IBM PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR POWER SYSTEMS Getting Started Manual

Summary of PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR POWER SYSTEMS

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    © 2010 ibm corporation performance management performance management for power systems: for power systems: getting started guide getting started guide http://www.Ibm.Com/systems/power/support/perfmgmt/.

  • Page 2: Summary (No Charge) Support

    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 2 pm for power systems levels of support summary (no charge) support this level of support is available for systems under warranty or a maintenance agreement. Users with summary support have access to monthly statistics for the server or lpar via...

  • Page 3: Systems Web Application.

    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 3 registering for an ibm id an ibm id is required in order to securely access the pm for power systems web application. To register for an ibm id, please visit www.Ibm.Com and click on the “register” link at the top of the page or visit https://w...

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 4 login page and url https://pmeserver.Rochester.Ibm.Com/ important information regarding updates or changes to pm for power systems can be found in the hot topics section, on the right side of the pm login page..

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 5 welcome page.

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 6 creating a group one of the features of pm for power systems is the ability to create groups of servers. A group is a collection of servers/lpars based on the user’s business requirements. For example, a user might have several groups that are ...

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 7 authorize additional users the creator of a group, or “group owner”, can also grant authorization to other users. These “authorized users” are allowed to view the group, but not make any changes..

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 8 adding servers to a group once a group is created, servers may be added to it. To add a server, use the information provided in the registration letter which was sent after the server or lpar’s first pm data transmission. If the registration ke...

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 9 confirmation of server addition if there are additional servers or lpars to add, click on add another server to this group. Otherwise, click finish to return to the server information page..

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 10 server information page the server information page displays monthly statistics for the first and second shift for each server in the group. Action buttons, which provide access to additional functions, are located to the left of each server o...

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 11 action buttons interactive graphing – detailed performance reports and graphs at the monthly, daily, and hourly levels, with customizable date ranges. Servers with the summary option will only have access to the interactive management summary ...

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    Ibm global technology services © 2010 ibm corporation 12 explanation of status indicators yellow triangle- indicates a resource is marginal or a tuning metric is marginal. Marginal means that periodic degradation is occurring due to the condition. red box with white x - indicates a resource is cri...