Overview

You might want to verify the system's health, especially after a hardware replacement, or need to check if the processes for an SMSC are operating correctly.

Information

Prerequisites:

• VPN access.

The following is a list of steps to be performed in order to check if the RTR component is operating appropriately:

1. To check the operational state and uptime of components, execute the command below:
   tp_status
   All processes should be in the operating state.
   
   
2. To search for any abnormal log reports, execute the command below:
   tail –f /var/log/messages
   
   
3. To check if the node is generating the CDR records, execute the command below to obtain the billing files:
   ls -t /var/TextPass/billing/available | head -n4
   The current billing file is under /var/TextPass/processing.
   Closed log files are generated under /var/TextPass/log/available, with the current file being under /var/TextPass/log/processing.
   
   
4. To validate if the node is processing the SMS Traffic, execute the command below:
   tp_walk smscounters | grep –v “:0”
   
   
5. To check the disk space, execute the command below as the root user:
   df -h
   
   
6. To check the link status of any ss7 and M3UA links, execute the commands below:
   ss7_link
m3ua_link
   
   
7. To display for how long the server has been running, execute the command below:
   uptime
   
   
8. To check the CPU usage and the RAM RSS usage, execute the command below:
   top
ps aux --sort -rss
   
   
9. To display the amount of free space, execute the command below:
   vmstat
   
   
10. To check the core files, execute the command below:
    ls -orth /var/TKLC
    
    
11. To verify that the date and time are correct, execute the command below:
    date
    
    
12. To verify the operational state between the FAF and RTRs, execute the command below:
    tp_walk --tp_faf fafEciOperationalState
    
    
13. To check the number of SMS messages that are routed to FAF, execute the command below:
    snmpdelta -m ALL -CT -Cs -Cp 10 -v 1 -c public localhost:11461 fafEciRcvdMsgs.1
fafEciRcvdMsgs.2 fafEciSentMsgs.1 fafEciSentMsgs.2
    
    
14. To check the AMS availability, execute the command below:
    tp_qcli -s –n
    
    
15. To check the AMS rejected counter, execute the command below:
    tp_walk --tp_ams amscounters | grep -i rejected
    
    
16. To check the PBC eci status, execute the command below:
    tp_walk --tp_pbc pbcEciTable | grep -v ": 0"