Version 100 of the IBM: DataPower PowerPack is the initial version of the PowerPack. It includes Dynamic Applications, Event Policies, Device Classes, and a Device Dashboard for monitoring IBM DataPower Gateways.
- Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.7.0
Before You Install
Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "IBM: DataPower" PowerPack version 100.
For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.
Installation Process
To install version 100 of the IBM: DataPower PowerPack, perform the following steps:
By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in 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 the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.
If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.
To install this PowerPack:
- Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
- See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.7.0 or later release.
- Download the "IBM: DataPower" version 100PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
- Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "IBM: DataPower" version 100.
- Click the button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.
For more information about using the PowerPack, see the Monitoring IBM DataPower Gateways manual.
Features
This release includes the following features:
- Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for IBM DataPower systems, including:
- IBM: DataPower Filesystem Performance
- IBM: DataPower Performance
- IBM: DataPower Session Count
- IBM: DataPower XML Names Status
- Device Classes for each of the DataPower components that the PowerPack can monitor:
- IBM: DataPower Gateway
- IBM: DataPower X150
- IBM: DataPower X152
- IBM: DataPower XG45
- Event Policies that are triggered when DataPower devices meet certain status criteria:
| Event Policy | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| % Used Encrypted Storage has exceeded the threshold | The amount of used encrypted storage has exceeded the set threshold value. | Minor |
| % Used Internal Storage has exceeded the threshold | The amount of used internal storage has exceeded the set threshold value. | Minor |
| % Used Temporary Storage has exceeded the threshold | The amount of used temporary storage has exceeded the set threshold value. | Minor |
| % Used UnEncrypted Storage has exceeded the threshold | The amount of used unencrypted storage has exceeded the set threshold value. | Minor |
| IBM: CPU has exceeded threshold | The CPU busy percentage in the last 5-minute period has exceeded the set threshold value. | Minor |
| IBM: Free XML name status threshold | The percentage of available XML namespaces is under 10% of the total. | Minor |
| IBM: Memory has exceeded threshold | The device's physical memory usage has exceeded the set threshold value. | Minor |
- An "IBM: DataPower" device dashboard that is assigned as the default dashboard for IBM DataPower devices.
Known Issues
This release has no known issues.