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Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on May 14, 2024

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Extending more IBM i Alerts for OS system limits

 I am proposing an enhancement to our current IBM i alert system to improve our system monitoring capabilities and enable proactive management of potential issues.

Current IBM i alerts are limited to monitoring only 8 predefined events.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/alerts-ibm-i-system-limits
15000,15002,15003,15104,15400,15401,15403,19002

 

While these alerts serve as valuable indicators of system health, they may not provide comprehensive coverage of all potential issues that could arise within our IBM i environment.

To address this limitation and ensure that our system administrators are equipped with timely insights to address emerging issues, I propose extending the alert system to include additional event IDs. By expanding the scope of monitored events, we can effectively identify and address issues before they escalate to critical levels, thereby minimizing downtime and optimizing system performance.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=services-system-health

ex.16100,16200,16201,16806

 

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 18, 2024

    Thanks!

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 17, 2024
    This enhancement was delivered in December 2024 with IBM i 7.5 Database PTF Group level 8 and IBM i 7.4 Database PTF Group level 29.

    Alerting ability was added for limit 16100. It is described on this documentation page: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=services-system-limit-alerts

    The 16200 and 16201 limits you proposed for alerts are based on maximums that are variable, so there is no percentage that can be used. We didn't see a strong need for alerting limit 16806, so did not add it. You can monitor these limit on your own by adding a trigger to the SYSLIMTBL table to get awareness when it reaches a sufficiently high number. There is an example of a trigger on this page: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=services-syslimtbl-table.

    Db2 for i development team
    IBM Power Systems Development
  • Admin
    Carmelita Ruvalcaba Cevallos
    Reply
    |     Jun 25, 2024

    The CAAC has reviewed this IBM Idea and recommends that IBM not implement this request.

    Since there are vendor and Open Source monitoring solutions and work around on the systems, this should be rejected.

    Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual IBM Ideas on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your Idea.

    For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac

    Carmelita Ruvalcaba - CAAC Program Manager


  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 10, 2024
    IBM will use this Idea as input to planning, but no commitment is made or implied. This Idea will be updated in the future if IBM implements it.

    Db2 for i development team
    IBM Power Systems Development

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