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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Overview - Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS
Introduction
The IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS monitors and performs basic actions on AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX operating systems...
- Monitor for alerts using predefined situations or custom situations.
- Establish your own performance thresholds.
- Trace the causes leading to an alert.
- Gather data about system conditions.
- Use policies to perform actions, schedule work, and automate manual tasks.
The Tivoli Enterprise Portal is the interface for IBM Tivoli Monitoring products. You can use the consolidated view of your environment as seen in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal to monitor and resolve performance issues throughout the enterprise.
Features
The Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS offers a central point of management for your UNIX server environment. This monitoring agent provides a way to monitor the availability and performance of all the systems in the enterprise from one or several designated workstations. This agent also provides historical data for tracking trends and troubleshooting system problems. Information is standardized across all systems (AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris).
The Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS lets you collect and analyze server-specific information:
- Operating system and CPU performance
- UNIX disk information and performance analysis
- Process status analysis
- Network performance
The Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS provides the following benefits:
- Simplifies application and system management by managing applications, platforms, and resources across your system.
- Increases profits by providing you with real-time access to reliable, up-to-the-minute data that allows you to make faster, better informed operating decisions.
- Scales and ports to a wide variety of UNIX platforms.
- Enhances system performance because you can integrate, monitor, and manage your environment, networks, console, and mission-critical applications. For example, the Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS can alert you when a condition in your environment meet or exceed the thresholds you set. These alerts notify your system administrator to limit and control system traffic. You can view data gathered by the Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS in reports and charts that inform you of the status of your managed UNIX systems.
- Enhances efficiency by monitoring diverse platforms and networks. Depending on the configuration of this monitoring agent, you can collect and monitor data across platforms. The Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS gathers and filters status information at the managed system rather than at the Hub, eliminating unnecessary data transmission and sending only data that is relevant to changes in status conditions.
See
- New in this release
- Components of the monitoring agent
- Agent Management Services
- User interface options