Description

This connector provides hardware monitoring through the IBM Director Agent version 4.x which supports almost all IBM Netfinity and xSeries servers.

Target

Typical platform: IBM xSeries

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM Director Agent 4.x

Technology and protocols: WMI

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM Director Agent 4.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
  • WQL Query: SELECT Name FROM __NAMESPACE
  • Result contains: ^ibmsd;$ (regex)
• The WMI query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: root\ibmsd
  • WQL Query: SELECT Version FROM IBMPSG_DirectorAgent
  • Result contains: ^4.* (regex)
• The WMI query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: root\ibmsd
  • WQL Query: SELECT ProductName FROM IBMPSG_ComputerSystemDetails