Heartbeat trap alert

[Kevin Zhou]

For Spectrum 10.2 running on Solaris, we use snmptrap to generate a snmp heartbeat trap to monitor Spectrum server status via the following shell script:

 

/usr/sfw/bin/snmptrap -v 1 -c public $SSSERVER .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2 $AGENTHOST 6 1 '' .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2.1.1 s $SENDTIME .1.3.6.1.4.1.590.2.1.2 s "pulse"

 

But it won't work on Linux, it gave the following error:

s: Bad variable type ("1")

 

Here is the AlertMap info for this custom alert:

 

#HeartBeat_pulse                                   Timestamp

1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2.6.1     0x053609ae  1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2.1.1(1,0)\

                                                                # Message

                                                                1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2.1.2(2,0)

 

Could not figure out what variable type it should be.(have tried all 6 types of, none of them work).

 

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin

[Silvio Okamoto]

Hi Kevin,

 

Where exactly did you get the error below?

s: Bad variable type ("1")

 

Did you also customize the EventDisp for the  0x053609ae event code?

Are you using the Southbound Gateway?

 

Thanks,

Silvio

[Kevin Zhou]

Hello Silvio,

 

I have a shell script called PulseAlarm.sh under /spectrum/custom/bin/ like following:

 

#!/bin/sh # Send pulse trap to SPECTRUM   DEBUG=0  #0=false 1=true     HOSTNAME=`hostname` SSSERVER=$HOSTNAME SENDTIME=`perl -e 'print time()'`   logfile='/app/spectrum/custom/logs/rbcPulseAlarmLog.out'   case $HOSTNAME in    ulvxxxxxxxxxxxx)       AGENTHOST=<hostname1>       ;;    ulvxxxxxxxxxxxx)       AGENTHOST=<hostname2>       ;; esac   DATE=`date` echo "$DATE: Sent $AGENTHOST SNMP TRAP to $SSSERVER from $HOSTNAME, CurrentTime = $SENDTIME" >> $logfile; if [ $DEBUG -eq 1 ]; then echo "$DATE: /usr/bin/snmptrap -v 1 -c public $SSSERVER .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2 $AGENTHOST 6 1 '' .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2.1.1 s $SENDTIME .1.3.6.1.4.1.590.2.1.2 s \"pulse\" " | tee -a $logfile fi   /usr/bin/snmptrap -v 1 -c public $SSSERVER .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2 $AGENTHOST 6 1 '' .1.3.6.1.4.1.590.2.1.1 s $SENDTIME .1.3.6.1.4.1.590.2.1.2 s "pulse"

 

When I run the script under RHEL, I got the error, but working under Solaris:

 

Under RHEL Linux;

 

<928 [e-mail] /spectrum/custom/bin>

$./PulseAlarm.sh

s: Bad variable type ("1")

<929 [e-mail] /spectrum/custom/bin

 

 

Under Solaris:

 

<502 pxbh0app@usvxxxxxxxx1 /app/spectrum/custom/bin>

$./PulseAlarm.sh

Monday, April 22, 2019 02:14:06 PM EDT: /usr/sfw/bin/snmptrap -v 1 -c public usvspecd01 .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2 usvspecd01 6 1 '' .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.590.2.1.1 s 1555956846 .1.3.6.1.4.1.590.2.1.2 s "pulse"

<503 spectrum@uusvxxxxxxxx1 /app/spectrum/custom/bin>

 

Yes, we customized the EventDisp for the  0x053609ae event code. But Southbound Gateway is not used for this. 

 

It is just using snmptrap to send our private trap.

 

Thanks,

Kevin

[Silvio Okamoto]

Hi Kevin,

 

Actually this is not a Spectrum issue.

 

a) Are you using the same shell in Solaris and RHEL?

 

b) Have you tried putting the script in verbose mode to see in which line you are getting the message error?

 

#!/bin/sh set -xv # Send pulse trap to SPECTRUM   DEBUG=0  #0=false 1=true

 

Thanks,

Silvio

[Kevin Zhou]

Hi Silvio,

 

I was able to figure out the cause. I have to use the FQDN for hostname on Linux.

 

Thanks a lot for your help.

Kevin