IV61542: MISSING ATTRIBUTE COLLECTION DETAILS FOR MERGED PX AGENT METRICS ADDED TO UNIX OS MONITORING AGENTS.

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• The UNIX OS monitoring agent User's Guide does not
  document the collection method of the merged
  attribute groups / attributes added to the UX  agent
  that were previously gathered by the System P
  "AIX Premium" monitoring agent.
  
  Example:
  In IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2 Unix OS
  Agent Reference, Appendix E. Data collection is missing
  the AIXNETADPT attribute group.
  
  Affected Platforms / Versions: 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0002
  
  Diagnostics:
  The AIX Network Adapters is not present in the list of
  attribute groups present in the Appendix E - Data collection
  of the document:
  https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html
  /communityview?communityUuid=0587adbc-8477-431f-8c68-9226adea11e
  d#fullpageWidgetId=W42ce7c6afdb9_42c2_a9ea_e1ba310bea8c&file=f16
  16c5b-d2ff-4ea0-87b0-8826002060fd
  
  Initial Impact:
  Medium, customers can not determine what metrics they need to
  use
  
  Additional Keywords:
  UNIXNET
  AIX_Network_Adapters - AIXNETADPT
  AIX_MPIO_Attributes - AIXMPIOATR
  AIX_MPIO_Status - AIXMPIOSTS
  AIX_System_IO - AIXSYSIO
  AIX_Memory_Per_Page - AIXPAGMEM
  aixdp_daemon
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• The UNIX OS monitoring agent User's Guide does not document the
  collection method of the merged attribute groups / attributes
  added to the Unix OS agent that were previously gathered by the
  System-P "AIX Premium" monitoring agent.
  

Problem conclusion

• The documentation will be clarified with this changes:
  Table 1. Mechanisms used to gather AIXNETADPT attributes
  Table 2. Mechanisms used to gather AIXMPIOATR attributes
  Table 3. Mechanisms used to gather AIXMPIOSTS attributes
  Table 4. Mechanisms used to gather AIXSYSIO attributes
  Table 5. Mechanisms used to gather AIXPAGMEM attributes
  

Temporary fix

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