One possibility for monitoring the backup OSAs from the VM side is to define additional vswitches which use only a single OSA and monitor them. So on Marcy's case, define vswitches OSAF4XX (using an address from the
F400 OSA) and OSAF6XX (using an address from the F600 OSA). So if your primary vswitch is active on F600 with F400 as a backup, then the state of vswitch OSAF4XX can give you a warm fuzzy that your primary vswitch has a viable backup OSA. You can't do this if you're using Link Aggregation, but otherwise it migh t be of use. Brian Nielsen On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:38:50 -0400, Dean, David (I/S) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Got to agree with Marcy. We monitored ours through q vswitch and it >always showed the backup. But when the Primary went down.... > >David Dean >Information Systems >*bcbstauthorized* > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Marcy Cortes >Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:35 PM >To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >Subject: Re: Monitoring the backup OSA on the vswitch > >Not so sure about that. > >I couldn't find any messages about the loss of our F400 on this vswitch >(but it could have happened some time ago). > >q vswitch teevsw0 > >VSWITCH SYSTEM TEEVSW0 Type: VSWITCH Connected: 2 Maxconn: INFINITE > > PERSISTENT RESTRICTED NONROUTER Accounting: OFF > > VLAN Aware Default VLAN: 0755 Default Porttype: Access GVRP: >Enabled > Native VLAN: 0755 VLAN Counters: OFF > > MAC address: 02-00-0E-00-00-01 > > State: Ready > > IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8 > > RDEV: F600.P00 VDEV: F600 Controller: DTCVSW1 > > RDEV: F400.P00 VDEV: F400 Controller: DTCVSW2 BACKUP > > >It still shows as the backup when I know for a fact it is down (the >cisco viewpoint shows it down ). > >I'd like to be able to monitor them from VM as well (that's what I >should have said - it does sound like the cisco side is aware) - so I >guess I have to look into the SNMP monitoring David suggested. > > >Marcy > >"This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If >you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the >addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on >this message or any information herein. If you have received this >message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail >and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." > > >-----Original Message----- >From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Davis, Larry >Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 1:57 PM >To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Monitoring the backup OSA on the vswitch > >The system manages the Primary and backup connections and if either one >is lost a message ends up on the Operators Console. > >I use the QUERY VSWITCH command to check the current Status like this > >q vswitch >VSWITCH SYSTEM VMPNET Type: VSWITCH Connected: 1 Maxconn: INFINITE > PERSISTENT RESTRICTED NONROUTER Accounting: OFF > VLAN Unaware > MAC address: 02-00-00-00-00-01 > State: Ready > IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8 > RDEV: 0C40 VDEV: 0C40 Controller: DTCVSW1 > RDEV: 0C50 VDEV: 0C50 Controller: DTCVSW2 BACKUP > >Larry Davis > >-----Original Message----- >From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Marcy Cortes >Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:48 PM >To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >Subject: Monitoring the backup OSA on the vswitch > >How are folks monitoring their backup osa's on the vswitch? How do you >know they haven't lost connectivity and won't be there when you need it? > >(asking because, well, yeah, that can happen :) > > >Marcy >"This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If >you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the >addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on >this message or any information herein. If you have received this >message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail >and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." >Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E- mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm >======================== ========================= =======================
