HP-MPE-XL

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Category: Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: SNMP MIB from HP for managing HP 3000 series minicomputer systems that run the MPE XL (Multi-Programming Executive) operating environment.

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What Is HP-MPE-XL?

HP-MPE-XL is an HP proprietary SNMP MIB for managing HP 3000 series minicomputer systems running the MPE/XL (Multi-Programming Executive) operating system. It exposes storage-subsystem data, primarily around disk volumes attached to the system, including volume identity, drive type, and capacity information. Though narrower in scope than a full server-health MIB, it supports hardware/storage status monitoring by letting an administrator confirm whether expected volumes are mounted (volumeMounted) and check physical/logical characteristics like volumeDriveType, volumeSectorSize, and volumeCapacity, as well as MPE-specific overhead metrics that reflect filesystem/OS-level resource consumption. It is a legacy, self-contained vendor MIB with no apparent dependency on standard IETF storage MIBs, reflecting its origin in HP's proprietary MPE/XL platform predating common storage MIB standards. It is typically deployed in legacy HP 3000 minicomputer environments still in production for business-critical applications. Engineers can download the HP-MPE-XL file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HP-MPE-XL. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

HP 3000 series minicomputer (MPE/XL)

Monitoring Examples

The module exposes volumeTable/Entry keyed by volumeLDEV, holding volumeName, volumeMounted, volumeDriveType, volumeSectorSize, volumeType, and volumeCapacity for each disk volume on the HP 3000 system. An administrator would poll volumeMounted across all expected LDEVs to confirm no volume has become unmounted unexpectedly, and watch volumeMPEOverhead/volumeMPETransOverhead alongside volumeCapacity to gauge how much of a volume's capacity is consumed by MPE filesystem overhead versus usable data. A volume showing as unmounted or with capacity near the volumeMPEConfigMaxTrans limit would indicate a storage issue needing attention on this legacy system.

What Can Be Monitored

volume mount status
volume capacity and drive type
MPE filesystem overhead
transaction overhead vs. configured maximum

Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
Gauge
IpAddress
NetworkAddress
Timeticks
enterprises

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
hp	1.3.6.1.4.1.11
nm	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2
system	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3
general	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1
mpeXLSystem	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3
volume	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1
INT volumeMounted	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The number of volumes that are currently mounted on the system.
volumeTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2		not-accessible	Volume table
volumeEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1		not-accessible	Each entry contains objects that define the volume.
INT volumeLDEV	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The logical device number for the volume.
STR volumeName	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	This is the volume set name combined with the member name that uniquely distinguishes the actual volume on the system.
STR volumeDriveType	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	The type of the actual hardware device, e.g. HP7935.
INT volumeSectorSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The logical sector size of the volume in bytes
INT volumeType	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	The type of volume set.
INT volumeCapacity	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The capacity of the volume in sectors.
INT volumeMPEOverhead	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The total overhead which consists of everything on a volume that is not set aside for file space use. This includes volume label, file label table, directory, volume set information table, free space map, transient space, and transaction management overhead.
INT volumeMPETransOverhead	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	The total MPE XL transient space overhead for the volume.
INT volumeMPEConfigMaxTrans	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.9	INTEGER	read-only	The configured maximum transient space for the volume.
INT volumeDirSpaceOverhead	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.10	INTEGER	read-only	The directory space overhead that is reserved for accounting information.
INT volumeFileLabelOverhead	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.11	INTEGER	read-only	The file label overhead for this volume.
INT volumeTransactionMgmtOverhead	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.12	INTEGER	read-only	The transaction management overhead for this volume.
INT volumeSpoolFileDiscUsage	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.13	INTEGER	read-only	The spool file disc space usage which consists of the volume space that is used by hidden spool files that are not part of the permanent file space.
INT volumePermFiles	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.14	INTEGER	read-only	The space used for permanent files on this volume.
INT volumeTempFiles	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.15	INTEGER	read-only	The space used for temporary files on this volume.
INT volumeTotalFreeSpace	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.16	INTEGER	read-only	The total free space for the volume.
INT volumeLargestContigFree	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.17	INTEGER	read-only	The largest contiguous free space area on the volume.
INT volumePercentUtilized	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.1.2.1.18	INTEGER	read-only	The percent of the volume currently being used for file storage and operating system overhead.
processor	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.2
INT numActive	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.2.1	INTEGER	read-only	Number of processors currently active, in the system. A processor is considered active if it is capable of begin dispatched.
INT numPresent	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.2.2	INTEGER	read-only	The number of processors physically present in the system.
INT processorMIstate	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.2.3	INTEGER	read-write	Setting this object to 1 will result in the measurement interface being turned on for the global processor statistics which will increase the amount of CPU used by the SNMP/XL Agent. Setting this object to 0 will cause the measurement interface to be disabled for the global processor statistics. When the measurement interface is enabled, the cpuUtilization object described below may be obtained.
INT cpuUtilization	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.3.2.4	INTEGER	read-only	The overall CPU utilization percentage on the system. If the system has more than one processor, the value returned is averaged out over all of the processors that are present. The measurement interface must be enabled in order to get a valid value returned for this object ( see above object ). The number returned is the percentage of the CPU that was used since the last time the number was sampled. This value is consistent with various HP performance tools such as Glance/XL. If the measurement interface is not enabled, the value returned will be 0.

RFC description

HP SNMP MIB for managing HP MPE XL (Multi-Programming Executive) HP 3000 series minicomputer systems via SNMP.

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What Is HP-MPE-XL?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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