Configuring Informix

Since Checkmk 1.5, it's possible to monitor Informix Databases.

LAST TESTED ON CHECKMK 2.3.0P1

Table of Contents

Destination of the Plugin

/omd/versions/<version>/share/check_mk/agents/plugins/mk_informix

Setup → Services → Service Monitoring Rules:
- Informix DB Spaces
- Informix Log Usage
- Informix Table Extents
- Informix Locks
- Informix Sessions

Informix DB Spaces

Image: Informix DB spaces rule. Upper levels for the DB space size enabled. Upper Percent levels for DB space size enabled.

Informix Log Usage

Image: Upper levels for the log usage size selected. Upper percent selected with warning set to 80 and critical set to 85 percent.

Informix Table Extents

Image: Upper levels for the number of table extents selected. Warning set to 40 while crit is set to 70. Match only during time period selected.

Informix Locks

Image: Upper levels for the number of locks selected with warning set to 70 and crit set to 80. 24x7 time period selected with warning set to 70 and crit set to 80.

Informix Sessions

Image of Default parameters when no time period matches selected. Warning set to 50 and critl set to 60. 24x7 time period selected.

Configuration example

For more information, see Werk #4580: informix_dbspaces, informix_locks, informix_logusage, informix_sessions, informix_status, informix_tabextents: New checks for IBM Informix DBs

/etc/check_mk/informix.cfg

ONINIT_PATH=/PATH/TO/ONINIT-BINARY
EXCLUDES_INFORMIX-INSTANCE="SECTION SECTION ..."
EXCLUDES_INFORMIX-INSTANCE=ALL
EXCLUDES="SECTION SECTION ..."
EXCLUDES=ALL

Manual page for Informix DB*

In our manual pages of Informix DB, we have a small mistake. Currently, you can only configure values for 'informix_tabextens' (Werk #10424: informix_tabextents: Addition of WATO rule configuration).

We have already created an internal ticket to modify our manual pages.

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