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DATA SHEET

Key Benefit s & Features

> Ensures a vaila b ility iSeries

an d AS/400 systems a nd

ap plicat ions will be up a nd

running

> Minimizes d ow ntime and

red uces ad ministration time

auto mat ed user-supplied

recovery actions take over

when thresholds are

exceede d, for example:

Restart critical server jobs

Restart controllers

Selectively reply to

messages

Move jobs if assigned to

unproductive job queues

> Reports a nd monitors

ava ilability and performance

o f c ritical iSeries-AS/400

components and objects

> Provide s remote , concurrent

monitoring of multiple

systems from a single Co nsole

> Easily extend s monitoring to

othe r OS/400 objects throug h

user customization

BUSINESS CHALLENGEIn to da ys ITw orld, efficient monitoring , 24x365 uptime, a nd o ptimized performance are

critical for success. As compa nies a im to use a va riety o f technolog ies to mee t the ir need s,

the co mplexity o f their systems increa ses. They nee d a cost-effective, comm on

manag ement to ol to tie everything to g ether and provide se amless integ rat ion be twee n

different systems and products.

BMC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONPATROL for iSeries from B MC So ftwa re auto mat es repet itive monitoring ta sks to red uce

the burden on system administrators, increase management efficiency, and maximize

a va ilab ility in iSeries-AS/400 environme nts .

PATROL mon itors critica l aspe cts o f iSeries a nd AS/400 from a single co nsole, ensuring

consistent ma nag eme nt a cross the d iverse platforms in your orga nization (iSeries, Unix,Microsoft Windows, etc.).

PROA CTIVE MO N ITORIN GPATROL for iSeries pro vide s an e asy -to -use g rap hic view o f all mo nitored syste ms. Rea l-

time g raphs a nd co lor-cod ed icons provide a current view of your systems. Administrato rs

ca n spe cify thresholds fo r iSeries-AS/400 ob ject s.

Alarm values and a ctions enab le you to easily de tect and react to p roblems or events of

interest on yo ur systems. These sett ing s ca n b e co nfig ured either g loba lly or individually

for a ll monitored ob jects. PATROL maintains a comp rehensive history of t hese ob ject s,

allow ing review and ana lysis of pa st pe rformance and availab ility.

INTEGRATIONPATROL for iSeries wo rks ha nd -in-ha nd with ot her PATROL app lica tions, providing a n

extensible framework on which to deploy future Knowledge Modules from BMC Software,

Third Pa rty Vend ors, o r users.

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> System Monitor overall system-wide metrics, including

total and interactive CPU utilization, average interactive

response t ime, a nd transaction rate.

> Active jobs Monitor reso urce usag e (CPU, I/O, e tc.) and

sta tus informat ion fo r individua l job s o f interest, or g roups

of jobs. You ca n select job s for monitoring using a

comb inat ion o f att ribute s including na me, user, g roup

profile, subsystem, status, and type. Alarms and recoveryactions can be set w hen too many job s exceed a C PU

threshold or a job transitions to an unwante d sta te.

Reports show Top 10 CP U Usag e o r job s mat ching a user-

specified status.

> Message queues Trap, view, a nd t a ke act ion (such as

ema il notificat ion, pa g er, et c.) for messag es of interest

arriving on QSYSOPR or other specified message queues.

Reply features provide manual or automatic answering of

inquiry messages arriving on the queue.

> History Log (QHST) Detect and react to messages sent

to the History Log which match user-specified selection

criteria. Out-of-the-box tracking of a bno rmally end ed job s

and system value chang es is provided .

> Network Stat us (NETSTAT) Monito r status a nd t raffic

information for each interface, and status for each route.

Overall counts a nd lists of co nnections are a vailab le, as

we ll as information on spe cific connect ions tha t ma tchuser-specified local port, remot e a dd ress, and/or

connection type values.

> Integrated File System (IFS) Monito r count and size

information for user-specified directories, sub-directories,

and objects located in the IFS. Scan directories for large

objects.

> Libraries Monitor individua l libraries t o track and react to

size changes or request reports that show current size and

ob ject counts for the libraries o n your system.

Graphs, report s, object icons, inquiry messages can be shown toget her

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> Job Q ueues Monito r individua l job q ueues for sta tus

(held, unassig ned, e tc.) and numbe r of job s q ueued.

System-wide job queue counts and reports are available

allowing e asy d etect ion o f job submission to non-

productive q ueues.

> Subsystems Monitor number of active jobs and status

information for all act ive subsystems. Sub systems ca n be

started o r ende d. Recovery actions can be set to d ete ct

when a critical subsystem goes inactive and restart it.

> Configuration Descriptions Monitor ind ividua l or g roups

of configuration d escriptions ma tching user-specified

criteria to det ect a nd react to unwante d sta tes or lack of

availability.

> Objects Monito r size a nd co unt informat ion fo r objects

mat ching user-specified type , name and library values.

PATROL can ea sily be config ured to react t o o bjects tha t

be come too large o r are d eleted from the system.

> ASPs Monito r spa ce ut ilization, I/O rate s, I/O sizes, a nd

rep orts showing b usy, failed , and all disk arms for ea ch

ASP. Alarms and a ctions can b e set for hig h space

utilization or disk failure.

> Main sto rage pools Monitor fault, page, and transitions

for each poo l.

> Batch jobs Monito r numbe r of ba tch job s running ,

wa iting, e nding , and held.

> Users Monitor numbe r of users sig ned on, te mpo rarily

signed off, suspended, a nd sig ned o ff.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

> OS/400 V4R5 and a bo ve, w ith TCP /IP config ured a nd

running

> PATROL Co nso le fo r Windo ws , PATROL Co nso le fo r Unix,

PATROL Ce ntra l Op era to r Microso ft Wind ow s Edition, o r

PATROL Centra l Ope rato r Web Edition

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promoting mastery of all product capabilities and highest

prod uctivity with your BMC Soft wa re solutions . To e xplore our

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About BMC Software

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com pa nies to mana ge their IT infrast ructure from a b usiness perspect ive. De livering Business Service Mana g eme nt,

BMC Softwa re solutions span enterprise systems, app lications, da tab ases, and service mana ge ment. Founded in

1980, BMC Soft wa re has offices wo rldw ide and fiscal 2004 revenues of mo re than $1.4 billion. For more informat ion

ab out BMC Softw are, visit www.bmc.com.

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