Alert monitor for IBM management controller event log full

IBM.SystemX.MgmtController.Log.Full (UnitMonitor)


Alerts when IBM management controller event log full

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor watches for the log state of a system management controller. Data in the alert and in the state change provides details about the hardware event.

Configuration

You can disable this monitor through the Operations Manager's Operations Console. See the "Disable monitors" topic in the Operations Manager's Operations User's Guide for more information.

Hardware-platform-specific events, such as this one, are delivered asynchronously to this monitor. There is no monitoring interval to configure for this monitor.

The hardware event with this monitor is available only on an IBM system with the appropriate hardware sensors and with a management controller (also called a Service Processor), such as Integrated Management Module (IMM), Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA), or an equivalent management controller on an older IBM system.

This monitor depends on hardware instrumentation software, namely the IBM Director Platform Agent (also called Core Services) and the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) driver stack. This software raises the hardware event to the WMI level, so that the monitor can be notified. On certain configurations, the RSA daemon can be used in place of, or in parallel with, the IPMI driver stack. See the "Additional Information" section below for more information about IBM Director Platform Agent, the IPMI driver stack and the RSA daemon.

Causes

When the error log for the system management controller is more than 75% or 100% full, a hardware event is generated. The health state of this monitor is then set to the Critical or Warning state.

For a particular incident, review the history in the State Changes tab. Consult the relevant hardware knowledge articles listed below, keeping in mind the relevant event data.

The relevant IBM hardware knowledge articles are available on a system with the IBM Hardware Management Pack package installed.

Resolutions

Review the details of the hardware event. Contact IBM support (see links below) if the reports or relevant articles do not provide enough information to resolve the hardware problem.

After the hardware problem is resolved, manually reset the health state of this monitor. However, any outstanding corresponding alerts will be automatically closed. See the "Reset Health" topic in the Operations Manager's Operations User's Guide for more information.

To verify that the hardware problem has been resolved, refer to the most recent health state of the corresponding "regular health checkup monitor." Be sure to refer to a health state that was reported later than the hardware event.

Additional

External

Links to IBM resources

Element properties:

TargetIBM.SystemX.MgmtController
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryCustom
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityMatchMonitorHealth
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeIBM.MonitorType.ManualReset3State
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Management Controller Log Full

{0} -- EventClass = {1}
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="IBM.SystemX.MgmtController.Log.Full" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="IBM.SystemX.MgmtController" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Common!IBM.MonitorType.ManualReset3State" ConfirmDelivery="false">
<Category>Custom</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="IBM.SystemX.MgmtController.Log.Full.AlertMessageResourceID">
<AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Property[@Name="Description"]$</AlertParameter1>
<AlertParameter2>$Data/Context/Property[@Name="__CLASS"]$</AlertParameter2>
</AlertParameters>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="Success" MonitorTypeStateID="ManualResetEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="Warning" MonitorTypeStateID="WarningEventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>
<OperationalState ID="Critical" MonitorTypeStateID="ErrorEventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<NameSpace>root\ibmsd</NameSpace>
<Query>SELECT __Class, AlertingManagedElement, Description, EventID, PerceivedSeverity FROM CIM_AlertIndication</Query>
<CIMAlertFilterExpression>
<Or>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>Property[@Name="__CLASS"]</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">IBM_MgmtHwLogStatus</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<Or>
<!--<Expression> == PXB060875 Rollback ==
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="Integer">$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="IBM.SystemX.Platform"]/Licensed$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">None</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>-->
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="IBM.SystemX.HWComponent"]/InstanceID$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">"BMC or IMM"</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="Integer">$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="IBM.SystemX.Platform"]/ibmInternalWinEventFiltering$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="Integer">0</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</Or>
</Expression>
</And>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>Property[@Name="__CLASS"]</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">IBMPSG_ErrorLogEvent</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<Or>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="IBM.SystemX.HWComponent"]/InstanceID$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">RSA</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="Integer">$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="IBM.SystemX.Platform"]/ibmInternalWinEventFiltering$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="Integer">0</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</Or>
</Expression>
</And>
</Expression>
</Or>
</CIMAlertFilterExpression>
<PollInterval>10</PollInterval>
<WinEventFiltering>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="IBM.SystemX.Platform"]/ibmInternalWinEventFiltering$</WinEventFiltering>
<Licensed>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="IBM.SystemX.Platform"]/Licensed$</Licensed>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>