Keep getting can't identify column definitions in SAM AIX script

print "Message.Free_Memory: Amount of free memory in MB: $fm\n";

print "Statistic.Free_Memory: $fm\n";

The two lines above in perl will print out to solar winds each is called a message pair (you can have up to 10

The format is important. so the message pair is Message.Free_Memory this one is what will come back in the Message Field, so this is where you wnat a descriuption so can be any alpha numberic or other so would suggest Firmware Version. The example above has it as Amount of Free memory in MB : then the amount

The Statistic element Solarwinds wants to translate into a number so MUST be numeric by its nature Statistic.Free_Memory so this MUST not have Mb or GB on it Just a Number.

So Given that this is in place, when you create the template you will pop this script in in the Edit Script window, and test it against a node.

This goes off and hopefully returns the  Message Par, creating a new point outside of the window called Script Output #1  which is called Free_Memory, and that is where you would set thresholds.

Let me know if there's something wrong, or pass me the basic script and I will see if there is anything obvious.

I think what is not clear is that you need to Copy the original template, and Delete all of the  Script Output #1  sections from your copy, so that it can build a new one itself. The error is because you are returning possibly only One Pair, and the template you are following has 4 parts its expecting.

Here is what I have. Just issuing the command on the box does return the output as expected.

@sn=split(" ",`prtconf | grep -E "Machine Serial Number"`);

if ( $exit != 0 ) {

print "Message: Can't find Serial Number in output of prtconf command.\n";

exit 1;

}

print "Machine Serial Number: $sn\n";

exit 0;

Here is what the command returns on the AIX device:

thanks

Michael Anderson

Monitoring Engineer, Information Technology

Mercy Health

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