IBM Tivoli Monitoring - iSeries Management Central monitor

Problem:
How to get events from System iSeries Navigator (Management Central).

In Management Central I've set a few metrics to monitor my iSeries server, e.g. "Disk Arm Utilization", "CPU Utilization" or "User Pool Faults".

On these metrics I've set thresholds when metrics get a bad value.


OK, but I would like to see these problems on IBM ITM.
How to do it?

 
Solution:
1. First, I have to set thresholds, as I've wrote above.

In Management Central, you can see this:

2. Next, in ITM I builded new situatuation: 

 


Done :)


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iSeries - Check/Change maximum number of spooled records

Problem:
Sometimes you can get problem with jobs which have MSGW status.
In the job you can see message:

Message . . . . : Reached maximum number of spooled records for file QPRINT
in library QGPL. (C R NOMAX 1-999999)


Solution:
1. Check what is the number of spooled records.
On console type: CHGPRTF FILE(QPRINT) and next press F4 key, then F10 key.
Next Page Down key a few times where you can find position "Max spooled output records". You can change this value to bigger.


2. To change, you can use this command also:
On console type:
CHGPRTF FILE(QPRINT) MAXRCDS(1000000)
but before check that QPRINT object isn't loked:
WRKOBJLCK OBJ(QPRINT) OBJTYPE(*FILE)


Be careful - don't use *NOMAX value.


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IBM Tivoli Monitoring - BRMS (how to check tapes are availables)

Problem:
How to check that tapes are availables in BRMS on i5 (iSeries) in ITM?

Solution:
I had to find out how to check available tapes on i5, by the command.
I have to use a command: CHKEXPBRM.

How to do it in ITM?
1. I build first situation "WOW_MS_RunCmd2_BCK_CHKEXPBRM" on Enterprise (TEMS) which run at exactly time a day and run an action
"CHKEXPBRM EXPMED(4) MEDCLS(CLS_ULTR6) LOC(TAPMLB01)" on agent (distribution - i5).

 

This situations expire after 24 minutes.


2. Next, I build second situation on i5 (distribution) which have a 4 conditions:
- Message Queue - it contains: "KMSOMLOG"
- Message Queue Library - it contains: "QAUTOMON"
- ID - it contains: "CNB7008"
- Data - it contains: "Action returned with status 4 for situation WOW_MS_RunCmd2_BCK_CHKEXPBRM"
This second situation check the result of command execution caused in first situation.

This situations expire after 25 minutes.


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