IBM Power Systems Monitoring Solutions from CA Nimsoft

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IBM Power Systems

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CA Nimsoft Monitor makes it fast and easy to view Power Systems server performance.

IBM Power Systems servers (formerly AS/400 and iSeries) represent a foundational technology for your organization. To maximize the performance and availability of these critical servers your team needs comprehensive, accurate, and actionable data. Trust CA Nimsoft Monitor to get you the information you need, when you need it.

CA Nimsoft Monitor for IBM Power Systems servers gives you maximum visibility into Power Systems environments, automating the monitoring of message queues and log files, jobs, and directory and file integrity. In addition, the solution monitors a range of system statistics, including processing unit, storage, users, and more.

Key Features

Power Systems Monitoring that Yields Practical Insights

CA Nimsoft Monitor offers coverage of these elements of the Power Systems environment:

Message queues.
CA Nimsoft Monitor gives you automated system message queue monitoring and flexible notification options, so your administrators are notified when they need to be.
Log files and text files.
CA Nimsoft Monitor makes it fast and efficient to monitor log files and ensure your administrators are notified if they need to preempt or rectify an issue.
File and directories.
CA Nimsoft Monitor enables you to immediately identify if unauthorized changes are made to system directories and files.
Jobs.
CA Nimsoft Monitor enables you to quickly determine whether jobs are running and to measure the number of instances of a particular job. If your administrators spot an issue that needs further inspection, CA Nimsoft Monitor makes it easy to drill down and get additional details.
Statistics.
CA Nimsoft Monitor gathers a wealth of statistics that detail system performance.

Benefits

Turn Monitoring Insights into Business Benefits

Deploy CA Nimsoft Monitor and enjoy these benefits:

Increase the productivity of your IT resources.
Consolidate system resources and distribute load evenly.
Improve response times and end-user productivity.

Technical Details

Extensive IBM Power Systems Monitoring Coverage

CA Nimsoft Monitor can generate alarm messages and archive sample values for any of the following Power Systems statistics:

Jobs

job cpu usage
job instances
job processing units used
job tmp storage used
current active in job queue
jobq instances
jobs in job queue
max active in job queue
scheduled job execution time

Queues

number of files in queue

System

active jobs in system
batch jobs held on job queue
batch jobs running
batch jobs waiting for messages
batch jobs waiting for messages
current unprotected storage used
jobs in system
permanent addresses
processing units used
system ASP used
pool size
system ASP
total auxilary storage
users disconnected
users signed on

Operating System Support

CA Nimsoft Monitor supports Power Systems servers running on the IBM i operating system.

Platform Features

Agent-optional Coverage

MM Easily monitor local or remote environments. More

Alarm Console

See, assign, and close alarms. Fast. More

Alarm Database

Accelerate problem resolution. More

APIs and SDKs

Tailor the solution to meet your unique business requirements. More

Automatic Discovery & Deployment

Keep informed of changes to your infrastructure. More

CA Nimsoft Portal

Unified view of IT performance More

Executive Dashboards

Powerful out-of-box executive views More

Flexible Pricing & Licensing

Works with your budget, and your business. More

Gateways and 3rd Party Integration

Integrate all of your IT management tools with ease. More

IT Service Level Management

Set, meet, and exceed your SLAs. More

ITIL Compatible

Best-practices. Built-in. More

Message Bus

Rest assured that your solution is future ready. More

Multi-tenant

Scale your services—efficiently and economically. More

CA Nimsoft for iPhone

A unified view, now in your pocket. More

On-Premise or SaaS

Flexibility to suit your business. More

Performance Management Database (PMDB)

Spot trends before they become problems. More

Security

Keep private data private. More

Usage-based Metering & Billing

Provide pay-as-you-grow scalability for your customers. More

Web Archive

Access the world’s largest collection of IT monitoring probes. More

SaaS and On-Premises Deployment Options

Complete Service Desk and Monitoring functionality
No upfront management hardware costs; Accelerated ROI
Reduced training and management overhead
SLA based availability
Access to CA Nimsoft operational expertise
Control and customize the CA Nimsoft management server; Easily resell
Control the physical location of data for policy, security or compliance reasons
Support remote sites with poor Internet performance

SaaS

On-Premises

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Customer Case Studies

“We initially selected CA Nimsoft because of its robust and easy-to-deploy support of our VMware infrastructure. As we consider new applications and services in SaaS and cloud environments, it’s great to know that we can make these choices without requiring any new investment in monitoring products.”

– Dave Potter
Director of IT Infrastructure at Casual Male

CA Nimsoft Monitor

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