AIX/Linux Monitoring with njmon

nimon (NOT njmon) + InfluxDB + Grafana

• njmon = JSON output
• nimon = njmon but straight to InfluxDB

NOTE: as of version 78, the njmon and nimon have been merged into one binary file.

Using the option -J (nimon mode) or -I (nimon mode).

njmon

Download: http://nmon.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php?n=Site.Njmon

InfluxDB

Create a new database for njmon

create database aix_njmon with duration 180d
create user mon with password 'thisispassword'
grant ALL on aix_njmon to mon
show GRANTS for mon

Grafana

Dashboards

• njmon for AIX Large Set v66
  • Plugin Clock: https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/grafana-clock-panel/
  • Plugin Pie Chart: https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/grafana-piechart-panel/
• njmon for AIX Simple Six PLUS Copy V78
  • Plugin Clock: https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/grafana-clock-panel/
• njmon Linux Simple Six Plus v67
  • Plugin Clock: https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/grafana-clock-panel/

AIX/Linux

Cron job:

## Gathing AIX/Linux performance data with njmon
# Running forever, in case the process is killed the cron job will restart it every one hour.
# -i : the hostname of InfluxDB
# -x : the DB name in InfluxDB
# -y : the DB user
# -z : the DB password
3 * * * * /usr/local/bin/njmon -I -s 60 -k -i <ip-or-hostname-to-InfluxDB> -x <db-name> -y <db-user> -z <db-pass> > /dev/null 2>&1