Tools for NetApp Monitoring
NetApp Monitoring
This website provides information about tools that automatically retrieve data values and the status of NetApp-filers for graphical display and that warn the user in case of deviations from reference values.
Monitoring Plugins for NetApp
We have been developing plugins for monitoring NetApp storage devices (filers) since 2007. These plugins can be used for monitoring and trend analysis for practically all aspects of a NetApp filer or cluster. We support DataONTAP version 7.x in addition to the more current version 8.x in 7-Mode as well as in Cluster mode.
Release History check_netapp_pro
3.6.1 ACCELERATE-ABLE CDOT-GETTER, SIS, DISK-THRESHOLDS
Release planned for October 2016
New and improved
- Disk check has thresholds now - get a WARNING for 1 failed disk and a CRITICAL alarm for 2 or more.
- New Check Sis - check for dedup-problems (stale-fingerprints, run-time)
- --max_records can be configured to reduce the time to collect data (volume, vol_snapshot, disk) from cdot-filers
- Snapshots can check the size of single snapshots now (--single).
3.6.0 NEW STORE-FORMAT
Released 2016-09-03
New and improved
- A new format and logic for some store-files dramatically reduces the memory-footprint of checks using performance- and history-stores.
- New check_netapp_license.pl
- New switch --vserver for LunState
- New switch --prefix for PerfLif
- New switch --uninitialized_relation_is_ok for SnapMirrorMetrics (Useful if you setup a far away vserver peer and activated protection with snapmirror - synchronization can take a long time than.)
- New switch --exclude_dependency=vclone for the Snapshot check to filter on application-dependency
- Hint in output if instances have been excluded
- Snapshots-check: --node|--vserver is optional now
Fixed
- ShelfEnvironment fixed to check 7m MetroCluster
3.5.2 REACTIVATE max_length_multi_line
Released 2016-07-06
New and improved
- Length of output can be limited by setting max_length_multi_line in check_netapp_pro.pl
3.5.1 --average IMPLEMENTED into PERFDISK
Released 2016-06-12
New and improved
- --average implemented into PerfDisk
3.5.0 CLUSTER-PEER-HEALTH, NO INSTANCES CAN BE OK NOW!
Released 2016-06-08
New and improved
- New check ClusterPeerHealth
- New check MetroClusterVserver
- New option for the collector-checks: --no_store=OK|... (most useful together with the collectors option --no_instances=OK|...)
- DiskPaths: unassigned disks are skipped
- VolumeState: Node-filter --exclude_nodes/--include_nodes introduced
3.4.2 FIXES USAGE/SHELF-ENVIRONMENT, DISKCOUNT, WORKLOAD, LUNSIZE
Released 2016-04-21
Fixed
- Usage-Check: Handling of volumes with no state-attribute
- shelf-environment-object in cm-getter needs a node-name (sometimes)
- snap-mirror getter for 7-mode: Handle empty config (no snap-mirrors)
- Respect the options --timeout and --hide_uuid
New and improved
- new DiskCount check (counts spare-disks per type or storage-pool)
- new workload-object in the perf-getter (in preparation for a cdot total-ops check)
- extended lun-object in the 7m/cm-getters (in preparation for a LunSize check)
3.4.1 SWITCH --VSERVER|--NODE OPTIONAL FOR USAGE-CHECK, FIXES, DOCUMENTATION
Released 2016-03-07
Fixed
- Usage check: unknown volumes are skipped now
- Snapshots: target type not properly shown in case of singular
New and improved
- Switch --vserver|--node is now optional for the Usage check
- Documentation and examples
3.4.0 SHELF-CHECKS, UNZEROED-SPAREDISKS, UNBALANCED DISKS, METROCLUSTER-CHECKS
Released 2016-02-25
Fixed
- Vserver checks operational-state (instead of admin-state) if DataONTAP >= 8.3
New and improved
- New: ShelfEnvironment checks a Shelfs temperature, power-supplies and sensors
- New: Check for non-zeroed spare disks with the Disk check
- New check BadlyPerformingDisks for detecting unbalanced disks usages.
- New check_netapp_mc_config.pl for checking a Metroclusters mode and configuration.
- New check_netapp_anycli.pl for building checks with simple CLI-commands.
- New option --alarm_limit (signals critical conditions as warning)
- check_netapp7_snapvault.pl can check the lag-time
- New option --display_factor for check_netapp7_snapvault.pl
- New option --skip_reason in Vserver check
- New option --avg in PerfCpu (for getting the averaged usage)
3.3.1 FABRIC METRO CLUSTER SUPPORTED, USER-FRIENDLY TIMES, FIXES
Released 2015-12-01
New and improved
- DiskPaths can check Fabric Metro Clusters with 8 disk-paths
- User-friendly time-values in addition to seconds: h, min, d(ay), (w)eek E.g. -w 3 -c 72 --factor=h instead of -w 10800 -c 259200
- New Option: --perfdata_uom_string to replace correct but not accepted units like '/s' with whatever you want. E.g. --perfdata_uom_string=s|persec|empty|°C|µs|us|...
- IfGrp lists ports which are down
- NetPort/NetPort7m: new switch --ignore_disabled
- Getter for shelf-bay objects can retrieve data from a --single_system
Documentation
- Handling of Error "Magic number checking on storable file failed"
Fixes
- NetPort handles undefined link-status (sends an alarm)
- Usage of check_netapp7_vfiler.pl mentioned wrong switch
3.3.0 MORE LEGACY CHECKS, DISK INVENTORY INFO, CHECK for FCP CRC-ERRORS
Released 2015-11-04
New and improved
- SnapMirror has a getter for 7-mode
- New Check for 7-mode: check_netapp7_snapvault
- New Check for 7-mode: check_netapp7_vfiler
- New Check: check_netapp7_fcpstats: Checks for fcp crc-errors (7mode only)
- Disk shows inventory info (so actions can be taken immediately)
- New Switch to hide the lengthy UUID in output
- New: Snapshots can now filter on the snap-mirror-label
- Additional counters (evicts, disk_reads_replaced) in the FlashCash-Check
- Preparation for DiskPath: path_use_state gets collected, required for checking Fabric MetroClusters (FMCs)
Fixes
- interface-getter/IfGrp check: handle interfaces with undefined mediatype or empty link-states
- IfGrp check can handle vifs-in-vifs recursively
- The labels in the perf-data are always uniq now
Documentation
- New chapter: How to configure a cluster-mode read-only user for monitoring
- Several improvements, mainly in the Trouble-Shooting section.
3.2.0 NEW CHECKS and SWITCHES, FIX f. DUPLICATE INSTANCES BUG, MICRODELTAS
Released 2015-08-27
New and improved
- new check: PerfTcpIp
- new check: NetInterface
- new check: PerfHostadapter
- new check: UsageTrend
- new check: SyncMirror for cdot Metro Cluster
- new switch: --no_instances=OK|WARNING|...
- new switch for volume Usage: --check_only=with_lun|without_lun
- alarm (UNKNOWN) in case of counter overflows
- microdeltas (experimental feature)
- check_netapp_spare.pl: Better (more human understandable) help and output
Fixes
- duplicate perf-instances in cmode if the number of instances was > 150
3.1.1 LEGACY CHECKS, CHECK FOR BROKEN AND- UNASSIGNED DISKS
Released 2015-03-25
Fixes
- IMPORTANT: broken disks are no longer skipped in cluster mode
- disk getter handles unassigned disks
New and improved
- Legacy Checks ported from 2.x to 3.x: check_netapp7_head.pl, check_netapp_health.pl
- Filer can be checked for broken or unassigned disks
3.1.0 STABLE RELEASE
Released 2015-03-13
Fixes
- some small fixes in the cfg-files
- removed confusing default-thresholds in PerfVolume
New and improved
- Dependency Table (netapp-monitoring.info/en/help/dependencies.html)
- New switch --show_problems appends all non-ok instances to the outputs first line. Ideal for sending more comprehensive alarm messages to mobile-phones. (More details are in the blog)
3.0.18 RELEASE CANDIDATE II
Released 2015-02-25
Fixes
- StorageUtilization returns 25 out of bounds
- snapshot-getter can handle offline/restricted/busy volumes
New and improved
- --no_relations_is_ok switch for SnapMirror checks
- DiskPaths can check up to 4 paths
- Documentation improvements
3.0.17 RELEASE CANDIDATE I
Released 2015-01-26
New and improved
- VolumeAutosize for cm and DataONTAP 8.2.1
- PerfLif for DataONTAP 8.2.1 or higher
- New check Disk (replaces the depreciated DiskFailed)
- New option-argument to switch of performance-data: --perf_data=suppress
Fixes
- Lots of fixes and enhancements based on feedback from internal UA-tests
- Lots of fixes and enhancements based on customer-feedback (thanks to all of you!)
- Reduced ONTAPI requirement for all 7m checks (1.11 instead of 1.15)
Documentation
- Much more complete configuration files (Nagios cfg) for 7m and cm
- Getter tells user correct getter-objects if a unknown object is detected
- Getter: Pseudo-object 'explore' lists all available objects (-o explore).
3.0.16 NETPORT7M, FIX in SHELFBAY, ENHANCED CLUSTER-HA-CHECK
Released 2014-10-15
- Fixed: ShelfBay getter died with non-installed disks
- New: NetPort7m checks interface-status on 7-mode filers
- Enhanced: check_netapp_cluster checks 'is-enabled' and 'is-interconnect-up'
- Updated: Installation Documentation
3.0.15 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS (VOLUME, VOLUME-SNAPSHOTS)
Released 2014-10-06
- Improved: Reduced amount of data retrieved from filer (volume, vol_snapshot in cluster-mode)
- Debug-output of perf-getter extended to show timestamps for both instance-name- and counter-value retrieval period.
3.0.14 LUNSTATE, STORAGEUTILIZATION
Released 2014-10-02
- New check: LunState check for offline-LUNs
- Now available in pro: StorageUtilization
- Fix for problem on systems with a patched Carp-module causing the getter to stopped with "Do you need to predeclare croak?"
3.0.13 VSERVER, DiskFailed, SnapVault
Released 2014-09-16
- Renamed: Vfiler has been renamed to Vserver.
- Enhanced: DiskFailed can now check for offline-disk on 7m filers
- SnapVault included into SnapMirror, relationship-type visible in --explore
3.0.12 VFILER, WAFL
Released 2014-08-21
- New check: Vfiler monitors the state of data-vfilers.
- New check: Wafl monitors WAFL-counters like consistency points per second.
3.0.11 SEVERAL FIXES AND DOCUMENTATION IMPROVEMENTS
Released 2014-08-14
- Fixed NVRAM
- Relaxed ONTAPI Requirement for 7-Mode
- utf8 conversion of all libraries
3.0.10 OVERCOMMIT-AGGR, VOLUME-AUTOSIZE
Released 2014-07-14
- New check: VolumeAutosize alarms if autosized volumes grow too fast
- Improvement: --explore/ --discover
- Fix: Removed dependency from antlers
- Feature: OvercommitAggr provides additional growth metric
3.0.9 SNAPMIRROR
Released 2014-06-24
New Checks in this version
- SnapMirrorMetrics - checks SnapMirrors lag-time, transfer-size, ...
- SnapMirrorState - checks SnapMirrors health and mirror-state.
New Feature
- SnapShots w/ new switch --comparison=lt find volumes with no snapshots
3.0.8 MORE PERF-CHECKS
Released 2014-06-03
New Checks in this version
- BufferCache - checks several metrics of the system buffer cache (=system memory)
- FlashCash - checks the PAM2-cards performance
- LunLatency - checks a luns latency or operations/second
3.0.7 REDUCED DEPENDENCIES, PERFSYS, MAMMAMIA
Released 2014-06-02
Fixed
- IfGrp was broken for cluster-mode. Added --node switch to allow selective checking of a specific node.
New Checks
- PerfSys - checks system-wide perf-counters (transfer-rates, ops, ...)
Updated
- Removed dependency from non-core module Const::Fast antlers (installation should be able without CPAN now)
- Performance improved by using faster accessors
- PerfIf and PerfCpu got a --node switch, to selectively check a specific node.
New Feature
- --mammamia - setting one single switch writes several debug-infos into one, easy to compress and transfer directory. Now supported for *all* getter-scripts!
3.0.6 PERFVOLUME's --vserver, --mammamia
Released 2014-05-19
Fixed
- PerfVolume -H <myfiler> --vserver=vserv01 checks only volumes of vserv01.
New Feature
- --mammamia - setting one single switch writes several debug-infos into one, easy to transfer directory. Only supported for check_netapp_perfdata.pl yet. (Had erroneously been announced for 3.0.5 already)
3.0.5 VOLUME-PERFGETTER USES VSERVER NOT NODES
Released 2014-05-19
Fixed
- check_netapp_perfdata.pl --volume uses vserver not node as container for the volumes.
3.0.4 SIMPLIFICATIONS AND NEW PERFCHECKS, DISKFAIL-CHECK, FIXES
Released 2014-05-15
Simplified
- Performance-getter and performance-checks always have a 1:1 relation now. (E.g. PerfVolume requires just one getter and not two.)
- Perfgetters --mode switch can be written as attribute into netapp_credentials (auth-file). See the example in etc.
Fixed
- Usage for volumes, VolumeState handle down-nodes
- ShelfBay --state is mandatory now
- ShelfBay --state=disk false-negatives eliminated (may be to strict now - please report)
New Checks
- PerfCpu - checks net-ports link-status on cm-filers. Replaces IfConfig.
- NVRAM - checks NVRAMs performance.
- PerfIf - checks network-interfaces performance.
- DiskFailed - checks for failed disk.
3.0.3 SHELF-BAY/HEAD/UPTIME FIXED, NEW NET-PORT CHECK
Released 2014-05-07
Fixed
- ShelfBay check found duplicate bays on FAS 2240
- Head and Uptime handle rebooting nodes better, additional switch --vserver
New Checks
- NetPort - checks net-ports link-status on cm-filers. Replaces IfConfig.
3.0.2_02 IFGRP for CLUSTER MODE (EXPERIMENTAL)
Released 2014-04-30
New Checks
- IfGrp - supports cluster-mode. Use -o net-port for the getter.
(experimental - please report!)
3.0.2_01 EXPERIMENTAL BUGFIX + NEW PLUGINS
Released 2014-04-29
Fixed
- Getter for shelf-bay fixed (experimental - please report!)
New Checks
- VolumeState - checks for non-online volumes (configurable)
- AggregateState - checks for non-online aggregates (configurable)
- Raidstatus - checks the raid-status of aggregates
3.0.2 FIRST BETA - BUGFIXES
Released 2014-04-23
Fixed
- debugging printed w/o verbose
- usage in Snapshots
- message in Heads
3.0.1_14 FOURTEENTH ALPHA - Heads
Released 2014-04-11
Implemented
- Uptime - reappeared for cm. Checks the time since last reboot.
- check_netapp_cluster - direct check (w/o collector) - checks the HA-status
3.0.1_13 THIRTEENTHS ALPHA - Heads
Released 2014-04-07
Implemented
- Heads - reappeared for cm. Checks hardware and global health-state.
Fixes
Several bugs and UI-inconsistencies repaired.
3.0.1_12 TWELTH ALPHA - PerfDisk
Released 2014-04-02
Implemented
- NEW: PerfDisk - checks disk_busy counter on 7m and cm.
3.0.1_10 TENTH ALPHA - several additional checks
Released 2014-03-24
Implemented
- NEW: SyncMirror - checks the mirror-status on Metro Cluster aggregates
- NEW: IfGrp - checks if an interface-group has enough active links (replaces IfConfig)
- NEW: DiskPaths - checks if each disk has two paths (A/B, B/A)
3.0.1_06 SIXTH ALPHA - ShelfBay (Shelf- and Disk Port Status Monitoring)
Released 2014-03-11
Implemented
- NEW: ShelfBay - checks the status of shelves and the disk-port status (e.g. BYP, disk bypass).
- Enhanced help (--help) for all checks (examples).
3.0.1_05 FITH ALPHA - PerfVolume (Per Volume Latency) gets PRO
Released 2014-03-07
Implemented
- NEW: PerfVolume - checks as many volumes as you want - no more 'Not enough memory to get instances'.
- NEW: PerfVolume has additional counters for CIFS and FCP and checks both 7-mode and cluster-mode filers.
- NEW: get_netapp_perfdata.pl lists all available counters from your system (try it out: get_netapp_perfdata.pl -H filer -o volume ... --explain=counters).
3.0.1_03 + 3.0.1_04 SECOND and THIRD ALPHA of combined PRO-Release (7M/CM)
Released 2014-02-28
Implemented
- FIX: Authentication via credentials file fixed
- NEW: check_netapp_spare - checks for spare-low-conditions (not enough spare-disks) on nodes and clusters (both 7m and cm)
3.0.1_02 SECOND ALPHA of combined PRO-Release (7M/CM)
Released 2014-02-02
Implemented
- New architecture which supports both DataONTAP versions (7m, cluster-mode).
- Aggregate snapshots in 7-mode
The following checks should work for both 7m and cm:
- Usage (volumes, aggregates)
- Snapshots (volume- and aggregate-snapshots for 7m, volume-snapshots for cm)
Missing
- A check for Shelfs, which will replace together with a Head-check the old Hardware-check.
- Head, Performance Checks
3.0.1_01 FIRST ALPHA of combined PRO-Release (7M/CM)
Used only internally.