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Introduction

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This section describes how to monitor IBM Db2 databases in SL1 using the IBM: Db2 PowerPack.

Use the following menu options to navigate the SL1 user interface:

  • To view a pop-out list of menu options, click the menu icon ().
  • To view a page containing all of the menu options, click the Advanced menu icon ().

The following sections provide an overview of IBM Db2 and the IBM: Db2 PowerPack:

What Does the IBM: Db2 PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor IBM Db2 databases using SL1, you must install the IBM: Db2  PowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to discover, model, and collect data about IBM Db2 databases.

The IBM: Db2 PowerPack includes:

  • Example credentials you can use as templates to create credentials to discover and connect to the IBM Db2 databases and instances you want to monitor

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for IBM Db2 databases

  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when IBM Db2 databases meet certain status criteria
  • A Run Book Action and Run Book Automation policy for aligning Dynamic Applications
  • A device dashboard to display summary information about Db2 instances

Installing the IBM: Db2 PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the IBM: Db2 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.