AIX 7.3 and lpar2rrd

milkoo

Hello.

I have installed lpar2rrd on AIX LPAR verzion of AIX 7300-01-01-2246.

In this version of AIX this perl is installed by default:

root@lpar2rrd:/# perl -v

This is perl 5, version 34, subversion 1 (v5.34.1) built for aix-thread-multi

Installation was done over yum by installation document.

Thank you.

After I started a load.sh, this error occurs:

$ ./load.sh

VMware     : not identified, no credentials

jobs -l vmware :

Can't locate XML/Simple.pm in @INC (you may need to install the XML::Simple module) (@INC contains: /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/vmware-lib /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/lib /opt/freeware/lib64/perl5/5.34/vendor_perl /opt/freeware/lib/perl5/5.34/vendor_perl /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.34.1/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.34.1 /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.34.1/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.34.1) at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/xml.pl line 6.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/xml.pl line 6.

Compilation failed in require at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/hmc_list.pl line 8.

installing WWW : install-html.sh vmware

Host identif  : AIX

Updating    : start updating rrdfiles with vcenter data in background

timestamp   : Thu Mar 2 11:31:35 CET 2023

Can't locate XML/Simple.pm in @INC (you may need to install the XML::Simple module) (@INC contains: /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/vmware-lib /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/lib /opt/freeware/lib64/perl5/5.34/vendor_perl /opt/freeware/lib/perl5/5.34/vendor_perl /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.34.1/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.34.1 /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.34.1/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.34.1) at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/xml.pl line 6.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/xml.pl line 6.

Compilation failed in require at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/hmc_list.pl line 8.

Menu      : no menu refresh for vmware /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/tmp/7.60-vmware

Can't locate XML/Simple.pm in @INC (you may need to install the XML::Simple module) (@INC contains: /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/vmware-lib /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/lib /opt/freeware/lib64/perl5/5.34/vendor_perl /opt/freeware/lib/perl5/5.34/vendor_perl /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.34.1/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.34.1 /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.34.1/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.34.1) at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/xml.pl line 6.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/xml.pl line 6.

Compilation failed in require at /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/bin/hmc_list.pl line 8.

HMC web cfg  : HMC is configured through GUI, (HMC_LIST in lpar2rrd.cfg is ignored). Actual HMC_LIST is made from etc/web_config/hosts.json =>

Host Configuration not found, use old HMC_LIST from etc/lpar2rrd.cfg

jobs -l    :

[1] + 20644304  Running         <command unknown>

Waiting for HMC: 20644304

date end all VM: Thu Mar 2 11:31:35 CET 2023

heatmap    : start Thu Mar 2 11:31:35 2023

heatmap    : (VMware) set cpu utilization for 0 vm

heatmap    : (VMware) set memory utilization for 0 vm

heatmap    : (VMware) set cpu utilization for 0 pools

heatmap    : (VMware) set memory utilization for 0 pools

datastores   : (VMware) 0 active in menu

heatmap    : end Thu Mar 2 11:31:35 2023

rmc check   : not this time 2 == 2

RMC from load.sh

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Pavel

I strongly recomend tyo use any Linux for hosting of LPAR2RD, it works on AIX but there is a lot of compatability issues with Perl packages, and even when it works then next AIX TP/SP upgrade might easilly broke it down what causes another hours of work to make it work.

Let me know if you have no Linux option,

milkoo

Does lpar2rrd also work on Linux for Power?

Do you have some experience?

Pavel

sure, whatever Linux

esak

Just ran in to this exact problem.

My brute force "fix" was to restore

directory "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.28.1/XML/Simple" and file "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.28.1/XML/Simple/FAQ.pod" and file "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.28.1/XML/Simple.pm" to respective locations in "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.34.1/XML" directory tree.

And to state the obvious there is very high probability that running _any_ perl based software on non AIX operating system will be less, erm arduous task as running it on AIX.

But I digress, "fix" because after restoring one directory and two files to another directory branch, both "load.sh" and "load_hmc_rest_api.sh" worked and most recent data was inserted in to RRD.