Use Computer Information attributes to monitor general information about the computer system. 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.
Computer Domain Name The fully qualified domain name of the host computer. This value is resolved from the host IP address.
Computer Hostname The host name of the host computer. This value is resolved from the host IP address.
Computer ID Number This attribute value can be equal to the BIOS serial number for some Manufacturers. Typically this occurs when the computer system manufacturer and BIOS manufacturer are the same. This attribute value is set by the computer system manufacturer.
Computer Name Commonly used product name. This attribute value is set by the computer system manufacturer.
Computer System Description Computer system description. This attribute value is set by the computer system manufacturer.
Computer UUID Number Universally unique identifier (UUID) for this product. A UUID is a 128-bit identifier that is guaranteed to be different from other generated UUIDs. If a UUID is not available, a UUID of all zeros is used.
Computer Vendor Supplier name of the product. Corresponds to the Vendor property in the product object in the DMTF Solution Exchange Standard. This attribute value is set by the computer system manufacturer.
Computer Version Product version information. Corresponds to the Version property in the product object in the DMTF Solution Exchange Standard. This attribute value is set by the computer system manufacturer.
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.