Monitoring Tivoli Storage Manager with Zabbix

[thiago.info]

Someone have already monitored TSM Server with Zabbix ? How can I do it ? Help!

[hoyt]

Someone have already monitored TSM Server with Zabbix ? How can I do it ? Help!

Yes I monitor a TSM Server with Zabbix. What I did was write a Perl script the uses dsmadmc to gather up the data I want from TSM. Then I use zabbix_send to put the data into Zabbix. I then run the script from cron every 5 minutes.

I have attached the script zabbix-tsm (uploaded as zabbix-tsm.txt). You will need to create the items in Zabbixs before running the script. You also need to setup a TSM account for the script.

--John

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[thiago.info]

Yes I monitor a TSM Server with Zabbix. What I did was write a Perl script the uses dsmadmc to gather up the data I want from TSM. Then I use zabbix_send to put the data into Zabbix. I then run the script from cron every 5 minutes.

I have attached the script zabbix-tsm (uploaded as zabbix-tsm.txt). You will need to create the items in Zabbixs before running the script. You also need to setup a TSM account for the script.

--John

Hi hoyt, I don't know much about Perl, but I'll try to do this soon, thanks a lot for the reply!

Best Regards,
Thiago

[thiago.info]

Yes I monitor a TSM Server with Zabbix. What I did was write a Perl script the uses dsmadmc to gather up the data I want from TSM. Then I use zabbix_send to put the data into Zabbix. I then run the script from cron every 5 minutes.

I have attached the script zabbix-tsm (uploaded as zabbix-tsm.txt). You will need to create the items in Zabbixs before running the script. You also need to setup a TSM account for the script.

--John

A question, I need to create the items with the keys:
tsm.session
tsm.driveload
tsm.libvol.scratch
tsm.libvol.total
tsm.libvol.private
tsm.db.pctutil
tsm.db.maxpctutil
tsm.db.cachehit
tsm.db.cachewait
tsm.drm.offsite
tsm.log.pctutil
tsm.log.maxpctutil
tsm.log.poolpctutil
tsm.log.poolpctwait

? And what type I select ? Zabbix agent, Zabbix agente (active), etc ?

[hoyt]

Here is a template for the TSM items. Just import this template, then link it to the host that will be running the zabbix-tsm script.

You will need to edit the script some. You will atleast need to update the TSM login/password information.

--John

[thiago.info]

Here is a template for the TSM items. Just import this template, then link it to the host that will be running the zabbix-tsm script.

You will need to edit the script some. You will atleast need to update the TSM login/password information.

--John

I imported the items templates with no problem, the only problem is when I try to execute the script zabbix-tsm:

[root@zabbix zabbix]# perl zabbix-tsm
Global symbol "$DRMediaOffite" requires explicit package name at zabbix-tsm line 111.
Global symbol "$DRMediaOffite" requires explicit package name at zabbix-tsm line 112.
Global symbol "$DRMediaOffiteKey" requires explicit package name at zabbix-tsm line 256.
Global symbol "$DRMediaOffite" requires explicit package name at zabbix-tsm line 256.
Execution of zabbix-tsm aborted due to compilation errors.

I've already changed the login/password in the script, the dsmadmc runs with no problem...only return the value 0, but this value is true...


[root@zabbix zabbix]# dsmadmc -id=admin -pass=admin -dataonly=yes -comma "select count(state) from drmedia where location = 'OFFSITE'"
0


Above is the lines with errors, but I couldn't correct it, can you help me? please


102 sub DRMediaInfo {
103 my @tmp;
104
105 open( FOO, "dsmadmc -id=admin -pass=admin -dataonly=yes -comma "
106 . "\"select count\(state\) from drmedia where location = 'OFFSITE'\" |" );
107
108 @tmp= <FOO>;
109 close( FOO );
110
111 $DRMediaOffite = $tmp[1];
112 chop( $DRMediaOffite );
113
114 }

255 print DATA "$ZabbixServerIP $ReportingHost $ZabbixPort " .
256 "$DRMediaOffiteKey $DRMediaOffite\n";
257
258 close( DATA );



Thiago

[hoyt]

Try this version of the zabbix-tsm script.

--John

[thiago.info]

Try this version of the zabbix-tsm script.

--John

Hey John, this version of the script returned no error, no output, and no value in Zabbix Itens, I believe that I have a problem with zabbix_sender...this is the first time that I use it.

Do you know if don't have problem running it in the samer server as zabbix ?
I tried running it to test:

zabbix_sender -z 192.168.217.55 -p 10051 -s zabbix -k tsm.driveload -o 1 -v
zabbix_sender [21159]: Warning: Incorrect answer from server [NOT OK]

[hoyt]

Hey John, this version of the script returned no error, no output, and no value in Zabbix Itens, I believe that I have a problem with zabbix_sender...this is the first time that I use it.

Do you know if don't have problem running it in the samer server as zabbix ?
I tried running it to test:

zabbix_sender -z 192.168.217.55 -p 10051 -s zabbix -k tsm.driveload -o 1 -v
zabbix_sender [21159]: Warning: Incorrect answer from server [NOT OK]

The hostname for the '-s' option has to match Hostname parameter in the zabbix_agentd.conf file on the host where you are running zabbix_sender .

Is that set to 'zabbix'?

I run the script on our zabbix server.

--John

[thiago.info]

The hostname for the '-s' option has to match Hostname parameter in the zabbix_agentd.conf file on the host where you are running zabbix_sender .

Is that set to 'zabbix'?

I run the script on our zabbix server.

--John

Yes, the same, maybe there is an specific conf in the zabbix_agentd.conf ?

[hoyt]

Yes, the same, maybe there is an specific conf in the zabbix_agentd.conf ?

The Zabbix server has kinda of a odd setup in Zabbix out of the box. If you go and look at Configurtion->Host, and look for your Zabbix server entery. You will most likely find that the "name" of the Zabbix server does not match up with the "Hostname" parameter in the zabbix_agentd.conf file. I had to fixed this on our Zabbix server before I could get zabbix_sender to work.

--John

[thiago.info]

The Zabbix server has kinda of a odd setup in Zabbix out of the box. If you go and look at Configurtion->Host, and look for your Zabbix server entery. You will most likely find that the "name" of the Zabbix server does not match up with the "Hostname" parameter in the zabbix_agentd.conf file. I had to fixed this on our Zabbix server before I could get zabbix_sender to work.

--John

Now its working perfectly, thanks a lot for this John, next I'll try to add / modify some checks in my TSM Server.

[LenR]

So, where did the zabbix-tsm.txt script go?

[LenR]

Never mind, yahoo search found it when google didn't.

[Peteris]

This script seems to be for older version of TSM.

Is there a script for TSM 6.2?