Introduction

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This section describes how to monitor IBM AIX devices in SL1 using the Dynamic Applications in the IBM: AIX Monitoring PowerPack.

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 section, you must import and install the latest version of the IBM: AIX Monitoring PowerPack.

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 the section on Global Settings.)

The minimum required MySQL version is 5.6.0.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.