AIX

Utilizes well known command line utilities such as vmstat and ps to extract information about an AIX system. Along with other Unix agents it is a good example for creating your own custom providers.

Local/Remote Modes

The agent can only be run locally using a telnet or ssh session or remotely under the Host Manager.

Supported Versions

The agent supports AIX versions 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3(with and without Shared Processor Partition).

Configuration

No additional configuration is required to run this agent. However a prerequisite is that the following utilities must be present on the system: iostat, mpstat, df, vmstat, ps and netstat.

The agent configuration depends on the 'Process Execution Mode' as follows:

  • Normal: the agent is executed under the Host Manager, no other configuration required
  • Telnet:
    • Username: the username to use for the telnet session.
    • Password: the password to use for the telnet session.
    • Port: the port number where the telnet daemon is configure to listen to on the remote host; it defaults to 23.
    • UsernamePrompt: the prompt for the username used by the telnet session.
    • PasswordPrompt: the password prompt used by the telnet session.
    • ShellPrompt: the shell prompt used by the telnet session.
    • NOTE: You can use a terminal emulator like Putty to open a telnet connection and find out the username, password, and shell prompt.
  • SSH2:
    • Username: the username to use for the SSH2 session.
    • Password: the password to use for the SSH2 session.
    • Port: the port number where the SSH2 daemon is configure to listen to on the remote host; it defaults to 22.

Contents

  • Per CPU data: on multiple processor systems contains usage detailed per each CPU.
  • I/O Data: holds statistics about read and write operations to devices.
  • File System Data: contains details about file systems.
  • System Data: contains global system information, such as memory and processor usage.
  • Process: holds details for each running process.
  • Network protocols: contains details for each network protocol.
  • Network interfaces: contains information about network interfaces.