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Overview

This Data Information Page provides information regarding data generated by this product. To the extent that access to and use of this data is governed by Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act) the EU Data Act Terms available at this link apply.

Vital Product Data (VPD)

Description
Hardware Data

The VPD includes machine inventory data that is identified by a part number for all the currently installed components in the machine. The parts are identified by replaceable component, such as chip module and I/O card. The VPD data includes details such as serial numbers, part numbers, firmware versions, manufacturing dates, and vendor-specific identifiers. The different components are identified with the following data:

  • System identification: Manufacturer, model, serial number, BIOS version, firmware version, build date, and release level.
  • Processor: Vendor and model, architecture, core count, threads, and speed.
  • Memory information: Total installed memory and DIMM slot details.
  • Storage information: Serial numbers and firmware version.
  • Peripheral devices: PCIe devices.
Software Data
  • OS identification: OS name and version, kernel version, OS architecture, build number, and patch level.
  • Installed software packages: List of installed applications or packages and version numbers.
Data characteristics
Format of data

The type of data is text and binary. The binary data is viewable from ASMI and HMC. The text data can be viewed directly. Power Systems™ data can also be viewed through Redfish or REST interfaces.

Volume of data

The volume of data varies and depends on the use of the machine. The average volume of data is 3 GB to 8 GB of compressed data.

Data generation

All products generate data in real-time when the product is powered on.

Storage and retention

IBM® generates data that is sent to IBM servers. The data is stored for 180 days.

User access and control
  • Users can view VPD and other OS data by using command line (CL) commands, APIs, GUI, and other mechanisms. For more information, see IBM AIX® documentation.
  • Users who configured HMC can view audit log and monitor data on HMC, but cannot erase it on the system or HMC. For more information, see Viewing serviceable events by using the HMC for Power11, Power10, POWER9, POWER8, POWER7, POWER6, or POWER5.

Configuration and Inventory

Description

Configuration data includes current parts inventory, current firmware levels, current processor configuration, client logical partition configuration.

  • Diagnostic data: Logs, internal power, temperature data, and other monitoring data.
  • System services and daemons: Running and enabled services, startup configuration.
  • User and group information: User and group accounts and their privileges, password policies.
  • Security settings: Firewall status and rules, security configurations.
  • Network configuration: Hostname, DNS, DHCP/static settings, routing tables, active connections, and listening ports.
  • Storage and file systems: Mounted file systems and mount points, Logical Volume Management (LVM).
  • Logs and event data: System logs, crash reports, and audit logs.
Data characteristics
Format of data

The type of data is text and binary. The binary data is viewable from ASMI and HMC. The text data can be viewed directly. Power Systems data can also be viewed through Redfish or REST interfaces.

Volume of data

The volume of data varies and depends on the use of the machine. The average volume of data is 3 GB to 8 GB of compressed data.

Data generation

All products generate data in real-time when the product is powered on.

Storage and retention

IBM generates data that is sent to IBM servers. The data is stored for 180 days.

User access and control
  • Users can view configuration and inventory, and other OS data by using CL commands, APIs, GUI, and other mechanisms. For more information, see IBM AIX documentation.
  • Users who configured HMC can view audit log and monitor data on HMC, but cannot erase it on the system or HMC. For more information, see Viewing serviceable events by using the HMC for Power11, Power10, POWER9, POWER8, POWER7, POWER6, or POWER5.

System Monitoring

Description
  • General hardware monitoring data: Power®, temperature data on the machine environment, and internal temperature data on various machine components down to the CPU chip module level.
  • OS monitoring data includes:
    • System performance metrics: CPU, memory, disk IO, file system.
    • Network monitoring: Interface status and packets that are sent or received.
    • Process and application monitoring: Process start, stop, or restart events, application-specific logs (For example, web server, DB server), service uptime or downtime, high CPU and memory consuming processes, and hung processes.
    • System health and status: System uptime, boot time and reboot history, service and daemon status.
Data characteristics
Format of data

The type of data is text and binary. The binary data is viewable from ASMI and HMC. The text data can be viewed directly. Power Systems data can also be viewed through Redfish or REST interfaces.

Volume of data

The volume of data varies and depends on the use of the machine. The average volume of data is 3 GB to 8 GB of compressed data.

Data generation

All products generate data in real-time when the product is powered on.

Storage and retention

IBM generates data that is sent to IBM servers. The data is stored for 180 days.

User access and control
  • Users can view system monitoring and other OS data by using CL commands, APIs, GUI, and other mechanisms. For more information, see IBM AIX documentation.
  • Users who configured HMC can view audit log and monitor data on HMC, but cannot erase it on the system or HMC. For more information, see Viewing serviceable events by using the HMC for Power11, Power10, POWER9, POWER8, POWER7, POWER6, or POWER5.

Audit Logging

Description

Security audit involves recording events that provide visibility into user actions, system changes, and security-related activities. Each product contains System Information to provide context for logs that includes hostname, IP addresses, operating system name and version, kernel version, system architecture, system uptime, and firmware version.

  • PowerVM® security audit log: Detailed information that shows security events that are detected by PowerVM.
  • Security audit log: Detailed information that shows security events that are detected by the BMC.
  • Audit logging files from AIX: These files include the following data:
    • User actions and authentication events: Successful and failed logins or logouts, remote access (SSH, GUI), session start and end times, use of sudo, su, or privilege elevation, and user creation, deletion, or modification.
    • System changes and configuration: File system modifications, service or daemon start, stop, or restart, system configuration changes (For example, network, hostname, firewall), package or software installation, updates, and removal, and kernel or driver updates.
    • File and resource access: File open, read, write, delete operations, permission changes, mount or unmount operations, access to removable media (USB, DVD).
    • Security events: Authentication failures, authorization denials, firewall rule changes, privilege escalations, or unauthorized access.
    • Network events: Inbound and outbound connections, listening services and open ports, network interface changes, VPN connections (as applicable).
    • Process and command execution: Command execution, background process creation and termination, execution of scripts or binary files, and scheduled jobs.
    • System events and health: System boot and shutdown, system and kernel messages, hardware errors (For example, disk failure, memory errors), log rotation and archival, time synchronization changes.
Data characteristics
Format of data

The type of data is text and binary. The binary data is viewable from ASMI and HMC. The text data can be viewed directly. Power Systems data can also be viewed through Redfish or REST interfaces.

Volume of data

The volume of data varies and depends on the use of the machine. The average volume of data is 3 GB to 8 GB of compressed data.

Data generation

All products generate data in real-time when the product is powered on.

Storage and retention

IBM generates data that is sent to IBM servers. The data is stored for 180 days.

User access and control
  • Users can view audit logging and other OS data by using CL commands, APIs, GUI, and other mechanisms. For more information, see IBM AIX documentation.
  • Users who configured HMC can view audit log and monitor data on HMC, but cannot erase it on the system or HMC. For more information, see Viewing serviceable events by using the HMC for Power11, Power10, POWER9, POWER8, POWER7, POWER6, or POWER5.