Re: [Devmon] Monitoring UPS

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

On Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:16:22 Colin Coe wrote:
> Hi Wim
> 
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 2:02 PM, W.J.M. Nelis <Wim...@nl...> wrote:
> > Hello Colin,
> > 
> >> Hi all
> >> 
> >> I'm attempting to monitor a few UPS.  The UPS models I need to monitor
> >> include: - APC Smart-UPS 1000 RM
> >> - Powerware 9390
> >> - Powerware 9130
> >> - Powerware 9135
> >> - Powerware 9125
> >> - PowerShield PSCE10000
> >> 
> >> I can get data up for the Smart UPS but it is not being automatically
> >> detected.  I have the following as the spec file
> >> cat /usr/share/devmon/templates/apc-sups-1000rm/specs
> >> vendor  : apc
> >> model   : Smart-UPS 1000 RM
> >> snmpver : 1
> >> sysdesc : Smart-UPS 1000 RM

Note that the template name ('apc-sups-1000rm') must be composed of <vendor>-
<model>. So, your model should be 'sups-1000rm', otherwise your template won't 
be recognised. Please run devmon with some verbosity, it will list all the 
templates it loads, and log errors about your template ...

> >> 
> >> I get this from
> >> snmpwalk -v1 -c public ups 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.1.1.1.0
> >> PowerNet-MIB::upsBasicIdentModel.0 = STRING: "Smart-UPS 1000 RM"
> > 
> > What does `snmpget -v1 -c public ups sysDescr.0` returns? The result of
> > this snmpget is used by Devmon to select the template to use: it
> > searches the templates for a matching 'sysdesc' in file 'specs'.
> 
> SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: APC Web/SNMP Management Card
> (MB:v3.8.6 PF:v5.1.3 PN:apc_hw05_aos_513.bin AF1:v5.1.3
> AN1:apc_hw05_sumx_513.bin MN:AP9630 HR:05 SN: ZA1031030798
> MD:07/31/2010) (Embedded PowerNet SNMP Agent SW v2.2 compatible)
> 
> It had only just clicked that the sysdesc == sysDescr.0 from snmpwalk.
> 
> > Alternatively, you could specify the model in the Xymon hosts.cfg
> > (Hobbit: bb-hosts) the model, thus bypassing the automatic model
> > detection.
> > 
> > Regards,
> >  Wim Nelis.
> 
> The APC template for the Smart-UPS 1000 RM works OK.
> 
> What I now see is the Powerware 9390 and 9130 getting matched against
> ups/standard because of the string 'UPS' in sydDesc.0.  These nodes
> report:
> SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: ConnectUPS Web/SNMP Card V4.30
> 
> I see that there is a pware-xups template with a sysdesc of
> 'ConnectUPS'.  How do I make Xymon use pware-xups instead of
> ups/standard?

Using the model(vendor;model) option, as described in the USING file.

Regards,
Buchan