IBM Tivoli Monitoring System Edition for System p V6.1

IBM STG Technical Conference 

IBM Tivoli Monitoring System Edition 

for System p V6.1 

Viraf Patel 

Americas Advanced Technical Support 

viraf@us.ibm.com 

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© 2007 IBM Corporation

Agenda 

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� ITM SESP Overview 

� Requirements 

� Download and Installation 

� Client setup AIX, CEC and VIOS 

� TEMS, TEPS Navigation 

� Creating/Working with Workspace Views 

� Creating/Monitoring Situation 

� Reference Documentation 


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ITMSE Overview 

� Provides monitoring of system health and availability 

� Graphical view of your System p and virtualization environment 

� No charge download with 1 year of non-renewable support 

– Announced October 24, 2006 

– Available December 15, 2006 

� Best Practice solutions for 

– AIX 

– VIO Server 

� Status and Threshold monitoring 

– Predefined thresholds for alerts 

– Predefined workspaces for monitoring 

� Expert Advice 

� Based on same technology as ITM V6.1 making upgrade seamless (for a fee) 


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ITM SE Requirements 

� AIX 5.3 TL5 SP4 

– Technology Level 5 plus Service Pack 4 

– http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/unixservers/aixfixes.html 

� VIOServer 1.3.0.1 

– Fix Pack 8.1 

– http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/vios/download/home.html 

� For TEMS/TEPS Server 

– approx. 1GB disk space in rootvg 

– plus approx 1.5GB for download/unpacking 

� SSH connection from LPAR to HMC 

– For CEC and VIO Agents 

– Requires openssl and openssh packages 

– http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html 

� Windows PC for TEP Console 


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ITM SE Package download 

Files required 

on PC 

Files required on 

AIX TEMS/TEPS 

Server 

File required on AIX 

LPARS which are to 

be monitored 

Not required Read this first 

https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swg-itmsesp 

Note: Additional products 

required for the CEC Agent: 

openssl and openssh. 

Note: Agent code for VIO 

Server is included in the 

FixPack 8.1 update. 


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ITM SE Infrastructure Components 

� AIX Server 

- TEMS & TEPS (itm.tems.rte and itm.teps.rte) - 

Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server and 

Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server 

DB2 - DB2 is only required on the system 

that is running the servers. 

– Tivoli Enterprise Management Server 

(TEMS) 

– Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS) 

– DB2 

– Client support files 

– Server Support Files 

(itm.base.server_support) 

� VIO Server 

– VIOS Base Agent (itm.base.vios.agent) - runs 

on the VIOS. Included in the VIOS install 

image 

VIOS 1.3.0.1-FP-8.1 

� Windows 

– Tivoli Enterprise Portal Client 

– Console support files 

� AIX Client 

– AIX Base Agent (itm.base.aix.agent) - runs 

on AIX and gathers health, availability and 

some basic performance data 

– ITM Aix Agent CEC Base Agent 

(itm.base.cec.agent) - runs on a designated 

AIX partition, and gathers information from 

the HMC or IVM 

SSL, SSH for CEC Agent 

� HMC 

– HMC Base Agent (itm.base.hmc.agent) – 

Available 04/07 


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ITM System Edition for System p 


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ITM System Edition for System p Benefits 

� Provide System p management information under a consistent easy-to-use 

portal 

� Customizable interface to view system and availability information 

� Determine issues quickly in complex virtualization environments 

� Spot performance trends and monitor resource utilizations 

� Monitor using best practice solutions 


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VIO Server Agent : Setup Tips 

� ITM_README.doc 

– https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swgitmsesp 

� Enable SSH to HMC from VIOServer 

– Instructions suggest adding the Public Key for VIOServer to the HMC 

/home/hscroot/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file. But that would require “root” authority 

on the HMC. 

– Alternative: 

oem_setup_env 

/opt/IBM/ITM/aix513/pv/bin/key.pl 

[ enter HMC hostname ] 

[ select managed Server ] 

exit 

[ exit from oem_setup_env shell ] 

� cfgsvc 

cfgsvc ITM_base –attr Restart_On_Reboot=TRUE HOSTNAME= 

[ requires HOSTNAME= < TEMS Server> ] 


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AIX Client setup 

� Verify agent is running “cinfo –r” 

*********** Fri Jan 26 11:13:12 CST 2007 ****************** 

User : root Group: system bin sys security cron audit lp 

Host name : kitty Installer Lvl:06.10.04.01 

CandleHome: /opt/IBM/ITM 

*********************************************************** 

Host Prod PID Owner Start ID ..Status 

kitty p5 380974 root Jan None ..running 

kitty pk 368724 root 0:00 None ..running 

� Start/Stop AIX Agent 

– /opt/IBM/ITM/bin/CandleAgent start p5 

– /opt/IBM/ITM/bin/CandleAgent stop p5 


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Product inventory `cinfo –i` 

To confirm the components are loaded 

*********** Fri Jan 19 19:40:51 CST 2007 ****************** 

User : root Group: system bin sys security cron audit lp 

Host name : patel Installer Lvl:06.10.04.01 

CandleHome: /opt/IBM/ITM 

*********************************************************** 

...Product inventory 

ax IBM Tivoli Monitoring Shared Libraries 

aix513 Version: 06.10.04.01 

aix516 Version: 06.10.04.01 

aix533 Version: 06.10.04.01 

cq Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server 

aix533 Version: 06.10.04.01 

cw Tivoli Enterprise Portal Browser Client 

aix533 Version: 06.10.04.01 

jr Tivoli Enterprise-supplied JRE 

aix513 Version: 400 Rel: 100 

aix516 Version: 400 Rel: 100 


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Product inventory `cinfo –i` contd 

ms Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server 

aix513 Version: 06.10.04.01 

p5 IBM Tivoli Monitoring for AIX Base Agent 

tms Version: 06.10.00.00 

tps Version: 06.10.00.00 

tpw Version: 06.10.00.00 

pk Monitoring for CEC Base Agent 




pv IBM Tivoli Monitoring for VIOS Base Agent 




sh Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring SOAP Server 

aix513 Version: 06.10.04.01 

ui Tivoli Enterprise Services User Interface 

aix513 Version: 06.10.04.01 

aix516 Version: 06.10.04.01 

aix533 Version: 06.10.04.01 


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Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services 

Start 

Default userid 

`sysadmin` 


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Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services 

Start 

Select > 

right click 

TEP Portal 

server 


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TEP Portal Windows Console 

Enterprise 

Types of 

System 

Types of 

Agents 

Navigation 

items 

Managed 

systems 

Attribute requiring 

attention Open message logs 

Node 

Server Node 


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Enterprise view Attention indicator 


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AIX agent level view – warning 

Select, rightclick 

> Take 

action > 

Create or 

Edit 

Insert 

attributes 


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Error condition information 


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VIOS agent level view - information 

Information alert 

because of low 

cpu utilization 


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Enterprise status open situations 

Specify time 

span for 

query 

Select time 

span to 

view open 

situations 


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Enterprise Workspace - Managed Systems Status 

Link to Agents operations log 

Take action > Create 

or edit 


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Enterprise > Workspace – Self-Monitoring Topology 


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CEC Agent – CEC Base Resource Inventory 

% of CEC memory allocated 

to lpar 

Amount of memory allocated 

to lpar 

% of CEC CPU allocated to 

lpar 

Number of CPU’s allocated 

to lpar 


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CEC Resource – CEC View 


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AIX Agent – System Inventory 


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AIX Agent – Top Resource Usage 


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AIX Agent – System Information > Workspace >> LPAR 

Information when workload increases 

800% utilization with 

workload 

170% utilization with 

workload 


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AIX Agent – System Information > Workspace >> LPAR 

Information when workload increases 


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VIOS Agent – System Inventory 


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VIOS Agent – Virtual IO Mappings > Workspace > 

Storage Mappings 


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VIOS Agent – Virtual IO Mappings > Workspace > 

Network Mappings 


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VIOS Agent – Top Resource Views 


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VIOS Agent – System Information > CPU Information 


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VIOS Agent – System Information > CPU Information 

Graph 


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VIOS Agent – System Information > Memory 

Information 


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VIOS Agent – System Information > LPAR Information 


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VIOS Agent – Storage Information > Workspace > 

Volume Group Information 


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PhyVol and LogicalVol Information 


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Filesystems 


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VIOS Agent – Network Interfaces 


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Workspace View Generation 

� Select the base agent where the view is to 

be created 

� Select “Pie Chart” ….”Bar Chart”…..etc 

from the tool bar icons 

� Select the attributes available from the 

predefined Attribute Group 

� Save workspace 


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Situation Monitoring > System Information > Situation 

Editor 

Right click to open new situation 

Sampling interval 

Once situation name is created another window pops open 

Here you define the attributes that you want to monitor by 

selecting the correct attribute group and attributes 


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Manage Situation 

Right click and select Manage situations 

Select the predefined situation 

Right click and select edit situation 

Define formula and 

frequency of 

monitoring 

Select advance 

and situation 

persistence 


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Creating a new Situation using the view 

Right click a view and select Situations 

Name and describe the 

situation you want to create 

Select the attribute you want to 

monitor from the attribute groups 

Set the conditions and alert type 

Advance situation 

options 


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Event warning and event acknowledge 

Acknowledge event 

Identify right click to 

acknowledge an event 


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History function in ITMSESP 

Edit > History 

Configuration from main 

toolbar menu 


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System P Monitoring Capabilities 

Topology Navigation 

� HMC, IVM, VIOS, CEC, LPARs, VIOS Server and Client, WPARs 

Basic Availability Monitoring 

� HMC, IVM, VIOS, LPAR, WPAR Status 

� AIX and VIOS System Level CEC, LPAR, CPU, Memory Metrics 

Advanced Availability Monitoring 

� AIX and VIOS System Level: CEC, LPAR, CPU, Memory Metrics, 

WLM, System Daemons, Processes, etc. 

Basic Health 

� AIX and VIOS - CPU, Memory, LPAR 

Advanced Health Monitor 

� AIX and VIOS - CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network Thresholds, File System 

Status, Paging Space, Status of Daemons and Services (i.e. NFS, http), Top 

Resource Consumers, LPAR 

Performance and Throughput Metrics 

� AIX and VIOS Systems 

� Existing ITM Metrics (i.e. CPU, Memory, I/O, Network, File 

System) 

� AIX PTX Metrics (i.e. CPU, Memory, LAN, TCP, UDP, IP , WLM, 

Process, LPAR, Disk, I/O, LVM, Paging Space, IPC, NFS, CEC) 

� Customized VIOS and WPAR Metrics 

w/ ITM SE for 

System P 

X 

X 

X 

w/ ITM 6.2 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 


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Universal Agent 


Access to BP Solution Catalog 

Warehouse Proxy Agent 

Unix Log File Agent 

“Other” OS Agents 

Scalability 

Monitoring Capabilities 

Summarization and Pruning Agent 

Autonomic Function – standard event format (WEF), 

standard manageability interfaces (WSDM), advanced 

problem determination using LTA (fee agent) 

TEC Integration (Send Events to TEC and TEC Console 

Integration) 



Single HUB TEMS 

X 

X 

w/ ITM 6.2 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 


Data Warehousing 

Supported Platforms 

TEPS DB 

Cross-agent workspaces 

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Can Add/Install Application Agents to ITM Infrastructure 

Workflows 

Take Action 

Monitoring Capabilities 



Only 24 hrs. 

AIX 

X 

X 

w/ ITM 6.2 

Full TDW 

All Supported 

Platforms 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 


Reference 

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� Tivoli AIX Base Agent User’s Guide SC23-5238 

� Tivoli CEC Base Agent User’s Guide SC23-5239 

� Tivoli VIOS Base Agent User’s Guide SC23-5240 

� IBM Redbooks 

– Getting Started with IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 on Distributed 

Environments SG24-7143 

– Deployment Guide Series: IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 SG24-7188 

� IBM InfoCenter

IBM Tivoli Monitoring System Edition for System p V6.1

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