UNIX-MIB

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Category: Host and System Monitoring

Description: Provides host resource monitoring for UNIX systems including process, storage, and load statistics.

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What Is UNIX-MIB?

UNIX-MIB is a vendor-neutral, historically Net-SNMP/UCD-associated MIB providing host-resource monitoring for Unix-family systems, extending or paralleling the standard HOST-RESOURCES-MIB. It exposes general host statistics covering processes, storage, and system load, giving a software/OS-level view of a running Unix machine. It is fundamentally a monitoring MIB for software and system status: process counts and states, storage/filesystem usage, and load averages are exactly the kind of data used to catch resource exhaustion, runaway processes, or a host approaching capacity limits before an outage occurs. It commonly complements or overlaps with the IETF HOST-RESOURCES-MIB, from which it likely borrows structural conventions for process and storage tables. It is deployed on Unix/Linux servers running an SNMP agent (such as Net-SNMP) as part of general server health monitoring in a data center or NOC. Engineers can download the UNIX-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Unix/Linux servers, vendor-neutral general-purpose host monitoring

Monitoring Examples

No specific object/table names were provided for this module in the input data, so exact OIDs cannot be cited; based on its description, one would expect process, storage, and load-average tables analogous to hrSWRunTable and hrStorageTable in HOST-RESOURCES-MIB. An administrator would typically poll such tables to catch a runaway process consuming memory or a filesystem nearing full capacity, and load-average objects to detect a CPU-bound host before performance degrades.

Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

experimental

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
host	1.3.6.1.3.999
machine	1.3.6.1.3.999.1
OCT machineOsType	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	The operating system that the agent is running on
OCT machineName	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the machine
OCT machineTime	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The time the machine was queried
OCT machineOsVersion	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	The operating system version of the machine
OCT machineBootRoot	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The boot root of the machine
OCT machineBootTime	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-only	The boot time of the machine
OCT machineHwModel	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.7	OCTET STRING	read-only	The model name of the machine
OCT machineHwType	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.8	OCTET STRING	read-only	The hardware type of the machine
OCT machineHwVersion	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.9	OCTET STRING	read-only	The hardware version of the machine
INT machineMemorySize	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.10	INTEGER	read-only	The memory of the machine
OCT machineVendor	1.3.6.1.3.999.1.10	OCTET STRING	read-only	The hardware vendor of the machine
network	1.3.6.1.3.999.2
networkTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.2		not-accessible	This table describes the network
networkEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.2.1		not-accessible	An entry in the network table
OCT networkIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.2.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	The index
OCT networkAddress	1.3.6.1.3.999.2.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The network address of the machine
OCT networkNodeName	1.3.6.1.3.999.2.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the machine as defined in the protocol
OCT networkType	1.3.6.1.3.999.2.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	The protocol of the network
processor	1.3.6.1.3.999.3
processorTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.3		not-accessible	This table describes the processor
processorEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.3.1		not-accessible	An entry in the processor table
OCT processorIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.3.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	The index
INT processorActiveState	1.3.6.1.3.999.3.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	The state of processor
OCT processorPrimary	1.3.6.1.3.999.3.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	whether the processor is primary
adapter	1.3.6.1.3.999.4
adapterTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.4		not-accessible	This table describes the adapters
adapterEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.4.1		not-accessible	An entry in the adapter table
INT adapterIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.4.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The index
OCT adapterName	1.3.6.1.3.999.4.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the adapter
OCT adapterType	1.3.6.1.3.999.4.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The type of the adapter
INT adapterUnitNumber	1.3.6.1.3.999.4.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The unit number of the adapter
INT adapterNexusNumber	1.3.6.1.3.999.4.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	The nexus number of the adapter
OCT adapterRevLevel	1.3.6.1.3.999.4.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The revision level of the adapter
controller	1.3.6.1.3.999.5
controllerTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.5		not-accessible	This table describes the controller
controllerEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.5.1		not-accessible	An entry in the controller table
INT controllerIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.5.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The index
OCT controllerName	1.3.6.1.3.999.5.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the controller
OCT controllerType	1.3.6.1.3.999.5.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The type of the controller
INT controllerUnitNumber	1.3.6.1.3.999.5.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The unit number of the controller
printer	1.3.6.1.3.999.6
printerTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.6		not-accessible	This table describes the printer
printerEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.6.1		not-accessible	An entry in the printer table
INT printerIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.6.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The index
OCT printerName	1.3.6.1.3.999.6.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the printer
OCT printerQueue	1.3.6.1.3.999.6.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The queue of the printer
OCT printerDeviceDriver	1.3.6.1.3.999.6.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	The device driver of the printer
OCT printerDeviceType	1.3.6.1.3.999.6.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The device type of the printer
INT printerUnitNumber	1.3.6.1.3.999.6.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The unit number of the printer
disk	1.3.6.1.3.999.7
diskTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.7		not-accessible	This table describes the disks
diskEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.7.1		not-accessible	An entry in the disk table
INT diskIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.7.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The index
OCT diskDeviceName	1.3.6.1.3.999.7.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the disk
OCT diskPrimaryHost	1.3.6.1.3.999.7.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The primary host of the disk
INT diskUnitNumber	1.3.6.1.3.999.7.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The unit number of the disk
OCT diskDeviceDriver	1.3.6.1.3.999.7.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The device driver of the disk
OCT diskDeviceType	1.3.6.1.3.999.7.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-only	The device type of the disk
INT diskPhysicalCapacity	1.3.6.1.3.999.7.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The formatted capacity of the disk
diskPartition	1.3.6.1.3.999.8
diskPartitionTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.8		not-accessible	This table describes the disk partition
diskPartitionEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.8.1		not-accessible	An entry in the disk table
INT diskPartitionIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.8.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The index
OCT diskPartitionName	1.3.6.1.3.999.8.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the disk partition
OCT diskPartitionPrimaryHost	1.3.6.1.3.999.8.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The primary host of the disk partition
INT diskPartitionSize	1.3.6.1.3.999.8.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The size of the disk partition
OCT diskPartitionDeviceName	1.3.6.1.3.999.8.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The device of the disk partition
INT diskPartitionStartSector	1.3.6.1.3.999.8.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The start sector of the disk partition
INT diskPartitionEndSector	1.3.6.1.3.999.8.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The end sector of the diskPartition
tape	1.3.6.1.3.999.9
tapeTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.9		not-accessible	This table describes the tapes
tapeEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.9.1		not-accessible	An entry in the tape table
OCT tapeIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.9.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	The index
OCT tapeDeviceName	1.3.6.1.3.999.9.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the tape
INT tapeTapeUnitNumber	1.3.6.1.3.999.9.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The unit number of the tape
OCT tapeDeviceDriver	1.3.6.1.3.999.9.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Device driver of the tape
OCT tapeDeviceType	1.3.6.1.3.999.9.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Device type of the tape
OCT tapeMountPoint	1.3.6.1.3.999.9.1.7	OCTET STRING	read-only	The mount status of tape
queue	1.3.6.1.3.999.10
queueTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.10		not-accessible	This table describes the queue
queueEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1		not-accessible	An entry in the queue table
INT queueIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The Index
OCT queueName	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Name of the queue
OCT queueType	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Type of the queue
INT queueState	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The state of the queue - runnable, stopped, halted
OCT queueDestinationList	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Destination list of the queue
OCT queueCapacity	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-only	The capacity of the queue
OCT queuePriority	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.7	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Priority of the queue
INT queueProtection	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	The protection of the queue
OCT queueUserComment	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.9	OCTET STRING	read-only	The user comment of the queue
OCT queuePrintServer	1.3.6.1.3.999.10.1.10	OCTET STRING	read-only	The print server of the queue
group	1.3.6.1.3.999.11
groupTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.11		not-accessible	This table describes the swGroup
groupEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.11.1		not-accessible	An entry in the group table
OCT groupIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.11.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	The index of the group
OCT groupId	1.3.6.1.3.999.11.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Id of the group
OCT groupName	1.3.6.1.3.999.11.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the group
user	1.3.6.1.3.999.12
userTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.12		not-accessible	This table describes the User
userEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.12.1		not-accessible	An entry in the user table
INT userIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.12.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The index
OCT userName	1.3.6.1.3.999.12.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the user
OCT userId	1.3.6.1.3.999.12.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The id of the user
OCT userFullName	1.3.6.1.3.999.12.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Full name list of the user
OCT userLoginShellCli	1.3.6.1.3.999.12.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Login shell of the user
OCT userLoginDirectory	1.3.6.1.3.999.12.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-only	The login directory of the user
installedsw	1.3.6.1.3.999.13
installedSwTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.13		not-accessible	This table describes the installedSw
installedSwEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.13.1		not-accessible	An entry in the installedSw table
OCT installedSwIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.13.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	The index
OCT installedSwName	1.3.6.1.3.999.13.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the installedSw
OCT installedSwVendorAuthor	1.3.6.1.3.999.13.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The vendor authorization of the installedSw
OCT installedSwVersion	1.3.6.1.3.999.13.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	The version of the installedSw
OCT installedSwVendorPatches	1.3.6.1.3.999.13.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The vendor patches list of the installedSw
OCT installedSwUserPatches	1.3.6.1.3.999.13.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-only	The user patches of the installedSw
OCT installedSwLicInstalled	1.3.6.1.3.999.13.1.7	OCTET STRING	read-only	The license of the installedSw
license	1.3.6.1.3.999.14
licenseTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.14		not-accessible	This table describes the license
licenseEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.14.1		not-accessible	An entry in the license table
OCT licenseIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.14.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	The index
OCT licenseProductName	1.3.6.1.3.999.14.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The product name of the license
OCT licenseVendorAuthor	1.3.6.1.3.999.14.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The vendor authorization of the license
OCT licenseExpirationDate	1.3.6.1.3.999.14.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Expiry date of the license
OCT licenseVersion	1.3.6.1.3.999.14.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Version of the license
OCT licenseCapacity	1.3.6.1.3.999.14.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-only	The capacity of the license
OCT licenseAuthorization	1.3.6.1.3.999.14.1.7	OCTET STRING	read-only	The authorization of the license
filesystem	1.3.6.1.3.999.15
filesystemTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.15		not-accessible	This table describes the filesystem
filesystemEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.15.1		not-accessible	An entry in the filesystem table
INT filesystemIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.15.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The Os type of the filesystem
OCT filesystemName	1.3.6.1.3.999.15.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The name of the filesystem
OCT filesystemFreeCapacity	1.3.6.1.3.999.15.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The free capatity of the filesystem
INT filesystemFormattedCap	1.3.6.1.3.999.15.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The formatted capacity of the filesystem
mountinfo	1.3.6.1.3.999.16
mountInfoTable	1.3.6.1.3.999.16		not-accessible	This table describes the mountInfo
mountInfoEntry	1.3.6.1.3.999.16.1		not-accessible	An entry in the mountInfo table
INT mountInfoIndex	1.3.6.1.3.999.16.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The file system name of the mountInfo
OCT mountInfoFileSystemName	1.3.6.1.3.999.16.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The file system name of the mountInfo
OCT mountInfoDeviceName	1.3.6.1.3.999.16.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Device name of the mountInfo
OCT mountInfoMountPoint	1.3.6.1.3.999.16.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	The mount point of the mountInfo
OCT mountInfoMountType	1.3.6.1.3.999.16.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Mount type list of the mountInfo
INT mountInfoRelVolNum	1.3.6.1.3.999.16.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The rel volume number of the mountInfo

RFC description

UNIX system and host information including OS, machine, processors, disks, and filesystems.

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