AppManager for IBM PowerVM provides resource usage, performance, and availability information for the PowerVM managed systems and logical partitions (LPARs) without requiring individual agents on the managed systems and LPARs.

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What's New?

This initial release of the AppManager for PowerVM module provides Knowledge Scripts for monitoring the processor, disk, and memory resource usage by PowerVM managed systems, LPARs, CPU pools, physical volume groups, and physical volumes. The module includes a Discovery Knowledge Script and seven monitoring Knowledge Scripts.

This release includes the following Knowledge Scripts:

PowerVM: Discovers PowerVM resources, such as managed systems, LPARS, CPU Pools, physical volume groups, and physical volumes.
CPUPoolMonitor: Monitors the PowerVM CPU pools and raises events if CPU pool usage exceeds the thresholds you set.
Inventory: Monitors inventory changes in the PowerVM server and raises events when inventory changes occur.
LPARCpuUtil: Monitors PowerVM CPU utilization by LPAR and raises events if LPAR CPU utilization exceeds the thresholds you set.
ManagedSystemCpuUtil: Monitors PowerVM managed system CPU utilization and raises events if managed system CPU utilization exceeds the thresholds you set.
ManagedSystemMemUtil:Monitors PowerVM managed system memory utilization and raises events if managed system memory utilization exceeds the thresholds you set.
PhysicalVolumeDiskSpaceUtil: Monitors PowerVM physical volume disk space utilization and raises an event if the utilization exceeds the threshold you set.
PhysicalVolumeGroupDiskSpaceUtil: Monitors PowerVM physical volume group disk space utilization and raises an event if the total disk space utilization exceeds the threshold you set.

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System Requirements

For the most recently updated list of supported application versions, see the AppManager Supported Products page. Unless noted otherwise, this module supports all updates, hotfixes, and service packs for the releases listed below.

AppManager for IBM PowerVM has the following system requirements:

AppManager version 7.0.1 or later installed on the AppManager repository (QDB) computer, management server, and all console computers
NetIQ UNIX Agent 7.0.1 or later
One of the following operating systems installed on the agent computers:
- CentOS
- HP-UX
- IBM AIX
- Oracle Linux
- Oracle Solaris
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
IBM PowerVM 8.0
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) 5.0 or later

AppManager for IBM PowerVM uses any NetIQ UNIX agent on a Unix computer as a proxy monitoring server and from there uses the IBM Hardware Management Console to monitor PowerVM resources. AppManager for IBM PowerVM requires a passwordless trusted SSH connection to the IBM Management Console from the UNIX agent computer using the same user account that was used to install the UNIX agent.

For more information, see the AppManager for IBM PowerVM Management Guide, included in the download package.

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Contents of the Download Package

AppManager for IBM PowerVM includes Knowledge Scripts to discover and monitor PowerVM resources. The download package includes this Readme, a management guide, Help for Knowledge Scripts, and several files that are used during installation:

p71p51.zip, the patch file you install on a proxy monitoring computer where a UNIX agent 7.1 is installed.
p72p7.zip, the patch file you install on a proxy monitoring computer where a UNIX agent 7.2 is installed.
AM70-PowerVM-8.0.49.0.msi, the program you use to install the PowerVM module to the AppManager repository (QDB) and AppManager console computers.
AM70-PowerVM-8.0.49.0.ini, a configuration file used with the AppManager setup program.
AM70-PowerVM-8.0.49.0.xml, a configuration file used for deploying the module with Control Center. This is the file you check into the Control Center Web Depot.
AM70-PowerVM-8.0.49.0.exe, a compressed file containing the QDB and console files. You do not need to run this file during installation.

When you download the module, these files are copied by default to the local folder on the download computer. Consider copying these files to the \windows_installation\setup\Setup Files folder on the same distribution computer on which you saved your main AppManager software and documentation. By doing so, you maintain all AppManager software in one location that is easily accessible when you want to add more repositories, management servers, or agents.

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Installing This Module

To install this module:

On the proxy monitoring server computer, install UNIX Agent 7.2 with patch 7.2.0.7 or UNIX agent 7.1 with patch 7.1.0.51. The patch files are included in the download package.
Install the Knowledge Scripts to your AppManager QDB using AM70-PowerVM-8.0.49.0.msi, which is included in this download package.
Install the Help and console extensions to all AppManager consoles using AM70-PowerVM-8.0.49.0.msi. You do not need to use this installer on the UNIX Agent Manager console.
Add the computers you want to monitor to the list of computers in all consoles you use to monitor those computers.
Discover any new computers you want to monitor.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of the module, upgrade any running jobs.

Note: Make sure you set up a passwordless trusted SSH connection to the IBM Hardware Management Console from the UNIX agent computer using the same user identifier that was used to install the UNIX agent.

For more information about installing this module, see the AppManager for IBM PowerVM Management Guide, included in the download package.

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Known Issues

NetIQ Corporation strives to ensure our products provide quality solutions for your enterprise software needs. AppManager for IBM PowerVM had no known issues at the time of release. If you need further assistance with any issue, please contact Technical Support.

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Contact Information

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