Partitioning can simplify IBM server management and reduce overall operating costs. However, despite these advantages, performance tracking and problem solving within AIX LPARs or WPARs can become difficult or even impossible to handle. 
 

Major Difficulties Include:

• Managing correct micro-partitioning
• Physical machine resource visibility
• WPAR visibility on AIX 6.1 and LPAR entitlement usage
• Visibility across all pSeries and AIX servers.
• No easy way to see physical system capacity

• Set up dedicated and reliable monitoring on AIX
• Ensure relevant LPAR data collection
• Engage in profiling across pSeries and AIX server farms to quickly identify entitlement violations and over usage.

Why Sysload?

Sysload for AIX on pSeries, as dedicated solution, serves as a logical add-on to the system administration capabilities already in place.  It provides the granularity of data required to objectively manage system resources, and to monitor the impact of applications running in the logical partitions.

• Functionalities designed specifically for AIX
• Intuitive interface, ideal for both novice and experienced system administrators
• Sysload is a Certified IBM Partner
• 24/7 LPARs Monitoring
• Validate consolidation scenarios
• Easy applications monitoring from within LPARs and WPARs
• Unified view of the data center (Server and partition)
• Increased frequency and higher granularity of data collection on a single console to monitor physical hosts, LPARs and WPARs
• Early detection of LPAR/WPAR micro saturations, reducing the risk of LPAR/WPAR proliferation
• Dedicated and accurate agents facilitate effective virtual server farm monitoring

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