IBM System Information Gatherer 1.1

IBM System Information Gatherer is a utility from IBM designed to collect, organize, and export essential system data to streamline diagnostics, support, and asset management. It helps administrators and support teams quickly assemble consistent snapshots of hardware, operating systems, configurations, logs, and performance indicators across heterogeneous environments, reducing manual effort and accelerating time to resolution.

Key capabilities:

• Comprehensive inventory: Captures hardware profiles, OS details, installed software, services, and environment settings.
• Diagnostic data collection: Gathers relevant logs, configuration files, and health metrics to support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Standardized reporting: Exports data in common formats (such as JSON, CSV, or XML) for easy sharing, archiving, or ingestion by IT tools.
• Automation and scaling: Offers command-line operation and scripting support for scheduled or on-demand collections across many systems.
• Integration-friendly: Fits into existing ITSM and support workflows, simplifying handoffs to IBM Support and internal teams.
• Privacy and control: Allows scoping of what is collected, with options to obfuscate sensitive values and produce audit-ready records.
• Secure handling: Uses secure transport and provides verifiable packages to maintain data integrity throughout collection and transfer.

Typical uses include accelerating support cases, standardizing environment assessments, preparing for upgrades or migrations, and maintaining accurate inventories for governance and compliance. By delivering a repeatable, low-overhead way to gather the right information the first time, IBM System Information Gatherer helps teams resolve issues faster and make better-informed operational decisions.

IBM System Information Gatherer is developed by IBM and is used by 2 users of Software Informer. The most popular version of this product among our users is 1.1.