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Announcement Support for this product will end on November 3, 2025. We recommend that you use PATROL for Linux, PATROL for AIX, or PATROL for Solaris to monitor operating systems.

Generating reports

The PATROL Knowledge Module for UNIX provides reports for NFS, NIS, TCP/IP, and UUCP.

NFS and NIS Reports

  1. Access the NFS application menu as described in Accessing-KM-Commands-and-InfoBoxes.

  2. Choose the report by selecting the application instance type > Reports > menu command.

    NIS

    • List Accounts - displays all the user accounts registered on the Network Information System
    • List Groups - displays all the groups registered on the Network Information System
    • List Servers - displays a list of all NIS servers Reports 

    NFS


    List Servers - displays a list of all NFS servers

     

    PATROL creates a task icon in the UNIX OS container. 

  3. Open the window to view the list of collected statistics. If the window appears empty, scroll to the top of the window to see the report.
  4. If you want to rerun the report at a later time, using the right mouse button from the task icon, select Repeat.
  5. If you want to delete the task icon, using right mouse button from the task icon, select Destroy.

TCP/IP and UUCP Reports

  1. Access the NETWORK application menu as described in Accessing-KM-Commands-and-InfoBoxes.

  2. Choose the report by selecting the application instance type > Reports > menu command.

    TCP/IP

    • List Hosts - displays a list of all hosts that use TCP/IP
    • List Protocols - displays the TCP/IP protocols
    • List Services - displays all TCP/IP services available
    • List Trusted Hosts - displays a list of all trusted hosts on the networkReports 

    UUCP

    • List Server Name - displays all the hosts known to UUCP
    • Show Log - displays the UUCP log file
    • Show Statistics - displays the status of previously specified UUCP menu items or provides the general status of the UUCP connections to other systems

    PATROL creates a task icon in the UNIX OS container. 

  3. Open the window to view the list of collected statistics. If the window appears empty, scroll to the top of the window to see the report.
  4. If you want to rerun the report at a later time, using the right mouse button from the task icon, select Repeat.
  5. If you want to delete the task icon, using right mouse button from the task icon, select Destroy.

 

 

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BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux 9.13