We’ve highlighted AAG’s ability to send passive check results and control commands directly from IBM i to Nagios XI, providing immediate notification of events while allowing IBM i processes to manage Nagios monitoring automatically. Also […]
Category: Monitoring
IBM i Open Source: The Security Risk You May Have Forgotten
IBM i has embraced Open Source over the last several years, giving administrators access to thousands of modern packages through Yum (and now DNF), making it easier than ever to install development tools, utilities, monitoring […]
Handling PWRDWNSYS with Nagios Monitoring
When the system is scheduled to go down for routine maintenance, it’s important that the appropriate actions are taken to notify stakeholders in advance. Too often, our phones light up with alerts simply because someone […]
One-Click AI Analysis for Nagios
Introducing AAG’s New ChatGPT-Powered Monitoring Insights Modern monitoring systems are excellent at collecting data such as metrics, status checks, thresholds, etc… But when something “looks” wrong, the real work begins… digging through graphs, correlating signals, […]
Enhancing AAG with Passive Check Support: Smarter, Lighter, Cooperative Monitoring for IBM i and Nagios
IBM i systems don’t natively support passive checks because NRDP requires ASCII‑formatted Web API requests, while IBM i uses EBCDIC internally. That mismatch has historically prevented IBM i from participating fully in Nagios’ passive check […]
Unlocking Security Insights with IBM i Audit Journal Monitoring
The IBM i Audit Journal is a treasure trove of security data. It records thousands of events that reveal what’s happening on your system — from failed logins to changes in user authorities. The challenge […]
Shield Advanced Solutions Announces AAG Version 3.0
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]