Description

Gives physical disk information (status and error count) on Sun Solaris systems through the iostat -En utility. Supports only non-Sun official disks.

Connector ID: SunIostatNonSun

This connector is superseded by:

• CpqDriveArrayNT
• CpqFCADriveArray
• CpqIDEDriveArray
• CpqSCSIDriveArray
• SunHwMon
• SunIostat
• SunMegaCli

Target

Typical platform: Oracle/Sun

Operating system: Oracle Solaris

Prerequisites

Leverages: Sun Solaris system commands (iostat, dd)

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 hwsagent account:

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

Examples

hws HOSTNAME -t solaris -f SunIostatNonSun --ssh -u USER --sudo-command-list /usr/bin/dd

hosts:
- host:
    hostname: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
    type: solaris
  selectedConnectors: [ SunIostatNonSun ] # Optional, to load only this connector
  ssh:
    username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
    password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using hws-encrypt
    useSudo: true
    useSudoCommands: [ "/usr/bin/dd" ]

Connector Activation Criteria

The Oracle/Sun Solaris - Non-Sun Disks connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• Operating System is Oracle Solaris
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: /usr/bin/iostat -En
  • Output contains: Soft [Ee]rrors.*Hard [Ee]rrors.*Transport [Ee]rrors (regex)