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The following sections provide an overview of the IBM: AIX Monitoring PowerPack:
What Does the IBM: AIX Monitoring PowerPack Monitor?
The IBM: AIX Monitoring PowerPack includes:
- Dynamic Applications that discover and collect configuration and performance data for IBM AIX devices
- Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when IBM AIX devices meet certain status criteria
- Device Classes for each type of IBM AIX device monitored
- A Device Template for aligning Dynamic Applications
- A Run Book Action and an Automation policy to assign the proper device classes to IBM AIX devices
- A Dashboard that displays information about your IBM AIX server
Installing the IBM: AIX Monitoring PowerPack
Before completing the steps in this
By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. (For more information, see
To download and install a PowerPack:
- Download the PowerPack from the ScienceLogic Support Site at https://support.sciencelogic.com/s/powerpacks.
- Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
- In the PowerPack Manager page, click the button, then select Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
- Click the [Browse] button and navigate to the PowerPack file.
- When the PowerPack Installer modal appears, click the button to install the PowerPack.
If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPack Manager page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the menu and select Install PowerPack.