TABLE OF CONTENTS:
• System Monitoring
• Disk Monitoring & Analysis
• Job Monitoring & Accounting
• Application Monitoring
• History & Reporting
• Integrations
• Other Capabilities & Functions
• Support Services
This checklist helps you distinguish between Robot Monitor and other IBM i performance monitoring software so you can make the best decision for your company.
| SYSTEM MONITORING | Others | Robot Monitor |
| Monitor IBM i, Virtual I/O Server (VIOS), AIX, and Linux partitions on Power Systems servers. | ✓ | |
| Monitor the AIX/VIOS Error Report (errpt) log entries. | ✓ | |
| Monitor multiple logical partitions (LPARs) across multiple servers. | ✓ | |
| Monitor system performance. | ✓ | |
| Monitor memory pool performance. | ✓ | |
| Monitor system configuration. | ✓ | |
| Monitor total number of jobs that have ended but have spooled files. | ✓ | |
| Drill down to essential information. | ✓ | |
| Maintain an exceeded threshold history log. | ✓ | |
| Create time-sensitive checks using calendared thresholds. | ✓ | |
| DISK MONITORING & ANALYSIS | Others | Robot Monitor |
| Monitor objects in real time. | ✓ | |
| Monitor auxiliary storage pool (ASP) information. | ✓ | |
| Monitor size and count of objects in QTEMP libraries. | ✓ | |
| Monitor disk arm utilization. | ✓ | |
| Graphically show disk trends (including IFS) and highlight deleted records. | ✓ | |
| Use predictive analysis to forecast when your disk will need to be upgraded. | ✓ | |
| Find objects by object type, object owner, number of deleted records, and object damage. | ✓ | |
| Graphically break down disk usage by IFS directory, library, object owner, and other criteria. | ✓ | |
| JOB MONITORING & ACCOUNTING | Others | Robot Monitor |
| Ensure that critical jobs are active. | ✓ | |
| Monitor job performance parameters. | ✓ | |
| Monitor job status. | ✓ | |
| Identify and address looping jobs using large amounts of system resources, such as QZDASOINIT jobs. | ✓ | |
| Show only highest CPU jobs that are executing using an SQL statement. | ✓ | |
| Work with jobs (e.g., change, hold, release, or end). | ✓ | |
| Analyze job accounting statistics for breakdown of usage, including details on spooled files and lines printed. | ✓ | |
| Monitor job components, including number of threads. | ✓ | |
| APPLICATION MONITORING | Others | Robot Monitor |
| Monitor the data and configuration files of any IBM i business application in real time via SQL. | ✓ | |
| Apply thresholds and alerts and create historical and predictive trend reports for applications. | ✓ | |
| Monitor your line-of-business applications using a convenient API. | ✓ | |
| Monitor WebSphere MQ Queue Managers. | ✓ | |
| Monitor WebSphere MQ Listeners. | ✓ | |
| Monitor WebSphere MQ Channels. | ✓ | |
| Monitor WebSphere MQ Queues. | ✓ | |
| Monitor the BRMS message log for specific errors. | ✓ | |
| Monitor BRMS for the number of tapes available (total, active, or expired). | ✓ | |
| Monitor the health of Robot HA data replication and high availability components. | ✓ | |
| Monitor replication and audit status of various metrics within MIMIX. | ✓ | |
| Monitor the cluster, cluster node, and cluster resource group (CRG) status of PowerHA for IBM i. | ✓ | |
| HISTORY & REPORTING | Others | Robot Monitor |
| Automatically generate and distribute management reports or exported files on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis that are ideal for service-level agreements. | ✓ | |
| Produce availability percentage monitoring and report on when the system is available to users. | ✓ | |
| Produce detailed technical history to investigate and report on resource-intensive users that may be causing an overhead on the system. | ✓ | |
| Use predictive analysis to forecast when your system will need to be upgraded. | ✓ | |
| INTEGRATIONS | Others | Robot Monitor |
| Integrate with Robot Alert mobile notification software to receive critical alerts on your preferred device. | ✓ | |
| Integrate with Robot Network consolidation software to centralize notifications across partitions (VMs). | ✓ | |
| Integrate with Robot Console message management software to augment your current escalation process. | ✓ | |
| SNMP interface into enterprise monitoring systems such as HP BTO (formerly HP OpenView), CA Unicenter TNG, BMC Performance Manager, and Tivoli Netcool. | ✓ | |
| IBM i message interface to message management solutions that allow messages to be sent out via email or SMS. | ✓ | |
| OTHER CAPABILITIES & FUNCTIONS | Others | Robot Monitor |
| Select from over 300 different monitoring metrics. | ✓ | |
| Verify network components are performing correctly and are available. | ✓ | |
| Monitor IOP and cache battery information. | ✓ | |
| Monitor aggregated ethernet resource line status. | ✓ | |
| Monitor communication performance and status. | ✓ | |
| Monitor journal status, journal receiver size, and output queue status. | ✓ | |
| Compare PTFs between systems and highlight differences. | ✓ | |
| Use built-in current threshold list to only display trouble items. | ✓ | |
| Organize monitoring information in layers to drill down or view only the top layer. | ✓ | |
| Use drag-and-drop technology to build and rearrange the graphical user interface (GUI). | ✓ | |
| Employ multi-system and all-system views. | ✓ | |
| Enable mobile-friendly, browser-based visibility into metrics that you require and see current threshold exceptions. | ✓ | |
| SUPPORT SERVICES | Others | Robot Monitor |
| Access complete online help for easy reference. | ✓ | |
| Work with a designated support consultant. | ✓ | |
| Call for live support during business hours. | ✓ | |
| Take advantage of 24/7 after-hours support. | ✓ | |
| Download software updates for new features and fixes. | ✓ | |
| Receive online technical alerts. | ✓ | |
| Use product setup and upgrade assistance. | ✓ | |
| Increase your knowledge with product certification testing. | ✓ | |
| Attend industry and product webinars. | ✓ | |
| Get discounts on classes and event fees. | ✓ | |
| Read white papers, case studies, how-to documents, and other helpful resources. | ✓ | |