Help needed : compilation on AIX 5.3 failed

[Alexei]

Have you tried to compile ZABBIX agent with AIX C compiler? It works on AIX 4.x and 5.0. I do not have available AIX 5.3, I cannot test it now.

[gazzerh]

Has someone got a compiled version of zabbix_agentd (1.1) for aix5.2? It isn't in the download section. Whenever I try to compile myself I get the COFF error :/

[fips]

compiling with gcc

If you like to compile the agent with gcc you have to following commands:


./configure --enable-agent

make
cd src/zabbix_agent/
gcc -g -O2 -o zabbix_agent zabbix_agent.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/common.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/file.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/ntp.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/system.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/http.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/cpu.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/diskio.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/diskspace.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/inodes.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/kernel.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/memory.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/net.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/proc.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/sensors.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/swap.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/uptime.o ../libs/zbxlog/libzbxlog.a ../libs/zbxcrypto/libzbxcrypto.a ../libs/zbxnet/libzbxnet.a ../libs/zbxconf/libzbxconf.a ../libs/zbxcommon/libzbxcommon.a
make
gcc -g -O2 -o zabbix_agentd active.o cpustat.o diskdevices.o interfaces.o logfiles.o stats.o zabbix_agentd.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/common.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/file.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/ntp.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/system.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/http.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/cpu.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/diskio.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/diskspace.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/inodes.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/kernel.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/memory.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/net.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/proc.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/sensors.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/swap.o ../libs/zbxsysinfo/aix/uptime.o ../libs/zbxlog/libzbxlog.a ../libs/zbxcrypto/libzbxcrypto.a ../libs/zbxpid/libzbxpid.a ../libs/zbxnet/libzbxnet.a ../libs/zbxconf/libzbxconf.a ../libs/zbxcommon/libzbxcommon.a

cd ../..
make

make install


For the server you have to find out by your self which librarys you need!

This error came into the code with the new autoconf, I think it was 1beata10.

Have fun

[gazzerh]

Great. That did the job.

However the AIX agent doesn't seem to like proc.num checks. Is there a way around this?

[fips]

use UserParameters

You can use Userparameters to get the missing values:

# cpu load
UserParameter=usr.cpu,uptime |cut -d, -f5
# diskio
UserParameter=usr.io.disk_r,iostat | grep hdisk | awk '{sum += $ 5} END {print sum}'
UserParameter=usr.io.disk_w,iostat | grep hdisk | awk '{sum += $ 6} END {print sum}'
# net load
UserParameter=usr.net.in[*],netstat -v $1 | grep Bytes | awk '{printf("%d", $ 4%2^24)}'
UserParameter=usr.net.out[*],netstat -v $1 | grep Bytes | awk '{printf("%d", $ 2%2^24)}'
# pagings
UserParameter=usr.paging[*],lsps -s $1 | grep % | awk '{printf("%d",$ 2)}'
UserParameter=usr.paging.total,svmon|grep 'pg space'|awk '{printf "%.0f\n",$3*4}'
UserParameter=usr.paging.used,svmon|grep 'pg space'|awk '{printf "%.0f\n",$4*4}'
UserParameter=usr.paging.free,svmon|grep 'pg space'|awk '{printf "%.0f\n",($3 - $4)*4}'
# proc count
UserParameter=usr.proc.cnt[*],ps -eaf |grep -v grep|grep -c $1
#cups
UserParameter=usr.cups.cnt[*],/usr/local/bin/lpstat -P $1 |wc -l

[gazzerh]

Thanks for your help. The more and more I find things out with this program the more impressed I get.

Well done to the developers.

[endorphin]

Impossible to compile Zabbix server on AIX 5.2

Hi Zabbix-users,

despite all your advice, I only managed to compile Zabbix agent on my AIX 5.2 server. This has been made with gcc.
So I try to compile the server part, an error appears with the "make" command :

.....
.....
Making all in zbxsms
            source='sms.c' object='sms.o' libtool=no DEPDIR=.deps depmode=aix /bin/sh ./../../depcomp xlc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../include         -g -c sms.c
"sms.c", line 116.40: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier CRTSCTS.
make: The error code from the last command is 1.

Stop.

I decided to install XLC (IBM C compiler for AIX), but still the same error.....

Please help me !

[mshulman1980]

Unable to compile on AIX5.3

I'm trying to install Zabbix 1.1 agent onto my AIX 5.3ML3 system, and I've tried installing XLC and I continue to get the same make error as everyone else:
conf.a ../libs/zbxcommon/libzbxcommon.a -lnsl
collect2: ../libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a: not a COFF file
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.

Do I need to tell it to look for xlc rather then gcc or will it do that automatically?

[Hiney]

fibs, you da man

excellent work. thanks very much. i shall plow on.

one last thing, how are you starting the agent, in inittab ???

H

[Hiney]

mshulman1980 ...

mshulman1980, have you followed the instructions on the previous page for gcc ???

H

[Hiney]

zabbix user on AIX

Hi,

I have my zabbix user setup thus ... "uid=901(zabbix) gid=1(staff)". Anyone have any different, is there anything in particular people have found that needs to be added/done to the zabbix user to make it work better ?? I seem to be getting data ok.

the only other thing that i think i will need to do is to add it to the oracle groups so it gain access to the DB's for monitoring.

ta
H

[endorphin]

Compilation is possible on AIX 5L ?

Hello,

question for developper of Zabbix : is it "theorycally" possible to
make the compilation of Zabbix server on AIX 5.2 ? (with full functionnalities)

Thank you for your answer

Endorphin

[Aaron]

I had the same COFF file problem using gcc 3.3.2 on AIX 5.3. I was able to get it compiled and running using the fix posted by fips (thanks fips). I am still working the bugs out my config, but the zabbix agent is at least functional for me.

[flex.lima]

ZABBIX Agent on AIX 5L

Guys!
I had the same COF file problem in my AIX 5.3 on power, I give up to compile and to solve my problem, I used an AIX 5.1 compiled agent (http://www.zabbix.com/download2.php)
Extract the files zabbix_agent zabbix_agentd zabbix_sender to a folder as you wish
Configure the zabbix_agentd.conf and start the zabbix_agentd

Flex.lima

[djinn_fr22]

Thanks to advices of Flips I compiled 1.1.6 on AIX 5.1