RE: ITM and AIX WPARs

Hey Jon-

 

Many thanx for the information.  We are actually using KPX, but I had heard
a rumor that it was being merged into the KUX agent?  So I just wanted to
get some insight on it before I started digging.

 

Thanx again.

 

Mike-

 

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Subject: RE: [TME10] ITM and AIX WPARs

 

Mike,

 

Not had that much hands-on time inside AIX WPAR implementations, but as I
remember (and may well be wrong), WPARs are 'workload partitions' inside
LPARS which are 'logical partitions'. The true OS 'machine' is the LPAR, and
the WPAR is a collection of configuration and process management creating a
pseudo-virtual set of resources for use, not a true virtual machine. In that
respect, there may well be sharing of code, log files and the like from a
common TEMA directory, which wouldn't work well. 

 

Whether you're planning to use the KPX agent (AIX Premium) or in the more
recent levels where KPX is converging into KUX, I seem to remember many of
the WPAR-related attribute groups have the WPAR name as an attribute. From
that, a single TEMA to manage them all in an LPAR makes sense. You can use
WPAR attributes to scope situations down to the rows that are the resources
for a give WPAR. The recent KUX OS Agent User's Guide should be your guide.
Note that at some levels during the convergence there were issues with
non-root agent installations not having access to all the underlying data.
It's documented in the User's Guide. 

 

Have fun with that. 

 

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Jon Austin | Senior Netcool Consultant
WINDWARD IT SOLUTIONS | Strategic thinking.  Real-world results.T

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From: Mike Elleby 3.0 [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:24 AM
To: 'Discussion list for Tivoli product and Tivoli Ready products.'
Subject: [TME10] ITM and AIX WPARs

Hey John A.-

 

If you have your ears on.  I'm currently working on an effort where WPARs
(AIX) are intending to be used in the environment, and there is a perception
that TEMAs can't run on a local WPAR, that they can only run in the Global,
not similar to Solaris Global/Local Zones, where I can run a TEMA in either
zone.  They haven't started testing yet, but I wanted to be proactive and
get some information on this item.

 

Your thoughts?

 

Thanx in advance.

 

Mike Elleby 3.0

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