Description

This connector provides hardware monitoring through the IBM Director Agent version 3.x which supports almost all IBM Netfinity and xSeries servers. This connector is WBEM-based.

Target

Typical platform: IBM xSeries

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM Director Agent 3.x

Technology and protocols: WMI

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM Director Agent 3.x - Windows connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• Operating System is Microsoft Windows
• The Windows service TWGIPC is running
• The WMI query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: root/cimv2
  • WQL Query: SELECT Version FROM IBMPSG_UniversalManageabilityServices
  • Result contains: ^3\.1\.[1-9].* (regex)
• The WMI query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: root/cimv2
  • WQL Query: SELECT ProductName FROM IBMPSG_ComputerSystemDetails