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IBM Power Systems

IBM Systems Director and PowerToronto Users Group--March 2012

Scott Urness [email protected]


IBM Systems Director and Power

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AgendaSystems management environment

IBM Systems Director Overview

IBM Systems Director Power Editions

Systems Director VMControl

Systems Director Active Energy Manager

‘Core’ IBM Systems Director Functions– IBM i Functions by agent levels– Power Systems summary page– CPU monitoring– Update Manager– More ‘base’ capabilities



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IT Organization Challenges

Thousands of “points of management”Capital and operational expenses

– Space and power constraints– Developing diverse administration skills

Legacy infrastructures – Fragile and difficult to change– Many specialized skills and tools required– Silos: OS, hardware, technologies, facilities …

Little time for planning, optimization and improvementsPressures from criticality of IT to the business

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IBM Systems Management Spectrum

Automate configuration and placement for new workloadsManage end-to-end workload availabilityUnderstand capacityAnalyze and report historical performance

Visualize physical and virtual resources and relationshipsMonitor system healthEstablish threshold and error alertsUpdate OS, software and firmware

Automate incident handlingSimplify deployment with virtual imagesUnderstand and control energy use within existing capacity Manage networks and storage systems

Manage workloads based on service level goalsManage business service delivery

Increase agility and efficiency

Optimize resource utilization

Deploy workloads in clouds

Reduce costs

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IBM Systems DirectorAn integrated platform and virtualization management for next generation IT Manager

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Provides a single unified and simple

point of control from x86 to mainframe, including storage

and network

Simplifies management of

physical and virtual resources

across heterogeneous environments

Enables faster and more flexible IT

service and deployment of new

applications & workloads

Eliminates layers of management platforms and

tools across the broadest portfolio

of hypervisors

Reduction in IT systems management admin costs

Save on infrastructure costs with optimization of server, storage, networks utilization

Reduces data center energy costs

IBM® Systems Director can

reduce the costs of IT service

delivery while improving

service levels and simplifying

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Managed virtual and physical environments

Resource Management

Base Systems Director Managers

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Systems Director & Systems Management

System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)

Systems Director Management Console (SDMC)

Systems Director Editions

Integration into other management applications

IBM Systems Director Navigator for IBM i



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IBM Systems Director Editions for Power, V6.3

IBM Systems Director Express Edition– IBM Systems Director V6.3 – IBM Systems Director VMControl Express Edition for Power, V2.4– IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager V6.3– IBM Systems Director Active Energy Monitoring™ V4.4

IBM Systems Director Standard Edition– All of Express Edition plus..– IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ V4.4– IBM Systems Director VMControl Standard Edition for Power, V2.4 – IBM Systems Director Network Control V1.3 (with licensing restriction)

IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition– All of Standard Edition plus…– IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition Installation Launchpad V6.3– IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition for Power, V2.4– IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2.3 Including System p and OS Agents– IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management 6.3.2– IBM Tivoli Application Discovery and Dependency Manager (TADDM) 7.2.1– IBM Tivoli Performance Analyzer 6.2.3– IBM Tivoli Common Reporting for Asset and Performance Management 2.1.1– DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 FP4



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Stages of virtual resource management

MANAGE MANAGE Discover resourcesDiscover resourcesMonitor healthMonitor healthManage virtual serversManage virtual servers

SIMPLIFYSIMPLIFYManage virtual server imagesManage virtual server imagesSimplify image deploymentSimplify image deploymentAutomate resource provisioningAutomate resource provisioning

OPTIMIZEOPTIMIZECreate system poolsCreate system poolsAutomate workload provisioningAutomate workload provisioningDynamically move workloadsDynamically move workloads

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VMControl Express Edition VMControl Express Edition for lifecycle managementfor lifecycle management

VMControl Enterprise Edition VMControl Enterprise Edition for cloud computingfor cloud computing

VMControl Standard Edition VMControl Standard Edition for rapid deploymentfor rapid deployment



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On Power, advanced manager supportIBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

Monitor and manage EnergyScale™ capabilities in certain POWER 6 and all POWER7 servers

– Power Trending– Thermal Trending– Effective CPU Trending– Power Savings– Power Capping

Monitor and manage other resources using an intelligent Power Distribution Unit (PDU+)

– Pre-POWER6 systems– Power 560 and Power 570 systems– I/O drawers and storage devices

Define relationships between IT and facilities equipmentExploit System Director automation for energy events



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IBM Systems Director

Consolidation of Platform Management Tools– Single consistent cross-platform management tool – Simplified tasks via Web based interface– Manage many systems from one console

Integrated Physical and Virtual Management – Discovery and inventory of physical and virtual resources– Configuration and provisioning of platform resources– Status, health and monitoring of platform resources– Visualization of server resource topologies– Move virtual servers between systems without

disruption to running workloadsPlatform Update Management

– Simplified consistent cross-platform tools to acquire,distribute and install firmware and OS updates



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But what can Systems Director do for i and Power?

Director emphasizes heterogeneous environment– Support for multiple OS and virtualization technologies

Does not need to be used with multiple OSes to provide valueDirector and IBM i can be used, without installing any Director software on IBM i

– Some functions will require Director agent software, but can start using without changing IBM i and let the business decisions guide the ‘right’ choice

Director supports IBM i as 3 types of agents.– Agentless (STRTCPSVR *SSHD)– Platform Agent (STRTCPSVR *SSHD, *SLP, *CIMOM)– Director Agent

• Common Agent (STRTCPSVR SERVER(*HTTP) HTTPSVR(CAS) and Platform agent started)

Linux endpoints are supported as Agentless, Platform and Director AgentsDirector supports AIX as Agentless and Director Agents



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On i, functions by agent type

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On Power

I want a Power systems summary page to view my IBM Power systems.

Function: basic server function

Supported with IBM i agent levels:– Agentless– Platform – CAS 6.x



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Power Systems Management



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Health Summary



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On Power

I want to monitor dedicated CPU use, for high and low values and have ‘something’ (email, page, text msg, etc) happen as a response.

Function: Common Information Model-CIM monitoring, Automation

Supported with IBM i and Linux agent levels:– Platform – CAS 6.x

AIX CAS 6.x agents



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Monitor view



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CPU event



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Available actions



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On i,

I want to know when IBM has released a new ‘hiper’ group PTF or AIX tech level that is applicable to my systems.

Functions: Update Manager for IBM i or AIX, compliance, inventory


Supported by AIX CAS 6.x agent levels, requires NIM server



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Compliance-Update Manager View



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Compliance event



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On i, next Update Manager steps

Customer statement was to do compliance, that is just first part of what could be done.Stopping at compliance may be perfect to fit in with existing IBM i PTF processes being used.If looking to create or update methods to install IBM i group PTFs, then …..Systems Director could be configured to:

– Pull required updates (PTFs) from IBM to the Director server.– Distribute the required PTFs from the Director server to the IBM i system(s)– Load and apply the PTFs on the i endpoints.– Allow a user created task to be called to IPL IBM i.

– All the functions support scheduling so they can be part of existing service windows or optimal times to increase network traffic.



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On PowerI want to monitor processes/jobs and take action

I want to add and track ‘asset id’ information

I want to know and take action when specific messages are in message queues or QHST

I want a graphical view to show basic, network, storage, updates….etc, relationships of my IBM Power systems.

I want to view and work with my Power systems as I statically group them, maybe by location, applications used, timezone……

I want my Power systems to be in dynamic groups. If I update a 5.4 system to i 7.1, it now shows up in the i 7.1 system group.

I want 1 page that shows issues and monitor graphs (cpu, # jobs, etc)



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For Power,

Systems Director provides many functionsNo need to use all of what Director provides

– Can start with a single function or OS and expand as it makes sense for the business– Can use Director without adding Director agent software to IBM i

Lab Services has Systems Director offerings – With Director there is lots of choice. When using Lab Services, have them help

determine what fits best for your situation

Systems Director is extendable. Advanced Managers like VMControl and Active Energy Manager provide additional value



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ReferencesIBM Systems Director Site

– http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/

IBM Director Documentation (education, tutorials, articles)– http://www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/resources.html

IBM Systems Director Download Site– http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads/

TechTip—IBM i CIM PTFs– http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/e7f5cfd3de1f0f82862579650051e0e4?OpenDocument

Active Energy Manager 4.4– http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.aem.helps.doc/frb0_main.html

Blogs– i CAN by Dawn May http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/– You and i by Steve Will http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/you_and_i/



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Power your planet.Smarter systems for a Smarter Planet.



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Revised September 26, 2006

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On Power

I want to track all the serial numbers, and software—LPPs, PTFs/tech levels on my systems

Function: Inventory




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Inventory



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Inventory Export



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HTML inventory



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On i,

I want to know if there is a battery cache warning and if there is, run a task on the system that reported the warning.

Function: IBM i message queue monitoring, Automation

Supported with IBM i agent levels:– Platform – CAS 6.x



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Dynamic group based on inventory



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Systems in failed battery group



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Monitor message queues



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Start a task action



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Advanced Managers in Systems Director Editions

Manages the power use and temperature of your IT environment. Controls the energy use of IBM servers and monitors other datacenter equipment. Monitoring information is available for no charge. Additional management functions, such as setting power capping and power saving modes, are available for a feehttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/software/director/aem/index.html

IBM® Systems Director Active Energy Manager™

Monitors, tracks, and captures system hardware errors and service information and reports them directly to IBM support.http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/software/director/ssm/index.html

IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager (IBM Electronic Service Agent™)

DescriptionName

Extends the capabilities of the Network Management component of IBM Systems Director by adding launch of vendor-based device management tools and topology views of network connectivityhttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/software/director/network/index.html

IBM® Systems Director Network Control

IBM Systems Director VMControl downloads include Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions. Use VMControl Express Edition for virtual server lifecycle management. Use VMControl Standard Edition to capture, import, and deploy virtual appliances and manage workloads. Use VMControl Enterprise Edition to consolidate your resources into system pools. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/software/director/vmcontrol/index.html

IBM Systems Director VMControl



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Tivoli products in Systems Director Editions

Discovery of the Power Systems physical and virtual environment and their dependencies. Tracks how applications, computer systems, and network devices are configured and changing over time.

Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM)

Reporting and Optimization has three major components that are consolidated within the Tivoli Integrated Portal: energy, CPU utilization, and recommendation reports; energy usage metrics charting portlets; and report parameter configuration portlets.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy ManagementReporting and Optimization

Provides a consistent approach to viewing and administering reportsIBM Tivoli Common Reporting for Asset and Performance Management

DescriptionName

This feature extends IBM Tivoli Monitoring data to predictive trending to manage performance over time. It provides the ability to forecast resource trends to focus monitoring on emerging problems and leverage the long-term historical and real-time data in Tivoli Data Warehouse

Tivoli Performance Analyzer for AIX

Provides performance and availability monitoring and alerts for the Power Systems environment to include monitoring of these key Power Systems AIX components: VIOS, CEC, and AIX Premium Agent to provide statistics for each LPAR-CPU, memory utilization, disk, and new utilization and process data. This agent also provides usage statistics for WPARs as well. In addition, the HMC agent provides health and availability of the HMC.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring



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IBM® Systems Director topology

Thousands of managed nodesUpward Integration modules supporting

– Tivoli, Computer Associates, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft

IBM Systems Director AgentManaged Systems

(Servers, Desktops, Laptops, SNMP devices, CIM devices)

Management Console(s)

Web Interface

IBM System Director ServerApplication Logic

Database



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What’s new for IBM i in Director 6.3

Message queue monitoring with built-in CIM agent– Monitoring, without any agent to install. Simpler setup– Improved performance

• Message filtering done on IBM i, not Director!

New IBM i specific metric category available– 34 new metrics for common monitoring scenarios– Greatly simplified CIM metrics monitoring!



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What’s new in Director VMControl 2.4 IBM i image provisioning!

– Automated provisioning of standardized virtual images

– Dramatically improved deployments• Minutes to deploy an IBM i partition

– Reduced deployment errors

VMControl Standard Edition capabilities for IBM i

– Improved manageability of multiple virtual resources through one management entity

– Resilient monitoring and actions for improved dependability

Combines management functions into a single virtualization management tool across platforms

Capture and Deploy IBM i

partitions!



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Energy Monitoring and Control Features

YesYes YesYesYesAny POWER7

YesYesPower 575* (water)

Yes(PDU+ only)Power 570

YesYesPower 595*

YesPower 575* (air)

YesYesYesYesYesBladeCenter JS12

YesYesYesYesYesPower 520 and 550

(PDU+ only)Any POWER5-based

Power capping

Optimize for Power

savings

Dynamic Power Saver

Static Power SaverMonitoringFeature

Model

Active Energy Manager 4.4.x supported features



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Active Energy Manager Trend Data

Energy trends in upper chart– Data are averages over intervals– Input & output power– Maximums, averages & minimums– Power caps– Energy events at points in timeTemperature data in lower chart– Data are point-in-time values– Plotted against left axisEffective CPU speed in lower chart– Data are averages over intervals– Plotted against left axis– May exceed 100%



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IBM Systems Director OverviewConsistent user experience with common tasks

Discover, navigate and illustrate systems on the network, visualize detailed inventory and relationships Identify problematic systems and drill down to the root causeUpdate firmware, drivers, and operating systems, and orchestrate the installation processUpdate plug-ins to add new functions to the base capabilitiesMonitor systems in real time and set critical thresholds to notify administrators of emerging problemsConfigure settings of a target system and create a configuration plan to deploy these settings to similar systemsReduce virtualization complexityManage energy

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