ibm i war stories from the front lines
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Everyday IBM i monitoring in action and the waysthat Halcyon can help IT teams with their plan of attack
War Stories from the Front Line
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Exception Monitoring
• Where Did My Disk Space Go?
• Housekeeping
• IBM i SQL Services
• If All Else Fails…
• Q&A and Recap
Agenda
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Exception Monitoring
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
The Cost of Monitoring
Per Day
=Per Week
=Per Year
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Manual Checks
• Excessive Tools and Consoles
• Excessive Notifications
• Old Notifications
Why 30 Minutes?
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Manual Checks
– People or process is responsible for 80% of downtime
Time-consuming
Repetitive (and mundane)
Complex multi-platform environments
After-hours demands
Manual Checks
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Exception Monitoring
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Interval Monitoring
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Variable Start, Fixed Duration Monitoring
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Variable Start, Fixed Duration Monitoring
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Variable Start, Fixed Duration Monitoring
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Variable Start, Fixed Duration Monitoring
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Alert Intelligence
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Audit journal (entries)• Device status (line, controller, device)• Distribution queues (status and depth)• Job log (messages)• Job queues (status, depth, length of time on queue)• IBM MQ and Vison’s MIMIX monitoring• Message queues (QSYSOPR, QSYSMSG, application, QHST)• Object (SQL services, IFS, data queues, data areas)• Performance (system, subsystem job, statuses)• TCP/IP (pint – available / not available / changed)• All template-based rules (Misys Equation, Midas, Oracle JDE, Infor M3
and XA, iTERA, and Maxava)
Alert Intelligence
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Excessive Tools / Consoles
– Single tool
– Single pane of glass
Excessive Tools / Consoles
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Single Tool
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Forward Halcyon Alerts to Another Application Console
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Single Pane of Glass
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Old Notifications
– Auto-close
Old Notifications
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Old Notifications
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Where Did My Disk Space Go?
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Organic and Sudden Spikes
Built into OS
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Halcyon and Disk Space Growth
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Historical Analysis
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Disk Explorer
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Housekeeping
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Spooled Files
What Needs Housekeeping on IBM i?
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Solution Comparison
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Journal Receivers
What Needs Housekeeping on IBM i?
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Halcyon Level 2
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Log Files
Halcyon Level 2
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IBM i SQL Services
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
IBM i SQL Serviceshttps://goo.gl/NjGmLI
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If All Else Fails…
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Custom Task
If All Else Fails…
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Automate Anything!
If All Else Fails…
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About HelpSystems
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
Solutions Portfolio
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Q&A and Recap
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
• Exception Monitoring
• Where Did My Disk Space Go?
• Housekeeping
• IBM i SQL Services
• If All Else Fails …
Q&A and Recap
IBM i War Stories from the Front Line
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