Re: [Devmon] Issue monitoring two NetApp Filers

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

On Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:38:44 lor...@pn... wrote:
> Hi Buchan,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
> The temperature info is part of the "status" test, which includes uptime,
> CPU utilization, fan status, enclosure/tray(s) status and other bits I
> really care about.
> I'll try to "adjust" the template and remove the temperature bit.

In my opinion, it makes sense to split these tests, for example a number of 
other templates have separate "temp" tests, and since they are relatively 
consistent, allow graphing of temperatures on a number of devices. It also 
allows you to separate alerts (on the xymon/hobbit side) for different aspects 
(rather than acknowledging a high temperature, only to miss a failed tray 
later ...).

I think the following should really be done with this template:
netapptemp renamed to temp

New tests created for:
power
fans
raid ?

For example, consider the compaq-server and dell-poweredge templates.

Once I have access to the Netapp's here, I will try and take a look at this, 
or someone who is already monitoring Netapp's is free to supply the relevant 
changes.

> Still, why does a missing OID for the "status" test cause all the other
> tests to turn grey?

It's a bit of a bug, any failed queries, no matter the reason/result code, 
result in devmon assuming the device is down, and no more OIDs are queried. 
Disabling the tests that use those OIDs is at present a workaround, until I fix 
the root cause.

> I may be missing something here, but I would have expected this to affect
> just one test. No?


Regards,
Buchan