IBM® AIX Profile Manager is a program that manages the runtime properties of one or more AIX® systems. Profiles are collection of runtime controls, such as configuration files, tunables, or environment variables that are displayed in a standard representation.
The AIX Profile Manager summary page consists of two main sections: AIX Profile Manager Configuration Status and Manage Monitoring. There is also a section for License Information.
The compare operation refers to the comparison of the parameters in a reference profile to the running configuration of a system. For each parameter in the profile, the value specified in the profile is compared to the current value collected in the running configuration of the remote system.
The retrieve operation refers to the action of collecting the current values of all the parameters of a profile on an AIX system.
Threshold is a level that is set on the Director server to define the configuration status of the monitored system. This is a percentage value and must be 0 - 100. Systems can be sorted into three categories, according to their configuration status: ok, warning, and critical.