Adding a host to the topas external subnet search file (Rsi.hosts)

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The PTX clients and topas –C|topasrec –C command are limited in that the Remote Statistics Interface (Rsi) API used to identify remote hosts.

Whenever a client is started, it broadcasts a query on the xmquery port which is a registered service of the inetd daemon. Remote hosts see this query and the inetd.conf file is configured to start the xmservd or xmtopas daemons and reply to the querying client. The existing architecture limits the xmquery call to within hosts residing on the same subnet as the system making the query.

To get around this problem, PTX has always supported user-customized host lists that reside outside the subnet. The RSi reads this host list (RSi.hosts file), and directly polls any hostname or IP listed. You can customize RSi.hosts file. By default, the RSi searches the following locations in order of precedence:
  1. $HOME/Rsi.hosts
  2. /etc/perf/Rsi.hosts
  3. /usr/lpp/perfmgr/Rsi.hosts
This files format lists one host per entry line, either by Internet Address format or fully-qualified hostname, as in the following example: 
ptoolsl1.austin.ibm.com
9.3.41.206
...

Select the Add Host to topas external subnet search file (Rsi.hosts) option to add hosts to the Rsi.hosts file. Select the List hosts in topas external subnet search file (Rsi.hosts) option to see the list of options in the Rsi.hosts file.