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Monitoring the Virtual I/O Server

You can monitor the Virtual I/O Server using error logs or IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring.

Error logs

AIX® and Linux client logical partitions log errors against failing I/O operations. Hardware errors on the client logical partitions associated with virtual devices usually have corresponding errors logged on the server. However, if the failure is within the client logical partition, there will not be errors on the server.
Note: On Linux client logical partitions, if the algorithm for retrying Small Computer Serial Interface (SCSI) temporary errors is different from the algorithm used by AIX, the errors might not be recorded on the server.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring

With Virtual I/O Server V1.3.0.1 (fix pack 8.1), you can install and configure the IBM Tivoli Monitoring System Edition for System p agent on the Virtual I/O Server. With Tivoli Monitoring System Edition for IBM Power Systems™, you can monitor the health and availability of multiple Power Systems servers (including the Virtual I/O Server) from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. Tivoli Monitoring System Edition for Power Systems gathers data from the Virtual I/O Server, including data about physical volumes, logical volumes, storage pools, storage mappings, network mappings, real memory, processor resources, mounted file system sizes, and so on. From the Tivoli Enterprise Portal, you can view a graphical representation of the data, use predefined thresholds to alert you on key metrics, and resolve issues based on recommendations provided by the Expert Advice feature of Tivoli Monitoring.

Parent topic: Virtual I/O Server

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Last updated: Thu, April 05, 2018