ISD 6.3 and IBM i june 2012

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IBM Systems Director for the IBM i Environment

Dawn May - [email protected]


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IBM Systems Management Solutions

5250 “Green Screen”

System i Navigator– Management Central– DB Health Center

IBM Systems Director Navigator for i– Performance Data Investigator– Plug-ins for BRMS, Power HA

IBM Systems Director– IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™– IBM Systems Director with IBM i– Groups


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Maybe better known as ....– iSeries Navigator– Operations Navigator

Windows client application Part of the iAccess for Windows product

Maybe better known as ....– iSeries Navigator– Operations Navigator

Windows client application Part of the iAccess for Windows product


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IBM Systems Director Navigator for ihttp://systemname:2001

Web application Included with IBM i 6.1 or later Web application Included with IBM i 6.1 or later


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IBM Systems Director and Plugins for Power

IBM Systems Director 6.3– Discovers servers and virtual resources– Monitors and reports system health– Optimizes and updates servers– Integrates with enterprise service management

IBM Systems Director VM Control 2.4– Create, delete, edit virtual servers– Capture and deploy IBM i images– Relocation with Live Partition Mobility

IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager 4.4– Collects and reports energy data– Controls energy use– Reports historical energy usage


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IBM Systems Director

IBM Systems Director is geared toward managing and monitoring a more complex environment

– With Systems Director you can manage IBM i at 5.4 and later releases

– Systems Director is integrated with Systems Director Navigator to 'drill down' into IBM i specific tasks


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Web application Download server installation package

– http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads/

Web application Download server installation package

– http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads/

Size your Director Server System with IBM Systems Workload Estimator


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Systems Director:Focus on Health, Status, Automation

Health summary– Favorite systems– Critical monitors– Group thumbnails

Monitoring – Monitor resources– Thresholds– Events– Update Compliance

Automation Plans– Notify– Run commands– Trigger tasks


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Power Systems Management View


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Health Summary


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Monitors, Thresholds, Event Automation Plans

Monitors – CIM Common– Virtualization– Process

Thresholds– Warning, Critical, Low– Duration

Event Automation Plans– Individual or group

targets– Events– Event Actions

• Run commands, logs,traps, email, etc

– Time Range


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Automate Notification and Actions Based on Thresholds

Monitoring

Event thresholds

Automation

LPAR LPAR

IBM Systems Director functions:

a. Execute command to back-up and delete non-critical files

b. Log the back-upc. Send an e-mail to the administrator

!! Monitor disk capacityIf the disk is >= 90%


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Types of Managed Systems

Agentless– Best for environments that require very small footprints and are used for specific tasks,

such as one-time inventory collection, firmware and driver updates and remote deployment

Platform Agent– Provides agentless functions and....– Common Information Model (CIM) events and monitoring

• Including monitoring of messages– Inventory– Group and cumulative PTF support

Common Agent– Provides agentless functions and platform agent functions and ...– Additional monitoring features– File transfer

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.tbs.helps.doc/fqm0_tbs_ibm_i_endpoints.html


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Agentless Systems

Protocols– Secure Shell (SSH)– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Typical tasks– Discover systems– Collect limited operating-system inventory data– Remotely deploy and install Common Agent and Platform Agent– Perform limited remote access– Perform limited restart capabilities

SSH, 5733-SC1 Option 1


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Platform Agents

Director defined protocol– For IBM i, Platform Agent is part of the Universal Manageability Enablement (UME)

Typical tasks– Discover systems– Collect limited platform inventory data– Monitor health and status– Monitor for messages sent to message queues– Manage alerts– Remotely deploy and install Common Agent– Perform limited remote access– Perform limited restart capabilities

CIMOM, 5770-UME, V1R3– IBM Universal Manageability Enablement for i

• Ensure you have the latest OS and UME PTFs!!! This is very important!http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/DocNumber/618224537


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Common Agent

Director defined protocol– Available for IBM server platforms

Typical tasks– Discover systems– Collect comprehensive platform and operating system inventory data– Monitor health and status– Manage alerts– Perform remote access, including transferring files– Perform power management function– Additional event support– Monitor processes and resources, and set critical thresholds send notifications when triggered– Manage operating system resources and processes– Manage updates

Legacy, 5722-DA1 (will be deprecated) CAS for IBM i


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IBM Systems Director Versions and IBM i Agent Support

Summary

IBM Systems Director Release

IBM i Release Platform Agent Support Common Agent Support

6.3 5.4 5722-UME V1R2 Legacy Agent (5722-DA1)

6.1 5722-UME V1R25770-UME V1R3

Legacy Agent (5722-DA1)CAS for IBM i

7.1 5770-UME V1R3 CAS for IBM i

Note: The 5722-DR1 product could be used in place of 5722-DA1 to provide the legacy agent function since the DR1 product ships the server and the agent.


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On i, functions by agent type

Discovery

Inventory

Systems Director Navigator

Update Manager

CIM Monitors

Asset ID

Message queue monitoring

Use genevent

Process & job monitors

Director agent monitors

Agentless X X

Platform agent

X X X X X X X (6.3)

Director Agent

X X X X X X X X X X


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Collection Services Prerequisites for Monitoring i

Collection Services must be started

Consider the collection interval for frequency of updates through System Director

– Default is every 15 minutes

Data must be in Collection Services DB2 files to be displayed on IBM i Monitors in Systems Director

– CFGPFRCOL – CRTDBF parameter must be *YES

“No Data Available”– Symptom of possible Collection Services problem when viewing IBM i Monitors


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Getting Started … Discover your IBM i


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Request Access


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IBM i Properties

IBM Director Agent v6.3 → CAS agentIBM Director Core Services v1.3.1 → Platform agent (CIM)IBM Director Agent v6.3 → CAS agentIBM Director Core Services v1.3.1 → Platform agent (CIM)


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IBM i Inventory

Enhanced Inventory– Cache Battery Status– Network Information– Physical volume– View Report


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InventorySystems Director

Collects on schedule

Collects via task

Hardware information

Software information

Fix information

Static data on management

server

Customized columns

Saved reports

Simple export/print


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Software Inventory – Installed Fixes


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IBM i Inventory Examples


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Resource Explorer to Locate Discovered Systems


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Integration of Director and Director Navigator


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General Status

IBM Director Agent v6.3.0 → CAS agentIBM Director Core Services v1.3.0 → Platform agentIBM Director Agent v6.3.0 → CAS agentIBM Director Core Services v1.3.0 → Platform agent


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Event Log


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Group Management Systems Director

Where– Resource Explorer– Search

Types– Static– Dynamic

Default– All Systems– Dynamic by

• OS• Status• Type• Relationships


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Create a Group


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Monitor your Group


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Monitoring IBM i

Predefined metrics to monitor for IBM i– Requires platform agent


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Common CIM Monitors


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IBM i Monitors

34 Metrics for common monitoring scenarios


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Monitor Thresholds


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Automation Plans - Actions


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Updating IBM i

Updating IBM i– IBM Systems Director only supports acquisition of

cumulative PTF packages and PTF groups through the GUI

– Support of additional PTF groups with Systems Director 6.3

– Can install single fixes through the Director interface

– Acquisition of single fixes that are not part of a PTF group can only be done via the Systems Director command line interface to check for and download the update

smcli checkupd -v -d -u “IBM i/SI39111”


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IBM i PTF Groups


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PTF Properties and Cover Letter


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PTF Installation

IBM i will never beautomatically restartedafter PTF installation

IBM i PTF installation with no restart required

PTF installation steps


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Director Agent Monitors (requires CAS agent)


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Monitoring Cache Battery Status

Now that the cache battery information is in the inventory, it is possible to monitor the cache battery status

If you get an event regarding cache battery status, you can create an event filter and monitor based upon that event

You can create cache battery monitors through the create monitor tasks– CIM Agent → root/cimv2 → IBMi_CacheBatteryEvent


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Monitor IBM Message Queues with CIM agent Monitoring of message queues no longer requires the CAS agent

– Simpler setup– Improved performance

• Message filtering done on IBM i, not on the Director Server


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Manage Processes … aka, Work with Active Jobs(Requires CAS Agent)


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Monitoring IBM i Processes

Create a process monitor from the Manage Processes task

Once a process monitor is createdadditional metrics can be monitored for that processusing the Create monitortask

Requires CAS agent


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What’s new in Director VMControl 2.4

IBM i image provisioning!– Automated provisioning of standardized virtual

images – Dramatically improved deployments

• Minutes to deploy an IBM i partition – Reduced deployment errors

VMControl Standard Edition capabilities for IBM i

– Improved manageability of multiple virtual resources through one management entity

– Resilient monitoring and actions for improved dependability

– Support for creating, editing, and deleting virtual servers

– Support capturing virtual servers or workloads, importing and deploying virtual appliances

– Support for creating, editing, starting, stopping, and deleting workloads

Combines management functions into a single virtualization management tool across platformsCombines management functions into a single

virtualization management tool across platforms

Capture and Deploy IBM i

partitions!


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IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

Exploit EnergyScale™ capabilities in certain POWER 6 and all POWER7 servers

– Power Trending– Thermal Trending– Effective CPU Trending– Power Savings– Power Capping

Monitor other resources using an intelligent Power Distribution Unit (PDU+)

– Pre-POWER6 systems– Power 560 and Power 570 systems– I/O drawers and storage devices– Display trending information per load group


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Useful Energy Information Sources

EnergyScale White Papers– IBM EnergyScale for POWER6 Processor-Based Systems

• http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/whitepapers/energyscale.html– IBM EnergyScale for POWER7 Processor-Based Systems

• http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/whitepapers/energyscale7.html

– EnergyScale Features

– User Interfaces

– Performance analysis

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/whitepapers/energyscale.html

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/whitepapers/energyscale7.html


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IBM Systems Director Web References

Main Systems Director Web Pagehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/

Information Centerhttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html

eLearning: Getting started with IBM Systems Director– http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/index.jsp?topic=/director_6.1/fqm0_c_elearning_getting_started.html

Implementing IBM Systems Director 6.1 Redbook– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247694.html?Open

IBM Systems Director Forumhttp://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=759

Systems Director Redwikihttp://www-01.ibm.com/redbooks/community/display/director/IBM+Systems+Director+6.1

Follow IBM Systems Director on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/IBM-Systems-Director

Primary Systems Director Wikihttp://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/IBM+Systems+Director

IBM Systems Management Web Sitehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/management/

IBM i Systems Management Web Sitehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/i/advantages/management/

http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/



http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/index.jsp?topic=/director_6.1/fqm0_c_elearning_getting_started.html

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=759



http://www-01.ibm.com/redbooks/community/display/director/IBM+Systems+Director+6.1

http://www.facebook.com/pages/IBM-Systems-Director



http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/IBM+Systems+Director

http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/

http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/advantages/management/


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References on IBM i Systems Management Tools IBM Systems Director Navigator for i

– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247789.html?Open

End to End Performance Management on IBM I– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247808.html?Open

IBM eServer iSeries Performance Management Tools – http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp4026.html?Open

A Systems Management Guide to Performance Management for System i and System p servers– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247122.html?Open

Best Practices for Managing IBM i Jobs and Output (and a few other special tips)– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp4454.html?Open

i5/OS Diagnostic Tools for System Administrators: An A to Z Reference for Problem Determination– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg248253.html?Open

IBM eServer iSeries Systems Management Handbook– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp4070.html?Open

i Can .... Direct the use of Navigator? Or is that Navigate the use of Director?– http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/2010/03/i-can-direct-the-use-of-navigator-or-is-that-navigate-the-use-of-director.html

i Can … Manage i with IBM Systems Director– http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/2010/03/i-can-manage-i-with-ibm-systems-director.html

i Can … Display Active Jobs with IBM Systems Director– http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/2011/02/active-jobs-with-ibm-systems-director.html

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247789.html?Open


http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247122.html?Open

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp4454.html?Open


http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp4070.html?Open

http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/2010/03/i-can-direct-the-use-of-navigator-or-is-that-navigate-the-use-of-director.html

http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/2010/03/i-can-manage-i-with-ibm-systems-director.html

http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/2011/02/active-jobs-with-ibm-systems-director.html

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