Monitoring Big-IP using SCOM 2012
In an effort to bring F5 devices under SCOM 2012 infrastructure, we installed the f5 managemnent pack in our SCOM server. While trying to discover the F5 BIG-IP device, the below error occurs. I tried with admin & root credentials with Management & self IP but still the issue persists. Any help to resolve this issue will be highly appreciated? Execute device discovery:Failure Failure Message: F5Networks.Protocols.iControl.iControlException: The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required. at F5Networks.Protocols.iControl.Utilities._HandleWebException(WebException webException) at F5Networks.Protocols.iControl.Utilities.WrapNetworkErrors[ReturnType](GenericVoidHandler`1 soapCall) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.Networking.iControlDiscovery._MakeSoapCall[ReturnType](GenericVoidHandler`1 soapAsyncBegin, GenericTypeHandler`2 soapAsyncComplete) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.Networking.iControlDiscovery.CoreGetSystemLocalTime() at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.Networking.iControlDiscoveryBase.<>c__DisplayClass1.b__0() at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.<>c__DisplayClass1.b__0() at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.DoActionWithTryFinally[TReturnResult](GenericVoidHandler`1 activeCode, VoidVoidDelegate preCode, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCode, VoidVoidDelegate postCodeSuccess, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCodeFailure) at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.DoActionWithTryFinally(VoidVoidDelegate activeCode, VoidVoidDelegate preCode, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCode, VoidVoidDelegate postCodeSuccess, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCodeFailure) at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.DoActionWithTryFinally(VoidVoidDelegate activeCode, VoidVoidDelegate preCode, VoidVoidDelegate postCodeSuccess, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCodeFailure) at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.TraceCall(VoidVoidDelegate activeCode, String action, String area, String category, Int32 id) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.Networking.iControlDiscoveryBase.get_SystemLocalTime() at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager.DiscoverDevice._ConnectToDeviceAndPushCertificate(Credentials deviceCredentials, ManagementPackIQueryConnection deviceConnection, Boolean refreshAllDeviceInfo) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager.DiscoverDevice._ConnectToDevice(Credentials deviceCredentials, Boolean refreshAllDeviceInfo) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager.DiscoverDevice._Execute(DiscoveryInfo discoveryInfo) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager.DiscoverDevice.<>c__DisplayClassc.b__a() at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.ProgressEventSourceBase`1.<>c__DisplayClass6.b__5() at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.ProgressEventSourceBase`1.<>c__DisplayClassb`1.b__8() at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.DoActionWithTryFinally[TReturnResult](GenericVoidHandler`1 activeCode, VoidVoidDelegate preCode, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCode, VoidVoidDelegate postCodeSuccess, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCodeFailure) at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.DoActionWithTryFinally[TReturnResult](GenericVoidHandler`1 activeCode, VoidVoidDelegate preCode, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCode) at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.ProgressEventSourceBase`1.DoActionWithProgressNotification[TReturnResult](GenericVoidHandler`1 activeCode, String action) at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.ProgressEventSourceBase`1.DoActionWithProgressNotification(VoidVoidDelegate activeCode, String action) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager.DiscoverDevice.Execute(DiscoveryInfo discoveryInfo) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager._SyncFinishDiscovery(DiscoverDeviceHandler discoveryHandler, DiscoveryInfo info) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager._AsyncFinishDiscovery(AsyncDiscoveryInfo asyncInfo) Attempt to connect to the iControl device socket:Success Attempt to connect to the iControl device socket:Success
Setup fails due to Domain list error (COMException)
[Posting on behalf of R.S.] Hi, I have a working installation of System Center Operations manager 2007 R2 running on Windows 2008 R2 and am attempting to install the F5 management pack. I keep getting the following error. <02-11-2011 09:36:18> FatalError: An error has occurred during the F5 Networks Management Pack Setup. Please contact the F5 Management Pack team at managementpack@f5.com with the following information: There was a problem trying to retrieve the list of accessible domains. Please verify your firewall settings, user permissions and group policies to resolve the issue and then try setup again. Related error message: A local error has occurred. Is there a work around for this?Error while querying SCOM Gateway Server registry key
[Posting on behalf of E.A.] Need some assistance. We’re trying to install the 2.1.5.440 F5 Management Pack onto our SCOM 2007 server, however, keep getting an error in the log about not finding the registry keys. We’re running 6.0.6278 of SCOM 2007 and have the hotfix MSKB 954903 installed. The error is: <02-16-2011 04:21:35> FatalError: An error has occurred during the F5 Networks Management Pack Setup. Please contact the F5 Management Pack team at managementpack@f5.com with the following information: Registry Keys for Operations Manager could not be found on this system. at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Setup.SetupHarness._IsGateWayServer() at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Setup.SetupHarness._VerifyPrequisites(SetupLogger setupLog, Settings settings) Please advise and thank you.
Alert for Pool Member down
Hello, I read the "how-to" override the alert messages (linked below) but I'm wondering if anyone has figured out how to utilize "$target" alert attributes. High-level, I need to find out how to create an alert like the example below. I thought I should be able to do this by implementing new aggregate/roll-up monitors but I'm struggling with how to get it to work. Desired Alert = Pool member [poolmember_name] using port [port] which is a member of the pool: [pool_name] has been marked down for the following reason [Availability_reason] http://devcentral.f5.co...-pack.aspx Thanks, Mike
Big IP authentication on Cisco ACS
Anyone here with experience in authenticating on a cisco acs? how can i get the acs group mapped to the admin group on the bigip? i have setup tacacs authentication and added this on the f5 b remoterole role info administrator '{ attribute "F5-LTM-User-Info-1=adm" role administrator user partition all console enable deny disable line order 1 }' thxF5 BIGIP Management Pack for SCOM 2012 R2 ( free, source open )
Problem this snippet solves: Hi, I authored a small Management Pack to monitor some key components for F5 BIGIP devices. It works with SCOM 2012 R2 and will work with 2016. Under the hood REST (authentication taught by @Joel Newton) and SNMP is used. Diagram: State: Alert: Links: Management Pack Details Management Pack Setup Management Pack Management Pack VSAE 2015 Solution Feel free to contact me :-) Kind regards Ruben Code : https://github.com/Juanito99/F5_BIGIP_OpsMgr
F5 Management Pack for SCOM - Failure during discovery
We are using MP v3.2.2 on SCOM2012 R2 In a previous install it was working fine, but after a reinstall I'm getting Execute device discovery : Failure Here's an excerpt from the log: at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager._AsyncFinishDiscovery(AsyncDiscoveryInfo asyncInfo)Attempt to connect to the iControl device socket:Success Attempt to connect to the iControl device socket:Success Retrieve device information:Success Verify device is supported:Success Retrieve minimum supported device version:Success Calculate clock skew:Success Retrieve device management address:Success Validate unique device management address:Success Checking license expiration:Success Retrieve device self address:Success Checking if device is virtual machine:Success Retrieve device failover info:Success Retrieve device features:Success Create persisted iQuery connection:Success Retrieve Big3d Version:Success Disconnecting existing Big3d connections:Success Recreate the iQuery connection with updated Big3d:Success Attempt to connect to the iControl device socket:Success Retrieve device information:Success Verify device is supported:Success Retrieve minimum supported device version:Success Calculate clock skew:Success Retrieve device management address:Success Validate unique device management address:Success Checking license expiration:Success Retrieve device self address:Success Create persisted iQuery connection:Success Retrieve Big3d Version:Success Store device Configuration:Failure Failure Message: F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryException: Error:Trunk100Invalid Configuration Data XML Error=Unexpected Xml tag: CDATA RawXml= Trunk100 at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager.DiscoverDevice._RetrieveDeviceConfiguration(String section) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Discovery.DiscoveryManager.DiscoverDevice.<>c__DisplayClass2b.<>c__DisplayClass2e.<_StoreDeviceConfiguration>b__26() at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.ProgressEventSourceBase`1.<>c__DisplayClass6.b__5() Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas as to what the issue may be?F5 MP installation fails with Fatal Error 1603
Hi guys, I'm attempting to deploy F5 MP on Windows Server 2008 R2 box. The wizard steps are passed just fine. But the installation fails after - here is what I get in failure log ("Setup.log"): Failover Clustering ======================= Errors occurred while importing the modules. To view the errors, type "$error". Failover Clustering not installed on this server ... 08-31-2012 08:37:17> Info: Installer stage: Sql.Database STARTING <08-31-2012 08:37:17> Info: Installer Stage[Sql.Database]: action=Custom Install Action: Install, duration=00:00:00, state=Starting <08-31-2012 08:37:27> Warning: Installer Stage[Sql.Database]: action=Custom Install Action: Install, duration=9.7sec, state=Failure [System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Users\DEVIXS\AppData\Local\Temp\F5 Networks\Management Pack\20120831_083641\ManagementPackDatabaseDefinition.xml' is denied. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize) at System.Xml.XmlDownloadManager.GetStream(Uri uri, ICredentials credentials) at System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver.GetEntity(Uri absoluteUri, String role, Type ofObjectToReturn) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.OpenUrlDelegate(Object xmlResolver) at System.Threading.CompressedStack.runTryCode(Object userData) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData) at System.Threading.CompressedStack.Run(CompressedStack compressedStack, ContextCallback callback, Object state) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.OpenUrl() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace) at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader) at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.DataAccess.SqlServer.Utilities.PerformDatabaseOperation(String sqlServer, String databaseDefinitionFile, SqlDatabaseOperation operation, String[] operationArguments, String databaseName, String rootPath, String userName, String password) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Setup.Actions.Sql.DatabaseInstaller._PerformVerificationCheck(Utilities sqlUtilities, String dbDefinitionFilePath) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Setup.Actions.Sql.DatabaseInstaller.Install() at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Setup.InstallerBase.<>c__DisplayClassa.b__9() at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.ProgressEventSourceBase`1.<>c__DisplayClassb`1.b__8() at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.DoActionWithTryFinally[TReturnResult](GenericVoidHandler`1 activeCode, VoidVoidDelegate preCode, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCode, VoidVoidDelegate postCodeSuccess, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCodeFailure) at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.Tracer.DoActionWithTryFinally[TReturnResult](GenericVoidHandler`1 activeCode, VoidVoidDelegate preCode, VoidGenericHandler`1 postCode) at F5Networks.ProgressTracking.ProgressEventSourceBase`1.DoActionWithProgressNotification[TReturnResult](GenericVoidHandler`1 activeCode, String action) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Setup.InstallerBase.Run(CustomInstallActions action) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Setup.SetupHelper._ProcessStage(RequiredArguments arguments, Dictionary`2 customArguments) at F5Networks.ManagementPack.Setup.SetupHelper.Main(String[] args) ] <08-31-2012 08:37:27> Warning: Installer stage: Sql.Database FAILED ... 08-31-2012 08:37:46> Info: Removing Windows performance counters. <08-31-2012 08:37:48> Info: Windows performance counters removed successfully. <08-31-2012 08:37:48> FatalError: msi failed to run with exit code: 1603 <08-31-2012 08:37:48> FatalError: Standard error: <08-31-2012 08:37:48> FatalError: Standard output: <08-31-2012 08:37:48> FatalError: An error has occurred during the F5 Networks Management Pack Setup. Please review the following information to help to resolve the issue: The F5 Networks Management Pack setup has failed. I would appreciate if you could shed a light on the problem.
New F5 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Comtrade now offers two flavors of monitoring packs integrating F5 into Systems Center. Last October, Comtrade introduced a Monitoring Pack that took advantage of F5’s BIG-IQ to display BIG-IPs, monitor device and application health and more - all in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. Now, Comtrade has expanded their offering with a Management Pack that works directly with BIG-IPs - and does not require BIG-IQ. Why is this needed? Well simply, most customer don't yet have BIG-IQ. And while we would like to change that, the new MP dramatically increases the immediately addressable market - and makes integration of BIG-IPs into SCOM simple and straight forward. If you have BIG-IPs and use SCOM, try out the monitoring pack.It’s worth having. The Comtrade Management Pack for F5 BIG-IP enables IT teams to monitor F5 devices with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). With Management Pack customers will will be able to: See all virtual servers, organized by application service or by device, without leaving SCOM Easily monitor multiple BIG-IP devices from one pane of glass Address issues early and maximize availability of configured application service and virtual server by providing expected QoS level Act as soon as the issue is detected and make sure application services are operating with expected QoS level and diminish danger of device becoming unavailable due to reboot or due to disk being full Monitor SSL Certificate status Find all applications configured on a specific BIG-IP device Monitor load on virtual servers, find the least and the most used virtual server configured on specific device and optimize device configuration to provide expected quality of service View application availability to service user requests and identify root cause for either poor performance or unavailability Protect configured application services and make sure no single point of failure exists in HA setup and HA setup is working as expected A free trial is available here.
