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LPAR Monitoring

To monitor LPAR resources, create SystemEDGE monitors based on the LPAR AIM MIB and the SystemEDGE Component Object Model in the sysedge.cf file without using UI functionality. Use appropriate object classes and specify object instances according to LPAR resources. The created monitored LPAR objects propagate their state to the computer system where the LPAR AIM is installed. We recommend that you provide HMC, POWER5/POWER6/POWER7 and LPAR system information in the monObjInstance attribute, similar to the following example.

Example

The following monitor definitions for the sysedge.cf file are set up to watch the Alive status of a POWER5 or POWER6 system named powersys. An LPAR named lpar01 is set to be greater than 2, that is, warning-3, minor-4, and so on.

monitor oid monCurrState.53001 98 0x0 60 absolute > 2 'Lpar System status'   '' 'System' 'hmc/powersys/Total'        Alive critical
monitor oid monCurrState.53006 99 0x0 60 absolute > 2 'Lpar01 System status' '' 'System' 'hmc/powersys/lpar01/Total' Alive critical

Note: The instance name of a monitor must not begin with lpar://

The following table shows an example of the Self Monitor table that corresponds with the monitor definition examples for the sysedge.cf file.

mon Index

monOID

mon ObjClass

monObjInstance

mon ObjAttribute

mon Severity

mon CurrState

530001

lparAimStatSys
Status.1

System

lpar://System:SerialNumber/Total

Alive

critical

ok

530002

lparAimStatSys
CPUUsage
PerMil.1

CPU

lpar://System:SerialNumber/Total

PercentUsed

warning

ok

530003

lparAimStatSys
CPUUsage
PerMil.1

CPU

lpar://System:SerialNumber/Total

PercentUsed

minor

ok

530004

lparAimStatSys
MemoryUsage
PerMil.1

Memory

lpar://System:SerialNumber/Total

PercentUsed

warning

warning

530005

lparAimStatSys
MemoryUsage
PerMil.1

Memory

lpar://System:SerialNumber/Total

PercentUsed

minor

minor

530006

lparAimStatLP
Status.1.1

System

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar01/Total

Alive

critical

critical

530007

lparAimStatLPCPU
Usage.1.1

CPU

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar01/Total

PercentUsed

warning

ok

530008

lparAimStatLPCPU
Usage.1.1

CPU

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar01/Total

PercentUsed

minor

ok

530009

lparAimStatLP
MemoryUsage.1.1

Memory

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar01/Total

PercentUsed

warning

ok

530010

lparAimStatLP
MemoryUsage.1.1

Memory

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar01/Total

PercentUsed

minor

ok

530011

lparAimStatLP
Status.1.2

System

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar02/Total

Alive

critical

critical

530012

lparAimStatLPCPU
Usage.1.2

CPU

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar02/Total

PercentUsed

warning

ok

530013

lparAimStatLPCPU
Usage.1.2

CPU

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar02/Total

PercentUsed

minor

ok

530014

lparAimStatLP
Memory
Usage.1.2

Memory

lpar://System:SerialNumber/lpar02/Total

PercentUsed

warning

ok