Orientation

Quick overview

A Knowledge Module (KM) is a set of files from which a PATROL Agent receives information about resources running on a monitored computer. A KM file can contain the actual instructions for monitoring objects or simply a list of KMs to load. KMs are loaded by a PATROL Agent and a PATROL Console.

KMs provide information for the way monitored computers are represented in the PATROL interface, for the discovery of application instances and the way they are represented, for parameters that are run under those applications, and for the options available on object pop-up menus. A PATROL Console in developer mode can change KM knowledge for its current session, save knowledge for all of its future sessions, and commit KM changes to specified PATROL Agent computers. A KM file contains the source code for a PATROL application. 

PATROL for AIX reports and monitors availability and performance across critical areas of your AIX operating system. It issues visual warnings and alarms when thresholds are exceeded, allowing easy identification of problem areas. The KM provides the following features:

• Monitor CPU, SMP, Kernel, Memory, System swap files, Network, Network File Systems, Process, User, Filesystems, Process, User, Disk and I/O, AIX Virtualization, PowerVM environment, Shared Ethernet Adapters
• Support for local and remote monitoring of the AIX OS 
• Cross platform monitoring
• Ability to add multiple hosts for remote monitoring 
  
• Remote monitoring of AIX using Windows PATROL Agent
• Monitor Active Memory Expansion and Active Memory Sharing 
  

Product documentation

The PATROL for AIX documentation helps new and experienced users implement or use this product. Based on your role, the following sections of the documentation are recommended. 

All users should view and set up a watch on the Release notes and notices for the latest product information and documentation updates. 

When working in the product, click the Help icons to directly link to the topic pertaining to your task. For working offline, you can download an Adobe Acrobat PDF of this documentation from the PDFs page.

Repository

The Infrastructure Management–PATROL Repository (Repository) comprises two sets of Monitoring Solutions and KMs, known as the Base and Extended repositories.

• The Base repository contains approximately a dozen components, including the operating system KMs.
• The Extended repository contains approximately five dozen components, including the database KMs.

Every three or four months, several components of the Repository are enhanced or added.

The PATROL for AIX product is a component of the Base repository. For information about downloading and installing the repository, see Downloading the repository.

Related product documentation

When working with the PATROL for AIX product, you might also need to refer to the following documentation:

• PATROL Agent 11.3
• Infrastructure Management–PATROL Repository

Console and product compatibility

You can use the KMs and Monitoring Solutions with several consoles and products. 

Parameter Reference Database

The  Parameter Reference Database (PRD) contains reports of the parameters available from the KMs and solutions in the extensive Knowledge Module (KM) library. You can access these reports in CSV, PDF, or HTML format. 

You can quickly filter the list of products by typing any portion of the product name in the filter box, as shown in the following figure.