Host MIB monitor
Host MIB monitor is based on the standard SNMP MIB (RFC-2790) where various hosts or devices are monitored. This monitor supports SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3.
Host MIB monitors monitored attributes
Attribute | Description |
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Host resource system statistics |
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Number of Users (#) | Number of active user sessions on the host computer. The host system stores state information for each user session. |
Num Processes (#) | Number of processes currently loaded/running on the host computer. |
RAM Memory Used (%) | Percentage of total RAM memory being used by the host system. |
Virtual Memory Used (%) | Percentage of total virtual memory being used by the host system. |
Host resource file system statistics | |
FS Storage Used (%) | Percentage of the storage space currently being used on the monitored file system. |
FS Alloc Failures (#) | Number of save to file system actions that failed due to insufficient storage space. |
Host resource process statistics | |
Status (#) | Operational status - Unknown (1), running (2), warning (3), testing (4) or down (5) of the software process. If value is set to 5 (down), the software process stops and unloads from the host system. |
Memory Used (KB) | Total real system memory used by the software process. |
CPU Used (centisecs) | CPU time used by the software process. |
Host resource processor statistics | |
Load (%) | Time for which the host processor (CPU) is busy servicing various requests, expressed in percentage. |
Resource device statistics | |
Status (#) | Current operational state of the host device. |
Host MIB monitors configuration attributes
Attribute | Description |
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Input and system fields | |
Instance Name | Specify a name for the monitor instance. |
Tag | Specify a tag value to search or group the objects. You can enter multiple name-value pairs, text, or include both (name-value pair and text). This gives you the option to group objects in different forms. Click the + icon to select a default tag class. The Enter Tag Details screen opens. Select Tag Class from the drop-down list and enter a tag value. Click Add to append tag class and value. Click Finish.
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Source Agent | Select the name or IP address of the BMC ProactiveNet server or BMC ProactiveNet agent to host the new monitor instance. |
Port | Specify the port on which the SNMP Agent is running. |
Community String | Specify the read community string of the SNMP Agent. |
SNMP Retries | Number of retries. |
SNMP Timeout (sec) | Specify the timeout period to be set for the SNMP communication page. |
SNMP Version | Version of the SNMP protocol. |
Input and system fields: Host resource system | |
System Max Processes | Maximum number of processes (running simultaneously) that the host system supports. |
System Memory Size | Total size (in bytes) of the physical memory (RAM) available on the host system. |
System UpTime | Time since the last system reboot. |
Time Recorded | Date and time of recording configuration information. |
Virtual Memory Size | Maximum configured virtual memory on the host system. |
Input and system fields: Host resource file system | |
Mount Point | Name of the directory on which the monitored file system is mounted. |
Remote Mount Point | Name or IP address of the remote host where the file system is mounted. |
FS Type | Type of file system (denoted by values from 1 to 21) being monitored. Example, 2 is unknown, 5 is FAT, 9 is NTFS, and so on. |
FS Access | Logical configuration (access rights: read-only, read and write, and so on) of the file system. |
FS Bootable | Flag indicating the logical configuration (bootable/not bootable) of the monitored file system. |
FS Storage Num | Unique number associated with the file system. |
FS Alloc Units | Total configured units of memory space for allocation available to the monitored file system. |
FS Storage Size | Total disk space (in bytes) available to the file system for storage. |
Time Recorded | Date and time of recording configuration information. |
Input and system fields: Host resource process | |
Name | Description of the monitored device. Description includes information about the device manufacturer, revision, and serial number. |
Software Id | Unique ID assigned to the software process. |
Software Path | Exact location where the process executable is available. |
Parameters | Description of the parameters supplied to this software when it was initially loaded. |
Software Type | Type of the software process being monitored. |
Time Recorded | Date and time of recording configuration information. |
Input and system fields: Host resource processors | |
FrwID | Product ID of the firmware associated with the processor. |
Time Recorded | Date and time of recording configuration information. |
Input and system fields: Host resource devices | |
Device Type | Indicates type of device. |
Description | Description of the monitored device. Description includes information about the device manufacturer, revision, and serial number. |
Device Id | Product ID corresponding to the monitored device. |
Time Recorded | Date and time of recording configuration information. |
Control attributes | |
Collect Data | Select or clear check box to enable or disable data collection for the monitored component. By default, data collection is enabled (check box selected). |
Statistics Poll Interval | Specify the time interval between two consecutive Statistical data polls. Default is 5 minutes. |
Statistics Poll Timeout | Specify the time-out period for each poll of statistical data. If no data is available at the end of this interval, system records zero availability and proceeds with the next scheduled poll. Default is 2 minutes. |
Configuration Poll Interval | Specify the time interval between two consecutive configuration data polls. Default is 24 hours (One day). |
Configuration Poll Timeout | Specify the time-out period for each poll of configuration data. If no data is available at the end of this interval, system records zero availability and proceeds with the next scheduled poll. Default is 10 minutes. |
Auto Discovery Poll Interval | Specify the time interval between two consecutive Auto Discovery polls. Default is 24 hours (One day). |
Auto Discovery Poll Timeout | Specify the time-out period for each Auto Discovery Poll. If no data is available at the end of this interval, system records zero availability and proceeds with the next scheduled poll. Default is 1 minutes. |
Group tab | |
Group membership | This enables you to add a device and its monitors to one or more groups. Optionally, you may associate the device with a group. A group is used to logically organize the devices and monitors by department, geographic area, or service. Assigning a device to a group also enables the system administrator to restrict or allow access to certain devices. To associate the device with a group, select the group name here. |
SNMP V3 details tab | This tab is enabled for use only when 'v3' is selected as the SNMP Version in the Configuration tab. |
User Name (Security Name) | Specify the user name to access the SNMP agent. |
Authorization Protocol | Select the authorization protocol (MD5 or SHA) to use. |
Authorization Password | Specify the authorization password to access the SNMP agent. |
Privacy Protocol | Select the privacy protocol (CBC-DES) to use. |
Privacy Password | Specify the privacy password to access the SNMP agent. |
Recreate deleted instances
All auto discovery-enabled monitors have a special feature wherein auto-created instances can be deleted and later be recreated when required. Deleting an autocreated monitor instance is similar to deleting any other BMC ProactiveNet monitor. The Auto Discovery Engine marks such interface instances as deleted and removes them from BMC ProactiveNet server. The engine still retains all unique information of the monitor instance so that it can be recreated later when required.
To recreate instances from the Administration Console
- Right-click the Host MIB folder on the selected device.
- Select Recreate Deleted Instances.
The Recreate Deleted Instance window is displayed. The window lists all
instances that were deleted since the Host MIB monitor was created. - Select the instances to be recreated.
- Click Recreate.
Automatic instance removal
If an instance is not discovered over a pre-defined period of time (default is 7 days), the auto created instance is removed from BMC ProactiveNet server. The period after which an unavailable instance will be removed can be configured using the property pronet.autodiscovery.cleanuptime in pronet.conf file (<ProactiveServerinstalldirectory>/pronto/conf). The period of time must be specified as seconds and by default this property is set to 604800 seconds, (7 days).
Additional configuration and setup issues
There are no specific special notes available for this monitor; however, follow all recommended practices of BMC ProactiveNet.
The following table presents details about Additional configuration and setup issues for the monitor.
Attribute | Description |
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Monitor configuration | There are no additional configuration requirements for this monitor. Maintain the default configuration of BMC ProactiveNet. |
External setup | There are no external setup requirements for this monitor. |
External dependencies | There are no external dependencies for this monitor. |
BMC ProactiveNet agent dependencies | Monitor Instance can be created on any 7.1 SP4 or higher version remote agent. |
Host MIB thresholds
Absolute threshold for Host MIB
Attribute | Severity | Duration (min) | Flag | Default Threshold | Outside Baseline | Baseline Type |
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Load | Minor | 15 | Above | 80 | Y | ALL |