150+ controls for the IBM i

All the activities running on your IBM i are monitored with Nagios and many other supervision solutions.

CONTROL for i

Product description

The aim of the “Control for i” product is to monitor an IBM i partition using a product such as Nagios or many other solutions (compatible: Centreon, CheckMK, Shinken, Zannix, … and others : PRTG, ServiceNav, etc.).

Such Nagios-like tools have basic capacities. For example they check some system items: PING, CPU, power used, disk space used, etc. But they cannot be used to monitor whether a subsystem has started and contains all the expected jobs, or if backups were correctly made the previous night. No need to imagine controlling the proper operating of your HA solution or the smooth running of your ERP batches or the end of your data transfers …

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The plugin supplied with Control For i enables the connection between the Nagios-like tool and the IBM i partition.
The only input parameter is an IBM i command which will be run on the partition. The message returned from this command will be the text displayed by Nagios or sent by e-mail if it concerns an error.

The product is supplied with numerous check commands which cover most of needs related to IBM i, IBM i applications and middleware operations.
The commands can also be used interactively in a 5250 session to test a check or in a CLP program written by the user.

All the commands are written to be executed extremely quickly in order to avoid timeouts during checks performed by Nagios.

The user may create its own specific commands, that will easily be used as new Nagios checks.

On the IBM i partition, an agent is running permanently. Its role is to accept orders from Nagios, and to return the answer.

The schedule and the frequency of the controls are managed by Nagios.

The Control for i product is available in English and French versions.

CONTROL for i

The IBM i monitoring commands

The commands below are some example of the ones used to monitor IBM i operations .

According to the number of parameters available with each command, the entire product represents MORE THAN 150 DIFFERENT UNIT CONTROLS !

SEE SOME EXAMPLES BELOW

CTCHKBCH, Check that a Batch job has run

The CTCHKBCH command checks whether a job has been executed within a time range passed as a parameter. It can be used for example to check that a night batch, or a backup job has actually started, and has actually ended, within the time range passed in parameter.

CTCHKBRM, Check that the backup with BRMS is correct

The CTCHKBRM command check that the backups made by BRMS have been correctly performed.

CTCHKBRMEX, Check volumes availability for BRMS

The CTCHKBRMEX command is used to check the availability of expired volumes for a given media class in BRMS. This control realized in the afternoon makes it possible to avoid an error during the backup for lack of supports.

CTCHKCPU, Check the use of the CPU

The CTCHKCPU command generates an alert if the power consumed exceeds the percentage passed in parameter. It is possible to select a job list, a list of subsystems, or the entire system.

CTCHKDSK, Check the disk space utilization

The CTCHKDSK command is used to generate an alert if the disk space utilization exceeds the limit passed in parameter.

CTCHKDTAA, Check the content of a Data Area

The CTCHKDTAA command checks if the content of a Data Area corresponds to the value passed in parameter. If the value is not the same, an alert is generated.
This command makes it possible, among other things, to carry out a specific check very quickly.

CTCHKJOB, Check a job status

The CTCHKJOB command checks if a job is active, or inactive.

CTCHKJOBQ, Check the number of jobs in a JOBQ

The CTCHKJOBQ command checks that the number of jobs present in a JOBQ does not exceed a certain number, passed in parameter.

CTCHKLCKW, Check jobs in the LCKW state

The CTCHKLCKW command generates an alert if at least one job is in the LCKW (Lock Wait) state in the system.

CTCHKMSGW, Check jobs in the MSGW state

The CTCHKMSGW command generates an alert if at least one job is in the MSGW (Message Wait) state in the system.

CTCHKPING, Make a PING from the IBM i partition

The CTCHKPING command makes it possible to check that a correspondent is available (via the PING command) from the IBM i partition.

CTCHKPRB, Check for System Problems

The CTCHKPRB command generates an alert when a system problem is detected. System problems are visible with the WRKPRB command.

CTCHKSAV, Check that the backup is correct

The CTCHKSAV command checks that the backups have been correctly performed by the SAVSECDTA, SAVCFG, SAVLIB, SAVDLO and SAV system commands.

CTCHKSBS, Check the status of a subsystem

The CTCHKSBS command checks that a subsystem is active, or on the contrary that it is stopped. It also allows you to check a list of jobs that must be active in this subsystem.

CTCHKUSR, Check disabled profiles

The CTCHKUSR command is used to generate an alert if a profile is disabled, based on a list passed in parameter.

The high availability monitoring commands

The commands below are used to monitor the operation of Quick EDH and MIMIX High Availability software.

CTCHKEDH, Check the status of Quick EDH replication

The CTCHKEDH command checks that the replication provided by the product Quick EDD-HA (of the company Traders) is correct, and undergoes no excessive delay.

CTCHKMMXAG, Check the status of a MIMIX Application Group

The CTCHKMMXAG command checks that all elements of a MIMIX Application Group are active, or in a state that allows a proper replication.

CTCHKMMXDG, Check the status of a MIMIX Data Group

The CTCHKMMXDG command checks that all elements of a MIMIX Data Group are active, or in a state that allows a proper replication.

CTCHKMMXDS, Check the status of replication for a MIMIX Data Group

The CTCHKMMXDS command checks that there is no delay in the replication of a MIMIX Data Group, no errors are detected, and no objects are temporarily excluded from replication.

The M3 ERP monitoring commands

The controls below are used to monitor the operation of one of the ERP on the market : M3. They are based on the data provided by the Grid and the Server View. Other probes of the same kind, for other ERPs, will come or will be developed depending the need of our customers or prospects…

CTM3HSTSTS, Check Hosts status

The CTM3HSTSTS command checks that the Hosts are active and the level of memory they use.

CTM3JOBSTS, Check jobs status

The CTM3JOBSTS command is used to check the level of CPU utilization and the activity level of M3 jobs (*AUTOJOB, * INTERACT, * BATCH, * MIJOBS).

CTM3NBAJ, Check the number of autojobs

The CTM3NBAJ command checks that the number of Autojobs is correct.

CTM3NODSTS, Check Nodes status

The CTM3NODSTS command is used to check the CPU and memory usage level of the M3 Nodes.

CTM3SVCSTS, Check services status

The CTM3SVCSTS command is used to check that the services are actives.

150+ controls for the IBM i

CONTROL for i

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CONTROL for i

The IBM i monitoring commands

The high availability monitoring commands

The M3 ERP monitoring commands

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