sysstat Guide v1.1 series

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Contents

Chapter 1: sysstat 1.1 7

sysstat Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 7

Chapter 2: sysstat Probe Deployment 9

Supported Platforms .................................................................................................................................................... 9

System Requirements .................................................................................................................................................. 9

Software Requirements ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Monitoring System Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 10

Probe Deployment Information ................................................................................................................................. 10

Chapter 3: sysstat Configuration 11

Probe Configuration Interface Installation ................................................................................................................. 11

Probe Configuration ................................................................................................................................................... 11

Setup Tab ............................................................................................................................................................ 12

Status Tab ............................................................................................................................................................ 13

Chapter 4: QoS Threshold Metrics 17

sysstat Metrics ........................................................................................................................................................... 17

sysstat Alert Metrics Default Settings ........................................................................................................................ 18

Chapter 1: sysstat 1.1 7

Chapter 1: sysstat 1.1

This description applies to sysstat probe version 1.1.

This section contains the following topics:

sysstat Overview (see page 7) Documentation Changes (see page 8)

sysstat Overview

This probe monitors the iSeries systems statistics. Alarm message can be generated on current variable values. Quality of service messages on all variables can be directed towards the Nimsoft Monitor solution.

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Documentation Changes

This table describes the version history for this document.

Version Date What's New?

1.1 August 2012 Added support for web-based SOC; added new alarm and QoS metric functionality.

Related Documentation

Documentation for other versions of the sysstat probe (../../sysstat.html)

Getting Started with Nimsoft® Probes

Nimsoft® Probes Reference

Chapter 2: sysstat Probe Deployment 9

Chapter 2: sysstat Probe Deployment

This section contains the prerequisites, supported platforms and system requirements for the sysstat probe.

This section contains the following topics:

Supported Platforms (see page 9) System Requirements (see page 9) Software Requirements (see page 9) Monitoring System Requirements (see page 10) Probe Deployment Information (see page 10)

Supported Platforms

The sysstat probe supports the same set of operating systems and databases as supported by the Nimsoft Server solution. Please refer to the Nimsoft Compatibility Support Matrix for the latest information on supported platforms.

System Requirements

The sysstat probe should be installed on systems with the following minimum resources:

■ Memory: 2-4GB of RAM. Probe's OOB configuration requires 256MB of RAM

■ CPU: 3GHz dual-core processor, 32-bit or 64-bit

Software Requirements

The sysstat probe requires the following software environment:

■ Nimsoft Monitor Server 5.1.1 or later

■ Nimsoft Robot 5.23 or later

■ Java Virtual Machine 1.6 or later (typically installed with NMS 5.0 and above)

Note: For SOC functionality, NM Server 5.6 or later and UMP 2.5.2 or later is required.

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Monitoring System Requirements

The probe GUI offers functionality to monitor the iSeries system statistics.

Probe Deployment Information

There are two ways to distribute archive packages. You can distribute the package within Infrastructure Manager or use the standalone Nimsoft Distribution application.

See Probe Deployment for more information on deploying probes.

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Chapter 3: sysstat Configuration

This section describes the configuration concepts and procedures for setting up the sysstat probe. This probe is configured to monitor the statistics of the iSeries systems.

This section contains the following topics:

Probe Configuration Interface Installation (see page 11) Probe Configuration (see page 11)

Probe Configuration Interface Installation

The probe configuration interface is automatically downloaded and installed by the Nimsoft Infrastructure Manager when the probe is deployed on a robot.

Probe Configuration

The sysstat probe is configured by double-clicking the line representing the probe in the Infrastructure Manager. This brings up the configuration tool for the probe. The configuration user-interface shows the following tabs:

■ Setup Tab (see page 12)

■ Status Tab (see page 13)

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Setup Tab

This tab is used to configure:

■ Check interval for system statistics

■ Log level

■ Alarm messages

The fields in the above dialog are explained below:

Check interval

Specifies how often the system statistics are checked.

Log properties

Specifies the log file to which probe-internal log messages are written. The log level determines the detail-level of messages being logged. This functionality is used for internal checking of the probe.

Alarm messages

Specifies the alarm messages available for use in the monitoring profiles. The following commands are available in the right-click menu:

■ New Creates a new alarm message. Default values are set in the fields. The following variables are available in the message text: - profile - variable - limit - value - unit - operation

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■ Edit Modifies fields of the alarm message.

■ Delete Removes the selected alarm message. You will be asked for confirmation on this operation.

One of the alarm messages may be designated as the default message, and will be used for profiles in which no alarm message is specified.

Status Tab

This tab lists all the configured monitoring profiles. Normally, you will have one entry for each statistics variable. Active profiles are checked. You can easily enable/disable monitoring of a specific variable by selecting/de-selecting the check box against the profile name.

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The following commands are available when you right click in the profile list:

■ New

Creates a new profile and presents you with the Profile Properties (see page 14) window.

■ Edit

Edits the selected profile.

■ Delete

Deletes the selected profile. You will be asked to confirm the deletion.

■ Refresh

Fetches the current values of all the variables referred in the profiles.

Profile Properties

Probe Configuration

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The fields in the above dialog are explained below:

Name

Each monitoring profile must have a unique name. If the variable name is used as profile name, the variable field may be left empty.

Active

Select this check box if you want checking of the server to be done.

Variable

The name of the statistics variable to be monitored. If the variable name is used as profile name, the variable field may be left empty. Available variables are:

Batch jobs

- BatchJobsEndedWithPendingPrinterOutput - BatchJobsEndeding - BatchJobsHeldOnJobQueue - BatchJobsHeldWhileRunning - BatchJobsOnHeldJobQueue - BatchJobsOnUnassignedJobQueue - BatchJobsRunning - BatchJobsWaitingForMessages - BatchJobsWaitingOrScheduled

User information

- UsersDisconnected - UsersSignedOffWithPendingPrinterOutput - UsersSignedOn - UsersSuspendedByGroupJobs - UsersSuspendedBySystemRequest

Other system status information

- CurrentUnprotectedStorageUsed - JobsInSystem - MaxUnprotectedStorageUsed - PercPermanentAddresses - PercProcessingUnitUsed - PercSystemASPUsed - PercTemporaryAddresses - SystemASP - TotalAuxilaryStorage

Variable (continued)

Storage Pool variables

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A storage Pool.* variable defines the value for a specified ‘Storage Pool’. Note that the pools found will vary from computer to computer. PoolDefault variables are valid for all storage pools. - Pool.*MACHINE.Usage - Pool.*MACHINE.PoolSize - Pool.*MACHINE.ReservedSize - Pool.*MACHINE.DatabaseFaults - Pool.*MACHINE.DatabasePages - Pool.*MACHINE.NonDatabaseFaults - Pool.*MACHINE.NonDatabasePages - Pool.*MACHINE.ActiveToWait - Pool.*MACHINE.WaitToIneligible - PoolDefault.Usage - PoolDefault.PoolSize - PoolDefault.ReservedSize - PoolDefault.DatabaseFaults - PoolDefault.NonDatabaseFaults - PoolDefault.NonDatabasePages - PoolDefault.ActiveToWait

Alarm message

When value

Sets the condition when an alarm message should be generated. The next field should contain the limiting value against which you want to compare the current value of the variable. The '<<' button is used to fetch the current value of the variable.

Use alarm message

Determines which alarm message should be used when an alarm condition arises. If no alarm message is specified, the default one will be used.

Quality of Service message

Send value

Select this check box to generate a QoS message every time the statistics variable is checked.

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Chapter 4: QoS Threshold Metrics

Many Nimsoft Monitor probes ship with default QoS threshold values set. The default threshold values provide an idea of the type of values to be entered in the fields and are not necessarily recommended best practice values. To aid in tuning thresholds and reducing false-positive alarms, this section describes the QoS metrics and provides the default QoS thresholds.

This section contains the following topics:

sysstat Metrics (see page 17) sysstat Alert Metrics Default Settings (see page 18)

sysstat Metrics

The following table describes the QoS metrics that can be configured using the sysstat probe.

Monitor Name Units Description

QOS_AS400_ACTIVEJOBSINSYSTEM Jobs AS400 active jobs in system

QOS_AS400_BATCHJOBSHELDONJOBQUEUE Number AS400 batch jobs held on job queue

QOS_AS400_BATCHJOBSRUNNING AS400 batch jobs running

QOS_AS400_BATCHJOBSWAITINGFORMESSAGES AS400 batch jobs waiting for messages

QOS_AS400_BATCHJOBSWAITINGFORMESSAGES AS400 batch jobs waiting for messages

QOS_AS400_CURRENTUNPROTECTEDSTORAGEUSED Megabyte AS400 current unprotected storage used

QOS_AS400_JOBSINSYSTEM AS400 jobs in system

QOS_AS400_PERCPERMANENTADDRESSES % AS400 permanent addresses

QOS_AS400_PERCPROCESSINGUNITUSED % AS400 processing units used

QOS_AS400_PERCSYSTEMASPUSED % AS400 system ASP used

QOS_AS400_POOLSIZE Kilobyte AS400 pool size

QOS_AS400_SYSTEMASP Megabyte AS400 system ASP

QOS_AS400_TOTALAUXILARYSTORAGE Megabyte AS400 total auxiliary storage

QOS_AS400_USERDISCONNECTED AS400 users disconnected

QOS_AS400_USERSSIGNEDON AS400 users signed on

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sysstat Alert Metrics Default Settings

This section contains the alert metric default settings for the sysstat probe.

QoS Metric Warning Threshold

Warning Severity

Error Threshold

Error Severity

Description

VarLimitExceeded None None None Warning Variable limit exceeded