Resource monitoring of systems running AIX, Linux, or Windows
The z/OS RMF™ Cross Platform
(RMF XP) Distributed Data Server provides CIM-based performance data
gatherers to monitor AIX® on System p, Linux on System z®, Linux on System x and Windows on System
x. With RMF XP you can monitor operating systems that can run 
in an IBM® z Systems
environment, including the IBM z BladeCenter Extension (zBX)
You can exploit the RMF XP capabilities in the following ways:
- With the Resource Monitoring task of the IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF), performance metrics from connected AIX, Linux or Windows systems can be displayed in the same way and together with z/OS in heterogeneous customer environments.
- Exploiters of RMF XP can send an HTTP request to retrieve performance data from the endpoints running the AIX, Linux or Windows operating systems. Requests can be directed against an instance of the RMF XP core component called GPM4CIM, as soon as it is configured and running. GPM4CIM returns the requested data as a structured XML document.
You find information on how to set up RMF XP in Cross platform monitoring with RMF XP. It provides information on how to exploit the HTTP API of the RMF XP DDS if you want to submit requests for AIX, Linux and Windows performance data.