IBM i OS monitoring

Introduction

Summary dashboard details

Monitored attributes for the IBM i OS

To configure IBM i OS monitoring

Introduction:

The following IBM i OS versions are supported for monitoring:

• IBM i 7.1 - 7.5 
• IBM i 6.1 
• IBM i V5R4

Out of the box, IBM i monitoring is detailed in the following dashboards:

• Summary dashboard
• Incidents dashboard
• Events dashboard
• Thresholds dashboard
• Attributes dashboard
• Associations dashboard

Summary dashboard details:

The Summary dashboard details the following:

• name
• type
• OS hostname, manufacturer, name, type, version
• incident summary
• events over time
• network adapters
• CPU utilization
• memory utilization
• logical volumes

Monitored attributes for the IBM i OS:

Entuity monitors the following attributes for the IBM i OS (which can be seen on the Attributes dashboard):

• Active Job Count
• CE OS Polling Duration
• CE OS Polling Status
• CE OS Polling Status Detail
• Count of Critical Events
• Count of Info Events
• Count of Major Events
• Count of Minor Events
• Count of Severe Events
• CPU Utilization % across all CPUs (Daily)
• CPU Utilization % across all CPUs (Hourly)
• CPU Utilization %
• Display Name
• Incident Status
• Incident Summary (Open Incidents)
• Incident Summary (Closed Incidents)
• Load Averages - data collected is of 5 minute average.
• OS Hostname
• OS Manufacturer
• OS Name
• OS Type
• OS Version
• Problems
• StormWorks ID
• Temporary Address Percent
• Total Capacity
• Total Virtual Memory

• Associations:

  Device

  • Active Tunnels
  • Active VPNs
  • Admin Down %
  • Asset Tag
  • Average SNMP Response Time
  • BGP Identifier
  • BGP Local AS
  • BGP Peer Remote IP Addresses
  • Bios Version
  • Buffer Allocation Failure Rate
  • Buffer No Memory Failure Rate
  • CE HW Collector Definition
  • CE OS Collector Definition
  • CE Polling Duration
  • CE Polling Status
  • CE Status Detail
  • Certified
  • Chassis Fan Status
  • Chassis Status
  • Chassis Temperature
  • Cluster Current Users
  • Config Change Type
  • Configuration Transfer Server
  • Count of Critical Events
  • Count of Info Events
  • Count of Major Events
  • Count of Minor Events
  • Count of Severe Events
  • CPU Utilization %
  • Current Users
  • Degraded
  • Description
  • Device State
  • Device SysUpTime Counter Wraps
  • Device Type
  • Display Name
  • Down %
  • EIGRP Peer Remote IP Addresses
  • Event Summary
  • Extra Info
  • File Hits Rate
  • Firmware Image Last Status
  • Firmware Image Local MD5
  • Firmware Image Location
  • Firmware Image Name
  • Firmware Image Start
  • Firmware Image Status
  • Firmware Version
  • Hardware Version
  • ICMP Redirect Rate
  • ICMP Redirects %
  • ICMP TTL Exceeded Rate
  • ICMP TTL Exceeded %
  • Inbound VPN Packet Loss
  • Inbound VPN Packet Loss Rate
  • Inbound VPN Packet Rate
  • Incident Status
  • Incident Summary
  • IP Discard Rate (No Route)
  • IP Discards (No Route) %
  • IP Packet Forward Rate
  • IP Packet Forwards %
  • IP Packet Received Rate
  • IP Transport
  • IS-IS Peer Remote IP Addresses
  • Last Reboot Time
  • LLDP Discovery Enabled
  • Location
  • Management Level
  • Management MAC Address
  • Manufacturer
  • Maximum Allowed Tunnels
  • Meeting Hits Rate
  • Memory Used %
  • Missing Components
  • Model
  • Name
  • Name Resolution State
  • NBAR Capable
  • NBAR Supported Protocols
  • Network Hits Rate
  • Newly Disappeared Modules
  • Newly Discovered Modules
  • Object Status
  • OK %
  • OS Name
  • OSPF Admin Status
  • OSPF Area Border Router
  • OSPF Autonomous System Border Router
  • OSPF Peer Remote IP Addresses
  • OSPF Router ID
  • OSPF TOS Support
  • Outbound VPN Packet Loss
  • Outbound VPN Packet Loss Rate
  • Outbound VPN Packet Rate
  • Part Number
  • Poll Status
  • Polled Device Name
  • Polled IP Address
  • Power Consumption
  • Product Name
  • Project VDSL Port Speeds
  • Running Configuration Files
  • Serial Number
  • SNMP Failure Rate
  • SNMP Percent Waiting
  • SNMP Response State
  • SNMP Success Rate
  • SNMP Type
  • Spare Part Number
  • Startup Configuration Files
  • State Detail
  • Stormworks ID
  • System Contact
  • System Description
  • System Name
  • System Object Identifier
  • System Services
  • System Type
  • TCP Connections
  • TCP Retransmission Algorithm
  • Total Hits Rate
  • Tunnel Utilization %
  • Uninitialized %
  • Unique ID
  • Unknown %
  • Version
  • VPN Initiation Failure (Per Minute)
  • VPN Initiation Response Failures (Per Minute)
  • VPN Monitoring
  • VPN System Capacity Failures (Per Minute)
  • VPN Tunnel Remote IP Addresses
  • VTP Domain Name
  • Web Hits Rate
  • XML Data Collection
  • Zone
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  Logical Volumes

  • Average Page Faults Per Second
  • Average Pages Moved Per Second
  • Capacity
  • Count of Critical Events
  • Count of Info Events
  • Count of Major Events
  • Count of Minor Events
  • Count of Severe Events
  • Display Name
  • Free Space % (Daily)
  • Free Space % (Hourly)
  • Free Space %
  • Free Space
  • File System Type
  • ID
  • Incident Status
  • Incident Summary
  • StormWorks ID
  • Used Space % (Daily)
  • Used Space % (Hourly)
  • Used Space %
  OS Services

  • Active Job Count
  • Count of Critical Events
  • Count of Info Events
  • Count of Major Events
  • Count of Minor Events
  • Count of Severe Events
  • Display Name
  • ID
  • Incident Status
  • Incident Summary
  • Object Status
  • Service Display Name
  • Service Name
  • Service State
  • Service Status
  • Stormworks ID

To configure IBM i OS monitoring:

Please see this article for information on configuring IBM i OS monitoring.