables can be used to manually set variables that are not available through the TrueSight standard interface. The available configuration variables are listed in the Configuration Variables for TrueSight section.

Configuration variables should only be set when instructed so by Sentry Software Support.

To set a configuration variable:

  1. Edit your HP 3PAR monitoring policy:

    Editing the HP 3PAR Monitoring Policy

    • Log on to the TrueSight console.
    • In the navigation pane, expand Configuration and select Infrastructure Policies.
    • In the Infrastructure Policies page, locate the monitoring policy you wish to modify, click its action button inline and click Edit.
    • In the Edit Monitoring Policy page, locate the HP 3PAR Storage Configuration you wish to modify and click its action button inline to access the monitoring options panel.

  2. Locate the Advanced Settings section

    Enabling the Debug Mode

  3. In the Advanced Configuration Variables section, click Add to open the Configuration Variables panel

  4. In the Configuration Variables panel, enter the name of the configuration variable and enter the value to be set. Refer to the table Configuration Variables for TrueSight to learn about all the configuration variables you can use. Please note that the name field is case sensitive.
  5. Click OK twice
  6. Click Save.

To edit a configuration variable:

  1. Edit your HP 3PAR monitoring policy
  2. Locate the Advanced Settings section
  3. In the Advanced Configuration Variables section, click the action button inline of the configuration variable you wish to edit and click Edit
  4. Change the variable value
  5. Click OK
  6. Click Save.

To delete a configuration variable:

  1. Edit your HP 3PAR monitoring policy
  2. Locate the Advanced Settings section
  3. In the Advanced Configuration Variables section, click the action button inline of the configuration variable you wish to delete and click Delete
  4. Click OK
  5. Click Save.
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