Finding and displaying data in var/log/messages that is system health based

Inside one of my LINUX systems there is a utility that runs that delivers critical health information that is not supported through a MIB. Unfortunately, the vendor chose a SUPERMICRO motherboard without MIB support.

However in CRON the SUPERODOCTOR process runs and reports back all the information I need. Now here's what that data looks like

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Supero Doctor II - Linux version 2.5(050121)
Copyright(c) 1993-2004 by Super Micro Computer, Inc. http://supermicro.com/
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Monitored Item            High Limit Low Limit     Status
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Fan1 Fan Speed                              712       4473
Fan2 Fan Speed                              712      19081
Fan3 Fan Speed                              712      18556
Fan4 Fan Speed                              712      18815
Fan5 Fan Speed                              712       8144
Fan6 Fan Speed                              712       7814
CPU1 Fan Speed                              712       4344
CPU2 Fan Speed                              712       4330
CPU1 Core Voltage               1.54       1.02       1.29
CPU2 Core Voltage               1.54       1.02       1.30
+3.3V Voltage                   3.63       2.96       3.34
+5V Voltage                     5.49       4.47       5.09
+12V Voltage                   13.19      10.75      12.00
-12V Voltage                  -10.81     -13.21     -11.82
CPU1 Temperature              80/176                44/111
CPU2 Temperature              80/176                47/116
System Temperature            50/122                 37/98
Chassis Intrusion                                     Good
Power1 Supply Failure                                 Good
Power2 Supply Failure                                 Good

I want to bring this back into Solarwinds and Display for a node...any thoughs on how to do this with either SNMP or PERL or something in APM?

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MikeAsthalter

Hello Andrew,

Is it possible for you to redirect the output of the SUPERODOCTOR process to a file? If so, you could use the Linux/Unix Script Monitor to run a script that processes the output file, retrieves the statistic(s) of interest, and then writes the Statistic value appropriately based on the values retrieved. Set the Statistic Warning and Critical Threshold values based on when you want to be alerted. For example, if you have found some of the parameters are out of range, write the statistic value 1, and set the Statistic Critical Threshold value to greater than 0 to be alerted that this has happened.

For more information about using the Linux/Unix Script Monitor, see the following:

Creating a Linux/Unix Script Monitor:

http://www.solarwinds.com/NetPerfMon/SolarWinds/OrionAPMAGCreatingLinuxUnixScriptMonitor.htm

Linux/Unix Script Monitor:

http://www.solarwinds.com/NetPerfMon/SolarWinds/OrionAPMPHComponentTypesLinuxScript.htm

Hope this helps,

Mike

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MikeAsthalter

Hello Andrew,

For more information about using the Linux/Unix Script Monitor, see the following:

Creating a Linux/Unix Script Monitor:

http://www.solarwinds.com/NetPerfMon/SolarWinds/OrionAPMAGCreatingLinuxUnixScriptMonitor.htm

Linux/Unix Script Monitor:

http://www.solarwinds.com/NetPerfMon/SolarWinds/OrionAPMPHComponentTypesLinuxScript.htm

Hope this helps,

Mike

FormerMember

Thank you for the input. This isn't quite what I am after. Now I was able to find that you can add

pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.10876 /usr/sbin/sd_extension

to your /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

And indeed if you use one of the pollers out there for SuperMicro I get these data to appear

But what I really want is this output...which is actually showing up if you perform this command on the system itself

/usr/sbin/superodoctor -t >superout.csv

*****************************************************************************
Supero Doctor II - Linux version 2.5(050121)
Copyright(c) 1993-2004 by Super Micro Computer, Inc. http://supermicro.com/
*****************************************************************************
Monitored Item            High Limit Low Limit     Status
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fan1 Fan Speed                              712       4302
Fan2 Fan Speed                              712      18556
Fan3 Fan Speed                              712      18556
Fan4 Fan Speed                              712      18556
Fan5 Fan Speed                              712       7637
Fan6 Fan Speed                              712       8047
CPU1 Fan Speed                              712       4344
CPU2 Fan Speed                              712       4400
CPU1 Core Voltage               1.54       1.02       1.29
CPU2 Core Voltage               1.54       1.02       1.31
+3.3V Voltage                   3.63       2.96       3.32
+5V Voltage                     5.49       4.47       5.09
+12V Voltage                   13.19      10.75      12.06
-12V Voltage                  -10.81     -13.21     -11.95
CPU1 Temperature              80/176                42/107
CPU2 Temperature              80/176                42/107
System Temperature            50/122                 35/95
Chassis Intrusion                                     Good
Power1 Supply Failure                                 Good
Power2 Supply Failure                                 Good
--------------------------------------------- Thu Dec 30 22:27:16 2010

That's what I want to show up..something like this...or darn close to it...I have to believe there is a way to basically import data directly from a CSV file and get it to display on a page in ORION No?