For installations running operating systems other than z/OS, RMF XP provides an integrated solution to monitor the performance of heterogeneous environments.
Currently RMF XP supports the following operating system types:
- AIX running on system p
- Linux running on system x
- Linux running on system z
Hence, all operating systems which can run on an IBM zEnterprise System including the zEnterprise Blade Center Extension (zBX) can be monitored with RMF XP.
However, RMF XP does not necessarily require zBX hardware: all AIX and Linux systems can be monitored to which the RMF XP server task can establish a TCP/IP connection.
Additionally, RMF XP does not need any proprietary agent software on the monitored endpoints. It exploits the existing CIM (Common Information Model) instrumentation for the AIX and for the Linux operating systems. The CIM server as well as the metrics providers are already integral part of the supported AIX and Linux distributions, therefore no additional software needs to be installed.