Why...
Understanding and managing your system's utilization, growth and performance are critical in today's rapidly changing business environment. It is very important to be aware and anticipate potential service disruption due to capacity constraint issues. It is equally important to understand what else your system could be doing with available excess capacity. Finally it is important to have a grasp on both the above as you consider your fiscal planning responsibilities.
What...
Addressing these needs is precisely what IBM Performance Management for Power™ Systems (PM for Power Systems) and associated tools are designed to help you do. With nominal effort on your part, trends indicating key system utilization and growth metrics are available in easily understood reports or graphs, securely accessible to you via the web, 24x7, year around.
When...
Support is provided for AIX® (V5.1 - V6.1) and the IBM i operating system (i5/OS). System hardware supported includes the previously available IBM System i™ and IBM System p™ systems. For the POWER6™ processor-based servers, PM for Power Systems support is available as indicated: IBM Power 520 Express - AIX or i Editions: April 2008; IBM Power 550 Express - AIX Edition: April 2008; IBM Power 550 Express - i Edition: 3Q 2008, and IBM Power 570, 575 and 595: 3Q 2008.
Additional information
To learn more about the no additional charge (summary level information / reports) and the nominal charge (detailed level information and reports) offerings visit:
- IBM i operating system- previously known as PM for System i
- AIX operating system- previously known as PM for System p