File Management, Number of Files in FileGroup Exceeded

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1   Alarm Description

Table 1    File Management, Number of Files in FileGroup Exceeded Alarm Causes

Alarm Cause

Description

Fault Reason

Fault Location

Impact

Too many files in a file group

The total number of files in a file group has exceeded a threshold according to a file group policy

The total number of files in a file group has exceeded a configured threshold. Some ME or management system functionality responsible for deleting the files is misbehaving.

Network problems

Eventually the ME can lack storage space

ME function

External system

Note:  
It is assumed that a Managed Element (ME) function called Function2 produces files that are regularly transferred and deleted by some external system. The produced files are stored in a directory represented by a file group called Function2Files, which is monitored by a file group policy alarmHighFileNumber. When the number of files in this file group exceeds the defined limit, an alarm is raised.

2   Procedure

2.1   Handling Alarm File Management, Number of Files in FileGroup Exceeded

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Check the connection to the external system using ping and traceroute.
  2. Is the external system reachable in a delay lower than 10 seconds?

    Yes: The file collection process can be interrupted because of some fault in the external system. Request the external system administrator to act on the fault.

    No: The network can have a configuration fault. Request the network administrator to act on the fault.

  3. Navigate to FileGroup MO indicated by the alarm attribute Additional Text, for example:

    >dn ManagedElement=NODE06ST,SystemFunctions=1,FileM=1,LogicalFS=1,FileGroup=Functions2Files

  4. Check which policy is applicable to the MO:

    (FileGroup=Functions2Files)>show reservedByPolicy

    The following is an example output:

    reservedByPolicy="ManagedElement=NODE06ST,⇒
SystemFunctions=1,FileM=1,FileGroupPolicy=⇒
alarmHighFileNumber"
  5. Navigate to the FileGroupPolicy MO, for example:

    (FileGroup=Functions2Files)>dn ManagedElement=NODE06ST,SystemFunctions=1,FileM=1,FileGroupPolicy=alarmHighFileNumber

  6. Observe the defined value for thresholdLow in the identified policy:

    (FileGroupPolicy=alarmHighFileNumber)>show -m ThresholdMonitoring

    The following is an example output:

    ThresholdMonitoring=warningAt10
   monitoredAspect=QUANTITY
   thresholdHigh=11
   thresholdLow=5
   userLabel="More Than Ten Files in File Group"
    Note:  
    If there are several ThresholdMonitoring MOs, find the thresholdHigh value corresponding the alarm, then observe the associated thresholdLow value.

  7. Is it appropriate to manually delete the files in the FileGroup MO without loss of important data?

    Yes: Continue with Step 8.

    No: The external system is expected to delete these files automatically. Once this has happened, proceed with Step 10.

  8. Identify the files that can be deleted to decrease the number of files in the file group to or below the thresholdLow value:

    >dn ManagedElement=NODE06ST,SystemFunctions=1,FileM=1,LogicalFs=1,FileGroup=Functions2File

    (FileGroup=Functions2File)>show

    The following is an example output:

    FileGroup=Functions2Files
   internalHousekeeping=false
   files="Functions2File.cfg"
      fileType="cfg"
      modificationTime="2014-11-20T13:33:57"
      size=108
   files="Functions2File_20141025_210916.cfg"
      fileType="cfg"
      modificationTime="2014-10-25T21:09:16"
      size=108
   files="Functions2File_20141025_210925.log"
      fileType="log"
      modificationTime="2014-10-25T21:09:27"
      size=0
   files="Functions2File_20141025_211150_20141025_212046.log"
      fileType="log"
      modificationTime="2014-10-25T21:20:46"
      size=7168
   files="Functions2File_20141025_212046.cfg"
      fileType="cfg"
      modificationTime="2014-10-25T21:20:46"
      size=108
   files="Functions2File_20141027_175033_20141027_175714.log"
      fileType="log"
      modificationTime="2014-10-27T17:57:14"
      size=2048
   files="Functions2File_20141027_175714.cfg"
      fileType="cfg"
      modificationTime="2014-10-27T17:57:14"
      size=108
   files="Functions2File_20141027_180112_20141027_185409.log"
      fileType="log"
      modificationTime="2014-10-27T18:54:09"
      size=4096
   files="Functions2File_20141027_185409.cfg"
      fileType="cfg"
      modificationTime="2014-10-27T18:54:09"
      size=108
   files="Functions2File_20141028_184309.cfg"
      fileType="cfg"
      modificationTime="2014-10-28T18:43:09"
      size=108
   files="Functions2File_20141120_133357.log"
      fileType="log"
      modificationTime="2014-11-20T14:34:10"
      size=5120
  9. Delete each identified file:

    (FileGroup=Functions2File)>config

    (config-FileGroup=Functions2File)>removeFile Functions2File_20141025_211150_20141025_212046.log

    The system returns true after a successful deletion operation. The system returns false when the operation fails. The operation fails when the file does not exist or is in use.

    (config-FileGroup=Functions2File)>commit

  10. Is the alarm cleared?

    Yes: Proceed with Step 13.

    No: Proceed with Step 11.

  11. Perform data collection, refer to Data Collection Guideline.
  12. Consult the next level of maintenance support. Further actions are outside the scope of this instruction.
  13. Job is completed.


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