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list Colin Coe · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:52:01 +0800 ·
Hi all

Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under Linux?

Also, has anyone got monitoring of HP Proliant RAID and or power
supplies under Windows?  (Win 2003 and 2008R2)

Still trying to get role based views going.  Has anyone done this?

Thanks

CC

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list David Baldwin · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:07:16 +1000 ·
Colin,
quoted from Colin Coe
Hi all

Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under Linux?

Also, has anyone got monitoring of HP Proliant RAID and or power
supplies under Windows?  (Win 2003 and 2008R2)

  
This is possible using devmon, assuming you have Linux proliant service
pack installed or Windows SNMP service installed and running and HP
agents. Covers DL series Proliant servers. devmon takes a bit of
fiddling to get running but is very good once you've got it right.

ML servers are another can of worms entirely... You can choose between
IPMI or parsing web pages from ILO100 cards. RAID checking requires
running hpacucli utility.
Still trying to get role based views going.  Has anyone done this?
  
Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you talking about generating
custom views for particular groups - e.g. admins, management, etc?

David.

-- 
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617


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list Colin Coe · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:46:37 +0800 ·
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM, David Baldwin
quoted from David Baldwin
<user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Colin,
Hi all

Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under Linux?

Also, has anyone got monitoring of HP Proliant RAID and or power
supplies under Windows?  (Win 2003 and 2008R2)

This is possible using devmon, assuming you have Linux proliant service
pack installed or Windows SNMP service installed and running and HP
agents. Covers DL series Proliant servers. devmon takes a bit of
fiddling to get running but is very good once you've got it right.

ML servers are another can of worms entirely... You can choose between
IPMI or parsing web pages from ILO100 cards. RAID checking requires
running hpacucli utility.
Still trying to get role based views going.  Has anyone done this?
Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you talking about generating
custom views for particular groups - e.g. admins, management, etc?

David.

--
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
Hi David

I can't use SNMP as the security policy does not allow SNMP traffic in
the network where these servers are located.  The servers are all
either DL380G5 or G6 with some new DL385s likely to land soon.

I'd like to prevent user group A viewing user group B's systems and
visa versa.  This is where to roles come in, if there is another
solution I'd be happy to hear it.

I've just got the HP RAID checks working on a couple of test (Linux
based) Proliants.  As we've had a couple of power supplies fail, I was
hoping to monitor these as well.

Thanks

CC

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list David Baldwin · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:15:23 +1000 ·
Colin,
quoted from Colin Coe
I can't use SNMP as the security policy does not allow SNMP traffic in
the network where these servers are located.  The servers are all
either DL380G5 or G6 with some new DL385s likely to land soon.

  
Without SNMP across the network, you could use SNMP just to localhost
(i.e. install devmon locally on each host), or you would need to work
out what CLI utils were available to display status and then parse
output, etc to create your own test. There may already be something on
xymonton or deadcat.net - I haven't checked.

hpasmcli(4)                     hpasm commands                    
hpasmcli(4)


NAME
       hpasmcli - HP management CLI


SYNOPSIS
       hpasmcli [-s "<command1>;<command2>;...<commandN>"]


DESCRIPTION
       hpasmcli  is  a  scriptable command line interface for
interacting with
       the hpasmd or hpasmxld management daemons. It is used to 
view/set/mod-
       ify  BIOS  settings such as hyperthreading, boot control, and UID
LEDs.
       It can be used to display hardware status, such  as  fans, 
power  sup-
       plies, etc.  It also can show, repair, and clear the IML.

       The  CLI  supports  TAB  completion  of command names and has a
history
       buffer that can be accessed using the up/down arrows.

       In addition to the command line interface,  hpasmcli  also 
supports  a
       mode  that  is  usable  for incorporating into basic shell
scripts. The
       return value of hpasmcli in script mode can be used to verify a
command
       executed successfully. If multiple commands are executed, only
the sta-
       tus of the last command is returned to the shell. As  an 
example,  the
       following  first  executes  the <SHOW SERVER> command to retrieve
basic
       system information, and next reads the status of the UID:

       hpasmcli -s "show server; show uid"


OPTIONS
       -s     "<command1>;<command2;...<commandN>"

       Enables script mode. hpasmcli will execute the commands listed as
argu-
       ments in the order written. At least one command must be specified.


COMMANDS
       [  CLEAR | DISABLE | ENABLE | EXIT | HELP | NOTE | QUIT |REPAIR |
SET |
       SHOW ]

       CLEAR [ IML ]
              Clears the specified feature.

       DISABLE [ ASR | HT | PXE [ NIC1 | NIC2 | NIC3 | NIC4 | NIC5 ] | WOL ]
              Disables the specified feature.

              ASR - Disables Automatic Server Recovery.

              HT  - Disables Processor Hyper-Threading.

              PXE - Disables PXE BOOT on specified NIC.

              WOL - Disables Wake-On-Lan feature.

       ENABLE [ ASR | HT | PXE [ NIC1 | NIC2 | NIC3 | NIC4 | NIC5 ] | WOL ]
              Enables the specified feature.

              ASR - Enables Automatic Server Recovery.

              HT  - Enables Processor Hyper-Threading.

              PXE - Enables PXE BOOT on specified NIC.

              WOL - Enables Wake-On-Lan feature.

       EXIT   - Quit the program.

       HELP   - Provides assistance on the available commands.

       NOTE [ IML ]
              IML - Add a maintenance note to the IML.

       QUIT - Exit the program.

       REPAIR [ IML ]
              IML <entry> - Mark an IML entry as repaired.

       SET [ ASR <timeout> | BOOT [ FIRST [ CDROM |  FLOPPY  |  HDD  | 
PXE  |
       USBKEY ] | ONCE [ CDROM | FLOPPY | HDD | PXE | RBSU ] ] | F1  [
ENABLED
       | DELAYED | DISABLED ] | NAME <string> | SERIAL [  BIOS  | 
EMBEDDED  |
       VIRTUAL ] | UID [ ON | OFF ]
            Sets or configured the feature as specified.

            ASR <timeout> sets the timeout value of ASR.

            BOOT sets the first boot device or the onetime boot option. 
FIRST
            sets the first boot device.  ONCE sets the next boot device.

            F1 sets the desired POST F1 prompt behavior.

                 ENABLED means to enable POST F1 prompt.

                 DELAYED  means  to  enable F1 prompt but timeout and
continue
                 booting if no input.

                 DISABLED means don’t stop POST at F1.

            NAME <string> - Set the system name.

            SET SERIAL BIOS [ COM1 BAUD | COM2 BAUD | DISABLED  ]  - 
Set  the
            BIOS  serial  COM  port baud rate.  Baud rate must be either
9600,
            19200, 57600 or 115200.

            SET SERIAL EMBEDDED [ PORTA | PORTB ]. - Set the  embedded 
serial
            port to COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, or DISABLED.

            SET  SERIAL  VIRTUAL  [ COM1 | COM2 | DISABLED ] - Set
virtual COM
            port to COM1, COM2, or DISABLED.

            UID [ ON | OFF ] - Turn the UID on/off.


       SHOW [ ASR | BOOT | DIMM <SPD> | F1 | FANS | HT | IML | IPL  | 
NAME  |
       PORTMAP  |  POWERSUPPLY  | PXE | SERIAL [ BIOS | EMBEDDED |
VIRTUAL ] |
       SERVER | TEMP | UID | WOL ]
            Show the current status or configuration of the selected 
feature.

            ASR - Displays the Automatic System Recovery status and timeout.

            BOOT  -  Displays  the current first boot device and one
time boot
            option.

            DIMM - Displays the current memory dimm configuration. 
Optionally
            will dump the SPD bytes if available.

            F1   - Displays the configuration of the POST F1 prompt.

            FANS - Displays the current status and fan configuration.

            HT   - Displays the status of Processor Hyper-Threading.

            IML  - Displays the Integrated Management Log.

            IPL  - Displays the current boot order.

            NAME - Displays the System Name.

            PORTMAP - Displays the NIC port Mapping information.

            POWERSUPPLY  -  Displays current Powersupply status and
configura-
            tion.

            PXE  - Displays the PXE configuration of each embedded NIC.

            SERIAL BIOS - Displays the current BIOS console 
redirection  port
            setting.

            SERIAL  EMBEDDED  - Displays the current embedded serial
port set-
            ting.

            SERIAL VIRTUAL - Displays the current virtual serial port
setting.

            SERVER - Displays various information about the system.

            TEMP - Displays the current status of the temperature sensors.

            UID - Displays the current status of the UID LED.

            WOL - Displays the current Wake-On-Lan configuration.


EXAMPLES
       Show the system fan and temp status.
              hpasmcli -s <SHOW FANS; SHOW TEMP>

       Turn the UID on.
              hpasmcli -s <SET UID ON>


LIMITATIONS
       This  utility  requires  the  health driver (hpasmd, hpasmxld or
hpasm-
       lited) to be loaded. Some commands may not be supported on all
servers.
       This includes commands that use features only available on
servers with
       an iLo chip. Other commands may only make  sense  on  certain 
specific
       Proliant servers.

AUTHOR
       Hewlett-Packard Company <http://www.hp.com/linux>;.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.


# hpasmcli
HP management CLI for Linux (v2.0)
Copyright 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Group, L.P.

NOTE: Some hpasmcli commands may not be supported on all Proliant servers.
      Type 'help' to get a list of all top level commands.
hpasmcli> show fans
Fan  Location        Present Speed  of max  Redundant  Partner 
Hot-pluggable
---  --------        ------- -----  ------  ---------  ------- 
#1   SYSTEM          Yes     NORMAL  20%     Yes        0       
No           
#2   SYSTEM          Yes     NORMAL  20%     Yes        0       
No           
#3   SYSTEM          Yes     NORMAL  20%     Yes        0       
No           

hpasmcli> show powersupply
Power supply #1
    Present  : Yes
    Redundant: Yes
    Condition: Ok
    Hotplug  : Supported
    Power    : 35 Watts
Power supply #2
    Present  : Yes
    Redundant: Yes
    Condition: Ok
    Hotplug  : Supported
    Power    : 60 Watts
quoted from Colin Coe

I'd like to prevent user group A viewing user group B's systems and
visa versa.  This is where to roles come in, if there is another
solution I'd be happy to hear it.

  
See
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xymon/index.php?title=XymonFaq#How_do_I_restrict_access_to_Hobbit_pages_to_specific_people_or_groups_.3F

At worst, you may need separate bbgen commands to create the exact
combination/layout of pages you need. See bbgen man page.
quoted from Colin Coe
I've just got the HP RAID checks working on a couple of test (Linux
based) Proliants.  As we've had a couple of power supplies fail, I was
hoping to monitor these as well.
  
_Always_ a good idea to monitor hardware!
quoted from David Baldwin


David.

-- 
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617


Keep up to date with what's happening in Australian sport visit http://www.ausport.gov.au

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list Vernon Everett · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:25:31 +0800 ·
Hi Colin

Unless there is some method of checking the hardware from command line, SNMP
might be your only answer.
Have you tried to snmpwalk localhost?
If SNMP is being blocked at firewall or network level, a server may still be
able to interrogate itself. It's a long shot, but give it a try. It depends
on where your SNMP traffic is being blocked. If you have to interrogate a
LOM, try doing it from something on the same subnet.
If it works, you can then write a client script that does snmpget, and you
can that to send a test to Xymon server in the usual way.

Regards multiple views, the feature you are looking for is described in the
bbgen(1) man-page, look for the "BUILDING ALTERNATE PAGESETS" section.
At our last mutual contract, you may recall, we did exactly that.

Also, search the archives. http://www.xymon.com/archive/
There are a few good descriptions floating about of how to do it.
Password access to the different pages is handled by your web server.

Cheers
     Vernon
quoted from Colin Coe


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Colin Coe <user-5b250cd7a540@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM, David Baldwin
<user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Colin,
Hi all

Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under Linux?

Also, has anyone got monitoring of HP Proliant RAID and or power
supplies under Windows?  (Win 2003 and 2008R2)

This is possible using devmon, assuming you have Linux proliant service
pack installed or Windows SNMP service installed and running and HP
agents. Covers DL series Proliant servers. devmon takes a bit of
fiddling to get running but is very good once you've got it right.

ML servers are another can of worms entirely... You can choose between
IPMI or parsing web pages from ILO100 cards. RAID checking requires
running hpacucli utility.
Still trying to get role based views going.  Has anyone done this?
Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you talking about generating
custom views for particular groups - e.g. admins, management, etc?

David.

--
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
Hi David

I can't use SNMP as the security policy does not allow SNMP traffic in
the network where these servers are located.  The servers are all
either DL380G5 or G6 with some new DL385s likely to land soon.

I'd like to prevent user group A viewing user group B's systems and
visa versa.  This is where to roles come in, if there is another
solution I'd be happy to hear it.

I've just got the HP RAID checks working on a couple of test (Linux
based) Proliants.  As we've had a couple of power supplies fail, I was
hoping to monitor these as well.

Thanks

CC

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list Colin Coe · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:58:37 +0800 ·
Thanks David, I had overlooked the hpasmcli command.  Working on the script now.

SNMP is simply not allowed.  Blocked by firewalls and disallowed by policy.

CC

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Vernon Everett
quoted from Vernon Everett
<user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi Colin

Unless there is some method of checking the hardware from command line, SNMP
might be your only answer.
Have you tried to snmpwalk localhost?
If SNMP is being blocked at firewall or network level, a server may still be
able to interrogate itself. It's a long shot, but give it a try. It depends
on where your SNMP traffic is being blocked. If you have to interrogate a
LOM, try doing it from something on the same subnet.
If it works, you can then write a client script that does snmpget, and you
can that to send a test to Xymon server in the usual way.

Regards multiple views, the feature you are looking for is described in the
bbgen(1) man-page, look for the "BUILDING ALTERNATE PAGESETS" section.
At our last mutual contract, you may recall, we did exactly that.

Also, search the archives. http://www.xymon.com/archive/
There are a few good descriptions floating about of how to do it.
Password access to the different pages is handled by your web server.

Cheers
     Vernon


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Colin Coe <user-5b250cd7a540@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM, David Baldwin
<user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Colin,
Hi all

Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under Linux?

Also, has anyone got monitoring of HP Proliant RAID and or power
supplies under Windows?  (Win 2003 and 2008R2)

This is possible using devmon, assuming you have Linux proliant service
pack installed or Windows SNMP service installed and running and HP
agents. Covers DL series Proliant servers. devmon takes a bit of
fiddling to get running but is very good once you've got it right.

ML servers are another can of worms entirely... You can choose between
IPMI or parsing web pages from ILO100 cards. RAID checking requires
running hpacucli utility.
Still trying to get role based views going.  Has anyone done this?
Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you talking about generating
custom views for particular groups - e.g. admins, management, etc?

David.

--
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
Hi David

I can't use SNMP as the security policy does not allow SNMP traffic in
the network where these servers are located.  The servers are all
either DL380G5 or G6 with some new DL385s likely to land soon.

I'd like to prevent user group A viewing user group B's systems and
visa versa.  This is where to roles come in, if there is another
solution I'd be happy to hear it.

I've just got the HP RAID checks working on a couple of test (Linux
based) Proliants.  As we've had a couple of power supplies fail, I was
hoping to monitor these as well.

Thanks

CC

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list Colin Coe · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:29:34 +0800 ·
Hi Vernon

Yep, I recalled that it could be done not how.
quoted from Colin Coe

CC

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Colin Coe <user-5b250cd7a540@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Thanks David, I had overlooked the hpasmcli command.  Working on the script now.

SNMP is simply not allowed.  Blocked by firewalls and disallowed by policy.

CC

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Vernon Everett
<user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi Colin

Unless there is some method of checking the hardware from command line, SNMP
might be your only answer.
Have you tried to snmpwalk localhost?
If SNMP is being blocked at firewall or network level, a server may still be
able to interrogate itself. It's a long shot, but give it a try. It depends
on where your SNMP traffic is being blocked. If you have to interrogate a
LOM, try doing it from something on the same subnet.
If it works, you can then write a client script that does snmpget, and you
can that to send a test to Xymon server in the usual way.

Regards multiple views, the feature you are looking for is described in the
bbgen(1) man-page, look for the "BUILDING ALTERNATE PAGESETS" section.
At our last mutual contract, you may recall, we did exactly that.

Also, search the archives. http://www.xymon.com/archive/
There are a few good descriptions floating about of how to do it.
Password access to the different pages is handled by your web server.

Cheers
     Vernon


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Colin Coe <user-5b250cd7a540@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM, David Baldwin
<user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Colin,
Hi all

Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under Linux?

Also, has anyone got monitoring of HP Proliant RAID and or power
supplies under Windows?  (Win 2003 and 2008R2)

This is possible using devmon, assuming you have Linux proliant service
pack installed or Windows SNMP service installed and running and HP
agents. Covers DL series Proliant servers. devmon takes a bit of
fiddling to get running but is very good once you've got it right.

ML servers are another can of worms entirely... You can choose between
IPMI or parsing web pages from ILO100 cards. RAID checking requires
running hpacucli utility.
Still trying to get role based views going.  Has anyone done this?
Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you talking about generating
custom views for particular groups - e.g. admins, management, etc?

David.

--
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
Hi David

I can't use SNMP as the security policy does not allow SNMP traffic in
the network where these servers are located.  The servers are all
either DL380G5 or G6 with some new DL385s likely to land soon.

I'd like to prevent user group A viewing user group B's systems and
visa versa.  This is where to roles come in, if there is another
solution I'd be happy to hear it.

I've just got the HP RAID checks working on a couple of test (Linux
based) Proliants.  As we've had a couple of power supplies fail, I was
hoping to monitor these as well.

Thanks

CC

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list Jerald Sheets · Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:45:28 -0400 ·
Don't forget the scripts at deadcat and xymonton that talk directly to hpacucli and other similar HP utilities.  We used the hpacucli to get info from the RAID controllers.  Saved my butt on failing hard drives more than once.

--j
quoted from Colin Coe


On Sep 22, 2010, at 10:58 PM, Colin Coe wrote:
Thanks David, I had overlooked the hpasmcli command.  Working on the script now.

SNMP is simply not allowed.  Blocked by firewalls and disallowed by policy.

CC

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Vernon Everett
<user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi Colin

Unless there is some method of checking the hardware from command line, SNMP
might be your only answer.
Have you tried to snmpwalk localhost?
If SNMP is being blocked at firewall or network level, a server may still be
able to interrogate itself. It's a long shot, but give it a try. It depends
on where your SNMP traffic is being blocked. If you have to interrogate a
LOM, try doing it from something on the same subnet.
If it works, you can then write a client script that does snmpget, and you
can that to send a test to Xymon server in the usual way.

Regards multiple views, the feature you are looking for is described in the
bbgen(1) man-page, look for the "BUILDING ALTERNATE PAGESETS" section.
At our last mutual contract, you may recall, we did exactly that.

Also, search the archives. http://www.xymon.com/archive/
There are a few good descriptions floating about of how to do it.
Password access to the different pages is handled by your web server.

Cheers
     Vernon


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Colin Coe <user-5b250cd7a540@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM, David Baldwin
<user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Colin,
Hi all

Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under Linux?

Also, has anyone got monitoring of HP Proliant RAID and or power
supplies under Windows?  (Win 2003 and 2008R2)

This is possible using devmon, assuming you have Linux proliant service
pack installed or Windows SNMP service installed and running and HP
agents. Covers DL series Proliant servers. devmon takes a bit of
fiddling to get running but is very good once you've got it right.

ML servers are another can of worms entirely... You can choose between
IPMI or parsing web pages from ILO100 cards. RAID checking requires
running hpacucli utility.
Still trying to get role based views going.  Has anyone done this?
Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you talking about generating
custom views for particular groups - e.g. admins, management, etc?

David.

--
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
Hi David

I can't use SNMP as the security policy does not allow SNMP traffic in
the network where these servers are located.  The servers are all
either DL380G5 or G6 with some new DL385s likely to land soon.

I'd like to prevent user group A viewing user group B's systems and
visa versa.  This is where to roles come in, if there is another
solution I'd be happy to hear it.

I've just got the HP RAID checks working on a couple of test (Linux
based) Proliants.  As we've had a couple of power supplies fail, I was
hoping to monitor these as well.

Thanks

CC

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list Vernon Everett · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:52:41 +0800 ·
Haven't done it since that time, so I am probably not going to be much help.
I do recall we needed a seperate bb-hosts and hobbitserver.cfg
We then ran another instance of bbgen (per view) to generate the new views.

However, reading the bb-gen man page, it look likes that's the old way, and
there is a simpler method.
quoted from Jerald Sheets

Cheers
    Vernon


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Colin Coe <user-5b250cd7a540@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi Vernon

Yep, I recalled that it could be done not how.

CC

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Colin Coe <user-5b250cd7a540@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Thanks David, I had overlooked the hpasmcli command.  Working on the
script now.

SNMP is simply not allowed.  Blocked by firewalls and disallowed by
policy.

CC

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Vernon Everett
<user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi Colin

Unless there is some method of checking the hardware from command line,
SNMP
might be your only answer.
Have you tried to snmpwalk localhost?
If SNMP is being blocked at firewall or network level, a server may
still be
able to interrogate itself. It's a long shot, but give it a try. It
depends
on where your SNMP traffic is being blocked. If you have to interrogate
a
LOM, try doing it from something on the same subnet.
If it works, you can then write a client script that does snmpget, and
you
can that to send a test to Xymon server in the usual way.

Regards multiple views, the feature you are looking for is described in
the
bbgen(1) man-page, look for the "BUILDING ALTERNATE PAGESETS" section.
At our last mutual contract, you may recall, we did exactly that.

Also, search the archives. http://www.xymon.com/archive/
There are a few good descriptions floating about of how to do it.
Password access to the different pages is handled by your web server.

Cheers
     Vernon


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Colin Coe <user-5b250cd7a540@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM, David Baldwin
<user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Colin,
Hi all

Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under
Linux?
Also, has anyone got monitoring of HP Proliant RAID and or power
supplies under Windows?  (Win 2003 and 2008R2)

This is possible using devmon, assuming you have Linux proliant
service
pack installed or Windows SNMP service installed and running and HP
agents. Covers DL series Proliant servers. devmon takes a bit of
fiddling to get running but is very good once you've got it right.

ML servers are another can of worms entirely... You can choose
between
IPMI or parsing web pages from ILO100 cards. RAID checking requires
running hpacucli utility.
Still trying to get role based views going.  Has anyone done this?
Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you talking about generating
custom views for particular groups - e.g. admins, management, etc?

David.

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Hi David

I can't use SNMP as the security policy does not allow SNMP traffic in
the network where these servers are located.  The servers are all
either DL380G5 or G6 with some new DL385s likely to land soon.

I'd like to prevent user group A viewing user group B's systems and
visa versa.  This is where to roles come in, if there is another
solution I'd be happy to hear it.

I've just got the HP RAID checks working on a couple of test (Linux
based) Proliants.  As we've had a couple of power supplies fail, I was
hoping to monitor these as well.

Thanks

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list Rob McBroom · Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:38:40 -0400 ·
On Sep 22, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Colin Coe wrote:
Has anyone got Xymon monitoring HP Proliant power supplies under Linux?
Power supplies and a few other components, yes.
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