Temperature Monitoring of 3Ware Controller with smartmontools, Nagios and NagiosGrapher

Mario Rasser — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:03:46 +0000

We have a 3Ware 9550SX-8LP installed in a Linuxserver running Ubuntu Server. What I am going to describe is, how we monitor the Harddisk Temperature via Nagios and graphing it via NagiosGrapher. This HowTo can easily be modified for other 3Ware Controllers.

Temperature graph from a 3Ware 9550SX-8LP with NagiosGrapher

Installation and configuration of needed packages

```
#aptitude install smartmontools snmpd
```

Copy the a wrapper script for smartmontools to /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh, it will be used by SNMP later

#!/bin/bash
# Extract the Temperature Value from the SMART values gained by smartclt
# the value 194 contains the HDD Temperature
smartctl -a -d 3ware,${1} ${2} | grep ^194 | awk '{print $10}'

… and do a chmod +x /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh

Configure SNMPd to to run extend-Commands (/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf) and add at the end of the file:

...
extend 3Ware_1_Port0 '/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh 0 /dev/twa0'
extend 3Ware_1_Port1 '/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh 1 /dev/twa0'
extend 3Ware_1_Port2 '/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh 2 /dev/twa0'
extend 3Ware_1_Port3 '/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh 3 /dev/twa0'
extend 3Ware_1_Port4 '/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh 4 /dev/twa0'
extend 3Ware_1_Port5 '/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh 5 /dev/twa0'
#in our system just 6 HDDs are connected so we will return 0 for the non used
extend 3Ware_1_Port6 '/bin/echo 0'
extend 3Ware_1_Port7 '/bin/echo 0'

… and restart SNMPd with /etc/init.d/snmpd restart

```
# visudo
```
and add the following line
```
snmp    ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/get_smart_value.sh
```
… to allow snmp run the script as SuperUser, which is needed to get the S.M.A.R.T. values via smartctl

Nagios Temperature Checking

define service{
        use                             generic-service
        host_name                       your-server-with-3ware.name.tld
        service_description             3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        flap_detection_enabled          1
        max_check_attempts              4
        check_period                    24x7
        notification_period             24x7
        check_command                   check_snmp!$HOSTADDRESS$!yourcommunitystring!2c!.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.13.51.87.97.114.101.95.49.95.80.111.114.116.48.1,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.13.51.87.97.114.101.95.49.95.80.111.114.116.49.1,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.13.51.87.97.114.101.95.49.95.80.111.114.116.50.1,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.13.51.87.97.114.101.95.49.95.80.111.114.116.51.1,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.13.51.87.97.114.101.95.49.95.80.111.114.116.52.1,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.13.51.87.97.114.101.95.49.95.80.111.114.116.53.1,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.13.51.87.97.114.101.95.49.95.80.111.114.116.54.1,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.13.51.87.97.114.101.95.49.95.80.111.114.116.55.1!NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB!45,45,45,45,45,45,2,2!50,50,50,50,50,50,4,4!'Port Temperatures'!'C','C','C','C','C','C','C','C'
}

Nagiosgrapher

in our config the Nagios Service is called “3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP”, so we put a config for nagiosgrapher into /etc/nagiosgrapher/ngraph.d called check_temp_3ware_smart_9550SX-8LP.ncfg that matches the serivce name and defines the needed RegExp to match the wanted data:

define ngraph{
        graph_legend    Port 0
        graph_legend_eol        none
        graph_perf_regex Port0\.1=([0-9]+)
        graph_units     degree C
        graph_value     Temp1
        hide            no
        rrd_color       ff0000
        rrd_plottype    LINE1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
}
 
define ngraph{
        graph_legend    Port 1
        graph_legend_eol        LEFT
        graph_perf_regex Port1\.1=([0-9]+)
        graph_units     degree C
        graph_value     temp2
        hide    no
        rrd_color       0000ff
        rrd_plottype    LINE1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
}
 
define ngraph{
        graph_legend    Port 2
        graph_legend_eol        LEFT
        graph_perf_regex Port2\.1=([0-9]+)
        graph_units     degree C
        graph_value     temp3
        hide    no
        rrd_color       00ffff
        rrd_plottype    LINE1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
}
 
define ngraph{
        graph_legend    Port 3
        graph_legend_eol        LEFT
        graph_perf_regex Port3\.1=([0-9]+)
        graph_units     degree C
        graph_value     temp4
        hide    no
        rrd_color       00ff00
        rrd_plottype    LINE1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
}
define ngraph{
        graph_legend    Port 4
        graph_legend_eol        LEFT
        graph_perf_regex Port4\.1=([0-9]+)
        graph_units     degree C
        graph_value     temp5
        hide    no
        rrd_color       45ff00
        rrd_plottype    LINE1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
}
define ngraph{
        graph_legend    Port 5
        graph_legend_eol        LEFT
        graph_perf_regex Port5\.1=([0-9]+)
        graph_units     degree C
        graph_value     temp6
        hide    no
        rrd_color       00ff33
        rrd_plottype    LINE1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
}
define ngraph{
        graph_legend    Port 6
        graph_legend_eol        LEFT
        graph_perf_regex Port6\.1=([0-9]+)
        graph_units     degree C
        graph_value     temp7
        hide    no
        rrd_color       DDFFDD
        rrd_plottype    LINE1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
}
define ngraph{
        graph_legend    Port 7
        graph_legend_eol        LEFT
        graph_perf_regex Port7\.1=([0-9]+)
        graph_units     degree C
        graph_value     temp8
        hide    no
        rrd_color       aaffaa
        rrd_plottype    LINE1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Latest:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  LAST
        print_source    Temp1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Maximum:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  MAX
        print_source    Temp1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Average:
        print_eol       left
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  AVERAGE
        print_source    Temp1
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Latest:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  LAST
        print_source    temp2
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Maximum:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  MAX
        print_source    temp2
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Average:
        print_eol       left
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  AVERAGE
        print_source    temp2
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Latest:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  LAST
        print_source    temp3
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Maximum:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  MAX
        print_source    temp3
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Average:
        print_eol       left
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  AVERAGE
        print_source    temp3
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Latest:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  LAST
        print_source    temp4
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Maximum:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  MAX
        print_source    temp4
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Average:
        print_eol       left
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  AVERAGE
        print_source    temp4
        service_name    ^3Ware Temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Latest:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  LAST
        print_source    temp5
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Maximum:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  MAX
        print_source    temp5
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Average:
        print_eol       left
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  AVERAGE
        print_source    temp5
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
define ngraph{
        print_description       Latest:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  LAST
        print_source    temp6
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Maximum:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  MAX
        print_source    temp6
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Average:
        print_eol       left
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  AVERAGE
        print_source    temp6
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
define ngraph{
        print_description       Latest:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  LAST
        print_source    temp7
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Maximum:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  MAX
        print_source    temp7
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Average:
        print_eol       left
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  AVERAGE
        print_source    temp7
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
define ngraph{
        print_description       Latest:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  LAST
        print_source    temp8
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Maximum:
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  MAX
        print_source    temp8
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}
 
define ngraph{
        print_description       Average:
        print_eol       left
        print_format    %2.2lf
        print_function  AVERAGE
        print_source    temp8
        service_name    ^3Ware temp. 9550SX-8LP
        type    GPRINT
}

BONUS: Short smartctl/3Ware excures

smartctl that comes with the smartmontools package is able to read the S.M.A.R.T. values from HDDs on a 3Ware Controller
it needs the 3Ware Port that should by queried for data and the 3ware blockdevice, on the newer controller series of 3Ware they are /dev/twaX, where X is the controller number and is starting at 0. So the first controller ist /dev/twa0 the second /dev/twa1 and so on.
older 3Ware controllers are using /dev/twe instead, just have a look and maybe modify the SNMP extend section to get the info from the correct controller/devive

Output on one of our System:

# smartctl -a -d 3ware,0 /dev/twa0
smartctl version 5.37 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
 
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar RE Serial ATA series
Device Model:     WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1
Serial Number:    WD-WCANU1569566
Firmware Version: 09.02E09
User Capacity:    400.088.457.216 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   7
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Fri Jul 10 10:53:57 2009 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
 
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
 
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x84) Offline data collection activity
                                        was suspended by an interrupting command from host.
                                        Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed
                                        without error or no self-test has ever
                                        been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:                 (11880) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:                    (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                                        Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                                        Suspend Offline collection upon new
                                        command.
                                        Offline surface scan supported.
                                        Self-test supported.
                                        Conveyance Self-test supported.
                                        Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
                                        power-saving mode.
                                        Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01) Error logging supported.
                                        General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:        ( 149) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (   6) minutes.
 
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   218   218   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       6100
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       19
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   085   085   000    Old_age   Always       -       11445
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   253   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012   100   253   051    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       18
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   114   113   000    Old_age   Always       -       38
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0009   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0
 
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
 
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short captive       Interrupted (host reset)      90%      4274         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      4122         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      3954         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      3786         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      3618         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      3451         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      3283         -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      3115         -
# 9  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2947         -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2779         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2611         -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2443         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2275         -
#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2107         -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1940         -
#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1772         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1604         -
#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1436         -
#19  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1268         -
#20  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1101         -
#21  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       933         -
 
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

(Arrow) keys are not working in VMWare guest

Mario Rasser — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:41:17 +0000

We had problems within some keys like Arrow, Up, Down etc. in the Guest OS running on a Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 running VMWare Server 2.0. The keymapping between host and guest is broken. That could be fixed with the following entries in ~/.vmware/config (create the file if it is not existing). The file is located in the home of the user that runs ther VMWare Console, e.g. from the VMWare Infrastructure Web Access environment.

xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R
xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide
xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter
xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up
xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down
xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left
xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right
xkeymap.keycode.105 = 0x11d # Control_R
xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert
xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete
xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home
xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End
xkeymap.keycode.112 = 0x149 # Prior
xkeymap.keycode.117 = 0x151 # Next
xkeymap.keycode.78 = 0x46 # Scroll_Lock
xkeymap.keycode.127 = 0x100 # Pause
xkeymap.keycode.133 = 0x15b # Meta_L
xkeymap.keycode.134 = 0x15c # Meta_R
xkeymap.keycode.135 = 0x15d # Menu

Restart the guest virtual machine and the keymapping works as it should.
The solution was found in the mentioned reference.

Reference:

VMWare Forum – Thread 175165

Install VMWare Tools on Ubuntu Server

Mario Rasser — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:02:12 +0000

How to install VMWare Tools on Ubuntu (tested on Ubuntu 8.10 and 8.04 LTS) in a rush:

Within your VMWare Infrastructure Client or WebGUI do a “Install VMWare Tools”
VMWare will provide a ISO Image with the VMWare Tools to the Virtual Machine
SSH to the Ubuntu Server you want the VMWare Tools be installed

OPTIONAL but prefered:

sudo su -
aptitude update
aptitude full-upgrade

do the following steps as root or prefix a sudo:

aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
mount /dev/cdrom
cd /media/cdrom0/
cp VMwareTools-2.0.0-122956.tar.gz /usr/src/
cd /usr/src/
tar xfzv VMwareTools-2.0.0-122956.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib/
./vmware-install.pl
# answer the question via defaults
init 6