1 Introduction
1.1 License
1.2 Platforms
1.3 About the Providers
1.4 Installing and Using the Providers
2 Provider Classes
2.1 SCX_Agent
2.1.1 Name
2.1.2 Caption
2.1.3 Description
2.1.4 VersionString
2.1.5 MajorVersion
2.1.6 MinorVersion
2.1.7 RevisionNumber
2.1.8 BuildNumber
2.1.9 BuildDate
2.1.10 Architecture
2.1.11 OSName
2.1.12 OSType
2.1.13 OSVersion
2.1.14 KitVersionString
2.1.15 Hostname
2.1.16 OSAlias
2.1.17 UnameArchitecture
2.1.18 MinActiveLogSeverityThreshold
2.1.19 MachineType
2.1.20 PhysicalProcessors
2.1.21 LogicalProcessors
2.2 SCX_DiskDrive
2.2.1 Caption
2.2.2 Description
2.2.3 Name
2.2.4 IsOnline
2.2.5 InterfaceType
2.2.6 Manufacturer
2.2.7 Model
2.2.8 TotalCylinders
2.2.9 TotalHeads
2.2.10 TotalSectors
2.2.11 TotalTracks
2.2.12 TracksPerCylinder
2.2.13 RemoveByName()
2.3 SCX_FileSystem
2.3.1 Caption
2.3.2 Description
2.3.3 IsOnline
2.3.4 TotalInodes
2.3.5 FreeInodes
2.3.6 RemoveByName
2.4 SCX_LogFile
2.4.1 GetMatchedRows
2.5 SCX_UnixProcess
2.5.1 Caption
2.5.2 Description
2.5.3 TopResourceConsumers()
2.6 SCX_IPProtocolEndpoint
2.6.1 Caption
2.6.2 Description
2.6.3 IPv4BroadcastAddress
2.7 SCX_OperatingSystem
2.7.1 Caption
2.7.2 Description
2.7.3 OperatingSystemCapability
2.7.4 SystemUpTime
2.7.5 ExecuteCommand()
2.7.6 ExecuteShellCommand()
2.7.7 ExecuteScript()
2.8 SCX_StatisticalInformation
2.8.1 IsAggregate
2.9 SCX_ProcessorStatisticalInformation
2.9.1 Caption
2.9.2 Description
2.9.3 Name
2.9.4 PercentIdleTime
2.9.5 PercentUserTime
2.9.6 PercentNiceTime
2.9.7 PercentPrivilegedTime
2.9.8 PercentDPCTime
2.9.9 PercentProcessorTime
2.9.10 PercentIOWaitTime
2.10 SCX_MemoryStatisticalInformation
2.10.1 Caption
2.10.2 Description
2.10.3 Name
2.10.4 AvailableMemory
2.10.5 PercentAvailableMemory
2.10.6 UsedMemory
2.10.7 PercentUsedMemory
2.10.8 PagesPerSec
2.10.9 PagesReadPerSec
2.10.10 PagesWrittenPerSec
2.10.11 AvailableSwap
2.10.12 PercentAvailableSwap
2.10.13 UsedSwap
2.10.14 PercentUsedSwap
2.11 SCX_EthernetPortStatistics
2.11.1 Caption
2.11.2 Description
2.11.3 BytesTotal
2.11.4 TotalRxErrors
2.11.5 TotalTxErrors
2.11.6 TotalCollisions
2.12 SCX_DiskDriveStatisticalInformation
2.12.1 Caption
2.12.2 Description
2.12.3 Name
2.12.4 IsOnline
2.12.5 PercentBusyTime
2.12.6 PercentIdleTime
2.12.7 BytesPerSecond
2.12.8 ReadBytesPerSecond
2.12.9 WriteBytesPerSecond
2.12.10 TransfersPerSecond
2.12.11 ReadsPerSecond
2.12.12 WritePerSecond
2.12.13 AverageReadTime
2.12.14 AverageWriteTime
2.12.15 AverageTransferTime
2.12.16 AverageDiskQueueLength
2.13 SCX_FileSystemStatisticalInformation
2.13.1 Caption
2.13.2 Description
2.13.3 Name
2.13.4 IsOnline
2.13.5 FreeMegabytes
2.13.6 UsedMegabytes
2.13.7 PercentFreeSpace
2.13.8 PercentUsedSpace
2.13.9 PercentFreeInodes
2.13.10 PercentUsedInodes
2.13.11 PercentBusyTime
2.13.12 PercentIdleTime
2.13.13 BytesPerSecond
2.13.14 ReadBytesPerSecond
2.13.15 WriteBytesPerSecond
2.13.16 TransfersPerSecond
2.13.17 ReadsPerSecond
2.13.18 WritesPerSecond
2.13.19 AverageTransferTime
2.13.20 AverageDiskQueueLength
2.14 SCX_UnixProcessStatisticalInformation
2.14.1 Caption
2.14.2 Description
2.14.3 BlockReadsPerSecond
2.14.4 BlockWritesPerSecond
2.14.5 BlockTransfersPerSecond
2.14.6 PercentUserTime
2.14.7 PercentPrivilegedTime
2.14.8 UsedMemory
2.14.9 PercentUsedMemory
2.14.10 PagesReadPerSec
2.15 SCX_LANEndpoint
2.15.1 Caption
2.15.2 Description
2.15.3 Name
2.15.4 MACAddress
2.15.5 FormattedMACAddress
3 Configuration Files
3.1 scxlog.conf
3.2 scxrunas.conf
Welcome to the Providers for Linux and UNIX, a set of providers for Linux and UNIX operating systems as used in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. This document describes the classes, properties, and methods implemented by these providers.
1.1 License
The Providers for Linux and UNIX are published under the Microsoft Public License, which is described here http://opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl.html.
1.2 Platforms
The Providers for Linux and UNIX have been tested on the following operating systems:
1.3 About the Providers
The Providers for Linux and UNIX are intended for use with Open Management Infras- tructure(OMI):
https://collaboration.opengroup.org/omi/.
1.4 Installing and Using the Providers
Details on unpacking the source code, building the providers, and creating a working version of the Operations Manager agent for Linux and UNIX is described in a separate document entitled "Building Linux UNIX Agents.pdf". That document is available for download
on the http://scx.codeplex.com site.
This chapter discusses the CIM classes and methods implemented by XPlatProviders. See scx.mof, located in the MOF installation directory (--mofdir) for more details.
2.1 SCX_Agent
There is a single instance of this class. It provides information about the XPlatProviders package and the system it is installed on. The following instance was obtained from a Suse 10.1 system.
Name = "scx"
Caption = "SCX Agent meta-information"
Description = "Developer_Build - 20090426"
VersionString = "1.0.4-249"
MajorVersion = 1
MinorVersion = 0
RevisionNumber = 4
BuildNumber = 249
BuildDate = "2009-04-26T00:00:00Z"
Architecture = "x86";
OSName = "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server"
OSType = "Linux"
OSVersion = "10.1"
Hostname = "scxcore-suse01.scx.com"
OSAlias = "SLES"
UnameArchitecture = "i686"
MinActiveLogSeverityThreshold = "INFO"
MachineType = "Virtual"
PhysicalProcessors = 2
LogicalProcessors = 4
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.1.1 Name
This key property uniquely identifies the single instance of this class. The value is always "scx", which stands for "System-Center X-Platform".
2.1.2 Caption
A human readable name for this instance.
2.1.3 Description
The build date of XPlatProviders.
2.1.4 VersionString
The version of XPlatProviders (major, minor, revision, and build number).
2.1.5 MajorVersion
The major version number of the XPlatProviders package.
2.1.6 MinorVersion
The minor version number of the XPlatProviders package.
2.1.7 RevisionNumber
The revision number of the XPlatProviders package.
2.1.8 BuildNumber
The build number of the XPlatProviders package.
2.1.9 BuildDate
The build date of the XPlatProviders package.
2.1.10 Architecture
The system architecture (e.g., x86 or IA64)
2.1.11 OSName
The system's operating system type (e.g., Linux or SunOS)
2.1.12 OSType
The system operating system version (e.g. 10 or 5.10)
2.1.13 OSVersion
The system operating system version (e.g. 10 or 5.10)
2.1.14 KitVersionString
A string representing the complete software version of the installed kit.
2.1.15 Hostname
The hostname of the machine (including domain name if available).
2.1.16 OSAlias
Short name version of the OSName that provides an abbreviated name of OS without formating.
2.1.17 UnameArchitecture
Output of uname -m or uname -p.
2.1.18 MinActiveLogSeverityThreshold
Lowest log severity threshold currently in use in the agent, which is one of the following: "HYSTERICAL", "TRACE", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "SUPPRESS".
2.1.19 MachineType
An indicator of whether the hardware running the monitored operating system is physical or virtual. Possible valuesof this field are: "Physical", "Virtual", and "Unknown".
2.1.20 PhysicalProcessors
The number of physical processors in the hardware, as seen by the monitored operating system.
2.1.21 LogicalProcessors
The number of logical processors in the hardware, as seen by the monitored operating system.
2.2 SCX_DiskDrive
Each instance of this class provides information about a disk drive attached to the current system. A typical instance looks like this.
EnabledState = 5
RequestedState = 12
EnabledDefault = 2
SystemCreationClassName = "SCX_ComputerSystem"
SystemName = "scxcore-suse01.scx.com"
CreationClassName = "SCX_DiskDrive"
DeviceID = "sda"
MaxMediaSize = 17179869184
Caption = "Disk drive information"
Description = "Information pertaining to a physical unit of secondary storage"
Name = "sda"
IsOnline = TRUE
InterfaceType = "SCSI"
Model = ""
TotalCylinders = 2088
TotalHeads = 255
TotalSectors = 63
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.2.1 Caption
A human readable caption for this disk.
2.2.2 Description
A textual description of this disk.
2.2.3 Name
A unique key property that uniquely identifies this disk.
2.2.4 IsOnline
True if the disk is online.
2.2.5 InterfaceType
Type of interface (e.g., SCSI, IDE).
2.2.6 Manufacturer
Name of the disk manufacturer if available.
2.2.7 Model
Model of the disk if available.
2.2.8 TotalCylinders
Total number of cylinders on this disk.
2.2.9 TotalHeads
Total number of heads on this disk.
2.2.10 TotalSectors
Total number of sectors on this disk.
2.2.11 TotalTracks
Total number of tracks on this disk.
2.2.12 TracksPerCylinder
The number of tracks per cyclinder if available.
2.2.13 RemoveByName()
boolean SCX_DiskDrive.RemoveByName(
IN string Name)
Remove the disk with the given Name from the list of monitored disks.
2.3 SCX_FileSystem
Each instance of this class provides information about a file system on this computer. Here is an example instance obtained from a Linux system. This instance represents the root file system.
EnabledState = 5;
RequestedState = 12;
EnabledDefault = 2;
CSCreationClassName = "SCX_ComputerSystem";
CSName = "scxcore-suse01.scx.com";
CreationClassName = "SCX_FileSystem";
Name = "/";
Root = "/";
BlockSize = 4096;
FileSystemSize = 16376020992;
AvailableSpace = 6574993408;
ReadOnly = FALSE;
EncryptionMethod = "Not Encrypted";
CompressionMethod = "Not Compressed";
CaseSensitive = TRUE;
CasePreserved = TRUE;
MaxFileNameLength = 255;
FileSystemType = "reiserfs";
PersistenceType = 2;
Caption = "File system information";
Description = "Information about a logical unit of secondary storage";
IsOnline = TRUE;
TotalInodes = 2048000;
FreeInodes = 1984563;
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.3.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this insatnce.
2.3.2 Description
A human-readable description of this instance.
2.3.3 IsOnline
True if this file system is online (mounted).
2.3.4 TotalInodes
The total number of inodes allocated in this file system. A value of zero indicates that this file system does not have a preset number of inodes.
2.3.5 FreeInodes
The number of inodes in this file system that are currently free and hence available for creating a new file.
2.3.6 RemoveByName
boolean RemoveByName(
IN string Name)
Removes from the list of monitored file systems.
2.4 SCX_LogFile
Each instance of this class provides information about a `log' file, on which SCX_LogFile.GetMatchedRows() has been called. It defines a single static method, described below.
2.4.1 GetMatchedRows
uint32 GetMatchedRows(
IN string filename,
IN string regexps[],
IN string qid,
OUT, ArrayType("Ordered") string rows[]);
Gets rows from the named file that match any of the supplied regular expressions. On the first invocation, it returns all matching lines in the file. On subsequent calls, only lines that appeared since the previous call are returned. After the first call, a
CIM instance of SCX_LogFile is created. To begin where the previous call left off, you must pass in exactlyt he same values for the filename, regexps, and qid parameters.
2.5 SCX_UnixProcess
Each instance of this class provides information about a Unix (or Linux) process. The following instance provides information about the Unix init process obtained from a Linux system.
EnabledState = 5
RequestedState = 12
EnabledDefault = 2
CSCreationClassName = "SCX_ComputerSystem"
CSName = "scxcore-suse01.scx.com"
OSCreationClassName = "SCX_OperatingSystem"
OSName = "SuSE Distribution"
CreationClassName = "SCX_UnixProcess"
Handle = "1"
Name = "init"
Priority = 76
ExecutionState = 6
CreationDate = "20090416105118.035100-420"
KernelModeTime = 19300
UserModeTime = 2000
ParentProcessID = "0"
RealUserID = 0
ProcessGroupID = 0
ProcessSessionID = 0
ModulePath = "/sbin/init"
Parameters = "init 3"
ProcessNiceValue = 20
ProcessWaitingForEvent = "_stext"
Caption = "Unix process information"
Description = "A snapshot of a current process"
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.5.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.5.2 Description
A human-readable description of this instance.
2.5.3 TopResourceConsumers()
string TopResourceConsumers(
IN string resource,
IN uint16 count)
Returns a list of processes that are the top count consumers of the given resource. The resoure parameter is one of the following.
"CPUTime"
"BlockReadsPerSecond"
"BlockWritesPerSecond"
"BlockTransfersPerSecond"
"PercentUserTime"
"PercentPrivilegedTime"
"UsedMemory"
"PercentUsedMemory"
"PagesReadPerSec"
The returned string is formatted with one process per line (includes the pid and process name).
The following call, finds the top 10 consumers of memory.
TopResourceConsumers("UsedMemory", 10)
2.6 SCX_IPProtocolEndpoint
Each instance of this class provides information about an IP protocol endpoint. The following instance provides information about Ethernet interface eth1.
ElementName = "eth1"
RequestedState = 12
EnabledDefault = 2
SystemCreationClassName = "SCX_ComputerSystem"
SystemName = "scxcore-suse01.scx.com"
CreationClassName = "SCX_IPProtocolEndpoint"
EnabledState = 2
Name = "eth1";
IPv4Address = "10.195.173.73"
SubnetMask = "255.255.254.0"
ProtocolIFType = 4096
Caption = "IP protocol endpoint information"
Description = "Properties of an IP protocol connection endpoint"
IPv4BroadcastAddress = "10.195.173.255"
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.6.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.6.2 Description
A human-readable description of this instance.
2.6.3 IPv4BroadcastAddress
The IPV4 broadcast IP for this ProtocolEndpoint.
2.7 SCX_OperatingSystem
The instance of this class represents the operating system on the current system. The following instance was obtained from a Linux Suse 10.1 system.
Caption = "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586)"
Description = "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586)"
EnabledState = 5
RequestedState = 12
EnabledDefault = 2
CSCreationClassName = "SCX_ComputerSystem"
CSName = "scxcore-suse01.scx.com"
CreationClassName = "SCX_OperatingSystem"
Name = "SuSE Distribution"
OSType = 36
OtherTypeDescription = "2.6.16.54-0.2.8-smp #1 SMP Mon Jun 23 13:41:12 UTC 2008"
Version = "2.6.16.54-0.2.8-smp"
LastBootUpTime = "20090416105118.029909-420"
LocalDateTime = "20090610135832.699909-420"
CurrentTimeZone = -420
NumberOfLicensedUsers = 0
NumberOfUsers = 13
NumberOfProcesses = 114
MaxNumberOfProcesses = 8192
TotalSwapSpaceSize = 778240
TotalVirtualMemorySize = 1292288
FreeVirtualMemory = 1157120
FreePhysicalMemory = 386048
TotalVisibleMemorySize = 514048
SizeStoredInPagingFiles = 778240
FreeSpaceInPagingFiles = 771072
MaxProcessMemorySize = 0
MaxProcessesPerUser = 4096
OperatingSystemCapability = "32 bit"
SystemUpTime = 4763234
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.7.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.7.2 Description
A human-readable description of this instance.
2.7.3 OperatingSystemCapability
The capability of this operating system, either '32 bit' or '64 bit'.
2.7.4 SystemUpTime
The elapsed time, in seconds, since the OS was booted. A convenience property, versus having to calculate the time delta from LastBootUpTime to LocalDateTime.
2.7.5 ExecuteCommand()
boolean ExecuteCommand(
IN string Command,
OUT sint32 ReturnCode,
OUT string StdOut,
OUT string StdErr,
IN uint32 timeout)
Execute a command, with the option of terminating the command after a timeout specified in seconds. Never times out if timeout is zero.
2.7.6 ExecuteShellCommand()
boolean ExecuteShellCommand(
IN string Command,
OUT sint32 ReturnCode,
OUT string StdOut,
OUT string StdErr,
IN uint32 timeout)
Execute a command in the default shell, with the option of terminating the command after a timeout specified in seconds. Never times out if timeout is zero.
2.7.7 ExecuteScript()
boolean ExecuteScript(
IN string Script,
IN string Arguments,
OUT sint32 ReturnCode,
OUT string StdOut,
OUT string StdErr,
IN uint32 timeout)
Execute a script, with the option of terminating the script after a timeout specified in seconds. Never times out if timeout is zero.
2.8 SCX_StatisticalInformation
This is a base class for two other classes defined below. It defines one local property defined below. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.8.1 IsAggregate
True if data is aggregated from several instances.
2.9 SCX_ProcessorStatisticalInformation
Instances of this class capture statistical information about processors on the current system. An instance is defined for each processor and an additional instance is defined that aggregates statiscial information about all processors. The following instance
was obtained from a dual-processor Linux system and has statistical information about the first processor.
IsAggregate = FALSE
Caption = "Processor information"
Description = "CPU usage statistics"
Name = "0"
PercentIdleTime = 0
PercentUserTime = 0
PercentNiceTime = 0
PercentPrivilegedTime = 0
PercentInterruptTime = 0
PercentDPCTime = 0
PercentProcessorTime = 100
PercentIOWaitTime = 0
A second instance has the following properties.
IsAggregate = FALSE
Caption = "Processor information"
Description = "CPU usage statistics"
Name = "1"
PercentIdleTime = 0
PercentUserTime = 0
PercentNiceTime = 0
PercentPrivilegedTime = 0
PercentInterruptTime = 0
PercentDPCTime = 0
PercentProcessorTime = 100
PercentIOWaitTime = 0
And finally, a third instance aggregates these two instances and is shown below (note that IsAggregate is TRUE).
IsAggregate = TRUE
Caption = "Processor information"
Description = "CPU usage statistics"
Name = "_Total"
PercentIdleTime = 0
PercentUserTime = 0
PercentNiceTime = 0
PercentPrivilegedTime = 0
PercentInterruptTime = 0
PercentDPCTime = 0
PercentProcessorTime = 100
PercentIOWaitTime = 0
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.9.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.9.2 Description
A human-readable description of this instance.
2.9.3 Name
This key property uniquely identifies this instance. It holds the processor number.
2.9.4 PercentIdleTime
Percentage of time during the sample interval that the processor was idle.
2.9.5 PercentUserTime
Percentage of non-idle processor time spent in user mode.
2.9.6 PercentNiceTime
Percentage of non-idle processor time spent in user mode.
2.9.7 PercentPrivilegedTime
Percentage of non-idle processor time spent in privileged.
2.9.8 PercentDPCTime
Percentage of time spent receiving and servicing DPC (Deferred Procedure Calls).
2.9.9 PercentProcessorTime
Percentage of time that the processor spent executing a non-idle thread.
2.9.10 PercentIOWaitTime
Percentage of time that the processor spent waiting for IO operations to complete.
2.10 SCX_MemoryStatisticalInformation
A single instance of this class provides memory statistics for the current system. The following instance was obtained from a Linux system.
IsAggregate = TRUE
Caption = "Memory information"
Description = "Memory usage and performance statistics"
Name = "Memory"
AvailableMemory = 378
PercentAvailableMemory = 75
UsedMemory = 124
PercentUsedMemory = 25
PagesPerSec = 0
PagesReadPerSec = 0
PagesWrittenPerSec = 0
AvailableSwap = 753
PercentAvailableSwap = 99
UsedSwap = 7
PercentUsedSwap = 1
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.10.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.10.2 Description
A human-readable description of instance.
2.10.3 Name
This key property uniquely identifies the memory instance.
2.10.4 AvailableMemory
Available physical memory in megabytes.
2.10.5 PercentAvailableMemory
Available physical memory in percent.
2.10.6 UsedMemory
Used physical memory in megabytes.
2.10.7 PercentUsedMemory
Used physical memory in percent.
2.10.8 PagesPerSec
Pages read or written from/to disk per second to resolve hard page faults.
2.10.9 PagesReadPerSec
Pages read from disk per second to resolve hard page faults.
2.10.10 PagesWrittenPerSec
Pages written to disk per second to resolve hard page faults.
2.10.11 AvailableSwap
Available swap space in megabytes.
2.10.12 PercentAvailableSwap
Available swap space in percent.
2.10.13 UsedSwap
Used swap space in megabytes.
2.10.14 PercentUsedSwap
Used swap space in percent.
2.11 SCX_EthernetPortStatistics
Each instance of this class provides statiscial information about an Ethernet port. For example, the following instance provides statistics for the Ethernet interface eth1.
InstanceID = "eth1"
SampleInterval = "00000000000000.000000:000"
BytesTransmitted = 1634798148
BytesReceived = 2938050399
PacketsTransmitted = 40129891
PacketsReceived = 72116482
Caption = "Ethernet port information"
Description = "Statistics on transfer performance for a port"
BytesTotal = 4572848547
TotalRxErrors = 147
TotalTxErrors = 0
TotalCollisions = 0
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.11.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.11.2 Description
A human-readable description of instance.
2.11.3 BytesTotal
The total number of bytes sent or received through the port.
2.11.4 TotalRxErrors
The aggregated number of receive errors.
2.11.5 TotalTxErrors
The aggregated number of transmit errors.
2.11.6 TotalCollisions
The aggregated number of collisions.
2.12 SCX_DiskDriveStatisticalInformation
Each instance of this class provides statiscial information about a disk drive. For example, consider the following instance.
IsAggregate = TRUE
Caption = "Disk drive information"
Description = "Performance statistics related to a physical unit of secondary storage"
Name = "_Total"
IsOnline = TRUE
BytesPerSecond = 0
ReadBytesPerSecond = 0
WriteBytesPerSecond = 0
TransfersPerSecond = 0
ReadsPerSecond = 0
WritesPerSecond = 0
AverageReadTime = 0.0000000000000000e+00
AverageWriteTime = 0.0000000000000000e+00
AverageTransferTime = 0.0000000000000000e+00
AverageDiskQueueLength = 0.0000000000000000e+00
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.12.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.12.2 Description
A human-readable description of instance.
2.12.3 Name
A key property that uniquely identifies this instance.
2.12.4 IsOnline
True if this disk is online.
2.12.5 PercentBusyTime
Percent of time the disk is busy.
2.12.6 PercentIdleTime
Percent of time the disk is idle.
2.12.7 BytesPerSecond
Total Disk bytes per second.
2.12.8 ReadBytesPerSecond
Bytes read from disk per second.
2.12.9 WriteBytesPerSecond
Bytes written to from disk per second.
2.12.10 TransfersPerSecond
Total I/Os per second.
2.12.11 ReadsPerSecond
Read I/Os per second.
2.12.12 WritePerSecond
Write I/Os per second.
2.12.13 AverageReadTime
Average time, in seconds, of a read of data from the disk.
2.12.14 AverageWriteTime
Average time, in seconds, of a write of data to the disk.
2.12.15 AverageTransferTime
Average time, in seconds, of a disk transfer.
2.12.16 AverageDiskQueueLength
Average number of queued read/write requests.
2.13 SCX_FileSystemStatisticalInformation
Each instance of this class provides statiscial information about a file system. The following instance provides statistics for the root files sytem.
IsAggregate = FALSE
Caption = "File system information"
Description = "Performance statistics related to a logical unit of secondary storage"
Name = "/"
IsOnline = TRUE
FreeMegabytes = 6271
UsedMegabytes = 9347
PercentFreeSpace = 40
PercentUsedSpace = 60
PercentFreeInodes = 83
PercentUsedInodes = 17
PercentBusyTime = NULL
PercentIdleTime = NULL
BytesPerSecond = 1583
ReadBytesPerSecond = 0
WriteBytesPerSecond = 1583
TransfersPerSecond = 0
ReadsPerSecond = 0
WritesPerSecond = 0
AverageTransferTime = NULL
AverageDiskQueueLength = NULL
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.13.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.13.2 Description
A human-readable description of instance.
2.13.3 Name
A key property that uniquely identifies this instance.
2.13.4 IsOnline
True if this file system is online (mounted).
2.13.5 FreeMegabytes
Available space in megabytes.
2.13.6 UsedMegabytes
Used space in megabytes.
2.13.7 PercentFreeSpace
Available space in percent.
2.13.8 PercentUsedSpace
Used space in percent.
2.13.9 PercentFreeInodes
Available inodes in percent.
2.13.10 PercentUsedInodes
Used inodes in percent.
2.13.11 PercentBusyTime
Percent of time filesystem is busy.
2.13.12 PercentIdleTime
Percent of time filesystem is idle.
2.13.13 BytesPerSecond
Total bytes per second.
2.13.14 ReadBytesPerSecond
Bytes read per second.
2.13.15 WriteBytesPerSecond
Bytes written per second.
2.13.16 TransfersPerSecond
Total I/Os per second.
2.13.17 ReadsPerSecond
Read I/Os per second.
2.13.18 WritesPerSecond
Write I/Os per second.
2.13.19 AverageTransferTime
Average time of transfer in seconds.
2.13.20 AverageDiskQueueLength
Average number of queued read/write requests.
2.14 SCX_UnixProcessStatisticalInformation
Each instance of this class provides statiscial information about a Unix process. The following instance provides statistics for the init process.
CSCreationClassName = "SCX_ComputerSystem"
CSName = "scxcore-suse01.scx.com"
OSCreationClassName = "SCX_OperatingSystem"
OSName = "SuSE Distribution"
Handle = "1"
ProcessCreationClassName = "SCX_UnixProcessStatisticalInformation"
Name = "init"
CPUTime = 0
VirtualText = 499712
VirtualData = 233472
VirtualSharedMemory = 40
CpuTimeDeadChildren = 3170331
SystemTimeDeadChildren = 1418717
Caption = "Unix process information"
Description = "Performance statistics for an individual Unix process"
PercentUserTime = 0
PercentPrivilegedTime = 0
UsedMemory = 64
PercentUsedMemory = 8
PagesReadPerSec = 0
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.14.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.14.2 Description
A human-readable description of instance.
2.14.3 BlockReadsPerSecond
Block reads per second.
2.14.4 BlockWritesPerSecond
Block writes per second.
2.14.5 BlockTransfersPerSecond
Block transfers per second.
2.14.6 PercentUserTime
Percentage of non-idle processor time spent in user mode.
2.14.7 PercentPrivilegedTime
Percentage of non-idle processor time spent in privileged mode.
2.14.8 UsedMemory
Used physical memory in kilobytes.
2.14.9 PercentUsedMemory
Ratio of Resident Set Size to Virtual Memory for process (essentially percentage of process loaded into memory).
2.14.10 PagesReadPerSec
Pages read from disk per second to resolve hard page faults.
2.15 SCX_LanEndpoint
Each instance of this class provides information about an Ethernet endpoint on this com- puter. Here is an example instance obtained from a Linux system. This instance represents the eth0 endpoint.
InstanceID=eth0
Caption=LAN endpoint caption information
Description=LAN Endpoint description information
ElementName=eth0 [Key]
Name=eth0 [Key]
SystemCreationClassName=SCX_ComputerSystem
[Key] SystemName=lab-nx-02.contosolab.com
[Key] CreationClassName=SCX_LANEndpoint
MACAddress=00155d84495b
FormattedMACAddress=00-15-5D-84-49-5B
The following subsections describe the local properties and methods of this class. See the superclass for a description of inherited features.
2.15.1 Caption
A human-readable caption for this instance.
2.15.2 Description
A human-readable description of instance.
2.15.3 Name
The name of the LAN endpoint.
2.15.4 MACAddress
The MAC address of the LAN endpoint.
2.15.5 FormattedMACAddress
The formatted MAC address of the LAN endpoint.
XPlatProviders uses the following two configuration files.
{confdir}/scxlog.conf
{confdir}/scxrunas.conf
These are discussed in the sections below.
3.1 scxlog.conf
This configuration file controls the provider logging facility. By default, all provider logging is directed to {logdir}/log/scx.log. The default logging threshold is `WARNING'. The scxlog.conf file can redirect logging to multiple files and it may control
the logging threshold for those files. For example, consider the following file.
FILE (
PATH: /opt/xplatproviders/log/log1
MODULE: WARNING
MODULE: scx.core.providers TRACE
)
FILE (
PATH: /opt/xplatproviders/log/log2
MODULE: WARNING
MODULE: scx.core.common TRACE
)
This log has two sections. Each section sends logging output to a specific file. The first section directs log output to /opt/xplatproviders/log/myfile. TRACE severity log messages are logged for the logging module called scx.core.providers. For the `root'
module (everything else), only WARNING severity log messages are logged. Any section may have multiple module lines.
The logging severities are as follows.
ERROR - The system could not perform the task it was supposed to perform. Contact support.
WARNING - Abnormal behavior that could be handled.
INFORMATION - Information that is useful to someone trying to figure out the general state of the application. Example: Successful initialization.
TRACE - Information that is useful to someone trying to follow general program execution flow.
HYSTERICAL - Information that is useful to someone trying to follow very detailed program execution flow. This level will normally only be used for finding and fixing bugs and in those cases only for small modules.
SUPPRESS - It must be possible to suppress messages using a severity threshold that is higher than any log message can have.
The logging modules are listed here.
scx
scx.core
scx.core.common
scx.core.common.pal
scx.core.common.pal.os
scx.core.common.pal.os.filepath
scx.core.common.pal.os.filestream
scx.core.common.pal.system
scx.core.common.pal.system.common
scx.core.common.pal.system.common.entityenumeration
scx.core.common.pal.system.common.entityinstance
scx.core.common.pal.system.cpu.cpuenumeration
scx.core.common.pal.system.cpu.cpuinstance
scx.core.common.util
scx.core.common.util.math
scx.core.common.util.stringaid
scx.core.providers
scx.core.providers.cpu
scx.core.providersupport
scx.core.providersupport.cmpibase
These are arranged in a hierarcy, so specifiying scx.core.providers also affects the following modules (of which scx.core.providers is a prefix).
scx.core.providers
scx.core.providers.cpu
scx.core.providersupport
scx.core.providersupport.cmpibase
3.2 scxrunas.conf
This configuration file controls the execution of the following extrinsic methods (described above).
SCX_OperatingSystem.ExecuteCommand()
SCX_OperatingSystem.ExecuteShellCommand()
SCX_OperatingSystem.ExecuteScript()
The SCX_OperatingSystem provider runs in its own agent process. The process owner is the same as the user that initiated the CIM client request. The three methods above spawn a new process to execute the command or script. This configuration file controls three
options that affect this new process. The following scxrunas.conf file has the default settings (the settings used if the file is empty or missing).
AllowRoot=false
ChRootPath=
CWD=/opt/xplatproviders/run
The AllowRoot option indicates whether the process may execute as root. By default it cannot. The ChRootPath, if non-empty, is the path on which a chroot system call is performed immediately after creating the process but before executing the command or script.
By default ChRootPath is empty, indicating that no chroot is performed. The CWD option is the directory that the process executes in. By default it is the same as the {rundir} configured during installation.