PM for Power Systems

Instructions:

• Getting Started with PM for Power Systems (501KB)
• Business Partner Data Release Form Instructions

Technical papers:

• Maximizing the use of excess capacity on your IBM System i ™ or IBM System p ™ - a paper on using PM for Power Systems (131KB)
• See how your operations will run on a new Power System - no charge tool (172KB)

Additional links:

• IBM Performance Management for Power Systems Brochure (1.23MB - 6 pages, color printer recommended for hardcopy)

Redbook documentation:

• PM for Power Systems Redbook (10.6MB - download for viewing or printing)
• View as HTML (to read the Redbook online)

PM for Power Systems instructional videos: 

• Demonstrating the Navigation function
• Explaining the levels of service functions no charge versus full service
• Reporting different levels of resource usage (monthly, daily, hourly)
• PM for Power Systems interfacing with IBM Systems Workload Estimator

PM for Power Systems customer manuals:

• Version 5 Release 4 (V5R4)
• Version 5 Release 3 (V5R3)
• Version 5 Release 2 (V5R2)
• Version 5 Release 1 (V5R1)

Related documents:

• Performance Tools, Version 5 Release 4 (V5R4)
• Performance Tools, Version 5 Release 3 (V5R3)
• Performance Tools, Version 5 Release 2 (V5R2)
• Performance Tools, Version 5 Release 1 (V5R1)

Sample PM for Power Systems reports:

• No additional charge report (13KB)
• Detailed reports (114KB)

Additional links

• IBM i Interactive Graphing Tour (893KB)
• Magazine Article from Nov'07 IBM Systems Magazine (2.59MB)
• New Podcast: Capitalizing on PM for Power Systems (MP3, 21MB)

Related documentation:

• Electronic Service Agent for pSeries and RS/6000 User's Guide - for AIX (4.6MB)

Additional links:

• AIX Interactive Graphing Tour (454KB)
• Plan for Growth - Open Systems magazine article, December 2007
• New Podcast: Capitalizing on PM for Power Systems (MP3, 21MB)

PM data collector integrated into AIX

PM support for IBM POWER processor-based Blades