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Foglight for Infrastructure 5.9.2 - User Guide

Using Foglight for Infrastructure Monitoring log files with Foglight Log Monitor Monitoring IBM PowerVM environments
Before you begin Managing PowerVM HMC agents Monitoring your PowerVM environment
Advanced system configuration and troubleshooting Reference
Advanced System Configuration Foglight for Infrastructure views Foglight Log Monitor views Rules Metrics
Appendix: Building regular expressions in Foglight

Configuring PowerVM HMC agent credentials

A valid user account is required to monitor an HMC. When you configure an HMC account (as described in Configuring HMC user accounts), you must ensure the HMC account information is provided to a Foglight credential:

You can create a credential using the Manage Credentials dashboard. To access this dashboard, on the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Credentials. On the Credentials page that appears, click Manage Credentials. To create a credential using this dashboard, click Add.

Figure 1. Creating a credential

The credential must include the following information in order enable your PowerVM HMC Agent to access the monitored HMC environment:

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Type: User Name and Password.
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User Name: The name of the HMC user account.
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Password: The password associated with the HMC account.
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Usage: Infrastructure Monitoring for PowerVM.
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Target Host Name or Target Host Name: A mapping to the name or IP address of the host on which HMC is running.

After creating the credential, you must ensure that the lockbox in which the credential is created is released to the Foglight Agent Manager associated with the PowerVM HMC Agent instance that you are about to create (see Creating PowerVM HMC agents). You can release a credential to a desired Agent Manager using the Manage Lockboxes dashboard. To access this dashboard, on the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Credentials. On the Credentials page, click Manage Lockboxes.

Figure 2. Releasing a lockbox to an Agent Manager

For complete information about managing Foglight credentials and lockboxes, see the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.

Creating PowerVM HMC agents

When you install Foglight for Infrastructure, you can create PowerVM HMC Agents to collect performance information about your PowerVM environment. PowerVM HMC Agents collect performance information about your PowerVM environment. Each PowerVM HMC Agent monitors an HMC instance. You can create one or more PowerVM HMC Agent instances, as required.

Before you create a PowerVM HMC Agent instance, you must ensure that Foglight for Infrastructure is installed on the Management Server, and that the Host Agents package containing the PowerVM HMC Agent is deployed to the desired Agent Manager. For more information about installing Foglight for Infrastructure on the Management Server and deploying the Host Agents package, see your Foglight for Infrastructure documentation. For general instructions on how to install a cartridge or deploy an agent package, see the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.

Create PowerVM HMC Agent instance by running the Create Agent wizard. This wizard is accessible from the Agent Status dashboard. To access this dashboard, on the navigation panel, under Dashboards, choose Administration > Agents > Agent Status. For complete information about the Agent Status dashboard and the Create Agent wizard, see the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.

Figure 3. Accessing the Create Agent wizard from the Agent Status dashboard

Reviewing and editing PowerVM HMC agent properties

PowerVM HMC Agents collect data from your monitored PowerVM® infrastructure and send it to the Management Server. They keep track of resource utilization metrics and alerts you when applicable pre-defined thresholds are reached.

When an agent connects to Foglight™, it is provided with sets of properties that it uses to configure its correct running state. Each agent is provided with a combination of two types of properties: agent properties and shareable properties. Default versions of these properties are installed with Foglight for PowerVM. You can review and edit PowerVM HMC Agent properties using the Agent Status dashboard.

To view and edit PowerVM HMC Agent properties:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, choose Administration > Agents > Agent Status.
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On the Agent Status dashboard, select a PowerVM HMC Agent instance whose properties you want to review or edit.
 
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TIP: Your monitoring environment typically includes a number of monitoring agent instances, such as PowerVM HMC Agents, along with agents of different types. To locate a PowerVM HMC Agent, look for PowerVMHMCAgent in the Type column.
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Click Edit, and from the menu that appears, choose Edit Properties.
The Edit Properties dashboard appears in the display area.
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Click Modify the private properties for this agent.
The PowerVM HMC Agent properties appear enabled in the display area.
Figure 4. PowerVM HMC Agent properties

Configuring HMC Settings

The HMC Settings specify general settings the agent needs to connect to the monitored environment.

Figure 5. HMC Settings

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Primary HMC: The host name or IP address of the primary HMC the PowerVM Agent connects to for collecting data.
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Secondary HMC: The host name or IP address of the secondary HMC the PowerVM Agent connects to for collecting data when the primary HMC is not connectable
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Collect All Virtual I/O Servers: Indicates if the agent collects information about all monitored PowerVM virtual I/O servers (True), or only about those listed under Specified Virtual I/O Servers (False).
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Only collect the specified Virtual I/O Servers: Indicates if the agent only collects information about PowerVM virtual I/O servers listed under Specified Virtual I/O Servers (True), or about all monitored PowerVM virtual I/O servers (False). If set to True, it overrides the Collect All Virtual I/O Servers property.
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Specified Virtual I/O Servers: A list indicating which PowerVM virtual I/O servers to monitor. The settings in this list take place when Only collect the specified Virtual I/O Servers is set to True.
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Virtual I/O Server Partition Name: The name of the PowerVM virtual I/O server partition.
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Enable: Indicates whether to monitor the listed PowerVM VIOS. If selected, the PowerVM VIOS is monitored. If not selected, the PowerVM VIOS is not monitored.
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Collect Virtual IO Server in Multiple Threads Mode: Indicates if the data collection runs with a single thread (False), or multiple threads (True). Running a multi-thread data collection allows the data collection process to run faster, but can cause a higher load on the PowerVM Virtual I/O Server. Since a VIOS has a role of an I/O bus in your monitored system, selecting this option is configurable, allowing you to select a desired type of collection, without compromising your overall system performance.
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