Supported Target Versions
veritas infoscale 7.4.2

Application Version and Upgrade Details

Application VersionBug fixes / Enhancements
2.0.4Provided support for both sudo and non-sudo commands execution.
2.0.2Resource Display order Support for search UI.
2.0.1Curated Dashboards.
Click here to view the earlier version updates
Application VersionBug fixes / Enhancements
2.0.0Converted veritas-cluster sdk-1.0.0 application to sdk-2.0.0 application.

Introduction

Veritas Cluster Server is a high-availability cluster software for unix, linux and Microsoft windows computer systems. It is an availability clustering solution that manages the availability of application services, such as Db2 database, by enabling application failover. The state of each individual cluster node and its associated software services are regularly monitored.

Failover

Failover is a process. Whenever a primary system, network or a database fails or is abnormally terminated, then a Failover acts as a standby which helps resume these operations.

Failover Cluster

Failover cluster is a set of servers that work together to provide High Availability (HA) or Continuous availability (CA). As mentioned earlier, if one of the servers goes down another node in the cluster can take over its workload with minimal or no downtime. Some failover clusters use physical servers whereas others involve virtual machines (VMs).

CA clusters allow users to access and work on the services and applications without any incidence of timeouts (100% availability), in case of a server failure. HA clusters, on the other hand, may cause a short hiatus in the service, but system recovers automatically with minimum downtime and no data loss.

A cluster is a set of two or more nodes (servers) that transmit data for processing through cables or a dedicated secure network. Even load balancing, storage or concurrent/parallel processing is possible through other clustering technologies.

The above image shows an application that runs on a primary or master server. A dedicated redundant server is present to take over on any failure. The redundant server is not configured to perform any other functions. The redundant server is on stand-by with full performance capability.

Veritas Cluster Server (VCS)

Veritas Cluster Server is a high-availability cluster software for Unix, Linux and Microsoft Windows computer systems.

Veritas Cluster Server connects multiple, independent systems into a management framework for increased availability. Each system or node runs its own operating system and cooperates at the software level to form a cluster. VCS links commodity hardware with intelligent software to provide application failover and control. So when a node or a monitored application fails, other nodes take over and bring up services elsewhere in the cluster.

How VCS detects failure

VCS detects failure by issuing specific commands or scripts to monitor the overall health of an application. VCS also determines the health of underlying resources supporting the application, such as network interfaces or file systems.

VCS uses a redundant network heartbeat to differentiate between the loss of a system and the loss of communication between systems.

How VCS ensures application availability

When VCS detects an node or application failure, VCS brings application services up on a different node in a cluster. VCS virtualizes IP addresses and system names, so client systems continue to access the application without any interruption.

Integration is done with Veritas Cluster using SSH and shell script.

Prerequisites

  • OpsRamp Classic Gateway 14.0.0 and above.
  • OpsRamp NextGen Gateway 14.0.0 and above.
    Note: OpsRamp recommends using the latest Gateway version for full coverage of recent bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
  • Ensure that “adapter integrations” add-on is enabled in client configuration. Once enabled you can see Veritas Cluster integration under Setup > Integrations > Adapter section.
  • It is mandatory to provide administrator (or) operator level VCS credentials in input configuration. VCS credentials are required to fetch veritas_cluster_group_State, veritas_cluster_group_Status, veritas_cluster_node_State, veritas_cluster_resource_State, veritas_cluster_resource_Status, veritas_cluster_group_failover_Status metric details.

  • In order to get Additional metrics ( veritas_cluster_lltLinks_State, veritas_cluster_lltInterface_Status), you need to provide permissions for the non-root SSH user. So, you need to make an entry as below in “/etc/sudoers”.

        cat /etc/sudoers
    
        ## Allow root to run any commands anywhere 
        root    ALL=(ALL)     ALL
        content    ALL=NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/lltstat -n,/usr/sbin/lltstat -nvv configured
    
        
  • In case root SSH Credentials are provided, there is no need to configure the second prerequisite.

  • All nodes IP Address should be publicly available or it should be configured in /etc/hosts of all the existing nodes in the Veritas Cluster.

        cat /etc/hosts
        [root@centos-node1 ~]# cat /etc/hosts
        127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
        ::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
        172.26.1.25 centos-node1
        172.26.1.26 centos-node2
    
        
  • non-root user running VCS commands must have a home directory on the system on which the VCS commands will be run.

        pwd
        [content@centos-node1 ~]$ pwd
        /home/content
    
        

Resource Hierarchy

    Veritas Cluster
                → Server

Default Monitoring Configurations

Veritas Cluster application has default Global Device Management Policies, Global Templates, Global Monitors and Global metrics in OpsRamp. Users can customize these default monitoring configurations as per their business use cases by cloning respective global templates and global Device Management Policies. OpsRamp recommends doing this activity before installing the application to avoid noise alerts and data.

  1. Default Global Device Management Policies

    OpsRamp has a Global Device Management Policy for each Native Type of VERITAS-CLUSTER. You can find those Device Management Policies at Setup > Resources > Device Management Policies, search with suggested names in global scope. Each Device Management Policy follows below naming convention:

    {appName nativeType - version}

    Ex: veritas-cluster Veritas Cluster - 1 (i.e, appName = veritas-cluster, nativeType = Veritas Cluster, version = 1)

  2. Default Global Templates

    OpsRamp has a Global template for each Native Type of VERITAS-CLUSTER. You can find those templates at Setup > Monitoring > Templates, search with suggested names in global scope. Each template follows below naming convention:

    {appName nativeType 'Template' - version}

    Ex: veritas-cluster Veritas Cluster Template - 1 (i.e, appName = veritas-cluster, nativeType = Veritas Cluster, version = 1)

  3. Default Global Monitors

    OpsRamp has a Global Monitors for each Native Type which has monitoring support. You can find those monitors at Setup > Monitoring > Monitors, search with suggested names in global scope. Each Monitors follows below naming convention:

    {monitorKey appName nativeType - version}

    Ex: Veritas Cluster Monitor veritas-cluster Veritas Cluster 1 (i.e, monitorKey = Veritas Cluster Monitor, appName = veritas-cluster, nativeType = Veritas Cluster, version = 1)

Supported Metrics

Click here to view the supported metrics

Resource Type: Cluster

Native TypeMetric NameDisplay NameUnitApplication VersionDescription
Veritas Clusterveritas_cluster_group_StateVeritas Cluster Group State2.0.0Veritas cluster service group status on each node. Possible values 0-OFFLINE, 1-ONLINE, 2-FAULTED, 3-PARTIAL, 4-STARTING, 5-STOPPING, 6-MIGRATING, 7-OFFLINE|FAULTED, 8-OFFLINE|STARTING, 9-PARTIAL|FAULTED, 10-PARTIAL|STARTING, 11-PARTIAL|STOPPING, 12-ONLINE|STOPPING
veritas_cluster_group_StatusVeritas Cluster Group Status2.0.0Veritas cluster service group status. Possible values 0 - Service group not online on any cluster node, 1 - Service group online on cluster node.
veritas_cluster_node_StateVeritas Cluster Node Status2.0.0Veritas cluster node's status. Possible values 0-RUNNING, 1-ADMIN_WAIT, 2-CURRENT_DISCOVER_WAIT, 3-CURRENT_PEER_WAIT, 4-EXITING, 5-EXITED, 6-EXITING_FORCIBLY, 7-FAULTED, 8-INITING, 9-LEAVING, 10-LOCAL_BUILD, 11-REMOTE_BUILD, 12-STALE_ADMIN_WAIT, 13-STALE_DISCOVER_WAIT, 14-STALE_PEER_WAIT, 15-UNKNOWN
veritas_cluster_resource_StateVeritas Cluster Resource State2.0.0Veritas cluster resource status on each node. Possible values 0-OFFLINE, 1-ONLINE, 2-FAULTED, 3-PARTIAL, 4-STARTING, 5-STOPPING, 6-MIGRATING, 7-OFFLINE|FAULTED, 8-OFFLINE|STARTING, 9-PARTIAL|FAULTED, 10-PARTIAL|STARTING, 11-PARTIAL|STOPPING, 12-ONLINE|STOPPING
veritas_cluster_resource_StatusVeritas Cluster Resource Status2.0.0Veritas cluster resource status. Possible values 0 - Resource state is not online on any cluster node, 1 - Resource state in online on any cluster node.
veritas_cluster_group_failover_StatusVeritas Cluster Group Failover Status2.0.0Veritas cluster service group failover status. Possible values 0 - No change. 1 - Cluster group change from one node to another due to failover. 2 - The specific cluster group is not online on any cluster node.
veritas_cluster_service_status_LLTVeritas Cluster LLT Service Status2.0.0Low latency transport status, used for communication between nodes in the cluster. Possible values are 1-Active, 0-Inactive.
veritas_cluster_service_status_GABVeritas Cluster GAB Service Status2.0.0Group membership and Atomic Broadcast service status, used for creating membership between all the nodes. Possible values 1-Active, 0-Inactive.
veritas_cluster_service_status_FencingVeritas Cluster Fencing Service Status2.0.0Fencing service status. Possible values 1-Active, 0-Inactive.
veritas_cluster_highAvailability_daemon_StatusVeritas Cluster HighAvailability Daemon Status2.0.0High availability daemon status, main VCS engine which manages the agents and service groups. Possible values 1-Active, 0-Inactive.
veritas_cluster_highAvailabilityCompanion_daemon_StatusVeritas Cluster HighAvailability Companion Daemon Status2.0.0High availability companion daemon ( hashadow) status. Possible values 1-Active, 0-Inactive.
veritas_cluster_resourceAgent_daemon_StatusVeritas Cluster ResourceAgent Daemon Status2.0.0Resource agent daemon status. Possible values 1-Active, 0-Inactive.
veritas_cluster_clusterMgmt_daemon_StatusVeritas Cluster ClusterManagement Daemon Status2.0.0Web console cluster management daemon status. Possible values 1-Active, 0-Inactive.
veritas_cluster_volumeManager_daemon_StatusVeritas Cluster VolumeManager Daemon Status2.0.0Volume manager daemon status, manages disk configurations at veritas level. Possible values 1-Active, 0-Inactive.
veritas_cluster_RunningModeVeritas Cluster Running Mode2.0.0Veritas cluster running mode of the configuration(/etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf). Possible values 1-ReadOnly,0-Writemode.
veritas_cluster_active_NodeCountVeritas Cluster Running Node Countcount2.0.0Count of the running cluster nodes at that instance.
veritas_cluster_running_NodeCountVeritas Cluster Running Node Countcount2.0.0Count of the running cluster nodes at that instance.
veritas_cluster_node_HealthVeritas Cluster Node Health%2.0.0Cluster health - percentage of running nodes.
veritas_cluster_system_os_UptimeSystem Uptimem2.0.0Time lapsed since last reboot in minutes.
veritas_cluster_system_cpu_LoadSystem CPU Load2.0.0Monitors the system's last 1min, 5min and 15min load. It sends per cpu core load average.
veritas_cluster_system_cpu_UsageStatsSystem CPU Usage Statistics%2.0.0Monitors cpu time in percentage spent in various program spaces. User - The processor time spent running user space processes System - The amount of time that the CPU spent running the kernel. IOWait - The time the CPU spends idle while waiting for an I/O operation to complete Idle - The time the processor spends idle Steal - The time virtual CPU has spent waiting for the hypervisor to service another virtual CPU running on a different virtual machine. Kernal Time Total Time.
veritas_cluster_system_disk_inode_UtilizationSystem Disk Inode Utilization%2.0.0This monitor is to collect DISK Inode metrics for all physical disks in a server.
veritas_cluster_system_disk_FreeSpaceSystem Disk FreeSpaceGB2.0.0Monitors the Free Space usage in GB.
veritas_cluster_system_disk_UsedSpaceSystem Disk UsedSpaceGB2.0.0Monitors disk used space in GB
veritas_cluster_system_disk_UtilizationSystem Disk Utilization%2.0.0Monitors disk utilization in percentage.
veritas_cluster_system_cpu_UtilizationSystem CPU Utilization%2.0.0The percentage of elapsed time that the processor spends to execute a non-Idle thread(This doesn't includes CPU steal time).
veritas_cluster_system_memory_UsedSpaceSystem Memory Used SpaceGB2.0.0Physical and virtual memory usage in GB
veritas_cluster_system_memory_UtilizationSystem Memory Utilization%2.0.0Physical and virtual memory usage in percentage.
veritas_cluster_system_network_interface_OutTrafficSystem Network Out TrafficKbps2.0.0Monitors Out traffic of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_system_network_interface_InDiscardsSystem Network In discardspsec2.0.0Monitors Network in discards of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_system_network_interface_OutPacketsSystem Network out packetspackets/sec2.0.0Monitors Out packets of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_system_network_interface_OutErrorsSystem Network Out ErrorsErrors per Sec2.0.0Monitors network out errors of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_system_network_interface_OutDiscardsSystem Network Out discardspsec2.0.0Monitors network Out Discards of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_system_network_interface_InPacketsSystem Network In packetspackets/sec2.0.0Monitors in Packets of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_system_network_interface_InErrorsSystem Network In ErrorsErrors per Sec2.0.0Monitors network in errors of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_system_network_interface_InTrafficSystem Network In TrafficKbps2.0.0Monitors In traffic of each interface for linux Devices
veritas_cluster_lltLinks_StateVeritas Cluster LLT Links State2.0.0Low latency transport link status on each node. Possible values are 0-CONNWAIT, 1-OPEN.

Resource Type: Server

Native TypeMetric NamesDisplay NameUnitApplication VersionDescription
Serververitas_cluster_node_lltInterface_StatusVeritas Node LLT Interface Status2.0.0Low latency transport interface status on each node. Possible values are 0-DOWN,1-UP
veritas_cluster_node_system_os_UptimeSystem Uptimem2.0.0Time lapsed since last reboot in minutes.
veritas_cluster_node_system_cpu_LoadSystem CPU Load2.0.0Monitors the system's last 1min, 5min and 15min load. It sends per cpu core load average.
veritas_cluster_node_system_cpu_UsageStatsSystem CPU Usage Statistics%2.0.0Monitors cpu time in percentage spent in various program spaces. User - The processor time spent running user space processes. System - The amount of time that the CPU spent running the kernel. IOWait - The time the CPU spends idle while waiting for an I/O operation to complete. Idle - The time the processor spends idle. Steal - The time virtual CPU has spent waiting for the hypervisor to service another virtual CPU running on a different virtual machine. Kernal Time Total Time
veritas_cluster_node_system_disk_inode_UtilizationSystem Disk Inode Utilization%2.0.0This monitor is to collect DISK Inode metrics for all physical disks in a server.
veritas_cluster_node_system_disk_FreeSpaceSystem Disk FreeSpaceGB2.0.0Monitors the Free Space usage in GB.
veritas_cluster_node_system_disk_UsedSpaceSystem Disk UsedSpaceGB2.0.0Monitors disk used space in GB
veritas_cluster_node_system_disk_UtilizationSystem Disk Utilization%2.0.0Monitors disk utilization in percentage.
veritas_cluster_node_system_cpu_UtilizationSystem CPU Utilization%2.0.0The percentage of elapsed time that the processor spends to execute a non-Idle thread(This doesn't includes CPU steal time).
veritas_cluster_node_system_memory_UsedSpaceSystem Memory Used SpaceGB2.0.0Physical and virtual memory usage in GB.
veritas_cluster_node_system_memory_UtilizationSystem Memory Utilization%2.0.0Physical and virtual memory usage in percentage.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_OutTrafficSystem Network Out TrafficKbps2.0.0Monitors Out traffic of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_InDiscardsSystem Network In discardspsec2.0.0Monitors Network in discards of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_OutPacketsSystem Network out packetspackets/sec2.0.0Monitors Out packets of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_OutErrorsSystem Network Out ErrorsErrors per Sec2.0.0Monitors network out errors of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_OutDiscardsSystem Network Out discardspsec2.0.0Monitors network Out Discards of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_OutDiscardsSystem Network Out discardspsec2.0.0Monitors network Out Discards of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_InPacketsSystem Network In packetspackets/sec2.0.0Monitors in Packets of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_InErrorsSystem Network In ErrorsErrors per Sec2.0.0Monitors network in errors of each interface for linux Devices.
veritas_cluster_node_system_network_interface_InTrafficSystem Network In TrafficKbps2.0.0Monitors In traffic of each interface for linux Devices.

Configure and Install the Veritas Cluster Integration

  1. From All Clients, select a client.
  2. Navigate to Setup > Account.
  3. Select the Integrations and Apps tab.
  4. The Installed Integrations page, where all the installed applications are displayed. If there are no installed applications, it will navigate to the Available Integrations and Apps page.
  5. Click + ADD on the Installed Integrations page. The Available Integrations and Apps page displays all the available applications along with the newly created application with the version.
    Note: Search for the application using the search option available. Alternatively, use the All Categories option to search.
  1. Click ADD in the Veritas Cluster application.
  2. In the Configuration page, click + ADD. The Add Configuration page appears.
  3. Enter the below mentioned BASIC INFORMATION:
FunctionalityDescription
NameEnter the name for the configuration.
IP AddressIP address of the target.
SSH CredentialsSelect the SSH credentials from the drop-down list.
Note: Click + Add to create a credential.
VCS CredentialsSelect the VCS credentials from the drop-down list.
Note: Click + Add to create a credential.
Veritas Cluster PathEnter the Veritas cluster path.
Note: By default /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/ is displayed.

Notes:

  • IP Address should be accessible from Gateway.
  • Select App Failure Notifications: if turned on, you will be notified in case of an application failure that is, Connectivity Exception, Authentication Exception.
  1. Select the below mentioned Custom Attribute:
FunctionalityDescription
Custom AttributeSelect the custom attribute from the drop down list box.
ValueSelect the value from the drop down list box.

Note: The custom attribute that you add here will be assigned to all the resources that are created by the integration. You can add a maximum of five custom attributes (key and value pair).

  1. In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:
    • ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
    • SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
  2. In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select Recurrence Pattern to add one of the following patterns:
    • Minutes
    • Hourly
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
  3. Click ADD.

Now the configuration is saved and displayed on the configurations page after you save it. From the same page, you may Edit and Remove the created configuration.

  1. Click Next.

  2. Below are the optional steps you can perform on the Installation page.

  • Under the ADVANCED SETTINGS, Select the Bypass Resource Reconciliation option, if you wish to bypass resource reconciliation when encountering the same resources discovered by multiple applications.

    Note: If two different applications provide identical discovery attributes, two separate resources will be generated with those respective attributes from the individual discoveries.

Cisco FirePower
  • Click +ADD to create a new collector by providing a name or use the pre-populated name.
Aruba Airwave Integrations
  1. Select an existing registered profile.
Aruba Airwave Integrations
  1. Click FINISH.

The integration is installed and displayed on the INSTALLED INTEGRATION page. Use the search field to find the installed integration.

Modify the Configuration

View the Veritas Cluster details

The discovered resource(s) are displayed in Infrastructure > Resources > Cluster, with Native Resource Type as Veritas Cluster. You can navigate to the Attributes tab to view the discovery details, and the Metrics tab to view the metric details for Veritas Cluster.

View Resource Metrics

To confirm Veritas Cluster monitoring, review the following:

  • Metric graphs: A graph is plotted for each metric that is enabled in the configuration.
  • Alerts: Alerts are generated for metrics that are configured as defined for integration.

Resource Type Filter Keys

Veritas-cluster application Resources are filtered and discovered based on below keys.

Click here to view the Supported Input Keys
Resource TypeResource Type
All TypesresourceName
hostName
aliasName
dnsName
ipAddress
macAddress
os
make
model
serialNumber
systemUID
Veritas ClusterVeritas Infoscale software version
ServerVeritas Infoscale software version

Supported Alert Custom Macros

Customize the alert subject and description with below macros then it will generate alerts based on customisation.
Supported macros keys:

Click here to view the alert subject and description with macros

                                ${resource.name}

                                ${resource.ip}

                                ${resource.mac}

                                ${resource.aliasname}

                                ${resource.os}

                                ${resource.type}

                                ${resource.dnsname}

                                ${resource.alternateip}

                                ${resource.make}

                                ${resource.model}

                                ${resource.serialnumber}

                                ${resource.systemId}

                                ${parent.resource.name}

                                ${Custom attributes on the resource}

Risks, Limitations & Assumptions

  • As of now supporting only Linux based Veritas failover cluster.
  • When we add two configurations with same end device details (like IP, credentials), we might observe gaps in the graphs due to internal VCS login and logouts parallely on the same device.
  • Application can handle Critical/Recovery failure notifications for below two cases when user enables App Failure Notifications in configuration
    • Connectivity Exception
    • Authentication Exception
  • Application will not send any duplicate/repeat failure alert notification until the already existing critical alert is recovered.
  • Using metrics for monitoring the resources and generating alerts when the threshold values are breached.
  • Application cannot control monitoring pause/resume actions based on above alerts.
  • No support of showing activity logs.
  • The Template Applied Time will only be displayed if the collector profile (Classic and NextGen Gateway) is version 18.1.0 or higher.
  • This application supports both Classic Gateway and NextGen Gateway.