Use BIOS Information attributes to monitor general information about the System BIOS. The data source for these attributes is WMI. To avoid throughput issues with the Microsoft WMI stack, you should limit the collection frequency to 5 minute intervals. This ensures that the Microsoft WMI Data queues have sufficient time to service the WMI queries made for collecting these attributes.
BIOS Description BIOS description of the manufacturer. The manufacturer of the BIOS sets this attribute value.
BIOS Manufacturer Manufacturer of the BIOS. The manufacturer of the BIOS sets this attribute value.
BIOS Release Date Release date of the Windows BIOS in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.(+-)OOO.
BIOS Serial Number Serial Number of the BIOS. This attribute value can be equal to the Computer ID Number. Typically this occurs when the computer BIOS manufacturer and system manufacturer are the same. This attribute value is set by the BIOS manufacturer.
BIOS Version Version of the BIOS. This string is created by the BIOS manufacturer. The manufacturer of the BIOS sets this attribute value.
System Name The managed system name. The form should be hostname:agent_code.
Examples include spark:KNT or deux.raleigh.ibm.com:KNT.
In workspace queries, this attribute should be set equal to the value $NODE$ in order to populate the workspace with data. This attribute is generally not included in situations, unless there is a need to customize the situation for a specific managed system.
Timestamp The date and time the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server samples the data.