how to monitor AIX server paging space using snmp

ganeshsambandam · Post by **ganeshsambandam** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 9:43 am

jforcier · Post by **jforcier** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 3:23 pm

Hello ganeshsambandam, here is the guide for monitoring AIX via SNMP.

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... g-SNMP.pdf
Let us know if you need any more assistance.

ganeshsambandam · Post by **ganeshsambandam** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:51 pm

I have added the AIx server using snmp wizard, I'm not seeing paging space monitoring while add the server, i see Swap but, it's not working to see the space.

scottwilkerson · Post by **scottwilkerson** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:24 pm

If AIX has a specific SNMP OID for paging space you would need to find that OID and then you can add it using the standard SNMP wizard.

I am not familiar with what the SNMP OID's would be for that on a AIX system

typer100 · Post by **typer100** » Thu Sep 27, 2018 6:27 am

Just my 2 cents...
Why don't you use NCPA agent to monitor AIX?

scottwilkerson · Post by **scottwilkerson** » Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:02 am

typer100 wrote:Just my 2 cents...
Why don't you use NCPA agent to monitor AIX?

This would be a good option if you can install an agent on the AIX system

ganeshsambandam · Post by **ganeshsambandam** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:58 pm

How much space will be utilized when installing NCPA? I hope it runs in 5693 port that also to be opened between the servers and Nagios XI.

Will there any big difference in using snmp vs NCPA agent with respect to network, disk, IO, resources usage that takes system performance ?

scottwilkerson · Post by **scottwilkerson** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:30 pm

The AIX ppc package is only 17 MB

ganeshsambandam wrote:I hope it runs in 5693 port that also to be opened between the servers and Nagios XI.

That is correct, port 5693 is opened on the clients and that is how Nagios XI access it along with a security token.

ganeshsambandam wrote:Will there any big difference in using snmp vs NCPA agent with respect to network, disk, IO, resources usage that takes system performance ?

No, NCPA is very light weight and it uses very small amount of resources, only sending a few bytes of data when queried from the Nagios XI server

ganeshsambandam · Post by **ganeshsambandam** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 7:37 am

Will there be any dependency packages needed when we install NCPA agent in AIX and Linux servers ? Or it has the bundles which has dependency packages as well if any required. ?

scottwilkerson · Post by **scottwilkerson** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:13 am

ganeshsambandam wrote:Will there be any dependency packages needed when we install NCPA agent in AIX and Linux servers ? Or it has the bundles which has dependency packages as well if any required. ?

There shouldn't be any dependencies, the RPM is self contained.

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