When you install IBM Tivoli Monitoring: i5/OS Agent product, you will automatically install a set of situations that are already defined and ready to use. When you configure the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: i5/OS Agent product, this set of predefined situations is ready to start monitoring on your OS/400 system.
Predefined situations can be used:
as they are shipped
to begin monitoring right away
as models that you can modify and then use
in other situations
Whether you decide to use the predefined situations depends on your environment and your particular needs. See the online help for instructions on how to edit, modify, imbed or assign product-provided situations.
Several of the predefined situations are auto-started, which means they are enabled as soon as you start the product. The other predefined situations will not be enabled until you assign them to a managed system. If you do not want the autostart situations to start automatically, you must cancel them. The predefined situations that start automatically are:
OS400_Perm_Address_Warning
OS400_Temp_Address_Warning
OS400_System_ASP_Warning
See also:
Attribute Groups Used by the Predefined Workspaces
OS400_Network_Attribute_Changed Raises an alert when any changes to network attributes are logged in the audit journal. This is useful for alerting you to changes that may affect or compromise the security of your system and/or network. Journaling must be active on your OS/400 system to run this situation. You must also specify a value for Entry Type.
OS400_System_Value_Changed Raises an alert when any changes to system values are logged in the audit journal. This is useful for monitoring changes that affect how your system and operating environment are set. Journaling must be active on your OS/400 system to run this situation.
OS400_Snads_Job_Missing Monitors the system or systems and raises an alert when the QROUTER job is not detected.
OS400_Snads_Ended Monitors QSYSOPR for message CPF0927, which indicates the QSNADS subsystem has ended. The QSNADS subsystem must be active for SNA distributions to work.
OS400_Snads_Router_Failed Monitors for message CPC8803 (Snads Router Ended Abnormally) and raises an alert when this message is detected. This is useful for identifying potential interruptions and limitations in SNA distributions.
OS400_Snads_Critical Raises an alert when either of these situations raises an alert.
OS400_Snads_Ended
OS400_Disk_Util_Critical Tracks the percentage of time the actuator for the disk is busy during the monitor interval and raises a critical warning when usage is greater than or equal to 60 percent. Extremely high disk utilization can negatively impact system performance and cause unpredictable interruptions to system operations.
OS400_Disk_Util_Warning Monitors the percentage of time the actuator for the disk is busy during the monitor interval and raises a warning alert when usage is greater than or equal to 40 percent. High disk utilization is a possible cause of poor system performance.
OS400_Pool_Transitions_High Monitors for any pool active-to-ineligible transitions. These transitions occur when a transaction does not complete during a single time slice. This situation may help to isolate performance problems. It may be necessary to adjust the system pool to improve performance and prevent thrashing.
OS400_Job_Avg_Response_Time_High Watches interactive jobs for periods of poor response time. Using this situation, you can determine the causes and redirect jobs to different queues or submit them for processing at different time intervals.
OS400_Comm_IOP_Util_Warning Monitors the total IOP processor time that was used by communications tasks during the monitor interval. A warning alert is sent when the level is equal to or greater than 25 percent. This situation can signal you to potential slow-downs when there is excess traffic on communications lines.
OS400_CPU_Util_Warning Monitors for extended periods of high CPU utilization. A warning alert is sent when the usage is equal to or greater than 95 percent. By recognizing when the CPU reaches this threshold level, you can detect and further prevent serious slow downs in your operations. Extended or repeated occurrences may indicate the need to submit jobs during off-peak hours or obtain additional CPU resources.
OS400_Disk_IOP_Util_Warning Monitors for the percentage of IOP processor time that was used by disk tasks during the monitor interval. A warning alert occurs when the disk IOP processor time is equal to or greater than 25 percent.
OS400_Pool_Faulting_Warning Monitors for high pool faulting rates and issues a warning alert when the rate is equal to or greater than 30 percent. High pool faulting rates may indicate a need for performance tuning on your system.
OS400_Interactive_Jobs_CPU_High Watches for interactive jobs that are using 20 percent or more of system CPU time. Using this amount or more of processor time limits the amount available for other jobs. By identifying jobs requiring large CPU time usage, you could suggest that these jobs be run during off-peak hours and/or in batch mode.
OS400_Disk_Capacity Monitors for potential disk capacity problems and raises a critical alert when disk capacity is equal to or greater than 90 percent. Running a system with disk space at near-capacity limits the amount available for other storage. This situation can help you avoid lost or corrupted data due to lack of space.
OS400_Perm_Address_Warning Monitors for the percentage (in thousandths) of the maximum possible addresses for permanent objects that have been used. A warning alert will be issued when the number used is equal to or greater than 95 percent.
OS400_Temp_Address_Warning Monitors for the percentage (in thousandths) of the maximum possible addresses for temporary objects that have been used. A warning alert will be sent when the number used is equal to or greater than 95 percent.
OS400_System_ASP_Warning Monitors the auxiliary storage pool's use and issues a warning alert when usage is greater than or equal to 95 percent.
OS400_Address_Critical Raises an alert when any of these situations raises an alert.
OS400_Temp_address_Warning
OS400_ASP_Warning
OS400_Communications_Line_Failed Monitors for messages that indicate the failure of a communications line. The situation raises an alert when either of these messages are reported to QSYSOPR.
CPA58CC (line failure due to a hardware problem)
This is particularly useful for early detection and correction of line problems or early intermittent hardware failures.
OS400_OMA_Message_Log Monitors for messages arriving in QAUTOMON/KMSOMLOG, which is the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: i5/OS Agent message log. This situation allows you to view messages arriving that are related to IBM Tivoli Monitoring: i5/OS Agent operations. You can modify the situation to monitor for specific messages that require your attention.