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NVMe devices

Plugin: go.d.plugin Module: nvme

Overview

This collector monitors the health of NVMe devices using the command line tool nvme, which can only be run by the root user. It uses sudo and assumes it is set up so that the netdata user can execute nvme as root without a password.

This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

This integration doesn't support auto-detection.

Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

Metrics

Metrics grouped by scope.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.

Per device

These metrics refer to the NVME device.

Labels:

LabelDescription
deviceNVMe device name

Metrics:

MetricDimensionsUnit
nvme.device_estimated_endurance_percused%
nvme.device_available_spare_percspare%
nvme.device_composite_temperaturetemperaturecelsius
nvme.device_io_transferred_countread, writtenbytes
nvme.device_power_cycles_countpowercycles
nvme.device_power_on_timepower-onseconds
nvme.device_critical_warnings_stateavailable_spare, temp_threshold, nvm_subsystem_reliability, read_only, volatile_mem_backup_failed, persistent_memory_read_onlystate
nvme.device_unsafe_shutdowns_countunsafeshutdowns
nvme.device_media_errors_ratemediaerrors/s
nvme.device_error_log_entries_rateerror_logentries/s
nvme.device_warning_composite_temperature_timewctempseconds
nvme.device_critical_composite_temperature_timecctempseconds
nvme.device_thermal_mgmt_temp1_transitions_ratetemp1transitions/s
nvme.device_thermal_mgmt_temp2_transitions_ratetemp2transitions/s
nvme.device_thermal_mgmt_temp1_timetemp1seconds
nvme.device_thermal_mgmt_temp2_timetemp2seconds

Alerts

The following alerts are available:

Alert nameOn metricDescription
nvme_device_critical_warnings_state nvme.device_critical_warnings_stateNVMe device ${label:device} has critical warnings

Setup

Prerequisites

Install nvme-cli

See Distro Support. Install nvme-cli using your distribution's package manager.

Allow netdata to execute nvme

Add the netdata user to /etc/sudoers (use which nvme to find the full path to the binary):

netdata ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/nvme

Configuration

File

The configuration file name for this integration is go.d/nvme.conf.

You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the Netdata config directory.

cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/nvme.conf

Options

The following options can be defined globally: update_every, autodetection_retry.

Config options
NameDescriptionDefaultRequired
update_everyData collection frequency.10no
autodetection_retryRecheck interval in seconds. Zero means no recheck will be scheduled.0no
binary_pathPath to nvme binary. The default is "nvme" and the executable is looked for in the directories specified in the PATH environment variable.nvmeno
timeoutnvme binary execution timeout.2no

Examples

Custom binary path

The executable is not in the directories specified in the PATH environment variable.

Config
jobs:
- name: nvme
binary_path: /usr/local/sbin/nvme

Troubleshooting

Debug Mode

To troubleshoot issues with the nvme collector, run the go.d.plugin with the debug option enabled. The output should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.

  • Navigate to the plugins.d directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on your system, open netdata.conf and look for the plugins setting under [directories].

    cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
  • Switch to the netdata user.

    sudo -u netdata -s
  • Run the go.d.plugin to debug the collector:

    ./go.d.plugin -d -m nvme

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