The v1.2.0 release of our Check E-Series product brings a new monitoring plugin called check_eseries_interface to monitor the host-interfaces.
This plugin contacts the StorageGRID Management API (StorageGRID Webscale) and checks then several values for being as expected. Examples are:
channel type: driveside or …
Over the years, this blog has accumulated almost 300 articles. Unfortunately, the built-in JS-based search is overwhelmed by this. We have therefore switched the search bar at the top to an external search engine called MetaGer.
Why MetaGer? MetaGer is a search engine supported by the non-profit SUMA-EV, Association …
Both our classic Perl- and ZAPI-based product Check NetApp-ZAPI and the modern Check NetApp-REST have received new stable versions. While CheckNetApp-ZAPI mainly has the documentation and minor bugs fixed, Check NetApp-REST has many new features and checks.
Highlights New Binary RESTful snapshot check New check for …
We have got this request:
Recently we have noticed that some of our fiber optic cables have degraded, this is sadly not reported anywhere else exept with the commands below…
STOR04-A1::*> storage port show -node STOR04-A1-01 Speed Node Port Type (Gb/s) State Status ------------------ ---- ---- ------ -------- …
The plugin check_netapp_aggregate object-store monitors the availability of an object store. In principle, we do the same as a storage admin who enters the command storage aggregate object-store show into Ontap’s CLI and then checks whether available is shown in the field object-store-availability.
Here is an …
This new plugin monitors the space occupied by snapshots on a volume in its first stage of development. It is similar to its ZAPI predecessor check_netapp_pro.pl Snapshots in that it can calculate the space required by snapshots either relative to the volume size or the snapshot reserve. The parameter …
The new check_netapp_volume missing plugin notifies you or your team, when a volume has been removed from the system.
Motivation and Workflow NetApp has a “recovery queue” which is set to 12 hours by default. If the monitoring reports that a volume has been deleted, you have the chance to recover that volume.
Please …
The
check_netapp_volume usage command understands relative thresholds in percent as well now …
One of our customers asked if we could develop a plugin that determines the last access date/creation date/modification dates …
We had feared that the transfer of the articles from the old blog could not be done completely automatically … The monitoring plugin
check_site_simple was a great help here …