IBM Systems Director and Power Toronto Users Group--March 2012

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1 IBM Power Systems IBM Systems Director and Power Toronto Users Group--March 2012 Scott Urness

2 Agenda Systems management environment IBM Systems Director Overview IBM Systems Director Power Editions Systems Director VMControl Systems Director Active Energy Manager Core IBM Systems Director Functions IBM i Functions by agent levels Power Systems summary page CPU monitoring Update Manager More base capabilities 2

3 IT Organization Challenges Thousands of points of management Capital and operational expenses Space and power constraints Developing diverse administration skills Legacy infrastructures Fragile and difficult to change Many specialized skills and tools required Silos: OS, hardware, technologies, facilities Little time for planning, optimization and improvements Pressures from criticality of IT to the business 3 3

4 IBM Systems Management Spectrum Reduce costs Visualize physical and virtual resources and relationships Monitor system health Establish threshold and error alerts Update OS, software and firmware Increase agility and efficiency Image Image App App OS OS Optimize resource utilization Automate configuration and Automate incident placement for new handling workloads Simplify deployment Manage end-to-end with virtual images workload availability Understand and Understand capacity control energy use Analyze and report within existing historical capacity performance Manage networks and storage systems Deploy workloads in clouds Manage workloads based on service level goals Manage business service delivery 44

5 IBM Systems Director An integrated platform and virtualization management for next generation IT Manager IBM Systems Director can reduce the costs of IT service delivery while improving service levels and simplifying management Reduction in IT systems management admin costs Save on infrastructure costs with optimization of server, storage, networks utilization Reduces data center energy costs Enables faster and more flexible IT service and deployment of new applications & workloads Provides a single unified and simple point of control from x86 to mainframe, including storage and network Eliminates layers of management platforms and tools across the broadest portfolio of hypervisors Simplifies management of physical and virtual resources across heterogeneous environments 5 5

6 IBM offers end-toend management Other Systems Management Software Enterprise Service Management $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ Active Energy Manager Image Management TPMfOSD BOFM Service and Support Manager Additional Plug-Ins Additional Plug-Ins Additional Plug-Ins Additional Plug-Ins Configuration Additional Plug-Ins Advanced Managers & Priced Plug-Ins Automation Status Virtualization Discovery Update Remote Access Core Director Services Configuration System x & Blade Center System z Power Systems Storage Configuration Base Systems Director Managers & Hardware Platform Managers Resource Management Managed virtual and physical environments Hardware IBM and non-ibm hardware 6

7 Systems Director & Systems Management IBM Systems Director Navigator for IBM i System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) Systems Director Management Console (SDMC) Integration into other management applications Systems Director Editions 7

8 IBM Systems Director Editions for Power, V6.3 IBM Systems Director Express Edition IBM Systems Director V6.3 IBM Systems Director VMControl Express Edition for Power, V2.4 IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager V6.3 IBM Systems Director Active Energy Monitoring V4.4 IBM Systems Director Standard Edition All of Express Edition plus.. IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager V4.4 IBM Systems Director VMControl Standard Edition for Power, V2.4 IBM Systems Director Network Control V1.3 (with licensing restriction) IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition All of Standard Edition plus IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition Installation Launchpad V6.3 IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition for Power, V2.4 IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2.3 Including System p and OS Agents IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management IBM Tivoli Application Discovery and Dependency Manager (TADDM) IBM Tivoli Performance Analyzer IBM Tivoli Common Reporting for Asset and Performance Management DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 FP4 8

9 IBM Systems Director Upward Integration ITM,TPM,TSAM,SRM,ITNM,TADDM... Other ISV Service Management Software Enterprise Edition Extend with Advanced Capabilities VMControl Storage Control Network Control Active Energy Manager Security Control WPAR Manager Power HA System Mirror AIX Profile Manager Additional Plug-Ins Standard Edition Discovery Base Management Functions Health / Status BladeCenter/System x Basic Care and Feeding Inventory Alerts Configuration Remote Access Power Systems System z Updates Storage Network Express Edition Cross Platform Coverage Server Storage Network 9

10 Stages of virtual resource management VMControl Enterprise Edition for cloud computing Increasing business alignment VMControl Standard Edition for rapid deployment OPTIMIZE VMControl Express Edition Create system pools for lifecycle management Automate workload provisioning Dynamically move workloads SIMPLIFY Manage virtual server images Simplify image deployment MANAGE Automate resource provisioning Discover resources Monitor health Manage virtual servers Increasing management simplicity 10

11 On Power, advanced manager support IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager Monitor and manage EnergyScale capabilities in certain POWER 6 and all POWER7 servers Power Trending Thermal Trending Effective CPU Trending Power Savings Power Capping Monitor and manage other resources using an intelligent Power Distribution Unit (PDU+) Pre-POWER6 systems Power 560 and Power 570 systems I/O drawers and storage devices Define relationships between IT and facilities equipment Exploit System Director automation for energy events 11

12 IBM Systems Director Consolidation of Platform Management Tools Single consistent cross-platform management tool Simplified tasks via Web based interface Manage many systems from one console Integrated Physical and Virtual Management Discovery and inventory of physical and virtual resources Configuration and provisioning of platform resources Status, health and monitoring of platform resources Visualization of server resource topologies Move virtual servers between systems without disruption to running workloads Platform Update Management Simplified consistent cross-platform tools to acquire, distribute and install firmware and OS updates 12

13 But what can Systems Director do for i and Power? Director emphasizes heterogeneous environment Support for multiple OS and virtualization technologies Does not need to be used with multiple OSes to provide value Director and IBM i can be used, without installing any Director software on IBM i Some functions will require Director agent software, but can start using without changing IBM i and let the business decisions guide the right choice Director supports IBM i as 3 types of agents. Agentless (STRTCPSVR *SSHD) Platform Agent (STRTCPSVR *SSHD, *SLP, *CIMOM) Director Agent Common Agent (STRTCPSVR SERVER(*HTTP) HTTPSVR(CAS) and Platform agent started) Linux endpoints are supported as Agentless, Platform and Director Agents Director supports AIX as Agentless and Director Agents 13

14 Director agent monitors Process & job monitors Use genevent X X X Message queue monitoring X (6.3) X Asset ID X X CIM Monitors X X Update Manager X X X IBM Systems Director and Power On i, functions by agent type Systems Director Navigator Inventory Discovery Agentless X X X Platform agent X X X Director Agent X X X 14

15 On Power I want a Power systems summary page to view my IBM Power systems. Function: basic server function Supported with IBM i agent levels: Agentless Platform CAS 6.x 15

16 Power Systems Management 16

17 Health Summary 17

18 On Power I want to monitor dedicated CPU use, for high and low values and have something ( , page, text msg, etc) happen as a response. Function: Common Information Model-CIM monitoring, Automation Supported with IBM i and Linux agent levels: Platform CAS 6.x AIX CAS 6.x agents 18

19 Monitor view 19

20 CPU event 20

21 Available actions 21

22 On i, I want to know when IBM has released a new hiper group PTF or AIX tech level that is applicable to my systems. Functions: Update Manager for IBM i or AIX, compliance, inventory Supported with IBM i agent levels: Agentless Platform CAS 6.x Supported by AIX CAS 6.x agent levels, requires NIM server 22

23 Compliance-Update Manager View 23

24 Compliance event 24

25 On i, next Update Manager steps Customer statement was to do compliance, that is just first part of what could be done. Stopping at compliance may be perfect to fit in with existing IBM i PTF processes being used. If looking to create or update methods to install IBM i group PTFs, then.. Systems Director could be configured to: Pull required updates (PTFs) from IBM to the Director server. Distribute the required PTFs from the Director server to the IBM i system(s) Load and apply the PTFs on the i endpoints. Allow a user created task to be called to IPL IBM i. All the functions support scheduling so they can be part of existing service windows or optimal times to increase network traffic. 25

26 On Power I want to monitor processes/jobs and take action I want to add and track asset id information I want to know and take action when specific messages are in message queues or QHST I want a graphical view to show basic, network, storage, updates.etc, relationships of my IBM Power systems. I want to view and work with my Power systems as I statically group them, maybe by location, applications used, timezone I want my Power systems to be in dynamic groups. If I update a 5.4 system to i 7.1, it now shows up in the i 7.1 system group. I want 1 page that shows issues and monitor graphs (cpu, # jobs, etc) 26

27 For Power, Systems Director provides many functions No need to use all of what Director provides Can start with a single function or OS and expand as it makes sense for the business Can use Director without adding Director agent software to IBM i Lab Services has Systems Director offerings With Director there is lots of choice. When using Lab Services, have them help determine what fits best for your situation Systems Director is extendable. Advanced Managers like VMControl and Active Energy Manager provide additional value 27

28 References IBM Systems Director Site IBM Director Documentation (education, tutorials, articles) IBM Systems Director Download Site TechTip IBM i CIM PTFs Active Energy Manager Blogs i CAN by Dawn May You and i by Steve Will 28

29 Power your planet. Smarter systems for a Smarter Planet. 29

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32 On Power I want to track all the serial numbers, and software LPPs, PTFs/tech levels on my systems Function: Inventory Supported with IBM i agent levels: Agentless Platform CAS 6.x 32

33 Inventory 33

34 Inventory Export 34

35 HTML inventory 35

36 On i, I want to know if there is a battery cache warning and if there is, run a task on the system that reported the warning. Function: IBM i message queue monitoring, Automation Supported with IBM i agent levels: Platform CAS 6.x 36

37 Dynamic group based on inventory 37

38 Systems in failed battery group 38

39 Monitor message queues 39

40 Start a task action 40

41 Advanced Managers in Systems Director Editions Name IBM Systems Director VMControl IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager (IBM Electronic Service Agent ) IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager IBM Systems Director Network Control Description IBM Systems Director VMControl downloads include Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions. Use VMControl Express Edition for virtual server lifecycle management. Use VMControl Standard Edition to capture, import, and deploy virtual appliances and manage workloads. Use VMControl Enterprise Edition to consolidate your resources into system pools. Monitors, tracks, and captures system hardware errors and service information and reports them directly to IBM support. Manages the power use and temperature of your IT environment. Controls the energy use of IBM servers and monitors other datacenter equipment. Monitoring information is available for no charge. Additional management functions, such as setting power capping and power saving modes, are available for a fee Extends the capabilities of the Network Management component of IBM Systems Director by adding launch of vendor-based device management tools and topology views of network connectivity 41

42 Tivoli products in Systems Director Editions Name IBM Tivoli Monitoring IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management Reporting and Optimization Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) Tivoli Performance Analyzer for AIX IBM Tivoli Common Reporting for Asset and Performance Management Description Provides performance and availability monitoring and alerts for the Power Systems environment to include monitoring of these key Power Systems AIX components: VIOS, CEC, and AIX Premium Agent to provide statistics for each LPAR-CPU, memory utilization, disk, and new utilization and process data. This agent also provides usage statistics for WPARs as well. In addition, the HMC agent provides health and availability of the HMC. Reporting and Optimization has three major components that are consolidated within the Tivoli Integrated Portal: energy, CPU utilization, and recommendation reports; energy usage metrics charting portlets; and report parameter configuration portlets. Discovery of the Power Systems physical and virtual environment and their dependencies. Tracks how applications, computer systems, and network devices are configured and changing over time. This feature extends IBM Tivoli Monitoring data to predictive trending to manage performance over time. It provides the ability to forecast resource trends to focus monitoring on emerging problems and leverage the long-term historical and realtime data in Tivoli Data Warehouse Provides a consistent approach to viewing and administering reports 42

43 IBM Systems Director topology IBM System Director Server Application Logic Database Management Console(s) Web Interface IBM Systems Director Agent Managed Systems (Servers, Desktops, Laptops, SNMP devices, CIM devices) Thousands of managed nodes Upward Integration modules supporting Tivoli, Computer Associates, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft 43

44 What s new for IBM i in Director 6.3 Message queue monitoring with built-in CIM agent Monitoring, without any agent to install. Simpler setup Improved performance Message filtering done on IBM i, not Director! New IBM i specific metric category available 34 new metrics for common monitoring scenarios Greatly simplified CIM metrics monitoring! 44

45 What s new in Director VMControl 2.4 IBM i image provisioning! Automated provisioning of standardized virtual images Dramatically improved deployments Minutes to deploy an IBM i partition Reduced deployment errors VMControl Standard Edition capabilities for IBM i Improved manageability of multiple virtual resources through one management entity Resilient monitoring and actions for improved dependability Capture and Deploy IBM i partitions! Combines management functions into a single virtualization management tool across platforms 45

46 Energy Monitoring and Control Features Active Energy Manager 4.4.x supported features Feature Model Monitoring Static Power Saver Dynamic Power Saver Optimize for Power savings Power capping Any POWER7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Any POWER5-based (PDU+ only) Power 520 and 550 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes BladeCenter JS12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Power 570 (PDU+ only) Yes Power 575* (water) Yes Yes Power 575* (air) Yes Power 595* Yes Yes 46

47 Active Energy Manager Trend Data Energy trends in upper chart Data are averages over intervals Input & output power Maximums, averages & minimums Power caps Energy events at points in time Temperature data in lower chart Data are point-in-time values Plotted against left axis Effective CPU speed in lower chart Data are averages over intervals Plotted against left axis May exceed 100% 47

48 IBM Systems Director Overview Consistent user experience with common tasks Discover, navigate and illustrate systems on the network, visualize detailed inventory and relationships Identify problematic systems and drill down to the root cause Update firmware, drivers, and operating systems, and orchestrate the installation process Update plug-ins to add new functions to the base capabilities Monitor systems in real time and set critical thresholds to notify administrators of emerging problems Configure settings of a target system and create a configuration plan to deploy these settings to similar systems Reduce virtualization complexity Manage energy 48