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<h1 class="topictitle1">Collecting performance data across partitions</h1>
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<div><p>IBM<sup>®</sup> Performance
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Management for <img src="eserver.gif" alt="eServer" /> <span class="keyword">iSeries™</span> (PM eServer™ <span class="keyword">iSeries</span>) automatically triggers Collection
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Services to gather nonproprietary performance and capacity data from your
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server and then sends the data to IBM for analysis.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>One of the analyses PM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> provides
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is to plot the growth of the system to determine when an upgrade may be necessary.
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For a system that is not partitioned, this is a straightforward process. However,
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if your system has been partitioned into multiple <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> partitions,
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the data arrives at IBM from each partition separately, which makes forming
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a reliable view of the entire system performance more difficult. If the partitions
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are running AIX<sup>®</sup> or Linux<sup>®</sup>,
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or if any of the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> partitions
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have PM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> turned off,
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then no data is sent, which makes forming a view of the entire system nearly
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impossible.</p>
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<p>To address these problems, Collection Services, with <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Multiplatform, can now retrieve
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data about CPU usage and number of processors available from your server partitions
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regardless of the operating system running on them. PM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> summarizes
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the data before it gets shipped to IBM. Providing a cross-partition view of
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CPU utilization helps you and IBM do a much better job of managing your
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system resources. This includes balancing workload across the current set
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of processors as well as being able to plan for the purchase of more or faster
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processors when necessary.</p>
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<p><strong>How does it work?</strong></p>
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<p>The graphic
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below illustrates how the collection of CPU utilization data across logical
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partitions works. The "central system" has the <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server
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installed on an <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> partition
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that is running Collection Services with the *LPAR category selected. Each
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of the other partitions must have the <span class="keyword">IBM Director Agent</span> installed
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and configured so that <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server
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can collect performance data from them. Each partition must also have the
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Director Multiplatform extension for Collection Services installed. <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server retrieves the CPU
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utilization data for each partition, including itself, at regular intervals
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and stores that data in the Collection Services *MGTCOL object. The data is
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then processed and written to the QAPMLPAR database file. Finally, PM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> collects and aggregates the
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data and prepares to transmit it to IBM. Although this graphic shows Management
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Central and IBM Electronic
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Service Agent™ (ESA) set up to transmit data on the same partition as
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the <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server and Collection
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Services, the transmission mechanism to IBM could actually be running on a completely
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different system and still be set up to gather the cross-partition data from
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PM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> and send it to IBM,
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business as usual.</p>
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<br /><img src="rzahx506.gif" alt="Graphics that shows how cross-partition performance data collection works" /><br />
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" id="d0e141">Key</th>
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</thead>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e141 "><p>Dir Srvr = <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server<br />
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Dir Agnt = <span class="keyword">IBM Director Agent</span><br />
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Col Srv = Collection Services<br />
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MC = Management Central<br />
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ESA = IBM Electronic Service Agent<br />
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Ext for Col Srv = Director Multiplatform extension for<br />
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Collection Services<br />
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RETAIN = Remote technical assistance information network<br />
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URSF = Universal remote support facility<br />
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MRPD = Machine Reported Product Data</p>
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<p><strong>Set it up</strong> </p>
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<p>The following list provides you with an
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overview of the steps you must complete to collect performance data across
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logical partitions:</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Ensure your IP network is properly configured for all partitions
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on the same physical system.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Ensure you are running a supported operating system on each partition
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for which you want to collect performance data:</span> <ul><li><span class="keyword">i5/OS</span>, Version 5 Release
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4</li>
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<li>AIX
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5L™, version 5.3</li>
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<li>Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 3.0, for IBM PowerPC<sup>®</sup></li>
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<li>SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for IBM pSeries<sup>®</sup> and IBM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span></li>
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<li>SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for IBM pSeries and IBM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Ensure that you have applied the following Collection Services
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fixes to the partition that acts as your management server:</span> <ul><li>SI12971</li>
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<li>SI13838 (superseded by SI16328)</li>
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<li>SI15131 (superseded by SI16499)</li>
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<li>SI16328 (Linux support)</li>
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<li>SI16499 (AIX support)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>For the latest information about Collection Services cross-partition
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support for Linux operating
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systems, see the informational APAR II13986.</p>
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<p>Go to <a href="http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/support/supporthome.nsf/Document/10000083" target="_blank">Fix Central</a> for the latest PTF fixes.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Use the Virtualization Engine™ to install <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server on the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> partition
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that you want to act as the management server. Consider the management server
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the central control point that communicates to managed systems, devices, and
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Collection Services. When the Virtualization Engine installation
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wizard is complete, <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server
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and <span class="keyword">IBM Director Agent</span> are installed
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on the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> partition
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that you want to act as the management server.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Install <span class="keyword">IBM Director Agent</span> on
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the partitions that you want to be managed by <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server.
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These partitions must be on the same physical system as the partition where <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Server is installed.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Install <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Console
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on the system that you want to function as your Director Multiplatform management
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console.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Complete the required configuration steps: </span><ol type="a"><li><span>Authorize users for <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> on
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the management partition.</span></li>
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<li><span>Start Director Multiplatform on each partition.</span></li>
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<li><span>Start <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> console
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on your management console.</span></li>
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<li><span>In <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Console,
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add each partition on which you want to monitor performance by right-clicking
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in the Group Contents pane and selecting <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">New</span> > <span class="uicontrol"> <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Systems</span></span>.</span></li>
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<li><span>After you have added each partition, request access to manage
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the partition. In the Group Contents pane right-click the partition and select <span class="uicontrol">Request
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Access</span>.</span></li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>On the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> management
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partition, install the Director Multiplatform extension for Collection Services
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by copying the necessary files for Collection Services from the Collection
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Services directory to the appropriate Director Multiplatform directory. The
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Collection Service files are ColSrvLparDataExt.TWGExt, ColSrvLparDataSubagt.TWGSubagent,
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and ColSrvDir.jar. Copy the Collection Services files using the following
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commands:</span> <pre>CPY
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OBJ('/qibm/proddata/os400/collectionservices/lib/ColSrvLparDataExt.TWGExt')
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TODIR('/qibm/userdata/director/classes/extensions')</pre>
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<pre>CPY
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OBJ('/qibm/proddata/os400/collectionservices/lib/ColSrvLparDataSubagt.TWGSubagent')
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TODIR('/qibm/userdata/director/classes/extensions')</pre>
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<pre>CPY
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OBJ('/qibm/proddata/os400/collectionservices/lib/ColSrvDir.jar')
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TODIR('/qibm/userdata/director/classes')</pre>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Distribute the Collection Services files from the management partition
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to the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> partitions
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from which you plan to collect performance data. You can do this by File Transfer
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Protocol (FTP) with the binary option, or by mapping a drive and copying the
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files to the file system, or by any other distribution mechanism that you
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might have in place. You can access the files on the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> management
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partition in the directory, /qibm/proddata/os400/collectionservices/lib.</span><ol type="a"><li><span>Distribute ColSrvLparDataExt.TWGExt to the Director Multiplatform
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extensions directory, /qibm/userdata/director/classes/extensions, on the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> partition that you want to
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manage.</span></li>
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<li><span>Distribute ColSrvLparDataSubagt.TWGSubagent to the Director
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Multiplatform extensions directory, /qibm/userdata/director/classes/extensions,
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on the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> partition
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that you want to manage.</span></li>
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<li><span>Distribute ColSrvDir.jar to Director Multiplatform classes directory,
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/qibm/userdata/director/classes, on the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> partition
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that you want to manage.</span></li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>On each Linux partition, install the Director Multiplatform
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extension for Collection Services by installing the Collection Services RPM
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file, <span class="filepath"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />ColSrvDirExt.rpm<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span>.</span><ol type="a"><li class="substepexpand"><span>Distribute the Collection Services RPM file from the management
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partition to the Linux partitions from which you plan to collect performance
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data. You can do this by File Transfer Protocol (FTP) with the binary option,
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or by mapping a drive and copying the files to the file system, or by any
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other distribution mechanism that you might have in place. You can use Qshell
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to access the RPM file in the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> management
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partition directory, <span class="filepath"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />/qibm/proddata/os400/collectionservices/lib/ColSrvDirExt.rpm<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>On each Linux partition, run the following command from the
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directory where the RPM file exists:</span> <pre>rpm -Uhv --force ColSrvDirExt.rpm</pre>
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</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>On each AIX partition, install the Director Multiplatform extension
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for Collection Services by installing the Collection Services package, <span class="filepath"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />aix-ColSrvDirExt.bff<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span>.</span><ol type="a"><li class="substepexpand"><span>Distribute the Collection Services package file from the management
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server to the AIX partitions
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from which you plan to collect performance data. You can do this by File Transfer
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Protocol (FTP) with the binary option, or by mapping a drive and copying the
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files to the file system, or by any other distribution mechanism that you
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might have in place. You can use Qshell to access the package file in the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> management partition directory, <span class="filepath"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />/qibm/proddata/os400/collectionservices/lib/aix-ColSrvDirExt.bff<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>On each AIX partition, run the following command from the directory
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where the BFF file exists:</span> <pre>installp -Fac -d aix-ColSrvDirExt.bff ColSrvDirExt</pre>
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</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>In <span class="keyword">IBM Director</span> Console,
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update the collection inventory on each partition by right-clicking the partition
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and selecting <span class="uicontrol">Perform Inventory Collection</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Activate PM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span>,
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which automates the start of Collection Services and then creates the database
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files during collection. If PM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> is
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already running, use the following <span class="cmdname">Start Performance Collection (STRPFRCOL)</span> command:</span> <pre>STRPFRCOL CYCCOL(*YES)</pre>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<div class="section"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />You can use the following tools to track performance data
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across partitions:<ul><li>Collection Services</li>
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<li>PM <span class="keyword">iSeries</span></li>
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<li>IBM eServer Workload
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Estimator</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzahxcollectdatacs.htm" title="Use Collection Services to collect performance data for later analysis by the Performance Tools for iSeries licensed program or other performance report applications, iSeries Navigator monitors, and the graph history function. (If you prefer viewing real-time performance data, system monitors provide an easy-to-use graphical interface for monitoring system performance.)">Collection Services</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzai2/rzai2kickoff.htm">Configured</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzaih/rzaih1.htm">Management Central</a></div>
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<div><a href="../icbase/iphat/iphatlparkickoff.htm">Partitioning the server</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzahxcfgpm400mc.htm" title="PM iSeries uses Collection Services to gather the nonproprietary performance and capacity data from your server. After you have collected this data, you can use Electronic Service Agent over Extreme Support to send the data to IBM.">Send PM iSeries data with Service Agent over Extreme Support (Universal Connection)</a></div>
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