Monitoring Tivoli Storage Manager with Zabbix

[parabola]

I've created a shell script to do all this, right now it pulls in 24 data points with appropriate triggers, doing graphs this week, and intend on cleaning up the script and i'll post it when its ready

[dougbee]

I've created a shell script to do all this, right now it pulls in 24 data points with appropriate triggers, doing graphs this week, and intend on cleaning up the script and i'll post it when its ready

Hi parabola - any update on your script? Just curious!

[parabola]

Hi parabola - any update on your script? Just curious!

Here ya go doug

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97341

[dougbee]

Thanks, parabola! I hope to start using this in our test environment soon. I'll report back!

[vlam]

Help

I have the following setup and a small problem.

Zabbix Server - Zabbix Proxy - TSM Server
165.234.202.2 - 155.232.210.121 - 155.232.210.61

When running the following I get:

Zabbix_Proxy# /usr/local/zabbix/bin/zabbix_sender -z 155.232.210.121 -p 10051 -s Zabbix_Proxy -k tsm.driveload -o 1 -vv

zabbix_sender [6793]: DEBUG: Answer [{
"response":"success",
"info":"Processed 0 Failed 1 Total 1 Seconds spent 0.000033"}]
Info from server: "Processed 0 Failed 1 Total 1 Seconds spent 0.000033"
sent: 1; skipped: 0; total: 1

the tsm script is running on my proxy
what am i doing wrong???

[LenR]

I think the tsm script needs to run on the tsm server.

[vlam]

Help

Thanks LenR

I have tried running the script from the TSM server but get the same response as when I run it from the Proxy server

[vlam]

Help

When I run on the TSM server the following I get:

dsmadmc -id=admin -pass=admin -dataonly=yes -comma "select count (state) from ddrmedia where location = 'OFFSITE'"

I get

0

[LenR]

The zsender line

zabbix_sender -z 155.232.210.121 -p 10051 -s Zabbix_Proxy -k tsm.driveload -o 1 -vv

-z must be either the zabbix proxy or server for the client.

-s needs to be the clinet name that has the item specfied in -k.

Sender will fail if info is sent to the zabbix server/proxy not responsible for the client or if the item doesn't exist for the client in -s.

You can debug the zabbix_sender line from the command line, when it works then go back to the script.

[LenR]

When I run on the TSM server the following I get:

dsmadmc -id=admin -pass=admin -dataonly=yes -comma "select count (state) from ddrmedia where location = 'OFFSITE'"

I get

0

That's a TSM question :-)

Debug in TSM interactive, if you get a non 0 value there, you script may be getting the return code, not the value.

I usually put the TSM command output to a file ( > $file ) then read that, but I have a lot of multi line stuff to process.

[vlam]

Help

Hi LenR

I get this when I use:

-z Zabbix_Proxy
-s TSM_Server

TSM_Server# /opt/zabbix/bin/zabbix_sender -z 155.232.210.121 -p 10051 -s TSM_Server -k tsm.driveload -o 1 -vv

zabbix_sender [4453]: DEBUG: Answer [{
"response":"success",
"info":"Processed 0 Failed 1 Total 1 Seconds spent 0.000029"}]
Info from server: "Processed 0 Failed 1 Total 1 Seconds spent 0.000029"
sent: 1; skipped: 0; total: 1

[vlam]

That's a TSM question :-)

Debug in TSM interactive, if you get a non 0 value there, you script may be getting the return code, not the value.

I usually put the TSM command output to a file ( > $file ) then read that, but I have a lot of multi line stuff to process.

When running this I do get a return of 0

[vlam]

Help

Hi Again

OK I installed the tsm agent on my Zabbix Proxy and loaded the script on there like in the documentation and enabled the externalscripts function in the Zabbix Proxy Config, also restarted the Proxy. I configured the dsmadmc configuration so that it can speak to my tsm server.

When testing the sender:

Zabbix_Proxy# zabbix_sender -z localhost -p10051 -s NR1SABCK02 -k tsm.jobs.failed -o 1 -vv

I get:

zabbix_sender [30513]: DEBUG: Answer [{
"response":"succsess".
"info":"Processed 1 Failed 0 Total 1 Seconds spent 0.000069"}]
Info from server: "Processed 1 Failed 0 Total 1 Seconds spend 0.000069"
sent: 1; skipped:0; total: 1


So I see it as working.
But when adding it to run in the crontab, Zabbix just keeps on telling me TSM no Data

Please can someone help me

Thanks

[dougbee]

Can the TSM log be written to by the user that's running zabbix-server? If not, the dsmadmc command will fail and no data gets sent to zabbix.

[vlam]

Can the TSM log be written to by the user that's running zabbix-server? If not, the dsmadmc command will fail and no data gets sent to zabbix.

Do you mean the User that I created on the TSM server that is defind in the script running on the Zabbix Proxy?