Memory utilization for IBM i is displayed through pool size, reserved size, DB pages and Non DB pages and through DB faults and Non DB faults. System information displays the shared processing pool information, uncapped CPU utilization and current processing capacity resources. Specifies the hard disk space utilized by the system and updates with the peak and current value, and current status of the Disk Partition parameter.(The parameter includes C, D, E, F drives, etc. By default, the following services job count is displayed: The information is displayed in a pie-chart with clearly distinction of each job types contribution to total job count. Provides the various job counts of various job types currently running in IBM i server.
In addition, it also displays system configuration details such as security level, version number, Previous System End, Auto Device Configuration, System Console, Job Message Queue Initial Size, Job Message Queue Maximum Size, Spooling Control Initial Size, Maximum Jobs Allowed, Password Valid Days and Query Processing Time Limit. This provides general information about the IBM i server such as name of the server, current health of the server, type, system model, system serial, and latest polled values. This displays the value and health of ASP percentage, Disk Utilization, Processing Unit percentage, Permanent and Temporary Addresses percentage.ĭisplays bar charts showing the Availability History and the Performance History for the last 6 hours. This may affect the performance of your server. Any variation in these values may reflect on rapid changed in the creation or destruction of objects in your IBM i at much rapid pace. Permanent addresses percentage and Temporary addresses Usage: Applications Manager provides you the usage in percentage for the two addresses - Permanent and Temporary Addresses - which refer to the possible system addresses created for permanent and temporary objects in your IBM i. You can create an alarm for this percentage and alert you whenever the percentage exceeds 80. The performance of your IBM i server is affected if the percentage usage crosses 80 percent. If the percentage exceeds 90 percentage the system can fail. Applications Manager provides you with the percentage of disk storage in your System ASP that is currently used.
This can be a deceiving number if you have more than one ASP defined on your system, because this number only reflects the System ASP.
Server snapshot provides an quick overview of current server's auxillary storage pool's usage in percentage, processing units' usage in percentage, permanent address usage in percentage, temporary address usage in percentage and interactive performance usage in percentage.ĪSP Usage: The amount of hard disk capacity available in your system is called Auxiliary Storage Pool (ASP). The attributes for IBM i monitored are classified under the following tabs by Applications Manager:
List view tab enables you to perform bulk admin configurations.Each attribute has heat chart report enabled. In addition, it also provides the auxillary storage pool percentage, processing unit percentage, number of users signed on and response time of the server. Performance tab gives the Health Status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.Availability tab gives the Availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.Note: The important configuration details that are required while discovering host resource by Applications Manager are available in Appendix - Data Collection. Also, any type of user can be used to log into Linux, whereas only Admin users can log into Windows.
It is important to note that if Applications Manager server is running in Windows machine, then it can monitor any type of host but if the server is running in Linux, then it can monitor Windows only if an SNMP agent is running in it. To disable the default option, disable it using Global Settings. There are situations where the host gets automatically discovered with the Monitor running in the host. Click Add Monitor(s). This discovers IBM i from the network and starts monitoring them.You can choose multiple groups to associate your monitor. Choose the Monitor Group from the combo box with which you want to associate IBM i Monitor (optional).Enter Username and Password for authentication.If you are adding a new monitor from an Admin Server, select a Managed Server.Provide Subnet Mask and set Polling interval for the monitor.Enter the Host Name / IP Address of IBM i server.To create a new IBM i monitor, follow the steps given below: Using the REST API to add a new IBM i monitor: Click here Prerequisites for monitoring IBM i metrics: Click here