check_tl_health

                                        
A plugin (monitoring-plugin, not nagios-plugin, see also http://is.gd/PP1330) which checks tape libraries.

                    

        
        

            
            

                

    

    
Description


The plugin check_tl_health was developed with the aim of having a single tool for all aspects of monitoring of tape libraries.


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Motivation


Instead of installing a variety of plug-ins for monitoring of interfaces, hardware, slots, etc. and possibly more than one for each brand, with check_tl_health you need only one a single plugin.


Documentation


Command line parameters


    

  • --hostname
    • 

  • --community
    • 

  • --mode
    • 



Modi








hardware-health
cpu-load
memory-usage
uptime






HP
StorEver 1×8
X


X




HP
StorEver MSL4048
X


X




Quantum
i40
X


X




Quantum
i80
X


X




Quantum
T950
X


X




Quantum
i6000
X


X




BDT
FlexStorII
X


X






The list is not complete. Some drives that are not listed here can possibly be monitored because they implement the same MIBs as supported models. Just try it ....
(If a device is not recognized, i can extend the plugin. But not for free)


Installation


    

  • unpack with tar -xf
    • 

  • ./configure
    • 

  • make
    • 

  • cp plugins-scripts/check_tl_health wherever...
    • 



Examples


# a HP Library

$ check_tl_health --hostname 10.18.12.130 \
    --community secret \
    --mode hardware-health
CRITICAL - device 1 (HP MSL 4048, sn:DEC12701BS) status is critical

$ check_tl_health --hostname 10.18.12.130 \
    --community secret \
    --mode hardware-health --verbose
I am a HP MSL G3 Series
CRITICAL - device 1 (HP MSL 4048, sn:DEC12701BS) status is critical
checking overall system
device 1 (HP MSL 4048, sn:DEC12701BS) status is critical

# a Quantum T950

$ check_tl_health --hostname 10.18.11.10 \
    --community secret \
    --mode hardware-health
OK - hardware working fine
$ check_tl_health --hostname 10.18.11.10 \
    --community secret \
    --mode hardware-health --verbose
I am a Linux MUC-TLIB-A 3.10.26 #1 SMP Wed May 21 15:50:38 MDT 2014 ppc
OK - hardware working fine
checking rassystems
connectivity has status good
control has status good
media has status good
drives has status good
powerAndCooling has status good
robotics has status good

# a Quantum i80

$ check_tl_health --hostname 10.18.1.28 \
    --community secret \
    --mode hardware-health
CRITICAL - operator action requested, overall states: media=degraded aggregatedIEDoor=closedAndUnLocked power=good cooling=good control=good connectivity=good robotics=good drive=good
$ check_tl_health --hostname 10.18.1.28 \
    --community secret \
    --mode hardware-health --verbose
I am a Linux hr-lib01 2.6.27.46 #1 PREEMPT Fri Apr 22 14:37:45 MDT 2011 ppc
CRITICAL - operator action requested, overall states: media=degraded aggregatedIEDoor=closedAndUnLocked power=good cooling=good control=good connectivity=good robotics=good drive=good
checking overall system
overall states: media=degraded aggregatedIEDoor=closedAndUnLocked power=good cooling=good control=good connectivity=good robotics=good drive=good
checking physical drives
overall drive status online=online readyness=ready
drive 1 states: online=online readyness=ready ras=good cleaning=notNeeded
drive 2 states: online=online readyness=ready ras=good cleaning=notNeeded
checking logical libraries
logical lib 1 states: online=online readyness=ready


Homepage


The full documentation can be found here:
check_tl_health @ ConSol Labs