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Managing IBM Power Servers withIBM Systems Director 6.1

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Managing Power Servers with IBM Systems Director 6.1

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ContentsINTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................................4

CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL RESOURCES........................................6

K EY FEAT!ES A"D #$"#EPTS...................................................................................................................................6

Discovery................................................................................................................................................................7 AIX management tasks............................................................................................................................................8 IBM i management tasks.........................................................................................................................................8

Too!ogy ma vie" o# $ysica! an% virt&a! reso&rces............................................................................................'

%I"TS A"D TIPS...........................................................................................................................................................&

HEALTH MONITORING..........................................................................................................................................11

K EY FEAT!ES A"D #$"#EPTS..................................................................................................................................11

Monitoring virt&a! servers....................................................................................................................................11 Monitoring (o"er server oerating systems........................................................................................................1)

%I"TS A"D TIPS.........................................................................................................................................................1'

AUTOMATION...........................................................................................................................................................16

UPDATES....................................................................................................................................................................17

K EY FEAT!ES A"D #$"#EPTS.................................................................................................................................1(

%I"TS A"D TIPS.........................................................................................................................................................1(

ENERGY MANAGEMENT......................................................................................................................................19

K EY FEAT!ES A"D #$"#EPTS.................................................................................................................................1&

SUMMARY.................................................................................................................................................................!

APPENDI" A. NE# TERMS FOR PO#ER SYSTEMS USERS IN I$M SYSTEMS DIRECTOR............. ..1

APPENDI" $. RESOURCES............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ............... .............. ........... ...... ..

IBM SYSTEMS DI!E#T$! !ES$!#ES......................................................................................................................))IBM P$*E! SYSTEMS MA"A+EME"T !ES$!#ES...................................................................................................))

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Int%o&'(t)on

IBM, Systems Director 6.1 is a -at/orm management so0tion that streamines the way -hysicaan virt0a systems are manage across a m0ti2system environment. IBM Systems Director

everages in0stry stanars to s0--ort m0ti-e o-erating systems an virt0ai3ation

technoogies across IBM an non2IBM -at/orms4 inc0ing Power Systems5 servers. Thro0gh

a singe *e2ase 0ser inter/ace4 IBM Systems Director -rovies consistent views /orvis0ai3ing manage systems an etermining how these systems reate to one another whie

ienti/ying their inivi0a stat0s.

Management o/ Power Systems servers is sim-i/ie thro0gh the e7ce-tiona va0e o/ IBM

Systems Director. The too manages the 0nerying harware4 o-erating systems4 an -at/orm

managers4 s0ch as %arware Management #onsoe 8%M#9 an Integrate :irt0ai3ationManager 8I:M9. Key /eat0res that enae i/ecyce management inc0e iscovery4 heath an

stat0s monitoring4 con/ig0ration4 0-ates4 an virt0ai3ation. It aso -rovies a *e!come (age

s0mmary view that is s-eci/ic to Power Systems servers an /0nctions that are s-eci/ic to thePower -at/orm.

Yo0 can 0se the Power Systems /eat0res within Systems Director to o the /oowing; Manage Power environments that inc0e P$*E!in07, o-erating systems an the /oowing;

o Power Systems servers manage y the %arware Management #onsoe 8%M#9

o Power Systems servers manage y the Integrate :irt0ai3ation Manager 8inc0ing

P$*E! -rocessor2ase Bae#enter , servers9

o A Power Systems server with a singe image

o A P$*E! -rocessor2ase Bae#enter server 0ner the contro o/ a Bae#enter

management mo0e

Per/orm management tas?s on systems that are 0ner the contro o/ the %M# an I:M4inc0ing managing -ower4 creating virt0a servers4 eiting virt0a server reso0rces4 an

reocating virt0a servers etween host systems

:is0ai3e reationshi-s etween virt0a reso0rces an -hysica reso0rces

Per/orm o-erating system s-eci/ic management tas?s that are avaiae /rom the IBM

Systems Director #onsoe /or AI= an the IBM Systems Director "avigator /or IBM i

#oect inventory o/ virt0a storage an associate storage -oos hoste y IBM i an 0se

y cient Power ogica -artitions 8>PA!s9 an iS#SI2attache Inte, architect0re

Bae#enter ae an System 75 servers4 -roviing int0itive viewing an management o/those hoste servers

Systems Director 6.1 sim-i/ies IT management /or Power Systems 0sers in severa ?ey areas;

#onsoiate management o/ -hysica an virt0a reso0rces

%eath monitoring

A0tomation

-ates

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Energy management

The /oowing sections etai how the Power Systems IT aministrator can everage SystemsDirector in these ?ey areas.

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Conso*)&+te& ,+n+-e,ent o /0s)(+* +n& 2)%t'+* %eso'%(es

IBM Systems Director 6.1 -rovies consoiate management o/ harware controe thro0ghthe %M# an I:M consoes an o/ the AI=4 >in074 an IBM i o-erating systems. This

consoiate management environment aows /or sim-i/ication o/ tas?s inc0ing vis0ai3ation

an heath monitoring o/ system reso0rces an 0-ates. sing IBM Systems Director4 yo0 can

-erform a variety of management tasks on servers that are under the controlof HMC or IVM such as:

Managing power on/o

Creating and editing resources of virtual servers (logical partitions

!eocating virt0a servers etween host systems

3e e+t'%es +n& (on(e/ts

*hen yo0 0se Systems Director to manage Power servers4 a 0se/0 starting -oint is the Power

Systems Management -age.

F)-'%e 1 The Power Systems Management -age in IBM Systems Director

Yo0 can access this -age /rom the Manage ta o/ the main IBM Systems Director *ecome -age.In aition to the in? to the Power Systems Management -age4 this section inc0es in?s to

gro0- views o/ a iscovere virt0a servers r0nning the AI=4 >in074 an IBM i o-eratingsystems.

The Power Systems Management -age -rovies a consoiate stat0s iagram o/ a manage

Power server reso0rces an a s0mmary o/ the manage reso0rces in the environment. Themanage reso0rces section inc0es a view o/ the tota n0mer o/ Power Systems reso0rces with

corres-oning in?s to s-eci/ic views /or %M# an I:M manage systems4 -hysica servers

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8cae $osts in Systems Director94 ogica -artitions y ty-e 8cae virt&a! servers in Systems

Director94 an o-erating systems. For e7am-e4 the in? /or AI=@>in07 virt0a servers -rovies a

view o/ the reso0rces e/ine /or -artitions r0nning an o-erating system an a--ications thein? /or AI= o-erating systems -rovies a view o/ the instae o-erating system instances

themseves. The Power Systems Management -age aso inc0es in?s to common tas?s /or

managing IBM Power servers s0ch as iscovering new reso0rces4 setting 0- monitors an

threshos4 chec?ing /or an instaing 0-ates4 an creating new virt0a environments. Inaition4 yo0 can 0se the Bae#enter management o-tion on this -age to access tas?s s-eci/ic to

P$*E! -rocessor2ase Bae#enter servers.

Discovery

Yo0 can iscover %M# an I:M manage systems4 as we as singe image systems4 0sing IBMSystems Director. Yo0 can -er/orm iscovery 0sing the host name or IP aress o/ a s-eci/ic

%M# or I:M manage en-oint y seecting System Discovery 0ner Inventory in the

navigation area. Yo0 have to re0est access to these en-oints4 which -rovies a0thentication /or

Systems Director to gain access to the system. A/ter yo0 have re0este access4 Systems Director a0tomaticay creates a etaie inventory o/ the %M# or I:M inc0ing the associate manage

-hysica servers 8hosts94 ogica -artitions 8virt0a servers94 -hysica@virt0a is?4 -hysica@virt0a>A" aocations4 an o-erating systems.

$nce iscovere4 manage -hysica servers an associate ogica -artitions 8i/ a--icae9 are

avaiae thro0gh IBM Systems Director. In aition to the management tas?s yo0 can -er/orm

on these reso0rces 0sing Systems Director4 yo0 can access management tas?s thro0gh thecontroing %M# an I:M thro0gh a !a&nc$+in+contet mechanism. These tas?s are containe in

the E7tene Management conte7t men0 /or a manage -hysica servers an ogica -artitions.

Seecting a tas?4 s0ch as #reate >ogica Partition4 in the conte7t men0 /or a server manage yan %M# wi a0nch the tas? in a se-arate rowser winow4 witho0t the re0irement to re2

a0thenticate to the associate %M# or I:M.

F)-'%e :iew o/ the tas?s that are avaiae /rom the E7tene Management men0

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AIX management tasks

Systems Director -rovies the aiity to a0nch an e7ec0te system aministrative tas?s 0sing theIBM Systems Director #onsoe /or AI=. The consoe /or AI= -rovies *e2ase management

access to common systems aministration tas?s on the AI= o-erating system. This new

management inter/ace aows aministrators to manage AI= 6.1 remotey thro0gh a rowser. TheIBM Systems Director #onsoe /or AI= -rovies access to common systems management toos

s0ch as the Systems Management Inter/ace Too 8SMIT9. The consoe is inc0e as -art o/ AI=

6.1Cno other -ro0cts are re0ire to 0se it other than a *e rowser.

IBM i management tasks

IBM Systems Director inc0es IBM i management ca-aiities /or managing IBM i


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Fie Systems >in?s to the most commony 0se Fie Systems tas?s4 integrate /iesystem4 IBM i "etServer4 "etwor? Fie System

Internet #on/ig0rations Internet con/ig0ration tas?s4 %TTP Server4 igita certi/icates4 IBMIPP4 *e2ase he- server4 Internet Set0- wi3ar

Topology map view of physical and virtual resources

In aition to wor?ing with the tae views o/ reso0rces4 IBM Systems Director -rovies agra-hica to-oogy view that is 0se/0 /or vis0ai3ing the consoiate management environment.

F)-'%e 5 To-oogy view o/ a system an its iscovere reso0rces

The to-oogy view shows a gra-hica view o/ iscovere reso0rces an their reationshi-s aninc0es the aiity to ri own on -ro-erties an a0nch tas?s thro0gh a conte7t men0. Yo0 can

switch to a to-oogy view /rom any o/ the gro0-s 0ner "avigate !eso0rces4 /or e7am-e %M#

an Manage Systems. To o so4 seect one o/ the to-oogy -ers-ective views /rom the Actions

ro-2own men0. In aition to viewing an navigating reso0rces4 yo0 can /iter4 search4 e7-ort4an -rint to-oogy ma-s.

H)nts +n& t)/s

*hen managing Power server environments 0sing IBM Systems Director4 it may e 0se/0

to wor? /rom the Power Systems Management s0mmary -age. Yo0 can have this s0mmary

-age inc0e in the ist o/ /irst -ages is-aye when yo0 start Systems Director y aing

it to My Start0- Pages.

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Be/ore yo0 can iscover %M# or I:M manage en-oints4 yo0 have to -er/orm some

con/ig0ration ste-s so yo0 can access an r0n commans on them remotey. The accesscon/ig0ration instr0ctions4 inc0ing how to set the rate at which the %M# coects reso0rce

0tii3ation ata4 are avaiae in #on/ig0ring Power Systems Pat/orm Managers.

IBM Systems Director ienti/ies the %M# harware aong with the 0nerying o-erating

systems so/tware. Both oects may a--ear sim0taneo0sy4 s0ch as in the A systems view4so 0sing the hierarchica views4 s0ch as %M# an manage systems4 wi avoi any

-otentia con/0sion an ens0re that yo0 are viewing the correct %M# oect.

Yo0 sho0 iscover an manage an %M# /rom ony one management server. Managing an

%M# /rom m0ti-e management servers can ca0se -er/ormance -roems 0e to the

amo0nt o/ memory that is re0ire.

The #reate :irt0a Server *i3ar in IBM Systems Director ass0mes that the :irt0a I@$

Server 8:I$S9 is instae as -art o/ an %M# manage environment.

*hen creating a -artition with -hysica I@$4 0se the #reate >ogica Partition tas? that is

avaiae thro0gh the E7tene Management conte7t men0 /or %M# manage systems.

IBM Systems Director -rovies a /aciity to rename manage en-oints to s0--ort

c0stomi3ae naming conventions. To set the naming stye /or -hysica servers so that they

match the names -rovie thro0gh the %M#4 the a0to rename /eat0re can e isae. To o

so4 seect Settings in the main e/t2han navigation area4 then A0to rename. To t0rn o// thea0to renaming o/ servers4 seect Servers4 then set !0n a/ter iscovery to "o.

IBM Systems Director Server coects ogs an 0-ate /ies in @o-t which may cons0me a

arge amo0nt o/ is? s-ace. Ens0re that there is eno0gh s-ace avaiae /or @o-t. *henneee4 0se the / 2m comman to chec? avaiae is? s-ace. For is? storage an reate

harware re0irements see %arware re0irements /or r0nning IBM Systems Director

Server .

In orer to -er/orm -ower on@o// /0nctions /or I:M manage systems4 an aitiona -roce0re is re0ire to gain /0 access to the system. For /0 etais4 see #on/ig0ring

creentias /or the FSP #IM Pro7y.

*hen managing P$*E! -rocessor2ase Bae#enter servers with I:M4 0se the I:M an

Manage Power Systems Servers view /rom the Power Systems Management -age.

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He+*t0 ,on)to%)n-

IBM Systems Director contains a heath s0mmary view an stat0s monitors that trac?in/rastr0ct0re changes. The %eath S0mmary view ets yo0 see4 at a gance4 i/ any o/ yo0r

systems have -roems an what their com-iance stat0s is. It aso -rovies a ashoar to view

monitors /or im-ortant manage systems.

F)-'%e 4 %eath S0mmary view in IBM Systems Director

For Power servers4 IBM Systems Director -rovies monitoring an management o/ stanaone

system environments an virt0ai3e system environments manage y %M# or I:M.


Monitoring virtual servers

The Inventory o-tion in Systems Director -rovies an easy way to view -at/orm managersacross virt0a -at/orms 8inc0ing %M# an I:M94 their manage -hysica servers 8hosts9 an

associate ogica -artitions 8virt0a servers9 with o-erating systems. Yo0 can aso view virt0a

servers an hosts witho0t /itering y -at/orm manager. The Pat/orm Managers an Memersview -rovies etais s0ch as stat0s4 IP aress4 an escri-tions.

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F)-'%e Pat/orm Managers an Memers view in IBM Systems Director

The :irt0a Servers an %osts view aso -rovies etais s0ch as stat0s4 IP aress4 an

escri-tion.

F)-'%e 6 :irt0a Servers an %osts view in IBM Systems Director

Yo0 can aso view #P 0tii3ation /or the host or virt0a server4 as we as the n0mer o/

-rocessors an amo0nt o/ memory that is aocate to yo0r virt0a servers or hosts. Power server0sers sho0 aso a the o-tiona Entite Processing nits co0mn to the :irt0a Servers an

%osts view4 as the -ercentage shown reay a--ies to the entite -rocessing 0nits 8/or e7am-e4

yo0 can e7cee 1G in an 0nca--e -rocessor con/ig0ration.9

I,/o%t+nt note Sste, st+te )n I$M Sste,s D)%e(to% &oes not %e*e(t st+te &)s/*+e& )nHMC o% IVM

IBM Systems Director oes not is-ay the same system state that the %arware Management

#onsoe 8%M#9 or Integrate :irt0ai3ation Manager 8I:M9 is-ays. For e7am-e4 in "avigate

!eso0rces yo0 may notice that the State co0mn /or a virt0a server 8ogica -artition9 is-ays

-tarte% . %owever4 the same virt0a server in the %M# inter/ace is-ays rror . This is a ?nownimitation.

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Yo0 can access the most c0rrent system state in/ormation y 0sing the instr0ctions in the

/oowing tae;

M+n+-e& sste, Inst%'(t)ons o% +((ess)n- &et+)*e& st+te )no%,+t)on

Physica system or virt0a server

8ogica -artition9 manage y%M#

In "avigate !eso0rces4 right2cic? the system an seect

E8ten&e& M+n+-e,ent P%o/e%t)es.

:irt0a or -hysica server manage

y I:M

In "avigate !eso0rces4 right2cic? the system an seect

E8ten&e& M+n+-e,ent P%o/e%t)es.

I/ yo0 are 0nae to access the E7tene Managementmen04 yo0 can 0se the Avance System Management

Inter/ace to view system state in/ormation.

Note I/ the system is a Power Systems Bae#enter,server4 yo0 can 0se the Avance Management Mo0e to

access system state in/ormation.

Aso note that i/ the Access state on "avigate !eso0rces shows /nkno"n or ##!ine4 it is an

inication that comm0nication etween the IBM Systems Director Server an the %M# or I:M

has een ost.

Monitoring Power server operating systems

In aition to the common monitors -rovie with Systems Director4 yo0 can create aitiona

monitor views /or the AI= 8inc0ing :I$S94 IBM i4 an >in07 o-erating systems.

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F)-'%e 7 Monitor :iew in IBM Systems Director

*hen creating these o-erating systems monitors it is im-ortant to seect the agent that -rovies

the esire in/ormation; Director Agent 8recommene9 or #IM agent. For more in/ormation4see #reating a monitor view.

In aition4 IBM i 0sers can monitor message 0e0e events thro0gh Systems Director. For more

in/ormation4 see Monitoring /or IBM i message 0e0e events.

H)nts +n& t)/s

Yo0 may have :irt0a I@$ Server ogica -artitions 8virt0a servers9 that are o//ine an yo0 may

not want to see warnings on these reso0rces. I/ this is the case yo0 have the o-tion to ignorestat0s on these reso0rces in the Proems -age.

F)-'%e : Proems -age in IBM Systems Director

To ignore stat0s /or -artic0ar reso0rces4 seect a reso0rce an cic? I-no%e& St+t's; Then4choose the sco-e o/ reso0rces to ignore. !ro"lems that are ignored are not displayedin the !ro"lems list until you choose to reactivate them#

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I/ yo0 cic? I-no%e 8which is an avaiae o-tion a/ter a reso0rce is seecte94 yo0 see the/oowing;

F)-'%e 9 The Ignore #on/irmation -age ets yo0 seect the sco-e o/ the reso0rces yo0 want to ignore

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A'to,+t)on

Systems Director o//ers a0tomation manager as a ase -0g2in that -er/orms actions ase onsystem events. A0tomation is a ?ey enaer o/ 0siness va0e in IT toay. It em-owers

organi3ations y riving common tas?s an -rocesses with e7ce-tiona s-ee an acc0racy4 th0s

/reeing reso0rces /or more com-e7 tas?s o/ higher 0siness -riority. F0rther4 in a moern

virt0ai3e in/rastr0ct0re4 a0tomation can -ay a -ower/0 roe in ens0ring that yo0 get thehighest 0tii3ation /rom yo0r many assets. A0tomation manager s0--orts a0tomation in the

/oowing ways;

#reating event2a0tomation -ans that are 0se to a0tomate tas?s an other res-onses to

sit0ations /rom virt0a an -hysica reso0rces4 s0ch as reocating a virt0a server ase oncritica harware aerts

#reating an managing event /iters that aow the event a0tomation -ans to target s-eci/ic

events

#reating an managing event actions that ienti/y tas?s or commans to r0n an

noti/ications to sen

Sche0ing o/ one2time or rec0rring tas?s

#reating an managing comman e/initions that aow remote commans to e r0n 0sing

s-eci/ic 0ser IDs on target systems

Sim-i/ie inter/ace to trigger events a0tomaticay4 s0ch as e2mai noti/ication or tas?

e7ec0tion

"ew commans /or managing event a0tomation -ans4 event actions4 event /iters an event

ogs

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U/&+tes

-ate management ca-aiities he- to rive so/tware an /irmware com-iance an cross2system consistency. IBM Systems Director oes this y -roviing noti/ication o/ systems that are

o0t2o/2ate ase on com-iance -oicies. Sim-i/ie tas?s are -rovie to ownoa an insta

0-ates witho0t re-ac?aging or re0iring each ste- in the -rocess to e -er/orme se-aratey. In

IBM Systems Director 6.14 0-ate tas?s are avaiae /or the %M#4 /irmware4 an the AI=4 IBMi4 an >in07 o-erating systems.


To everage IBM Systems Director 0-ate management ca-aiities4 yo0 m0st /irst coect

inventory on yo0r systems 0sing the :iew an #oect Inventory o-tion. Yo0 can aso view

instae 0-ates an so/tware /or a -artic0ar system 0sing this o-tion. A/ter yo0 have coecteinventory4 0se the +etting Starte with -ates wi3ar to seect the systems /or which yo0 want

to get 0-ates H these systems wi aso e monitore /or 0-ates on an ongoing asis.

F)-'%e 1! The +etting Starte with -ates wi3ar

The #hec? /or -ates tas? is aso avaiae as an action on any system seecte /rom the "avigate !eso0rces view. For Power servers it is recommene that yo0 chec? /or 0-ates in the

conte7t o/ a -artic0ar system or systems an that yo0 sche0e the chec? /or 0-ates action to

occ0r on a rec0rring asis to otain new 0-ates.

A/ter chec?ing /or 0-ates yo0 may e noti/ie that a system is o0t o/ ate. The Insta *i3ar is

re0ire to a--y neee 0-ates. Insta *i3ar tas?s may e sche0e to a--y to one or more

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inivi0a systems to meet the gro0- energy ca-.

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