AIXwatch Suite

The Complete AIX Monitoring Software Suite — Metrics, Logs & the PowerVM Layer

AIXwatch is complete AIX monitoring software for IBM Power Systems — metrics, logs, and the PowerVM layer in one suite. The AIXwatch Suite brings together all three AIXwatch products — AIX-exporter, Loki Agent for AIX and power-hmc-exporter — on one annual subscription, priced per LPAR. Performance metrics from libperfstat, errpt streams in Loki, and the whole PowerVM virtualization layer from the HMC: everything from the hardware frame down to the errpt line, unified in your Grafana stack.

# on each LPAR
# installp -aXcd /tmp/aix-exporter.bff aix-exporter.rte
SUCCESS: aix-exporter.rte
# installp -aXYgd /tmp/loki-agent.bff all
SUCCESS: loki-agent

# once, on a central host — nothing on the LPARs
# systemctl enable --now power-hmc-exporter
0513-059 power-hmc-exporter active — polling HMC

# metrics :9100 · logs → Loki · PowerVM ← HMC

---
# the two OS agents, fleet-wide
- hosts: aix_fleet
  tasks:
    - name: Install AIX-exporter BFF
      shell: installp -aXcd {{ pkg }}/aix-exporter.bff aix-exporter.rte
    - name: Install Loki Agent BFF
      shell: installp -aXYgd {{ pkg }}/loki-agent.bff all
    - name: Start both subsystems
      shell: startsrc -s {{ item }}
      loop: [ aix-exporter, loki-agent ]

# the PowerVM collector, once
- hosts: hmc_collector
  tasks:
    - name: Enable power-hmc-exporter
      systemd: { name: power-hmc-exporter, enabled: yes, state: started }

What’s in the Suite

How the Suite fits together

Each LPAR runs the two lightweight OS agents: AIX-exporter exposes metrics on a Prometheus endpoint, Loki Agent pushes errpt to Grafana Loki. Alongside them, one central power-hmc-exporter polls the HMC and exposes the virtualization layer as Prometheus metrics too. Prometheus scrapes both exporters, Loki stores the logs, and all three land in the same Grafana — so a single dashboard spans OS performance, OS events and the PowerVM topology underneath them.

Use Cases

Suite Pricing

One per-LPAR subscription covering all three layers. Volume tiers apply automatically at checkout — the more LPARs you run, the less you pay per LPAR.

*À la carte = AIX-exporter €60 + Loki Agent €40 + power-hmc-exporter €45, per LPAR / year. Prices exclude VAT. USD (fixed): Suite $130 / $110 / $90 / $65 per LPAR / year. Beyond 500 LPARs, contact us for an enterprise agreement.

What’s included

• AIX-exporter BFF package (full subscription, 22 collectors, 60-panel dashboard)
• Loki Agent for AIX BFF package (full subscription, standard build — TLS variant available on request)
• power-hmc-exporter (central binary + three ready-to-import Grafana dashboards)
• All Grafana dashboard JSON files for the three products
• Ansible playbook for fleet-wide deployment of the two OS agents
• Documentation, installation guides, integration examples
• Updates and email support for all three products — always included, for the life of your subscription

Specs & Requirements

Deploy on AIX in minutes

The two OS agents follow the same pattern — BFF package, SRC subsystem, auto-start on boot. The PowerVM collector is stood up once on a central host. Validate on one LPAR, then roll out the agents to the fleet with the included Ansible playbook.

# 1. On each LPAR — the two OS agents
installp -aXcd /path/to/aix-exporter.bff aix-exporter.rte
installp -aXYgd /path/to/loki-agent.bff all
startsrc -s aix-exporter
startsrc -s loki-agent

# 2. Once, on a central host — the PowerVM layer (agentless)
tar xzf power-hmc-exporter-*.tar.gz && sudo ./install.sh
sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/power-hmc-exporter   # HMC host / user / password
sudo systemctl enable --now power-hmc-exporter

# 3. Verify the endpoints
curl http://localhost:9100/metrics | head        # AIX-exporter
{service_name="errpt"} | json                     # Loki, in Grafana Explore

Add both Prometheus targets to your prometheus.yml, point Loki Agent at your Loki instance, and import the Grafana dashboard JSONs for all three products. Done.

Licensing

One annual subscription for the whole Suite — AIX-exporter, Loki Agent and power-hmc-exporter together — billed per LPAR through Stripe. From €120 per LPAR per year with volume tiers built in (€100 at 31+, €80 at 101+, €60 at 501+ LPARs). Updates and support are always included; cancel anytime and your monitoring runs to the end of the paid term. TLS variant of Loki Agent available on request after subscribing.

Frequently Asked Questions