Configuring the HMC Base agent

The HMC Base agent provides you with the capability to monitor the Hardware Management Console (HMC). The agent monitors the availability and health of the HMC resources: CPU, memory, storage, and network. The agent also reports on the HMC inventory and configuration of Power® servers, CPU pools, and LPARs. The CPU utilization of the Power servers, LPARs, and pools are monitored by using HMC performance sample data.

• To configure the agent by editing the silent response file and running the script with no interaction, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the hmc_base_silent_config.txt file in a text editor:
     • install_dir/samples/hmc_base_silent_config.txt.
  2. For HMC Hostname, you can specify the IP address or host name.
  3. For HMC Username, you must enter the logon user name for the HMC, for example, HMC_USERNAME= hscroot.
     Note: The logon user name that you assign to the HMC requires hscviewer authority at a minimum.
  4. For HMC Password, you must enter the password of the user.
  5. For Maximum Number of Data Provider Log Files:, you must specify the maximum number of data provider log files that are created. For example, KPH_LOG_FILE_MAX_COUNT=10.
  6. For Maximum Size in KB of Each Data Provider Log, you must enter the maximum size in KB that a data provider log file might reach before a new log file is created, for example, KPH_LOG_FILE_MAX_SIZE= 5190.
  7. For Level of Detail in Data Provider Log, you must enter the amount of detail that the data provider includes in the data provider log files, for example, KPH_LOG_LEVEL=Fine. You must specify one of the following values:
     • 1= Off
     • 2=Severe
     • 3=Warning
     • 4=Info
     • 5=Fine
     • 6=Finer
     • 7=Finest
     • 8=All
     Important: The default value is 4.
  8. Save and close the hmc_base_silent_config.txt file, then enter: ./hmc_base-agent.sh config instance_name install_dir/samples/hmc_base_silent_config.txt where instance_name is the name you want to give the instance and install_dir is the HMC Base agent installation directory. The default installation directory is /opt/ibm/apm/agent.
• To configure the agent by responding to prompts, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the install_dir/bin directory, where install_dir is the installation directory for the HMC Base agent.
  2. To configure the HMC Base agent, run the following command: ./hmc_base-agent.sh config instance_name.
  3. When prompted to edit the Monitoring Agent for HMC Base settings, press Enter. The default value is Yes.
  4. To enter the HMC configuration information, complete the following steps.
     1. When prompted for the HMC Hostname, type the host name or IP address and press Enter.
     2. When prompted for HMC Username, type the logon user name that is associated with the HMC, and press Enter.
  5. When prompted for HMC Password, type the password of the user.
  6. To enter the data provider information, complete the following steps:
     1. When prompted for the maximum number of data provider log files, type the amount of log files and press Enter.

        The default maximum number of data provider log files is 10.

     2. When prompted for the maximum size in KB of each data provider log, type the size and press Enter.

        The default maximum size in KB is 5190.

     3. When prompted for the Level of detail in data provider log, type one of the following levels and press Enter:
        • 1= Off
        • 2=Severe
        • 3=Warning
        • 4=Info
        • 5=Fine
        • 6=Finer
        • 7=Finest
        • 8=All