IBM: AIX Monitoring PowerPack Release Notes, version 105

Version 105 of the "IBM: AIX Monitoring" PowerPack adds support for monitoring services on AIX devices, updates the PowerPack for Python 3.11 compatibility, and addresses an issue that caused the "IBM: AIX Error Report" Dynamic Application to return incorrect log entries.

  • Minimum Required Skylar One (SL1) Version: 12.5.1

Before You Install or Upgrade

Before you install the "IBM: AIX Monitoring" PowerPack, ensure that you are running version 12.5.1 or later of Skylar One.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

Installation and Upgrade Process

If you are upgrading from version 0.6 or later of the "SLCOE: AIX Base Pack" community PowerPack, see the "IBM: AIX Monitoring" PowerPack version 103 Release Notes for important upgrade information.

By default, when you install a new version of a PowerPack, the new version overwrites all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. To prevent the new PowerPack version from overwriting local changes to some commonly customized fields, use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior).

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles while you install a new version. To prevent these errors, disable collection for the monitored devices before you complete the following steps. You can then re-enable collection after the installation completes.

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks).
  2. In Skylar One, go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions menu and select Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
  4. Click Browse and go to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal appears and displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack appears on the PowerPack Manager page.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that discover and collect configuration and performance data for AIX devices
  • Event policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when AIX devices meet certain status criteria
  • Device classes for each type of 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 AIX devices
  • A dashboard that displays information about your AIX server

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

This release includes the following enhancements and addressed issues:

  • Added support for monitoring services running on AIX devices. To support this enhancement:
    • Added a new "Services" collection object to the "IBM: AIX ICDA Cache" Dynamic Application.
    • Added two new Dynamic Applications, "IBM: AIX IC Service Inventory" and "IBM: AIX IC Service Performance", to the PowerPack. These Dynamic Applications inventory internal collection services and gather internal collection service performance data, respectively.
  • Upgraded the PowerPack to support Python 3.11.
  • Resolved an issue where the "IBM: AIX Error Report" Dynamic Application returned incorrect log entries due to a flawed time-window calculation. Error entries are now correctly retrieved from the most recent collection interval data. (Case: 00679779)