Adding additional Linux images

The RTServer determines which PAS monitors each Linux system. Each Linux system runs a process called a data server that points to the RTServer by using the mmldsrv.ini file parameters. Each PAS has its own SYSIN data set that points to the RTServer (host name and port number). The PAS automatically discovers any Linux system data server connected to its RTServer.

Note

These instructions describe how to set up one Linux system. You must replicate this information to each new Linux system that you want to monitor. BMC recommends that you use the method that you currently use to replicate applications or files to multiple Linux images (see Sharing-an-installation-across-multiple-Linux-systems).

To add new Linux systems to be monitored, you must do all of the following tasks:

  • add a new RTServer
  • add a new PAS
  • create an ini file

One PAS monitoring up to 500 Linux images

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Multiple PAS monitoring over 500 Linux images

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Configuring BMC AMI Ops for scalability and performance

If you are running more than twelve Linux images, you may want to add a rule to restrict the amount of history that you collect. BMC offers the following recommendations to reduce the historical data collected:

  • Only collect history on the specific metric groups that you need to analyze (for example, process and kernel data).
  • Only collect history on the specific Linux images on which problems are detected from analyzing the real-time data.

For more information, see Adding-a-new-rule.

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