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Section 1: Intro to Performance Management for Power
Systems
Important notice: The comments contained in this document are for informational
purposes only with no implied warranties or guarantees. Interpretation of system
performance, utilization and growth data and its use in planning for future system
requirements remains a customer responsibility.
System and workload management tasks are an important aspect of a system administrator's
role. The administrator has the responsibility to monitor and maintain the system, gather
performance data, summarize results, and manage growth. The IBM Performance Management
for Power Systems (PM for Power Systems) offerings are designed to help you manage the
performance of the IBM i and AIX® systems in your enterprise.
Whether you have a single server with one logical partition (LPAR) or multiple servers with
multiple LPARs, PM for Power Systems can save you time. These tools allow you to be proactive
in monitoring your system performance, help you identify system problems, and help you plan for
future capacity needs.
A collection agent specifically for PM for Power Systems is integrated into current releases of IBM
i and AIX. This agent automatically gathers non-proprietary performance data from your system
and allows you the choice of sending it to IBM®, at your discretion, on a daily or weekly basis. In
return, you receive access to reports, tables, and graphs on the Internet that show your specific
partition's (or total system if no partitioning is used) utilization, growth and performance
calculations.
Web page for more information
More information on all facets of PM for Power Systems is available at:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/support/perfmgmt
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