Events and SNMP Messages¶
The following conditions are monitored for which SNMP traps can be sent. The trap levels and message strings are shown for the condition:
Script install failures
‘error’,’upgrade failed’,’upgrade failed as other activity is in progress
Backup Success/Failure
‘error’, ‘Backup failed’,
‘info’, ‘Backup completed’
‘error’, ‘ERROR: The last backup was more than 2 days ago’, ‘Backup list:
‘info’, ‘INFO: Backups now runs regularly’, ‘Backup list:
Restore Success/Failure
‘info’, ‘Backup restored
‘error’, ‘Backup restoration failed
Nginx reconfiguration - If a webproxy is unable to contact one of the upstream systems
“error”, “nginx upstream failure”, “upstream %s server %s failed: %s”
“info”, “nginx upstreams OK”, “nginx upstream servers returned to normal”
Disk full/cleared (if a monitored disk is above 80%, it will send a trap, and also when this is cleared)
level, ‘DISK ALMOST FULL: Disk <disk name> is more than 80 percent full’
level, ‘DISK STATUS: Disk <disk name> is now running below 80 percent’
‘error’, ‘DISK ALMOST FULL: Disk /var/log is more than 80 percent full’,’Use log purge to purge all rotated logsnnCurrent disk status:
Email failure (if a monitoring email was set up, and system cannot reach it)
‘error’, ‘ERROR: Trouble sending health email’, ‘Trouble sending health email’
‘info’, ‘INFO: Health emails is now being sent’, ‘Health emails is now being sent’
‘info’, ‘INFO: Messages for <username> auto archived as it reached more than 500’ % user, ‘Use the following command to view archived messages:nnlog view <username>’ %
‘info’, ‘INFO: The total local messages for <username> is now under 200’
‘warn’, ‘WARNING: Not all notify levels is configured with an external email address ‘
‘info’, ‘INFO: All notify levels is now configured with an external email address’
Database usage
‘warn’, reason=’WARN: Database <database name> exceeded threshold’
‘info’, reason=’INFO: Database <database name> returned to normal’
High disk latency
‘error’, ‘ERROR: Disk slow ‘, ‘Disk latency info:
‘info’, ‘INFO: The disk latency returned to normal’, ‘The disk latency returned to normal.’
Database failover (if the DB fails over from one node to another twice in a 5 minute period)
‘error’, ‘ERROR: The db is failing over constantly within 5 min’, ‘Cluster failover status:
‘info’, ‘INFO: The db failover status returned to normal’, ‘Cluster failover status:
Large log file warning
‘error’, ‘ERROR: Log files larger than 1Gig found in /var/log ‘, ‘Logrotation was executed to rotate the following logs: <log filename>’
‘info’, ‘INFO: /var/log rotated’, ‘/var/log rotated’
Network
‘error’, ‘ERROR: Network Failures’, ‘The following network failures occured: <network errors>’
‘info’, ‘INFO: Network failures resolved’, ‘Network failures resolved’,
Service failures
‘error’, ‘ERROR: Service Failures’
‘info’, ‘INFO: Services started successfully’
Security updates available
‘warn’, ‘WARNING: Security Updates available’, ‘<number> updates available’
‘info’, ‘INFO: Security Updates applied’, ‘There are 0 security updates available
High memory and CPU usage
‘error’, ‘ERROR: High memory usage’, ‘Memory activity:
‘info’, ‘INFO: Memory usage returned to normal’, ‘Memory more than 1024MB’
‘warn’, ‘WARNING: High CPU usage’, ‘CPU activity:
‘error’, ‘ERROR: Extremely high CPU usage’, ‘CPU activity:
‘info’, ‘INFO: CPU usage returned to normal’
High swap usage
NTP configuration issues
‘warn’, ‘WARNING: The ntp daemon has stopped on <server name>’, ‘Run 'app start services:time' to restart ntpd’,
‘warn’, ‘WARNING: The ntp offset exceeds 1 second on %s’ % system_info, ‘ntp offset exceeds 1 secondnCurrent ntp offset value: <ntp offset>’
‘info’, ‘INFO: ntp is now configured for <server name>’, ‘NTP cleared’, value=0
‘info’, ‘INFO: The ntp offset restored to normal on <server name>’, ‘ntp offset clearednCurrent ntp offset value: <ntp offset>’
DNS configuration issues
‘warn’, ‘WARNING: No dns configured for <server name>’, ‘It is recommended that the dns is configured.nnTo configure dns use the following command:nnetwork dns <server1> <server2>’
‘info’, ‘INFO: dns is now configured for <server name>’, ‘DNS cleared’, value=0
Domain configuration issues
‘info’, ‘INFO: domain is now configured for <server name>, ‘Domain cleared’, value=0
‘warn’, ‘WARNING: No domain configured for <server name>, ‘It is recommended that the domain is configured.nnTo configure the domain use the following command:nnetwork domain <server1> <server2>’,
Log processing failure
‘error’, ‘System unable to send <event type> messages to <IP>’
Monthly report export failure: (example at Internal Report Schedules)
ERROR: License file generation failed. The license audit report scheduled for <month> <year> was not successful. Please contact your VOSS account manager.
For details, refer to the topic on the individual SNMP trap.