Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Platform Description, User's Guide and Reference

Appendix K.1 Changes in 09-00

• The name solution set has changed to monitoring template.
• The following OSs have been added as the OSs on which PFM - Agent for Platform operates and as OSs for programs that can be monitored:
  
  • Solaris 10 (x86)
  • Solaris 10 (x64)
  • AIX V6.1
  • Linux 5 Advanced Platform (x86)
  • Linux 5 (x86)
  • Linux 5 Advanced Platform (AMD64 & EM64T)
  • Linux 5 (AMD64 & EM64T)
  • Linux 5 Advanced Platform (IPF)
  • Linux 5 (IPF)
• The monitoring items in a virtual environment have been increased. Accordingly, the following field has been added to the PD and PD_APP records:
  Virtual Env ID
  In addition, the following properties have been added to the list of properties for the Agent Collector service:
  ALL WPAR Collection for Process, ADD AN APPLICATION MONITORING SETTING FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
  
• The alarm table version for the monitoring template has been changed from 8.11 to 09.00. Accordingly, the following alarm tables have been added:
  
  • PFM UNIX Template Alarms [CPU]09.00
  • PFM UNIX Template Alarms [MEM]09.00
  • PFM UNIX Template Alarms [DSK]09.00
  • PFM UNIX Template Alarms [NET]09.00
  • PFM UNIX Template Alarms [PS]09.00
  The following alarms have also been added:
  
  • CPU Per Processor(K)
  • CPU Per Processor(U)
  • Alloc Mem Mbytes
  • File System Free(L)
  • File System Free(R)
  • Disk Busy %
  • Disk Queue
  • Network Rcvd/sec
  • Process End
  • Process Alive
• Linkage with JP1/IM has been enhanced. Accordingly, the following folder has been added to the list of properties for the Agent Collector service:
  JP1 Event Configurations
  
• The following messages have been added:
  KAVF10013-W, KAVF10700-W to KAVF10701-W
  
• The data model version has changed from 7.2 to 7.6. Accordingly, the format of the following fields has been changed from ulong to double:
  Program Summary (PD_PGM) record
  
  • Total I/O Kbytes (TOTAL_IO_KBYTES)
  Terminal Summary (PD_TERM) record
  
  • Total I/O Kbytes (TOTAL_IO_KBYTES)
  User Summary (PD_USER) record
  
  • Total I/O Kbytes (TOTAL_IO_KBYTES)
  Workgroup Summary (PI_WGRP) record
  
  • Total I/O Kbytes (TOTAL_IO_KBYTES)
• With the addition of new-format commands compatible with 08-11 or earlier commands, the commands for 09-00 or later is now indicated as follows:
  command-for-09-00-or-later (command-for-08-11-or-earlier)
  
• The following examples of operations have been added:
  
  • Example of collecting information about used ports
  • Example of collecting performance data from multiple hosts on which PFM products are not installed
• PFM - Agent for Platform can now run in a Solaris10 local zone. It is now possible to collect process information for the global zone and local zones separately. Accordingly, the following folder has been added to the list of properties for the Agent Collector service:
  ALL Zone Collection for Process
  
• Setup procedures have been simplified.
• Functionality that executes a user command from PFM - Agent for Platform at a fixed interval has been added. Accordingly, the following folder has been added to the list of properties for the Agent Collector service.
  User Command Setting
  
• IPv6 is now supported. Accordingly, the following fields has been added:
  System Summary Overview (PI) record
  
  • ICMP6 Pkts In (ICMP6_PACKETS_IN)
  • ICMP6 Pkts Out (ICMP6_PACKETS_OUT)
  • IP6 Pkts In (IP6_PACKETS_IN)
  • IP6 Pkts Out (IP6_PACKETS_OUT)
  Network Interface Detail (PI_NIND) record
  
  • IP6 Address (IP6_ADDRESS)
  The description of the following fields has been changed:
  System Summary Overview (PI) record
  
  • TCP Pkts In (TCP_PACKETS_IN)
  • TCP Pkts Out (TCP_PACKETS_OUT)
  • Total Pkts (TOTAL_PACKETS)
  • Total Pkts In (TOTAL_PACKETS_IN)
  • Total Pkts Out (TOTAL_PACKETS_OUT)
  • UDP Pkts In (UDP_PACKETS_IN)
  • UDP Pkts Out (UDP_PACKETS_OUT)
  A note on an environment in which IPv4 and IPv6 coexist has been added to the following records:
  
  • File System Detail - Remote (PD_FSR) record
  • Network Interface Detail (PI_NIND) record
  • System Summary Overview (PI) record
• The formulas for estimating memory requirements and disk space requirements have been changed.
• A function that automatically restarts the PFM service when it has stopped abnormally during operation has been added to PFM - Manager. Accordingly, the following folder has been added to the list of properties for the Agent Collector service:
  Restart Configurations
  

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