Attributes represent the properties of systems or networks, and are used to create situations. These situations define conditions to which you want to be alerted, so you can possibly take some corrective action.
For example, you can create situations to alert you to excessive central processing unit (CPU) utilization or disk storage unit usage. IBM Tivoli Monitoring: i5/OS Agent allows you to set the limits and precise conditions you want to watch for in your environment. You can be specific by grouping attributes together. Therefore, you can be accurate and precise in what data you want IBM Tivoli Monitoring: i5/OS Agent to return.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring: i5/OS Agent attributes are grouped by the type of monitoring they provide. For example, attributes that monitor messages and message queues are grouped in the OS400 Messages attribute group.
These attributes are also used by IBM Tivoli Monitoring: i5/OS Agent to provide predefined workspaces, which allow you to quickly analyze usage and identify trends, locate problems, and decide which situations you want to create.
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