NMON files could be fed either from the central NMON repository or from NMON files being collected on each LPAR
online mode: each 10 minutes the agent reads NMON file, process new records and sends them into the LPAR2RRD server
offline mode: once a day you can process single or all NMON files and load data into the tool
NMON file grapher feature: manual NMON file upload via the GUI