Supported Adapters

The name of an adapter represents the data source from which SAS IT Resource Management gathers raw data.
All SAS IT Resource Management adapters are supported on all SAS IT Resource Management operating environments unless there is a technical limitation that is associated with the raw data (log file) sources. For example, the raw data might reside on a device that is not compatible with the architecture of the host system on which the SAS IT Resource Management server is installed. In that case, that raw data file might not be usable as input unless further processing is performed.
Tip
The log records from the TMON2CIC and TMONDB2 adapters are typically compressed. If you want to process data from those input sources on platforms that are not z/OS platforms, de-compress the data before staging it.
Table of Supported Adapters
Adapter Name
Description
Latest Verified Version of the Data Source
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service for AWS cloud resources and for the applications that run on AWS. Amazon CloudWatch can collect and track metrics, collect and monitor log files, and set alarms. Amazon CloudWatch can monitor AWS resources such as Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3 and EBS volumes, and Amazon RDS DB instances. It can also monitor custom metrics generated by applications and services as well as any log files that are generated.
SAS IT Resource Management 3.7 supports data collection for these AWS services only: EC2, EBS, RDS, and S3.
Verified in the 4th Quarter, 2015
Note: This date is when this adapter was last verified in this release of SAS IT Resource Management with the Amazon product.
ASG TMON2CIC
ASG TMON for CICS TS for z/OS (formerly from Landmark) monitors the CICS Transaction Server (TS) and provides resource consumption measurements by tracing each transaction's performance by CICS event and related unit of work.
Note: CICS data can be produced by either ASG TMONCICS or as a subtype of SMF.
MXG 33.09*
ASG TMONDB2 and ASG TMONDB2 V5
ASG TMON for DB2 (formerly from Landmark) works with the SQL Analyzer to manage DB2 applications and critical DB2 resources by providing a single view of DB2 data-sharing group performance. This adapter tracks DB2 buffer pools, lock contention and serialized resource usage, transaction statistics from ASG TMON for CICS to ASG TMON for DB2, and dynamic and static SQL calls. This adapter provides a view for all performance statistics by plan, package, and statement, including CPU time, I/O analysis, lock activity, and buffer pool utilization by SQL statement.
Note: For V4 and earlier versions, use ASG TMONDB2. For higher versions, use ASG TMONDB2 V5.
MXG 33.09*
BMC Mainview IMS
BMC Mainview for IMS (formerly IMF) supplies transaction information such as CPU usage, number of I/Os, and response time. When you collect BMC Mainview for IMS data instead of IBM IMS data, BMC recommends that you collect a duration of one hour of consistently high activity. The hour should start at the beginning and end at the end of an RMF interval.
MXG 33.09*
BMC Perf Mgr
BMC Performance Manager for Servers (formerly BMC PATROL) collects UNIX and Windows enterprise system management data.
v3
CA TMS
The Computer Associates CA 1 Tape Management product (formerly TMS) controls and protects tape data sets and volumes in z/OS environments.
MXG 33.09*
Comma Separated Values (CSV)
The Comma Separated Values adapter is a SAS product that reads any character delimited file.
Not applicable
DT Perf Sentry
Demand Technology Performance Sentry (formerly NTSMF) collects data from Windows systems and for Windows server applications such as Exchange, SQL Server, and IIS.
SAS IT Resource Management also supports a separate Demand Technology Performance Sentry adapter that is z/OS based. The Demand Technology Performance Sentry with MXG adapter that is z/OS based is for raw data sources that are supported through MXG.
v4.0
DT Perf Sentry with MXG
Demand Technology Performance Sentry (formerly NTSMF) with MXG collects data from Windows systems and for Windows server applications such as Exchange, SQL Server, and IIS. (SAS IT Resource Management also supports a separate Demand Tech Perf Sentry adapter that is not MXG based.)
MXG 33.09*
Ganglia
Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for high-performance computing systems such as clusters and grids.
3.7.1
HP Perf Agent
HP Performance Agent (formerly OpenView Performance Agent) captures enterprise systems management measurement data for IT resources from Windows systems and many UNIX variants such as HP-UX, Sun OS/Solaris, IBM AIX, Tru 64 UNIX, and Linux.
v11
HP Reporter
HP Reporter software (formerly OpenView Reporter) captures HP Performance Agent measurement data that is stored in a relational database via SAS/ACCESS to Oracle or ODBC.
v4.0
IBM AS400
IBM OS/400 Collection Services
Note: The staging code that is required for the IBM AS400 data source is not automated by a SAS IT Resource Management adapter. Instead, SAS IT Resource Management supplies a User-written Staging transformation and templates that contain table and column metadata for this adapter for use with user-written staging code.
MXG 33.09*
IBM DCOLLECT
IBM DFSMS Data Collection Facility obtains the following Mainframe Storage System data:
  • active data sets
  • VSAM data set information
  • volumes
  • inactive data
  • migrated data sets
  • backed-up data sets
  • capacity-planning data such as the following:
    - DASD capacity planning: IBM DCOLLECT provides information and statistics for volumes that are managed by DFSMShsm (ML0 and ML1).
    - tape capacity planning: IBM DCOLLECT provides statistics for tapes that are managed by DFSMShsm.
  • SMS configuration information
MXG 33.09*
IBM EREP
IBM Environmental Record Editing and Printing Program processes the error records from the MVS, VM, and VSE operating systems to produce formatted reports. Depending on the requested report, these IBM EREP reports can show the status of the entire installation, an I/O subsystem, or an individual device. IBM EREP reports can vary in format, depending on the following report types:
  • System summary reports show error data in summary form.
  • Trend reports show error data by daily totals.
  • Event history reports show error data in a time sequence by occurrence.
MXG 33.09*
IBM IMS
IBM Information Management System (IMS) is the transaction and hierarchical database management system from IBM.
Note: The staging code that is required for the IBM IMS data source is not automated by a SAS IT Resource Management adapter. Instead, SAS IT Resource Management supplies a User-written Staging transformation and templates that contain table and column metadata for this adapter for use with user-written staging code.
MXG 33.09*
IBM SMF
IBM System Management Facility collects and records system and job-related information that is used for the following purposes:
  • billing users
  • reporting reliability
  • analyzing the configuration
  • scheduling jobs
  • summarizing direct access to volume activity
  • evaluating data set activity
  • profiling system resource use
  • maintaining system security
Note: RMF is a subtype of SMF records. IBM RMF is the IBM strategic product for z/OS performance measurement and management. IBM RMF is the base product that collects performance data for z/OS and Sysplex environments to monitor system performance. Because IBM RMF data is a subtype of IBM SMF data, the IBM SMF adapter can be used with IBM RMF data without requiring additional customizations.
MXG 33.09*
IBM TPF
The IBM Transaction Processing Facility operating system works with application programs to process transactions in a real-time environment. The IBM TPF system is designed for businesses and organizations that have large networks and high volumes of online transactions.
MXG 33.09*
IBM VMMON
IBM VM Monitor Collection product collects performance information that is associated with VM, including measurements for user activity, processor storage, I/O, and applications.
MXG 33.09*
MS SCOM
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager monitors Windows systems, Microsoft software, and applications to provide a view of the health of an organization’s Windows environment.
System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Operating System v2012
AWS Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) v2012
RRDtool
RRDtool is the OpenSource industry standard, high-performance system for the data logging and graphing of time series data. It compiles on Microsoft Windows and many Linux and UNIX platforms.
Not applicable
SAP ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software from SAP (formerly SAP R/3), via the SAS IT Management Adapter for SAP, collects SAP ERP and SAP Business Warehouse (BW) workload performance measurements.
  • For SAP ERP, measurements are read from the SAP Statistic File (stat file).
  • For SAP BW, the measurements that communicate the amount of computer resources that were consumed to populate and query BW cubes are read. These measurements are then used to supplement BW server performance statistics.
SAP ERP(ECC): v6.0
SAP BW(BI): v7.0
SAR
System Activity Reporter is a logging mechanism that is native to most UNIX and Linux variants. SAR captures the contents of cumulative system activity counters.
Dependent on the operating system.
For information about specific operation system release versions, see “Accessing Raw Data for SAR” in Appendix 2, “Data Sources Supported by SAS IT Resource Management Adapters,” in the SAS IT Resource Management 3.7: Administrator’s Guide.
SAS Environment Manager
SAS Environment Manager (SAS EV) is a web-based application that collects information about SAS resources as well as the events and alerts that are logged in the SAS environment. The SAS Environment Manager adapter supports the Agent Collected Metrics (ACM) and Audit and Performance Management (APM) data marts.
v2.5
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol is a component of the Internet Protocol Suite.
The SNMP adapter also supports gathering SNMP data from round-robin databases (RRDs) that are used in many network management tools.
Not applicable
VMware vCenter
VMware vCenter Server is an operational console for VMware and includes the VMware vCenter database that serves as the raw data source for this SAS IT Resource Management adapter. The vCenter database contains VMware performance and utilization measurements for both the virtual machines and the physical servers on which they run, including detailed CPU, memory, storage, and I/O metrics. The vCenter relational database supports Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server or, for VMware vCenter releases prior to 5.5, an IBM DB2 database. It is accessed by SAS/ACCESS to Oracle or ODBC.
Note: Hosting the vCenter database in IBM DB2 is no longer an option for VMware vCenter Server 5.5. For more information, see https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-55-release-notes.html.
v6.0
VMware Data Acquisition
VMware Data Acquisition is a transformation that can extract topology and configuration information from the VMware vCenter database more frequently than once a day. The vCenter relational database supports Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server or, for VMware vCenter releases prior to 5.5, an IBM DB2 database. It is accessed via SAS/ACCESS to Oracle or ODBC.
Note: This is not an adapter. However, a staging transformation is available for this source.
v6.0
Web Log
The Web Server Log adapter reads and analyzes web logs that conform to the Common and W3C Extended Log Formats (CLF and ELF.)
Not applicable
* SAS IT Resource Management uses MXG for this adapter.
Note: The specific software versions of the raw data sources in this table have been used to verify each SAS IT Resource Management adapter. This information is not an exclusive list of all data source versions that are supported. Earlier versions of some data source software might be supported. Future releases of some data source software might be compatible and supported by adapters for SAS IT Resource Management. For information about supporting a data source version that is not included in the previous table, contact your SAS Installation Representative or on-site SAS support personnel.
For data sources (and for raw data sources) that are user-written, staging code is supported by the wizards of SAS Data Integration Studio, and the transformations that are supplied by SAS IT Resource Management. The New Table wizard of SAS Data Integration Studio can create the transformations that can stage raw data from any input source.
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