Appendix: Management Pack Contents

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager

AIX 5.3
AIX 6.1
AIX 7

AIX 5.3

The AIX 5.3 Management Pack discovers the object types described in the following sections. Not all of the objects are automatically discovered. Use overrides to discover those objects that are not discovered automatically.

AIX 5.3 Computer
AIX 5.3 Logical Disk
AIX 5.3 Network Adapter
AIX 5.3 Operating System
AIX 5.3 Physical Disk
AIX 5.3 Processor

AIX 5.3 Computer

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Syslog Critical event detected

True

Alert priority: Low

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Syslog Auth Critical event detected

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Syslog Kernel Critical event detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Failed SSH as Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Successful SSH as Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Failed SU to Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Successful SU to Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

AIX Server State

State view for AIX Computer instances

Discover AIX 5.3 Computer

AIX Computers Diagram

Diagram view for AIX Computer instances

Discover AIX 5.3 Computer

AIX 5.3 Logical Disk

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Logical Disk Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Logical Disk Free Space

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Warning/Critical

Automatic

False

Enable this monitor for three state free space monitoring by percentage and Megabytes free. Disable the Logical Disk % Free Space monitor when enabling this monitor.

Logical Disk % Free Space

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Logical Disk % Free Inodes

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

% Free Inodes (AIX 5.3)

False

 

True

Not applicable

% Used Inodes (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Free Megabytes (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Megabytes (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

% Free Space (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Space (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Logical Disk Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Logical Disk instances

  • Discover AIX 5.3 Logical Disks

  • Logical Disk Health

  • Logical Disk Free Space

  • Logical Disk % Free Space

  • Logical Disk % Free Inodes

Logical Disk State

State view for AIX Logical Disk instances

Discover AIX 5.3 Logical Disks

Logical Disk Capacity Dashboard

Dashboard view that shows capacity metrics for AIX Logical Disk instances

  • % Free Inodes (AIX 5.3)

  • % Used Inodes (AIX 5.3)

  • Free Megabytes (AIX 5.3)

  • % Free Space (AIX 5.3)

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Logical Disk (File System) Capacity Analysis

Capacity Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Used Inodes

  • Percent Used Space

AIX 5.3 Logical Disk

Logical Disk (File System) Capacity History

Capacity History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Used Inodes

  • Percent Used Space

AIX 5.3 Logical Disk

Operating System Storage Configuration

Configuration report

Properties:

  • Device Name

  • File System

  • Size (Bytes)

AIX 5.3 Logical Disk

AIX 5.3 Network Adapter

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Network Adapter Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Byte Received/Sec (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Byte Sent/Sec (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Bytes Total/Sec (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Network Adapter State

State view for AIX Network Adapter Instances

Discover AIX 5.3 Network Adapters

Network Adapter Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Network Adapter instances

  • Discover AIX 5.3 Network Adapters

  • Network Adapter Health

Network Adapter Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Network Adapter instances

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Received/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Sent/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Total/Sec Performance

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Network Adapter Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Bytes Received/Sec

  • Bytes Sent/Sec

  • Bytes Total/Sec

AIX 5.3 Network Adapter

Network Adapter Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Bytes Received/Sec

  • Bytes Sent/Sec

  • Bytes Total/Sec

AIX 5.3 Network Adapter

AIX 5.3 Operating System

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Operating System Total Percent Processor Time

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Operating System Available MBytes

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Operating System Available MBytes Swap

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Cron Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Syslog Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process SSH Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Rpcstat Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Portmap Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Total Processor % Processor Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % Idle Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % User Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % IO Wait Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Available MBytes Memory (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

% Available Memory (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Memory MBytes (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Memory (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Pages/sec (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Page Reads/sec (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Page Writes/sec (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Available MBytes Swap (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

% Available Swap Space (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Swap MBytes (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Swap Space (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Operating System State

State view for AIX Operating System instances

Discover AIX 5.3 Network Adapters

Operating System Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Operating System instances

  • Discover AIX 5.3 Network Adapters

  • Network Adapter Health

Operating System Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Operating System Instances

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Received/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Sent/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Total/Sec Performance

Processor Performance

Performance view that shows processor performance metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Total Processor % User Time (AIX 5.3)

  • Total Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 5.3)

  • Total Processor % Processor Time (AIX 5.3)

Memory Utilization Performance

Performance view that shows memory utilization metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Available MBytes Swap (AIX 5.3)

  • % Available Swap Space (AIX 5.3)

  • Available MBytes Memory (AIX 5.3)

  • % Available Memory (AIX 5.3)

Memory Paging

Performance view that shows memory paging metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Pages/sec (AIX 5.3)

  • Page Reads/sec (AIX 5.3)

  • Page Writes/sec (AIX 5.3)

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Operating System Configuration

Configuration report

Properties:

  • Operating System Version

  • Operating System Version Display name

AIX 5.3 Operating System

Operating System Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Processor Time (Total)

  • Percent IO Wait Time (Total)

  • Percent Privileged Time (Total)

  • Percent User Time (Total)

  • Pages/sec

  • Percent Used Memory

  • Percent Used Swap Space

AIX 5.3 Operating System

Operating System Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Processor Time (Total)

  • Percent IO Wait Time (Total)

  • Percent Privileged Time (Total)

  • Percent User Time (Total)

  • Pages/sec

  • Percent Used Memory

  • Percent Used Swap Space

AIX 5.3 Operating System

Memory Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Pages/sec

  • Page Reads/sec

  • Page Writes/sec

  • Used Megabytes Memory

  • Used Megabytes Swap

AIX 5.3 Operating System

Memory Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Pages/sec

  • Page Reads/sec

  • Page Writes/sec

  • Used Megabytes Memory

  • Used Megabytes Swap

AIX 5.3 Operating System

AIX 5.3 Physical Disk

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

False

Enable this discovery to enable physical disk monitoring. It is not recommended to enable this discovery for computers with a very large number of physical disks.

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Physical Disk Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Physical Disk Avg. Disk sec/Transfer

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Disk Bytes/sec (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Avg. Disk sec/Transfer (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Physical Disk State

State view for AIX Physical Disk Instances

Discover AIX 5.3 Physical Disks

Physical Disk Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Physical Disk Health instances

  • Discover AIX 5.3 Physical Disks

  • Physical Disk Health

Physical Disk Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Physical Disk instances

  • Avg. Disk sec/Transfer (AIX 5.3)

  • Physical Disk Bytes/sec (AIX 5.3)

AIX 5.3 Processor

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

False

Enable this discovery to enable per-processor monitoring. It is not recommended to enable this discovery for computers with a very large number of processors.

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Processor Percent Processor Time

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Processor % Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % Idle Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % User Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % IO Time (AIX 5.3)

False

True

Not applicable

AIX 6.1

The AIX 6.1 Management Pack discovers the object types described in the following sections. Not all of the objects are automatically discovered. Use overrides to discover those objects that are not discovered automatically.

AIX 6.1 Computer
AIX 6.1 Logical Disk
AIX 6.1 Network Adapter
AIX 6.1 Operating System
AIX 6.1 Physical Disk
AIX 6.1 Processor

AIX 6.1 Computer

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Syslog Critical event detected

True

Alert priority: Low

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Syslog Auth Critical event detected

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Syslog Kernel Critical event detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Failed SSH as Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Successful SSH as Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Failed SU to Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Successful SU to Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

AIX Server State

State view for AIX Computer instances

Discover AIX 6.1 Computer

AIX Computers Diagram

Diagram view for AIX Computer instances

Discover AIX 6.1 Computer

AIX 6.1 Logical Disk

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Logical Disk Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Logical Disk Free Space

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Warning/Critical

Automatic

False

Enable this monitor for three state free space monitoring by percentage and Megabytes free. Disable the Logical Disk % Free Space monitor when enabling this monitor.

Logical Disk % Free Space

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Logical Disk % Free Inodes

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

% Free Inodes (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Inodes (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Free Megabytes (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Megabytes (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

% Free Space (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Space (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Logical Disk Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Logical Disk instances

  • Discover AIX 6.1 Logical Disks

  • Logical Disk Health

  • Logical Disk Free Space

  • Logical Disk % Free Space

  • Logical Disk % Free Inodes

Logical Disk State

State view for AIX Logical Disk instances

Discover AIX 6.1 Logical Disks

Logical Disk Capacity Dashboard

Dashboard view that shows capacity metrics for AIX Logical Disk instances

  • % Free Inodes (AIX 6.1)

  • % Used Inodes (AIX 6.1)

  • Free Megabytes (AIX 6.1)

  • % Free Space (AIX 6.1)

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Logical Disk (File System) Capacity Analysis

Capacity Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Used Inodes

  • Percent Used Space

AIX 6.1 Logical Disk

Logical Disk (File System) Capacity History

Capacity History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Used Inodes

  • Percent Used Space

AIX 6.1 Logical Disk

Operating System Storage Configuration

Configuration report

Properties:

  • Device Name

  • File System

  • Size (Bytes)

AIX 6.1 Logical Disk

AIX 6.1 Network Adapter

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Network Adapter Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Byte Received/Sec (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Byte Sent/Sec (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Bytes Total/Sec (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Network Adapter State

State view for AIX Network Adapter Instances

Discover AIX 6.1 Network Adapters

Network Adapter Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Network Adapter instances

  • Discover AIX 6.1 Network Adapters

  • Network Adapter Health

Network Adapter Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Network Adapter instances

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Received/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Sent/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Total/Sec Performance

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Network Adapter Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Bytes Received/Sec

  • Bytes Sent/Sec

  • Bytes Total/Sec

AIX 6.1 Network Adapter

Network Adapter Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Bytes Received/Sec

  • Bytes Sent/Sec

  • Bytes Total/Sec

AIX 6.1 Network Adapter

AIX 6.1 Operating System

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Operating System Total Percent Processor Time

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Operating System Available MBytes

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Operating System Available MBytes Swap

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Cron Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Syslog Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process SSH Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Rpcstat Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Portmap Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Total Processor % Processor Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % Idle Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % User Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % IO Wait Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Available MBytes Memory (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

% Available Memory (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Memory MBytes (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Memory (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Pages/sec (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Page Reads/sec (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Page Writes/sec (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Available MBytes Swap (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

% Available Swap Space (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Swap MBytes (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Swap Space (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Operating System State

State view for AIX Operating System instances

Discover AIX 6.1 Network Adapters

Operating System Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Operating System instances

  • Discover AIX 6.1 Network Adapters

  • Network Adapter Health

Operating System Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Operating System Instances

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Received/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Sent/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Total/Sec Performance

Processor Performance

Performance view that shows processor performance metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Total Processor % User Time (AIX 6.1)

  • Total Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 6.1)

  • Total Processor % Processor Time (AIX 6.1)

Memory Utilization Performance

Performance view that shows memory utilization metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Available MBytes Swap (AIX 6.1)

  • % Available Swap Space (AIX 6.1)

  • Available MBytes Memory (AIX 6.1)

  • % Available Memory (AIX 6.1)

Memory Paging

Performance view that shows memory paging metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Pages/sec (AIX 6.1)

  • Page Reads/sec (AIX 6.1)

  • Page Writes/sec (AIX 6.1)

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Operating System Configuration

Configuration report

Properties:

  • Operating System Version

  • Operating System Version Display name

AIX 6.1 Operating System

Operating System Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Processor Time (Total)

  • Percent IO Wait Time (Total)

  • Percent Privileged Time (Total)

  • Percent User Time (Total)

  • Pages/sec

  • Percent Used Memory

  • Percent Used Swap Space

AIX 6.1 Operating System

Operating System Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Processor Time (Total)

  • Percent IO Wait Time (Total)

  • Percent Privileged Time (Total)

  • Percent User Time (Total)

  • Pages/sec

  • Percent Used Memory

  • Percent Used Swap Space

AIX 6.1 Operating System

Memory Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Pages/sec

  • Page Reads/sec

  • Page Writes/sec

  • Used Megabytes Memory

  • Used Megabytes Swap

AIX 6.1 Operating System

Memory Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Pages/sec

  • Page Reads/sec

  • Page Writes/sec

  • Used Megabytes Memory

  • Used Megabytes Swap

AIX 6.1 Operating System

AIX 6.1 Physical Disk

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

False

Enable this discovery to enable physical disk monitoring. It is not recommended to enable this discovery for computers with a very large number of physical disks.

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Physical Disk Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Physical Disk Avg. Disk sec/Transfer

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Disk Bytes/sec (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Avg. Disk sec/Transfer (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Physical Disk State

State view for AIX Physical Disk Instances

Discover AIX 6.1 Physical Disks

Physical Disk Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Physical Disk Health instances

  • Discover AIX 6.1 Physical Disks

  • Physical Disk Health

Physical Disk Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Physical Disk instances

  • Avg. Disk sec/Transfer (AIX 6.1)

  • Physical Disk Bytes/sec (AIX 6.1)

AIX 6.1 Processor

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

False

Enable this discovery to enable per-processor monitoring. It is not recommended to enable this discovery for computers with a very large number of processors.

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Processor Percent Processor Time

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Processor % Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % Idle Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % User Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % IO Time (AIX 6.1)

False

True

Not applicable

AIX 7

The AIX 7 Management Pack discovers the object types described in the following sections. Not all of the objects are automatically discovered. Use overrides to discover those objects that are not discovered automatically.

AIX 7 Computer
AIX 7 Logical Disk
AIX 7 Network Adapter
AIX 7 Operating System
AIX 7 Physical Disk
AIX 7 Processor

AIX 7 Computer

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Syslog Critical event detected

True

Alert priority: Low

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Syslog Auth Critical event detected

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Syslog Kernel Critical event detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Failed SSH as Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Successful SSH as Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Failed SU to Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

Successful SU to Root detected

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Information

The path to the log file specified in syslog configuration must be provided as an override (LogFile) when enabling this rule.

False

Enable this rule (and provide the LogFile path) to alert on related syslog events.

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

AIX Server State

State view for AIX Computer instances

Discover AIX 7 Computer

AIX Computers Diagram

Diagram view for AIX Computer instances

Discover AIX 7 Computer

AIX 7 Logical Disk

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Logical Disk Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Logical Disk Free Space

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Warning/Critical

Automatic

False

Enable this monitor for three state free space monitoring by percentage and Megabytes free. Disable the Logical Disk % Free Space monitor when enabling this monitor.

Logical Disk % Free Space

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Logical Disk % Free Inodes

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

% Free Inodes (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Inodes (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Free Megabytes (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Megabytes (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

% Free Space (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Space (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Logical Disk Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Logical Disk instances

  • Discover AIX 7 Logical Disks

  • Logical Disk Health

  • Logical Disk Free Space

  • Logical Disk % Free Space

  • Logical Disk % Free Inodes

Logical Disk State

State view for AIX Logical Disk instances

Discover AIX 7 Logical Disks

Logical Disk Capacity Dashboard

Dashboard view that shows capacity metrics for AIX Logical Disk instances

  • % Free Inodes (AIX 7)

  • % Used Inodes (AIX 7)

  • Free Megabytes (AIX 7)

  • % Free Space (AIX 7)

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Logical Disk (File System) Capacity Analysis

Capacity Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Used Inodes

  • Percent Used Space

AIX 7 Logical Disk

Logical Disk (File System) Capacity History

Capacity History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Used Inodes

  • Percent Used Space

AIX 7 Logical Disk

Operating System Storage Configuration

Configuration report

Properties:

  • Device Name

  • File System

  • Size (Bytes)

AIX 7 Logical Disk

AIX 7 Network Adapter

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Network Adapter Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Byte Received/Sec (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Byte Sent/Sec (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Bytes Total/Sec (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Network Adapter State

State view for AIX Network Adapter Instances

Discover AIX 7 Network Adapters

Network Adapter Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Network Adapter instances

  • Discover AIX 7 Network Adapters

  • Network Adapter Health

Network Adapter Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Network Adapter instances

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Received/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Sent/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Total/Sec Performance

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Network Adapter Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Bytes Received/Sec

  • Bytes Sent/Sec

  • Bytes Total/Sec

AIX 7 Network Adapter

Network Adapter Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Bytes Received/Sec

  • Bytes Sent/Sec

  • Bytes Total/Sec

AIX 7 Network Adapter

AIX 7 Operating System

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

True

Not applicable

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Operating System Total Percent Processor Time

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Operating System Available MBytes

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Operating System Available MBytes Swap

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Cron Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Syslog Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process SSH Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Rpcstat Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Process Portmap Service Health

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Total Processor % Processor Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % Idle Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % User Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Total Processor % IO Wait Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Available MBytes Memory (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

% Available Memory (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Memory MBytes (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Memory (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Pages/sec (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Page Reads/sec (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Page Writes/sec (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Available MBytes Swap (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

% Available Swap Space (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Used Swap MBytes (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

% Used Swap Space (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Operating System State

State view for AIX Operating System instances

Discover AIX 7 Network Adapters

Operating System Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Operating System instances

  • Discover AIX 7 Network Adapters

  • Network Adapter Health

Operating System Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Operating System Instances

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Received/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Sent/Sec Performance

  • Network Adapter\Bytes Total/Sec Performance

Processor Performance

Performance view that shows processor performance metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Total Processor % User Time (AIX 7)

  • Total Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 7)

  • Total Processor % Processor Time (AIX 7)

Memory Utilization Performance

Performance view that shows memory utilization metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Available MBytes Swap (AIX 7)

  • % Available Swap Space (AIX 7)

  • Available MBytes Memory (AIX 7)

  • % Available Memory (AIX 7)

Memory Paging

Performance view that shows memory paging metrics for AIX Operating System instances

  • Pages/sec (AIX 7)

  • Page Reads/sec (AIX 7)

  • Page Writes/sec (AIX 7)

Report Description Class Selection Criteria

Operating System Configuration

Configuration report

Properties:

  • Operating System Version

  • Operating System Version Display name

AIX 7 Operating System

Operating System Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Processor Time (Total)

  • Percent IO Wait Time (Total)

  • Percent Privileged Time (Total)

  • Percent User Time (Total)

  • Pages/sec

  • Percent Used Memory

  • Percent Used Swap Space

AIX 7 Operating System

Operating System Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Percent Processor Time (Total)

  • Percent IO Wait Time (Total)

  • Percent Privileged Time (Total)

  • Percent User Time (Total)

  • Pages/sec

  • Percent Used Memory

  • Percent Used Swap Space

AIX 7 Operating System

Memory Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis report (Hourly aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Pages/sec

  • Page Reads/sec

  • Page Writes/sec

  • Used Megabytes Memory

  • Used Megabytes Swap

AIX 7 Operating System

Memory Performance History

Performance History report (“Monthly by Days” aggregation)

Metrics:

  • Pages/sec

  • Page Reads/sec

  • Page Writes/sec

  • Used Megabytes Memory

  • Used Megabytes Swap

AIX 7 Operating System

AIX 7 Physical Disk

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

False

Enable this discovery to enable physical disk monitoring. It is not recommended to enable this discovery for computers with a very large number of physical disks.

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Physical Disk Health

300 s

True or False

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Physical Disk Avg. Disk sec/Transfer

300 s

True or False

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Disk Bytes/sec (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Avg. Disk sec/Transfer (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

View Description Rules and Monitors that Populate the View

Physical Disk State

State view for AIX Physical Disk Instances

Discover AIX 7 Physical Disks

Physical Disk Health

Dashboard view that shows state and alerts for AIX Physical Disk Health instances

  • Discover AIX 7 Physical Disks

  • Physical Disk Health

Physical Disk Performance

Dashboard view that shows performance metrics for AIX Physical Disk instances

  • Avg. Disk sec/Transfer (AIX 7)

  • Physical Disk Bytes/sec (AIX 7)

AIX 7 Processor

Discovery Information

Interval Enabled When to Enable

14400

False

Enable this discovery to enable per-processor monitoring. It is not recommended to enable this discovery for computers with a very large number of processors.

Monitor Interval Alert Reset Behavior Enabled When to Enable

Processor Percent Processor Time

300 s

True

Alert priority: Medium

Alert severity: Critical

Automatic

True

Not applicable

Rule Alert Notes Enabled When to Enable

Processor % Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % Idle Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % User Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % Privileged Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable

Processor % IO Time (AIX 7)

False

True

Not applicable