TUBS-IBR-NFS-MIB

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Organization: TU Braunschweig

Last Updated: 2000-02-09

Category: TU Braunschweig Research MIBs

Description: Monitors NFS server and client statistics including mount points, operations, and error counts.

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What Is TUBS-IBR-NFS-MIB?

TUBS-IBR-NFS-MIB is an experimental, vendor-neutral research MIB from TU Braunschweig's Institute of Operating Systems (IBR) for monitoring NFS (Network File System) servers and clients. It exposes operation-level counters for both server and client roles, breaking down calls by NFS procedure type such as getattr, setattr, lookup, read, write, and create, plus bad/error and null call counts. Its primary monitoring value is software/service status: it lets an administrator see whether the NFS service on a host is actively serving requests, which operation types dominate load, and whether error rates (nfsServerBad) signal client misconfiguration or server trouble. As an experimental MIB it has no formal dependency chain beyond standard SNMPv2 conventions, though it conceptually mirrors the data in the classic NFS/RPC statistics exposed by rpc.nfsstat. It was used in academic/research network monitoring contexts to profile NFS traffic and troubleshoot file-sharing performance. Engineers can download the TUBS-IBR-NFS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in TUBS-IBR-NFS-MIB. 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

vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
NFS server or NFS client host

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll nfsServerCalls alongside nfsServerRead and nfsServerWrite to see the total request volume and read/write mix on an NFS server, and compare that to nfsServerBad to spot a rising error rate indicating stale file handles or permission issues. Watching nfsServerLookup and nfsServerGetattr helps reveal whether clients are hammering the server with metadata operations rather than actual data transfer, a common sign of an inefficient client cache. The nfsClient subtree provides the mirrored per-operation counters for the client side of the same host.

What Can Be Monitored

total NFS server calls
NFS read/write operation counts
NFS error (bad call) counts
lookup and getattr operation rates
NFS client operation statistics

Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From TUBS-SMI

ibr	OBJECT-IDENTITY

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using nfsServerCalls OID:

Select a device implementing TUBS-IBR-NFS-MIB as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type nfsServerCalls into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. The number of nfs calls received by the server. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
nfsClient	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2
C32 nfsClientBad	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.2	Counter32	read-only	The number of incorrect nfs calls send by the client.
C32 nfsClientCalls	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.1	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs calls send by the client Every read access to this variable will cause the agent to reload the statistics contained in this group.
C32 nfsClientCreate	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.12	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs create operations.
C32 nfsClientFsstat	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.20	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs fsstat operations.
C32 nfsClientGetattr	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.4	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs getattr operations.
C32 nfsClientLink	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.15	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs link operations.
C32 nfsClientLookup	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.7	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs lookup operations.
C32 nfsClientMkdir	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.17	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs mkdir operations.
C32 nfsClientNull	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.3	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs null operations.
C32 nfsClientRead	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.9	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs read operations.
C32 nfsClientReaddir	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.19	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs readdir operations.
C32 nfsClientReadlink	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.8	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs readlink operations.
C32 nfsClientRemove	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.13	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs remove operations.
C32 nfsClientRename	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.14	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs rename operations.
C32 nfsClientRmdir	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.18	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs rmdir operations.
C32 nfsClientRoot	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.6	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs root operations.
C32 nfsClientSetattr	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.5	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs setattr operations.
C32 nfsClientSymlink	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.16	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs symlink operations.
C32 nfsClientWrcache	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.10	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs wrcache operations.
C32 nfsClientWrite	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.2.11	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs write operations.
nfsMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2			Experimental MIB module for NFS server and clients.
nfsServer	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1
C32 nfsServerBad	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.2	Counter32	read-only	The number of incorrect nfs calls received by the server.
C32 nfsServerCallsEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.1	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs calls received by the server. Every read access to this variable will cause the agent to reload the statistics contained in this group.
C32 nfsServerCreate	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.12	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs create operations.
C32 nfsServerFsstat	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.20	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs fsstat operations.
C32 nfsServerGetattr	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.4	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs getattr operations.
C32 nfsServerLink	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.15	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs link operations.
C32 nfsServerLookup	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.7	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs lookup operations.
C32 nfsServerMkdir	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.17	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs mkdir operations.
C32 nfsServerNull	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.3	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs null operations.
C32 nfsServerRead	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.9	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs read operations.
C32 nfsServerReaddir	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.19	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs readdir operations.
C32 nfsServerReadlink	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.8	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs readlink operations.
C32 nfsServerRemove	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.13	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs remove operations.
C32 nfsServerRename	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.14	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs rename operations.
C32 nfsServerRmdir	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.18	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs rmdir operations.
C32 nfsServerRoot	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.6	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs root operations.
C32 nfsServerSetattr	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.5	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs setattr operations.
C32 nfsServerSymlink	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.16	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs symlink operations.
C32 nfsServerWrcache	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.10	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs wrcache operations.
C32 nfsServerWrite	1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.2.1.11	Counter32	read-only	The number of nfs write operations.

RFC description

Experimental MIB module for NFS server and client statistics monitoring.

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