Patches

P1430 - IBM AIX Servers - LUN monitoring

Aug 06, 2013
Patch for BMC Performance Manager Express for Hardware - Version(s) 2.7.13,2.7.17,2.7.26,2.7.28,2.9.00

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Patch content

Connectors for monitoring LUN availability and Disk Status on AIX systems.

Should you install this patch?

  • Install this patch if you have multipathed LUNs on your AIX system or wish to monitor your disk controller.
  • Customers monitoring a VIOS with a restricted shell user should use the IBM - VIOS connector.

What does it fix?

  • Adds monitoring of LUN path count on AIX systems using the lspath utility.
  • Adds monitoring of Disk Controllers (includes some disk issues that are reported as controller issues).

How to install the patch?

  1. Copy the following files to %RSM_HOME%\RSMxx\SEN_HW\hdf_2xx\ on each RSM:
    • MS_HW_IBMAIXLUN.hdf
    • MS_HW_IBMAIXDisk.hdf
  2. No further actions are required. The new component monitoring will be added at the next discovery.