Selecting, configuring, and using monitoring tools
Use the Operations Center to obtain an overview of system status and to drill down to more detailed information. In some cases, you might want to use advanced tools to collect specific monitoring information.
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Tool type | Use cases | More information |
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Operations Center |
Tip: If you install IBM Spectrum Protect client management services on a backup-archive client, you can use the Operations Center to obtain troubleshooting information for the backup-archive client. The client management service can be installed only on Linux or Windows operating
systems.
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Installing and upgrading the Operations Center |
Servermon component | By using the statistics that are collected by the servermon component, an experienced system
administrator can troubleshoot issues in a storage environment. The administrator can also use the
data to predict bottlenecks in resource use, identify measures to improve performance, and provide
historical context for server operations. If the administrator cannot resolve a detected issue, the administrator can share the collected data with IBM Software Support to facilitate issue resolution. The servermon component is automatically installed and enabled when the IBM Spectrum Protect server is installed. |
To share data that is collected by the servermon component with IBM® Software Support, complete the following steps:
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Message context reporting | To get additional information when ANR9999D messages are displayed, use the message context
reporting feature. By using this feature, you can view additional information about messages, such
as the process name, thread name, session ID, transaction data, locks that are held, and database
tables that are in use. Message context reporting is enabled by default when you create a server
instance. However, the feature might not be enabled on servers that were upgraded from earlier
levels. To ensure that message context reporting is enabled, issue the following administrative
command:
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SET CONTEXTMESSAGING (Set message context reporting on or off) |
IBM Spectrum Protect administrative commands | Review detailed information. Use the method that is appropriate for your solution:
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Event logging | Log server messages and most client messages as events to one or more repositories called receivers. |
For instructions about using event logging to monitor a solution, see Logging events to receivers (V7.1.1). For instructions about logging events to a Linux system log, see Logging events to the Linux system log (V7.1.4).
Restriction: In IBM
Spectrum Protect V8.1 and later, the
simple network management protocol (SNMP) is no longer available.
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SQL queries | Create and format customized queries of the server database. For example, you can query the SQL activity summary table to view statistics about client operations and server processes. To display all information in the summary table, issue the following command from the administrative client:
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Using SELECT commands (V7.1.1) |
Operating system tools | Monitor and test system performance. | |
Device-monitoring tools | Monitor devices for availability, capacity, and performance. For example, use IBM Spectrum Control or tools that are included in device hardware packages. |
To monitor overall device status by using IBM Spectrum Control, follow the instructions in Monitoring the status and condition of resources. To monitor performance by using IBM Spectrum Control, follow the instructions in Monitoring the performance of resources. |
IBM Tivoli® Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager | Monitor IBM
Spectrum Protect servers and produce
historical reports about server and client activities. The Operations Center is the preferred tool for monitoring. However, Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager is useful for generating historical reports that are based on IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence technology. Restriction: Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager is not
delivered in IBM
Spectrum Protect Version 8 product releases.
In limited lab testing, Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager V7 was used to
monitor an IBM
Spectrum Protect V8 server and to generate
reports.
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Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager |