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© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems Director for PowerVersion 6.2.1
Glen Corneau – Advanced Technical Skillsgcorneau@us.ibm.com
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IBM Systems Director 6.2.1 Features Overview & Plug-ins
Systems Director Management Console
Topology
Web Console and Discovery
Power Systems Summary
Health Summary
Update Manager
Integration with AIX®, HMC & IBM i Consoles
Virtualization Support & VMControl
Scheduled Tasks
Remote Access Tasks
Upward Integration Modules
IBM Systems Director Editions for Power Systems
Power Systems Details for IBM Systems Director
Agenda
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IBM Systems Director 6.2.1
IBM's strategic cross-brand Platform Management Product
A single, consistent Web-based user interface Ability to learn new tasks with wizards, tutorials
and integrated help Topology views to simplify troubleshooting Increased platform support through industry
standards and embedded agents Navigation via groups, search, status and
relationships Integrates Systems Director Navigator, AIX Systems Director
Console and HMC console
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Hardware
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Virtualization Core Director Services
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Resource Management
Base Systems Director
Managers & HardwarePlatform Managers
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IBM® Systems Director Editions
Advanced Managers
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Enterprise Service
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Integrated Service
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Storage Configuration
End-to-End Management
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Tivoli and IBM Systems Director Synergy
IBM® Systems Director IBM Tivoli®
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Hardware
Operating System
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Network
Business Services
Detailed platform management of IBM
systems
Consolidated management across systems
Integrated physical and virtual management
Automated physical and virtual provisioning
Integrated visibility, control & automation
across heterogeneous business and
technology assets
Align IT operations with the business
Govern and control the business
Optimize the business
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IBM Systems Director 6.2.1
– Discovers servers and virtual resources
– Monitors and reports system health
– Optimizes and updates servers
– Integrates with enterprise service management
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager 4.3.1
– Collects and reports energy data on systems,data center
– Controls energy use
– Reports historical energy usage
IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3.1
– Manages System and Storage Pools of virtualized resources
– Manages and deploys virtual server images
– Provides Virtual Server llifecycle management
IBM Systems Director and Plug-ins useful for Power
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IBM Systems Director and Plug-ins useful for Power
IBM Workload Partitions Manager 2.2.1
– Cross-system management of WPARs
– Global load balancing with application mobility
– Monitoring and reporting of WPAR metrics
IBM PowerHA SystemMirror V7.1
– Create and manage PowerHA SystemMirror (aka HACMP)clusters
– Comes with PowerHA SystemMirror
AIX Profile Manager V1.1– Analyze, document and implement AIX 6.1/7.1
system configuration and OS parameters/tunables
IBM Systems Director Storage Control 4.2.1
– Discovery, configuration, monitoring of entry to high-end storage subsystems and Fibre Channel switches
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Other Plug-ins
IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager-Advanced 3.0– Allows Ethernet MAC, FibreChannel WWN
and SAS WWN to by dynamically assignedto blades for availability
– Runs on a Windows ISD Server only– Last version to run as a Director plug-in
IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager 6.2.1
– Collects and reports serviceable hardware problems
– Communicates with IBM using secure SSL
– Does not call-home for HMC- or IVM-managedPower Systems
IBM Systems Director Network Control 1.2.1– Discover and manage specific network devices– Monitor health and status of network devices– Launch tasks to manage Brocade devices via
IBM Storage DCFM
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IBM Systems Director 6.2.1 Features Overview & Plug-ins
Systems Director Management Console
Topology
Web Console and Discovery
Power Systems Summary
Health Summary
Update Manager
Integration with AIX, HMC & IBM i Consoles
Virtualization Support
Scheduled Tasks
Remote Access Tasks
Upward Integration Modules
IBM Systems Director Editions for Power Systems
Power Systems Details for IBM Systems Director
Agenda
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Next-generation management for Power Systems− Same physical form factor as current HMC (CR6 model)− Can be used alongside HMC during transition to SDMC− Manages POWER6 and POWER7 models− Also available as a virtual appliance (for small tier systems)
Move to standardized management processes− Utilizes IBM Systems Director user interface− Supports a superset of HMC capabilities− Integrates platform and OS management− Maintains compatibility for CLI and scripting support
Enhanced manageability for Power blades− Simultaneously manages blades and rack-based servers− Delivers full PowerVM virtualization capabilities for blades,
including dual VIOS for redundancy and performance− Supports live partition mobility of workloads between blades
and rack-based servers
Does not support:• Systems Director Plug-ins• Non-Power Systems
Manage up to 48 servers Supports up to 1024 VMs
across managed servers Comprehensive PowerVM
support for blades, including dual VIOS
Supports live partition mobility between servers and blades
SDMC
IBM Systems Director Management Console (SDMC)
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IBM Systems Director Agent or Agent-less Managed Systems(Servers, Desktops, Laptops, SNMP devices, CIM devices)
Management Console(s)Web Interface
IBM System Director ServerBuilt-in Apache Derby or
External Database
Enterprise ManagementSystems
Basic IBM Systems Director 6.2.1 Topology
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Advanced Topology – Hierarchical Management Servers
Global Server
PowerDirectorServer
X86DirectorServer
DirectorAppliance
● Useful for multiple locations, separate admin domains, appliances● Two tier only (not higher)● Remove objects from Domain, not Global● Current tested maximums:
● 5 Domain servers● 10K total endpoints
DomainServers
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Agent Capabilities for Operating Systems
Function Agentless Platform Agent Common Agent
System Discovery Y Y Y
Inventory Basic Basic Comprehensive
Deploy Platform Agent Y n/a n/a
Remote Access Limited Limited Full
Restart Limited Limited Full
Monitor Health & Status Y Y
Manage Alerts Y Y
Deploy Common Agent Y Y n/a
Power Management Y
Monitor Processes Y
Manage Updates Y
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Managed Devices
Power Systems– POWER5™, POWER6™ and POWER7™ Servers– Hardware Management Consoles, IVM,
Virtual I/O Server– AIX, Linux on Power, IBM i LPARS and OS instances
BladeCenter® and System x®– BladeCenter, Blade servers, I/O modules, System x servers– VMware ESX Server/ESXi/vCenter, MS Hyper-V, Xen– Windows®, Linux, AIX (JS)
Mainframe Systems– Linux on zSeries® – z/VM®
Non-IBM x86 servers* SNMP-based devices
– Network, Intelligent power distribution units, etc. Generic CIM-based devices
– CIM = Common Information Model Selected Storage resources (with no additional plug-ins)
– LSI (IRC), DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, DS6000– SAS Switch, Brocade FC Switch, Qlogic FC Switch– High-end storage requires Storage Control
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Discover Power Systems Virtual Resources
Discovers hardware and virtual resources via the Hardware Management Console / IVM
Discovers physical and shared I/O
Managed discovery
LPAR LPAR LPARLPAR LPAR
LPAR LPAR
VIO VIO
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Monitors, Thresholds, EAP
Monitor categories – CIM Common, Virtualization– AIX, VIOS, Process– Energy (AEM)
Thresholds– Warning, Critical, Low– Duration
Event Automation Plans– Individual or group targets– Events– Event Actions
• Run commands, logs,traps, email, etc
– Time Range
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Update Manager
Summary page for single view Integrated actions
for download, distribute, install and uninstall
Identify updates which are tested and should be deployed
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Update Manager groups
• Pre-defined groups– All AIX Recommended Updates– All Critical IBM System x and BC updates– All HMC Recommended updates– All IBM i Recommended Updates– All IBM Systems Director 6.2 Updates– All Power System Firmware Recommended Updates– All RHEL Updates– All SLES Updates– All Updates– All UpdateXpress System Packs– Latest Virtual I/O Server Upgrades
• User-defined groups comprise of explicit levels– compliance policies can be assigned to groups or individual systems
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HMC Tasks Integration
• HMC tasks can be accessed from right-click on an HMC in the GUI– Operations– Configuration– Users– Connectivity– Serviceability– Updates
• With saved credentials, window is opened with no prompting.
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AIX 6/7 System Director Console Integration
•At-a-glance status
•All administration commands are accessible
•Consistent management interface
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Virtualization Support with VMControl
IBM Systems DirectorIBM Systems Director
VMControl Express Edition Manages Virtual Machines
Create, modify, delete Manage multiple hypervisors Relocate virtual machines
VMControl Standard Edition Manages Virtual Appliances
Create, capture, import, deploy Centralize image management Maintain multiple repositories
VMControl Enterprise Edition Server System & Storage Pools
Create, modify, delete Automate resource mobility Manage utilization and availability
OptimizeOptimize
ManageManage
VirtualizeVirtualize
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Scheduled Tasks and Jobs
• View previously executed task results
• Create tasks from scratch or based on existing tasks
• Re-execute tasks• Suspend/resume running
tasks• Command Automation for
running commands on nodes/groups
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Remote Access Tasks & Security
AIX/Linux LPARs can utilize sudo command for non-root SSH with Agentless
File Transfers
Distributed Command (dsh)
Serial Console (virtual terminal via HMC/IVM)
Remote Command Line– ssh/telnet
Remote Control– VNC for AIX/Linux– RDP for Windows– Web for RSA or BladeCenter AMM
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Upward Integration Modules
• Tivoli Enterprise
• Tivoli Management Framework (Windows & Linux)
• Tivoli Netcool (Netcool/Omnibus)
• Netcool/Precision IP(via SNMP)
• Netcool/Monitoring,Netcool/ISM
• Netcool/AI-M (via SNMP)
• HP OpenView NNM 7.0.1 and 7.5.1 (Windows & Linux)
• HP OpenView Operations for Windows 7.5x
• Microsoft Systems Management Server,Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager, and Microsoft Operations Manager 2007
• CA Unicenter NSM 3.1 and r11 (Windows)
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Features IBM Systems Director Express
IBM Systems Director Standard
IBM Systems Director Enterprise
Virtualization management
Create and manage virtual machines
Virtual machine relocation
Import, edit, and delete virtual machines
Deploy virtual machines
Maintain virtual images in a repository
Manage virtual workloads in system pools
Choosing an IBM Systems Director Edition
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Features IBM Systems Director Express
IBM Systems Director Standard
IBM Systems Director Enterprise
Service and support
Automatic problem reporting
24/7 direct problem reporting to IBM technical support
Enterprise service monitoring
Application discovery
DB2 data warehouse
Performance and capacity analysis
AIX enterprise system reports
Software Maintenance Agreement
Choosing an IBM Systems Director Edition
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FeaturesIBM
Systems Director Express
IBM Systems Director Standard
IBM Systems Director
Enterprise
System administration
Discover servers and virtual resources
Monitor and report system health
Configure and update server operating systems and firmware
Enterprise service management integration
Energy management
Collect and report energy usage
Analyze historical energy usage
Energy monitoring and control
Advanced energy management and reporting
Choosing an IBM Systems Director Edition
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IBM Systems Director V6.2.1 Web References
• Main Systems Director Web Page:www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/
• InfoCenterpublib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r2x/index.jsp
• IBM Systems Director Forum:www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=759
• Follow IBM Systems Director on Facebook:www.facebook.com/pages/IBM-Systems-Director
• Main Wikiwww.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/IBM+Systems+Director
• Best Practices Wikiwww.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/IBM+Systems+Director+Best+Practices+Wiki
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How Can Systems Director Help?
• Quickly deploy and maintain services• Virtual resource optimization• Software and firmware updates• Operating environment administration
• Simplify IT administration– One console for management functions– At-a-glance server status– Topology views for rapid drill-down
• Manage energy usage and costs• Electrical and thermal monitoring • Real-time and trend analysis reporting• Energy control and capping
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IBM Systems Director Express Edition for Power V6.2
Pieces and Parts: IBM Systems Director products
– IBM Systems Director (ISD) 6.2➔ ISD VMControl Express Edition for Power, V2.3➔ ISD Service & Support Manager V6.2➔ ISD Transition Manager for HP SIM V6.2
Tivoli products– None
Note: Arrows indicate plug-ins (not standalone products) to IBM Systems Director
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IBM Systems Director Standard Edition for Power V6.2
Pieces and Parts: IBM Systems Director products
– IBM Systems Director (ISD) 6.2➔ ISD VMControl Standard Edition for Power, V2.3➔ ISD Service & Support Manager V6.2➔ ISD Transition Manager for HP SIM V6.3➔ ISD Active Energy Manager V4.3➔ ISD Network Control V1.2➔ ISD Standard Edition Installation Launchpad V6.2
Tivoli products– None
Note: Arrows indicate plug-ins (not standalone products) to IBM Systems Director
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IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition for Power V6.2
Pieces and Parts: IBM Systems Director products
– IBM Systems Director (ISD) 6.2➔ ISD VMControl Enterprise Edition for Power, V2.3➔ ISD Service & Support Manager V6.2➔ ISD Transition Manager for HP SIM V6.2➔ ISD Active Energy Manager V4.3➔ ISD Network Control V1.2
Tivoli products– IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2.2 FP2 plus OS and System p Agents– IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management V6.2.1– IBM Tivoli Application Discovery and Dependency Manager (TADDM) V7.2– IBM Tivoli Performance Analyzer V6.2.2– IBM Tivoli Common Reporting for Asset and Performance Management V1.2– DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V9.7 FP1– ISD Enterprise Edition Installation Launchpad V6.2
Note: Arrows indicate plug-ins (not standalone products) to IBM Systems Director
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IBM AIX Enterprise Edition V6.1.1
Pieces and Parts:
IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition AIX V6.1
➔PowerVM Workload Partitions Manager V2.2.1
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IBM AIX Enterprise Edition V7.1
Pieces and Parts:
IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition AIX V7.1
➔PowerVM Workload Partitions Manager V2.2.1
➔AIX Profile Manager (also comes with AIX Standard Edition)
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IBM Systems Director 6.2.1 Features Overview & Plug-ins Systems Director Management Console Topology Web Console and Discovery Power Systems Summary Health Summary Update Manager Integration with AIX, HMC & IBM i Consoles Virtualization Support & VMControl Scheduled Tasks Remote Access Tasks Upward Integration Modules IBM Systems Director Editions for Power Systems
Power Systems Details for IBM Systems Director
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Power Systems ISD Pre-requisites
Minimum requirements for ISD 6.2.1
• Requires a 64-bit kernel for AIX, Linux Management Servers
• HMC Version 7.3.3 SP2, MH00146 or later– Latest Service Packs recommended
– Firmware requirements based on MTM and HMC Version, not Systems Director
• IVM Version 1.5.2.1+ or 2.1.0.10+– Latest Service Packs recommended
VIOS– Version 1.5.2.1 for Agentless
– Version 2.1.0.10 supports the Common Agent
– Version 2.1.1 includes the Common Agent (manual first time start)
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Server Resource Requirements
• Small:
• Less than 500 Common-Agent managed systems.
• DB is Apache Derby
• Medium:
• Between 500 and 1000 Common-Agent managed systems
• DB is IBM DB2
• Large:
• Between 1000 and 5000 Common-Agent managed systems
• DB is IBM DB2
• Sizing is general and minimum, presumes DB server runs on Director Server. CPU sizing based on POWER6 CPU, may need more for older POWER5. Uncapped LPAR recommended.
Recommended hardware
Config CPU vCPU Ent Cap Memory Disk
Small 2 4 1 3 GB 4 GB
Medium 2 4 2 4 GB 8 GB
Large 4 8 4 12 GB 16 GB
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Systems Director 6.2.1 AIX Filesets
Agent Filesets DirectorPlatformAgent 6.2.1 DirectorCommonAgent 6.2.0 cas.agent 1.4.2.2 openssl.base 0.9.8.1100+ sysmgt.cim.providers.* 1.2.9 sysmgt.cim.smisproviders.* 1.2.2 sysmgt.cimserver.pegasus.rte 2.9.1 tivoli.tivguid 1.3.4.1
• Additional Server filesets DirectorServer 6.2.0.0 expect 5.42.1 tcl/tk 8.4.7 xlC.[aix50].rte 10.1.0.2 ICU4C.rte 5.3.9.0 (optional)
Director.Server.ext.FSPProxy.rte 6.2.1 prereqscsm.hc_utils 1.7.0.13
AIX 7.1 gold andAIX 6.1 TL3+ andAIX 5.3 TL10+ media includes (and installs) Common Agent with OS installation
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Update Manager Details
• Updates stored in default directory on server– For AIX/Linux: /opt/ibm/director/data/updateslib [can be modified]– Default size of repository: 10GB [can be modified]– Subdirectories include:
AIX (AIX Technology Levels and Service Packs)DirectorHMC (Service Packs and fixes)pSFW (Power Systems firmware)VIOS (2.1 migration, Service Packs)
• AIX Updates require a NIM server for installation– Installation stages files to /export/um_lpp_source on NIM server– Separate JFS2 file system created if directory not found
• Agent for push– Stored on disk in the following directory:
/opt/ibm/director/packaging/agent/[common|platform]/[OS]
• Updates require a full, valid inventory collection on the object
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IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition Details for AIX Systems
● Enterprise Edition requires, at minimum, three LPARs:● One for the main IBM Systems Director Server (not documented,
suggested)● One for DB2 and TEPS, optionally TDW● One for TADDM
● Ships on 23 separate pieces of media (CD/DVD)● Must run the ISD Enteprise Edition Launchpad separately on each
system● No saved state between boxes, use a notepad!
● ISD-EE Integration Monitoring Agent installed on TEMS+TEPS
● Definitions:● TEPS – Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server● TEMS – Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server● TDW – Tivoli Data Warehouse● TADDM
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Storage Control V4.2.1
Based on Tivoli Storage Productivity Center– Can upgrade to Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition et al
Requires DB2 ESE V9.7 for the Systems Director database– SOD: Migration documentation available in “future”– Download and limited-use license for DB2 available with Storage
Control plug-in Requires Systems Director Server running V6.2.1 on the following
operating systems:– Windows, RHEL for x86, AIX
Licensed per Systems Director Server, no client licenses
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What's New in Version 6.2.1 – Nov 2010
• FFDC enhancements
– Grablogs renamed to logcollector
• NAT and multi-homed support
• RHEL 5.5 KVM tech preview in VMControl V2.3.1
• OS and hardware currency– DB: Oracle 11g2– LiC for Juniper switches (Junos Space)– Power I/O Firmware, Dual FSP support, VIOS NPS (reliable error
notification)– Storwize V7000, XIV support via Storage Control– Discovery of zEnterprise
• Standalone Environment checker (pre-install checker)• Continued focus on quality
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What's New in Version 6.2 – June 2010
• New installation base image, migration from 6.1.x → 6.2
• Removal of Launch in Context, now in GUI
– Process Management/Monitors, File Transfer, Remote Command Line, Resource Monitor Recordings, Command Automation
• Support IP address change on MS• Hierarchical Management Servers• Maintenance Mode for managed endpoints• IPv6 compliant• Update Manager now allows choice of repository directory
– One click “Update” for Management Server from main Welcome screen• Support for FF 3.6 ( drops support for FF 2.0, IE 6.0)• OS currency
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What's New in Version 6.1.2 – November 2009
• New support AIX 6.1.4, 5.3.11, VIOS/IVM 2.2, HMC 7.3.5
• New support for SLES 10.3 and 11 (Agent only)
• New VIOS support: Monitors and Update Manager
• Installable Updater
– From 6.1.x -> 6.1.2 in one step– Both fresh and update installs
• Updated Common Agent for AIX, Linux on Power and new i Agent
• New Plug-in support: VMControl V2.2, WPAR Manager V2.1, Network Control V1.1, S&SM 6.1.2
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What's New in Version 6.1.1 – May 2009
• New support for dsh (GUI and command-line)
• Remote console (out-of-band via HMC/IVM)
• New filesets in AIX 6.1.3 (manual install)– dsm.core 6.1.3.1– expect.base 5.42.1– tcl.base 8.4.7– tk.base 8.4.7
• Additional hardware support: iDataPlex, System x, models, adapters, JS23/43
• Updated Software: Windows, RHEL updates, VMWare ESX updates
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Types of Managed Systems
Agentless
– Best for environments that require very small footprints and are used for specific tasks, such as one-time inventory collection, firmware and driver updates and remote deployment
Platform Agent
– Well suited for environments that require a smaller footprint without sacrificing a high level of manageability
Common Agent
– Provides a rich set of security, deployment, and management function
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Agent Level Protocols
Agentless– Secure Shell (SSH)– Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Platform Agent– Director-defined protocol
Common Agent– Director-defined protocol
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Functions Supported by Operating System
See http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r2x/topic/com.ibm.director.plan.helps.doc/fqm0_r_os_support_by_ibm_director_task.html for details
Task AIX IBM i Linux Microsoft Virtual Server
VMware Windows®
Event Log Svr, Cmn Agt Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
File Transfer Svr, Cmn Agt Cmn Agt Svr, Cmn Agt Cmn Agt Cmn Agt Svr, Cmn Agt
Inventory (hardware) Svr, Cmn Agt Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Inventory (software) Svr, Agtls, Cmn Agt
Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Problems (formerly Hardware Status)
Cmn Agt Cmn Agt Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Process Management Svr, Cmn Agt Cmn Agt Svr, Cmn Agt Cmn Agt Cmn Agt Svr, Cmn Agt
Remote Control Svr, Agtls, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Cmn Agt Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Remote Command Line
Svr, Agtls, Cmn Agt
Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Cmn Agt Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Cmn Agt
Resource Monitors Svr, Cmn Agt Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Console only Console only Svr, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Storage Configuration Manager
Svr Svr, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Update Manager Svr, Cmn Agt Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
Svr, Agtls, Pfm Agt, Cmn Agt
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Operating System Support for Power Systems
Operating System Director Server
Common Agent
Platform Agent
AIX V5.3 1
- TL6 SP9 or later
- TL7 SP6 or later
- TL8 SP4 or later (including TL9+)
X X
AIX V6.1 1
- TL0 SP7 or later
- TL1 SP3 or later
- TL2 or later
AIX 7.1
X
X
X
X
IBM i 5.4 (formerly i5/OS V5.4) 2, 4 X 4 X 2
IBM i 6.1 (formerly i5/OS® V6.1) 2 X 4 X 2
IBM i 7.1 1, 2, 4 X 4 X 4
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Operating System Support for Power Systems
Operating System Director Server
Common Agent
Platform Agent
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.6 – 4.8 X X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.1 – 5.5 X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 – SP3 X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 X X X
See notes on the next page
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Operating System Support notes
1 Agentless support includes only Discovery,limited remote access, limited subset of the Agent installation Wizard and ability to launch AIX Management Console
Common Agent is installed with AIX; it is not started by default. 2 Platform-agent managed system support is provided by the 5722-UME
product. 4 For IBM i 5.4, the richer set of features and subagent tasks provided
by the Common Agent is supported with the Director 5.20 Agent for IBM i that is currently available.
Platform Agent V6.1 and IBM Director Core Services V5.20.3 are the same agent.
Unless stated otherwise, IBM Systems Director provides Agentless support for all operating systems listed.
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Supported Discovery Protocols
Agent manager discovery Common Agent Services (CAS) discovery Common Information Model (CIM) discovery Interprocess communication (IPC) discovery Secure shell (SSH) discovery Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) discovery Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) discovery Windows Distributed component object model (DCOM) discovery
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/topic/director.discovery_6.1/fqm0_c_discovery_protocols.html
Note: Additional discovery protocols can be created by vendors.
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Director Plug-ins Licensing
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager V4.3.x– Monitor functions: no charge– Manage functions: per core charge
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