I use the SSH disk free sensor to monitor the free disk space of mounted devices on a Xen server. This works perfectly with NFS shares, but how can I read out the free disk space of iSCSI connected drives?
Created on May 8, 2013 2:26:43 PM by
How can I monitor free disk space of connected iSCSI shares on Xen servers?
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This article applies to PRTG Network Monitor 13 or later
Monitoring Free Disk Space of iSCSI Shares on Xen Servers
iSCSI mounts are not integrated as regular volumes. Because of this, they are not visible for the standard SSH Disk Free Sensor. However, PRTG’s SSH Script Sensor makes it possible to retrieve the desired information.
In order to monitor free disk space on a connected iSCSI device, create a small script file in combination with an SSH Script sensor. This custom sensor will return the utilization of the share in percent. You are also able to improve and adjust the script to your monitoring needs.
Please follow the steps below.
Steps to Go
- Open a text editor.
- Copy the script (see below) and paste it into the editor.
- Save the created script file and place it in the following path on your Xen server: var/prtg/scripts
- Ensure that the script file has executable rights and is accessible for the user defined in PRTG.
- Add a new SSH Script sensor to the corresponding device in PRTG, e.g., via Add Sensor… in the device’s context menu.
- Choose the created script from the dropdown list in the add sensor dialog (in section Script).
- In the field Parameters, provide the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the connected iSCSI share. For example, 222ac029-3970-9e8b-060b-5e3870bc1302
Note: You can get a list of all UUIDs available on your system using the following command:xe sr-list | grep -B2 -A3 iSCSI - Select Float in section Value Type. Note: The percentage output of the example script in this article is a float value. If you use an adjusted or another script, make sure that you choose the correct value type here!
- Click on Continue.
The created sensor will start to monitor the free disk space immediately. This sensor works for all volume types which are available on a Xen server, even for Network File Systems (NFS) or local devices.
Script
Please use the following script:
#!/bin/bash
xe sr-list uuid=$1 params=physical-utilisation,physical-size | awk '{if (NR == 1) {pu = $NF}; if (NR == 2) {ps = $NF; print "0:" pu/ps*100 ":OK"}}'
The script works like this:
- xe: command to administrate the Xen kernel
- sr-list: ‘storage-list’ to get all available storage systems on Xen Without additional parameters you will get an unfiltered list of all storages. In order to get specific values for a defined storage use the parameters below:
- uuid: calls a specific storage, defined in the parameters field of the SSH Script sensor settings.
- params: retrieves the desired values.
awk and the following statement calculates the utilization of the disk and returns a PRTG compatible output.
Created on May 8, 2013 2:40:19 PM by
Last change on Nov 8, 2013 4:48:16 PM by
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Hi,
Can you test if a domain admin is able to execute the script?
Created on Jun 15, 2020 5:39:36 AM by
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Hi,
If you can execute the script via the Probe system with the desired user you should be able to use the desired user. If you cannot execute the script you need to check the permissions for this user. Please note that we recommend to use a user which has full access rights on the target system.
Created on Jun 15, 2020 9:12:49 AM by
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Hello Marijan Horsky,
Sorry i have forgot to tell you that running the Script locally on the Server works. With the settings mentioned above i can run the Script with the following Codes and my Testuser {{{cd /var/prtg/scripts
- in this direcetory, the Script named storage ist the desired Script to execute
- so I type in:
sudo ./ storage
- And the Script runs without asking for a Password from my Testuser oper1}}} But as I mentioned with the SSH Script Sensor it will not work. I guess that the needed sudo infront of the command is not implemented in the Code, sended from PRTG to the XenServer with SSH. Can I alter the Code or even see what PRTG actually sends? Maybe it is a different Code and i need to edit the sudoers again.
Thank you very much for your effort!
Last change on Jun 15, 2020 8:58:37 PM by
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Hi,
Can you execute the script directly on the remote probe system? Maybe via Powershell?
Please let me know about the result.
Created on Jun 15, 2020 12:36:25 PM by
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Hi Leon,
What will happen when you enter the credentials of this user into the script? Does it work than?
Created on Jun 16, 2020 6:10:23 AM by
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Hi,
As this is a custom script you need to contact a colleague in your department and ask them how to enter the credentials into the script. We cannot help you to change your script.
Created on Jun 18, 2020 5:11:58 AM by
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