We are pleased to announce that AAG Version 3.0 is now available to customers. This release delivers significant performance improvements, reducing overhead on the Nagios Server and helping organizations running tens of thousands of checks […]
Category: IBM i
Strengthening IBM i Security with Automated Authority Monitoring
Insider threats remain one of the most overlooked risks in enterprise security. According to the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 35% of breaches originate from within organizations. On IBM i systems, this risk is […]
AAG Version 3 Announcement!
We’re excited to share that Version 3 of At‑A‑Glance (AAG) Monitoring is now in final testing and will be available for customers soon! This latest release delivers faster, more efficient monitoring for your IBM i […]
Shield is now a Registered Nagios Partner:
We are excited to announce our partnership with Nagios, bringing the power of the Nagios XI platform to our At‑A‑Glance (AAG) Monitoring solution. This collaboration delivers seamless integration for the IBM i checks we provide, […]
Connecting NagiosXI to Grafana
We have implemented Grafana along with our Nagios plugin AAG, for quite some time. However, this was done using pnp4Nagios to capture the performance data from our checks and push them through to a PNP […]
EM4i gets a new feature
We have been aware of a limitation with the IBM provided monitors which can cause a number of issues when set up in a specific manner that can result in a noticeable increase in CPU […]
Press Release : Shield Takes IBM i Monitoring Solution AAG to New Heights with Ansible
Press Release. Immediate Release, 5 March 2025, Toronto, Ontario. Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd announces major improvements taking their AAG – Nagios Monitoring plugin for IBM i, to new heights using Ansible. “We’re thrilled to share […]
Take Action with AAG.
Released in the latest update, AAG is now capable of working with Ansible to take action on problems found within your IBM i environment. I wanted to jump on here and quickly outline a use […]
Saving Time on IBM i
Is your data critical to your business and your time extremely precious? As I watch on, I have to admire the change and effective use of our time in the office. Our team activities have […]
Nagios Monitoring
There has been a lot going on with the Nagios monitoring solution over the past few months so I thought it was time to update everyone. IBM stops support. IBM has sunset support for their […]