IBM SVC
Create a BVQ user on the SVC system
For communication between a SVC system and BVQ, a user account with at least user group 'Monitor' is required on each SVC system.
svctask mkuser -name bvq -usergrp Monitor -password <my_secure_password>
Check NTP, time and time zone
Check if an NTP server is configured: it is mandatory to use NTP to synchronize the time of all systems (SVC Systems and BVQ Server):
svcinfo lssystem | grep 'ntp_IP_address'
Set your NTP Server: Synchronize your SVC cluster with a specific NTP server:
svctask chcluster -ntpip <IP address of NTP Server>
Adjust SVC cluster time zone: Set the time zone of your SVC cluster with:
svctask settimezone -timezone 360
Show SVC clock settings: Check the current time setting on your SVC:
svqueryclock
Check performance statistics interval
The SVC performance statistics are generated regularly (in intervals) by the SVC and picked up by the BVQ SVC Scanner. BVQ supports all intervals possible in the SVC (1min to 5min).
We recommend to set the time interval to 1 minute.
Check statistics status and frequency: Use this command to see if and how often your system collects statistics:
svcinfo lssystem | while read key value; do [[ "$key" =~ ^(statistics_status|statistics_frequency)$ ]]&& echo "$key $value"; done
Change statistics collection frequency: Define how often system statistics are collected:
startstats -interval <interval_in_minutes>
