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Foglight for Infrastructure 5.9.5 - 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
Foglight for Infrastructure views Foglight Log Monitor views Rules Metrics
Appendix: Building regular expressions in Foglight

Agents

The Agents view shows all the infrastructure agents monitored in the Infrastructure environment. The Agents table refreshes when a different agent type is selected from the Selected Agent Type drop-down list.

The Agents table includes the following columns:

The Administration view’s toolbar includes the following buttons:

Edit Agent Type Defaults: allows you to edit the default agent type properties.
Edit Shared Agent Properties: allows you to edit the shared agent type properties.
Edit Agent: allows you to edit the agent properties for the selected agent or agents.
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Click Edit Agent Type Defaults.
Clicking the View button on the right side of a default property opens the Agent Property List dialog box, which lists the property rows. From here, you can click:
Edit: allows you to edit the currently selected property list, by adding and removing rows.
Copy: allows you to edit the displayed properties and save the copy as a new shared property list. When saved, the copy becomes the selected item in the drop-down list.
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Click Save to save the changes made to the default properties.
1
Click Edit Shared Agent Properties.
Clicking the View button on the right side of a shared property opens the Agent Property List dialog box, which lists the property rows. From here, you can click:
Edit: allows you to edit the currently selected property list, by adding and removing rows.
Copy: allows you to edit the displayed properties and save the copy as a new property list. When saved, the copy becomes the selected item in the drop-down list.
Clicking the Delete button on the right side of a shared property deletes the property list currently selected in the drop-down. Default property lists cannot be deleted from the system.
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Click Save to save the changes made to the shared properties.
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Click Edit Agent.
2
Click Edit Agent.
Clicking the View button on the right side of a property opens a pop-up which lists the property rows.
5
Click Save to save the changes made to the agent properties.

Rule Configuration

The Rule Configuration view of the Infrastructure Environment dashboard contains links to rules and alarms tasks that you can use to manage Infrastructure rules and alarms.

The Rule Configuration view consists of the following:

By default, the following columns are displayed in the Rules view:

Enabled: Indicates if the rule is enabled or disabled . You can sort the list of rules by state, by clicking the Enabled column.
Rule: Contains the rule name. Click the rule name to start the workflow for viewing and editing rule details.
Alarms: Contains the number of alarms (multiple-severity rules only) generated by the rule. Clicking that column shows a list of alarms indicating for each alarm its severity, when the alarm was generated, and the alarm message.
Applies to: Shows the object name that is applied to this custom rule.
Description: Contains the rule description.

The Rule Configuration dashboard shows a list of existing rules and a set of rule management commands at the top of the list. Use the Enable Rule and Disable Rule buttons to activate or deactivate one or multiple rules at once.

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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Infrastructure.
The Infrastructure dashboard opens.
4
Click Administration > Rule Configuration.
The Rule Configuration dashboard opens.
5
On the Rules list, select one or more check boxes in the left-most column, and then click Enable Rule.
The Enable Rules dialog box opens.
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In the Enable Rules dialog box, click Yes.
The Rules list refreshes with the rules’ status updated automatically.
3
On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Infrastructure.
The Infrastructure dashboard opens.
4
Click Administration > Rule Configuration.
The Rule Configuration dashboard opens.
5
On the Rules list, select one or more check boxes in the left-most column, and then click Disable Rule.
The Disable Rules dialog box opens.
6
In the Disable Rules dialog box, click Yes.
The Rules list refreshes with the rules’ status updated automatically.

The Rule Configuration dashboard shows a list of existing rules and a set of rule management commands at the top of the list. Use the Add Custom Rule button to create a new rule as needed.

3
On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Infrastructure.
The Infrastructure dashboard opens.
4
Click Administration > Rule Configuration.
The Rule Configuration dashboard opens.
5
Click Add Custom Rule on the Rules table.
The Create Custom Rule dialog box opens.
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In the Create Custom Rule dialog box, specify the following:
b
Select an Object Type, and then select a metric from the Metric drop-down list. The value of Metric varies from the Object Type.
c
Select either Threshold or % Change, and then specify the following values as needed.
Threshold: Specify Condition, Time Period, Severity, and then specify whether or not fire actions if the specified data attempts are reached. The value of Condition cannot be negative.
% Change: Specify Condition, Time Period, and Severity Label. The value of Condition cannot be negative.
c
(Optional) Notifications: Click Add New, then the Edit Notification Config - Dialog box appears. In this dialog box, type the E-mail Address and Description as needed, and then click Add.
7
Click Save.
The Rules table refreshes automatically to show the newly added rule.

The Rule Configuration dashboard shows a list of existing rules and a set of rule management commands at the top of the list. Use the Remove Custom Rule button to delete existing custom rule(s) as needed.

3
On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Infrastructure.
The Infrastructure dashboard opens.
4
Click Administration > Rule Configuration.
The Rule Configuration dashboard opens.
5
Click Remove Custom Rule on the Rules table.
The Remove dialog box opens.
6
Click Yes.
The Rules table refreshes automatically and removes the selected rule.

Using Foglight for Infrastructure agents

Foglight for Infrastructure uses agents to collect information about the monitored hosts. Agents communicate with the Foglight Management Server using the Foglight Agent Manager.

For more information, see these topics:

Using the PowerVM HMC agent

Foglight™ for PowerVM allows you to monitor IBM® PowerVM® environments. Foglight alerts you about infrastructure problems as soon as they develop, enabling you to resolve issues pro actively before end users are affected. Early intervention ensures consistent application performance at established service levels. Foglight for PowerVM monitors the health of your virtual system by tracking the levels of resource utilization such as CPU, network, and memory consumption of individual objects in your integrated environment.

To monitor a collection of PowerVM® servers, you need a running instance of the PowerVM HMC Agent. This agent is provided with Foglight for PowerVM.

For detailed information about monitoring a PowerVM infrastructure, see Monitoring IBM PowerVM environments.

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