If we have a Dell EMC Data Domain as a storage solution for the protection of our data, and we want to make sure that your hardware and components are functional at all times, This is your post, we are going to monitor it with Centreon!

What I said, if we are lucky enough to have a Data Domain in our facilities, and we want to prevent it from giving us a scare… One of the options we will always have is to monitor it, in this case we will do it with Centreon.

In This post we have already seen how Centreon provides us with a wonderful script, A Swiss Army knife that will allow us to check almost anything, Well, Well, thanks to 'centreon_plugins.pl’ we will be able to monitor the use of the system in our Data Domains, Hardware status and replication status, Take it now!

perl centreon_plugins.pl --plugin=storage::Emc::DataDomain::plugin --list-mode Modes Available:
   filesystem-usage hardware replication

GOOD, because once we enable SNMP in our Data Domain we will be able to consult you. The first thing to keep in mind will be, that when creating the Host, we will do this using a template from a Linux computer, with this we will have quite a few items checked. The following, will be to register the Command, in “Configuration” > “Commands” > “Checks”. We'll use the following command line, where with 1 argument we will check any of the 3 Available modes:

/usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon-plugins/centreon_plugins.pl --plugin=storage::Emc::DataDomain::plugin --hostname=$HOSTADDRESS$ --snmp-community=$_HOSTSNMPCOMMUNITY$ --mode=$ARG 1$ --snmp-timeout=60

And from the Command, we will be able to create the 3 Services we need to know the status of the hardware, File system usage or replication. We give each service its name and autocomplete the Storyline.

After exporting the Centreon configuration we will have it! Our monitored Data Domain, we can know the status of its resources such as the disks, memoirs, Upload or processor, Using Network Interfaces, hardware…

The idea of these posts is to raise awareness that we can monitor any element that provides service, We have to be able to anticipate any disaster, we have to know our uses and habits… we have to be able to justify with data…

Come on, I'm getting involved! If someone was interested, that's enough 🙂 for me, I'm happy, Take care of yourselves, Be happy, Carry yourself well!

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