IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Virtual Environments, Version 7.2 Fix Pack 2

Overview of the agent

The IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring for Virtual Environments Agent for VMware VI (product code VM) provides you with the capability to monitor VMware Virtual Center. You can also use the agent to take basic actions with the VMware Virtual Center.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring is the base software for the VMware VI agent. The VMware VI agent monitors the following functions:

IBM Tivoli Monitoring

IBM Tivoli Monitoring provides a way to monitor the availability and performance of all the systems in your enterprise from one or several designated workstations. It also provides useful historical data that you can use to track trends and to troubleshoot system problems.

You can use IBM Tivoli Monitoring to achieve the following tasks:
  • Monitor for alerts on the systems that you are managing by using predefined situations or custom situations.
  • Establish your own performance thresholds.
  • Trace the causes leading to an alert.
  • Gather comprehensive data about system conditions.
  • Use policies to take actions, schedule work, and automate manual tasks.

The Tivoli Enterprise Portal is the interface for IBM Tivoli Monitoring products. You can use the consolidated view of your environment as seen in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal to monitor and resolve performance issues throughout the enterprise.

See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring publications listed in Prerequisite publications for complete information about IBM Tivoli Monitoring and the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.

Functions of the monitoring agent

Resource monitoring
Collects monitoring information for memory, CPU, system, disk, and network usage for the VMware ESX server and the virtual machines. In addition, the agent collects monitoring information for power usage for the VMware ESX server.
Actions
Provides actions to start and stop the virtual machines installed on the VMware ESX server.
Integration
Uses additional IBM Tivoli Monitoring components to provide an in-depth view of the environment. Navigation links are provided to operating system agents that can be installed within virtual machines and the service console of ESX. Data views from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Virtual Environments Agent for NetApp Storage provide information for NAS data stores and detailed physical device metrics. The agent also integrates with IBM Systems Director V6.1.1.2, which provides additional management functions.
Historical data
Provides a history enablement file that provides the ability to generate reports for all metrics collected.
Event monitoring
Monitors events, tasks, and alarms generated by VMware Virtual Center and VMware ESX servers.

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