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Get Started with IBM TivoliMonitoring AMI

Last updated October 28, 2009Last updated October 28, 2009

Bryan Hobbert ([email protected])

IBM-Tivoi !o"t#are $roup
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Tabe o" %ontents

Tabe o" %ontents

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1.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................................... 51.2 Topics Covered ............................................................................................................. 51. Assu!ptions .................................................................................................................. 51." AMI Contents and Con#iguration ................................................................................... $

2' IITILI.I$ / I!T%/ O1 TH/ MI ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

2.1 %etrieving A&S Credentials .......................................................................................... '2.2 A!a(on Instance In#or!ation ...................................................................................... 1)

2.2.1 I*STA*C+SI,+S............................................................................................................ 1)

2.2.2 S+C-%ITG%/-PS........................................................................................................ 1)

2. Managing AMI Instances ............................................................................................. 112." Preparing to Start the AMI Instance ............................................................................ 1"

2.".1 T%A*S0+%%I*GT+C%++*TIA30I3+S.............................................................................. 1"

2.".2 ACC+SSI*GT+I*STA*C+-SI*GSS.............................................................................. 15

2.5 Con#iguration Se4uence .............................................................................................. 1$2.5.1 P%+I*STA33+3IC+*S+AG%++M+*TSC%++*S.................................................................... 1$

2.5.2 A&S C%++*TIA3SS+T-PC/*0IG-%ATI/*...................................................................... 1'2.5. +BS C/*0IG-%ATI/*M/-3+....................................................................................... 21

2.5.3.1 Creating a New EBS Volume ............................................................................................. 21

2.5.3.2 Attaching an Existing EBS Volume ................................................................................... 23

2.5.3.3 Use Internal Volatile Storage nl! ..................................................................................... 25

2.5." PASS&/%C/*0IG-%ATI/*........................................................................................... 2$

2.5.5 B2 AMI*IST%ATI/*................................................................................................... 2'

2.5.5.1 Starting an" Sto##ing $B2 with rc"%2 .............................................................................. 2&

3' !TTI$ TH/ TI4OLI /T/5I!/ 5OTL %LI/T ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 29

.).1 T+T+P +ST/PC3I+*T............................................................................................ 26

.).2 T+T+P B%/&S+%A*7A8A&+BSTA%TC3I+*TS............................................................ 26

.1 Installing the IBM 7%+ ................................................................................................. 26.1.1 I*STA33I*GT+IBM 7%+ /*&I*/&S.......................................................................... )

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.1.2 I*STA33I*GT+IBM 7%+ /*3I*-9................................................................................ )

.1. P/STI*STA33C/*0IG-%ATI/*/07%+.............................................................................. 1

.2 Starting the Selected Clients ....................................................................................... 1.2.1 STA%TI*GT++ST/PC3I+*T....................................................................................... 1

.2.2 STA%TI*GT+B%/&S+%C3I+*T..................................................................................... 2.2. STA%TI*GT+7&S C3I+*T........................................................................................... 2

6' O7I$ ITH O+ I!TLL/* !O1T/ '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 33

".1 Tivoli +nterprise Portal ................................................................................................. ".1.1 *A8IGAT/%..................................................................................................................

".1.2 &/%SPAC+S.............................................................................................................. "

".1. 8I+&S........................................................................................................................ "

'.1.3.1 (uer!)%ase" *iews ............................................................................................................. 3'

'.1.3.2 E*ent *iews ........................................................................................................................ 35

'.1.3.3 ther *iews ......................................................................................................................... 35

".1." SIT-ATI/*S................................................................................................................. $

".1.5 P%/P+%TI+S................................................................................................................ $

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5.).1 S*MP...................................................................................................................... '

5.).2 CIM.......................................................................................................................... :

5.). &MI......................................................................................................................... :

5.1 Agentless !onitoring ................................................................................................... :5.2 eplo;!ent /ptions #or Agentless Monitors ............................................................... "2

5.2.1 /C-M+*TATI/*%+S/-%C+S0/%AG+*T3+SSM/*IT/%I*G..................................................."

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$. it!c!d con#ig .............................................................................................................. 5)+.3.,.1 C-I s!ntax .......................................................................................................................... 5,

$." Con#iguring or Changing the Monitoring Server Connection #or Agents ...................... 5"$.5 Starting and Stopping Co!ponents ............................................................................. 55

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&'6 MI %ontents and %on"i;uration

The IBM Tivoli Monitoring AMI is a preinstalled and precon#igured instance o# the product. Thisinstance is read; to use and has Eeen precon#igured with certain #eatures to !aHe it easier to getstartedD including the #ollowing operating s;ste! ?/S agents that !onitor the availaEilit; andper#or!ance o# the co!puters in ;our !onitoring environ!entF

Table 1: OS Agents

;ent na:e rc Intel %2." ?2


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2'& etrievin; ! %redentias

A#ter ;ou estaElish an A!a(on &eE Services ?A&S accountD and sign up #or Eoth the A!a(on S and

+C2 servicesD proceed to ;our Account Access Identi#iers pageF

I:a;e e?cerpt "ro: a#s'a:a>on'co:

MaHe a note o# ;our ccess 7ey I*and !ecret ccess 7ey#or later useF


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To generate an 9.5)6 certi#icateD scroll down the page and clicH %reate e#F

I:a; e?cerpt "ro: a#s'a:a>on'co:

ClicHeson the #ollowing screen.



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The #ollowing screen shows the result dialog. ownload the private =eyand certi"icate "ie#ro! this

screenD and store the! in a secure locationF


B; the end o# these stepsD ;ou should have the #ollowing #iles and in#or!ationF

9.5)6 certi#icate #ile

9.5)6 private He; #ile A!a(on A&S account I ?12


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2'2 :a>on Instance In"or:ation

2'2'& Instance !i>es

IBM Tivoli Monitoring AMI is availaEle in a 2


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0or !ore in#or!ation aEout creating and !anaging Securit; GroupsD sign in to the A!a(on +C2

Console at htt#0aws.amaon.comconsoleD clicH !ecurity $roups in the *avigation pane and thenclicH the HepEutton on the top right o# ;our screen.

2'3 Mana;in; MI Instances

A&S provides a &eE console #or !anaging the a!a(on environ!ent and +BS storage volu!es at

htt#0aws.amaon.comconsole.


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To start the AMI instanceD select the instance in the A&S Manage!ent Console and clicH Launc


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In 3aunch Instance &i(ard Eelow ;ou can con#igure the nu!Eer o# instancesD instance t;peD theHe;pair to login to ;our instanceD and the securit; group within which ;ou will launch the instance. A#terall ite!s have Eeen con#iguredD clicH 3aunch.


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To see the status o# ;our AMID clicH Instances in the *avigation pane. At #irst the instance displa;s a

status o# pendingD ;ou can clicH e"res to view detailed in#or!ationin the pane EelowD such as its 5ubic *!.


2'6 5reparin; to !tart t


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The #irst !ethod is to cop; the #iles directl; to ;our instance using secure cop; ?SCP. This is thereco!!ended approach. I# ;ou choose this !ethodD now is a good ti!e to trans#er the He; andcerti#icate #iles to a local director; in the i!ageD such as !nt.

-se the #ollowing co!!ands to trans#er the O.pe! #iles to the AMI i!ageF

1or Linu? O! usersA

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2' %on"i;uration !euence

To navigate in the con#iguration panelsD the TaE He; will !ove ;ou #orward to the ne>t panelD and Shi#t

RTaE taE will !ove ;ou EacHwards to the previous panel. At an; checHEo> or input #ieldD the space Earselects and clears the option.

A#ter starting an AMI instance #or the #irst ti!eD ;ou !ust select ;our pri!ar; language setting and thenco!plete the #ollowing con#iguration steps in se4uenceF

1. Preinstalled 3icense Agree!ents

2. A&S Credentials Setup Con#iguration

. +lastic BlocH Storage ?+BS Con#iguration

". Password Con#iguration

The #ollowing sections provide a description o# each step o# the con#iguration process.

2''& 5reinstaed License ;ree:ent !creensou !ust go through the license agree!ent screens when ;ou start the ITM AMI instance #or the #irstti!e. ou !ust agree to all the licenses shownD otherwise the instance ter!inates i!!ediatel;.

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2''2 ! %redentias !etup %on"i;uration

A#ter the operating s;ste! license agree!ent screens are displa;edD the A!a(on &eE Services

?A&S con#iguration !odule Eegins. Co!plete the A&S con#iguration screens to set up the A&Scredentials re4uired #or +lastic BlocH Storage ?+BS. +BS is discussed in the ne>t suEsection.

0igure 1 A&S credentials setup choices

I# ;ou have alread; copied ;our credential #iles to the running AMI instance ?see section 2."D chooseCertificate and Private Key exist locally. Select [Next] and select Enterto continue.

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0igure 2 3ocal private He; and certi#icate selection

+nter the paths to the private He; and the certi#icate #iles and select [Next]F

0igure 3ocal private He; and certi#icate #ile location selection

The !odule runs an API co!!and to validate the A&S credentials. I# success#ulD ;ou are pro!ptedwith the con#iguration result dialog Eo>. Select [End]to continue.

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The alternative !ethod o# trans#erring the credential #iles is to !anuall; enter the #iles. To use this!ethodD select the Manually enter contents for certificate and rivate !eyoption on the #irst screeno# the A&S Credentials Con#iguration !odule. Select [Next]to continue.

0igure " Manuall; enter certi#icate and private He; selection

The ne>t screen contains #ields with input Eo>es #or the C'09 certi"icateand private =ey "ie. Cop;

and paste the contents o# the #iles into the corresponding input #ields. To paste in a PuTT windowDclicH the right !ouse Eutton.

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0igure 5 Manual entr; o# the certi#icate and private He;

&hen the contents o# Eoth #iles are pasted into the respective input #ieldsD select [Next]. An +C2 APIco!!and is run against the credentials to checH i# the; are valid. I# the credentials are validD the resultdialog is displa;ed. Select [End]to co!plete the !odule.

0igure $ A&S credential con#iguration results

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Choose the si(e o# the +BS volu!e E; entering an integer Eetween 1 < 1))) ?gigaE;tesD and select[Next]'A !ini!u! o# 2) gigaE;tes is reco!!endedF

0igure : +BS volu!e si(e

A status Ear and conditions are displa;ed while the volu!e is Eeing created and !ounted. The#ollowing %esult dialog Eo> is displa;ed when this is co!plete. Select [End]to e>it the !odule.

0igure 6 +BS con#iguration results

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2''3'2 ttacisting volu!e associated with ;our A&S accountD choose the second optionExistin'E#$ volume %ersistent&D and select [Next]F

0igure 1) +>isting +BS volu!e selection

The ne>t screen shows details o# +BS volu!es that are associated with ;our account.

I# this is ;our #irst ti!e using A!a(on +C2D no volu!es are availaEleD and creating a volu!e is the onl;

option. Please re#er to the previous section in this case.

NoteF /nl; +BS volu!es that are located in the sa!e (one as ;our AMI instanceD andnot alread; attached to an; AMI instanceD are displa;ed. I# there are availaEle volu!esDchoose a volu!e E; highlighting it in the selection Eo>.

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0igure 11 +>isting +BS volu!e selectionD part 2

Status and conditions are displa;ed while the chosen volu!e is attached and !ounted. The #ollowing%esult dialog Eo> is displa;ed when this is co!plete. Select [End]to co!plete the !odule.

0igure 12 +BS con#iguration results

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2''3'3 +se Interna 4oatie !tora;e Ony

I# ;ou decide to store ;our data onl; within the volatile storage provided inside an AMI instanceD select

(se internal stora'e %volatile& and select[Next]to continue.

0igure 1 -se internal storage selection An alert dialog Eo> is displa;ed. Select [)es] to continue using volatile storageD or select [No]to returnto the !ain screen o# the +BS Con#iguration Module.

0igure 1" -se internal storage warning

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2''6 5ass#ord %on"i;uration

&hen the +BS con#iguration has Eeen co!pletedD the s;ste! con#iguration screens are displa;ed..

ere ;ou can change the root password o# the AMI instance. +nter a new password #or the root user o#the AMI instance and con#ir! the root password E; entering it again. Select [Next]to continue.

0igure 15 A&S S;ste! Con#iguration

NoteF eep these passwords sa#e the root user has access to all #iles andcon#igurations.

I:portantA

As con#iguredD ITM uses the Ease 3inu> /S userid and password securit; #or userauthentication. As a resultD when ;ou logon to ITM using the T+P client ?see section #ordetailsD the userid and password ;ou enter !ust #irst Ee de#ined to the Ease 3inu> /Sassociated with the ITM AMI. The userid !ust also Ee de#ined to ITM using the T+P ?ore4uivalent TACM co!!andt ti!e ;ou launch that AMI. This is true even i# ;ou had allocated and attached an

+BS volu!e to the ITM AMI instance. To address this issue ;ou can either re /S each ti!e ;ou ter!inate and later launch ;our AMIinstanceD or ;ou can re


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&ith a single rcdE2 co!!andD ;ou canF

ChecH the current status o# B2 Ad!inistration Server and B2 instances.

Set up re4uired Hernel para!etersD start B2D and activate all e>isting B2 dataEases.

Stop B2 services all at once.

To checH the current status o# B2D run the #ollowing co!!and as the root userF

# rcdb2 status

DAS:

Instance db2inst1 ( 50001):

To stop B2D run the #ollowing co!!and as the root userF

# rcdb2 stop

Stopping DAS:

Stopping instance db2inst1To start B2D run the #ollowing co!!and as the root userF

# rcdb2 start

Starting DAS:

Starting instance db2inst1

Activating TESTDB

Activating TADEDB

0or !ore in#or!ation on B2 co!!ands and settingsD see Chapter $ o# the Start 0p Guide f!r (2AMIsat httpFdeveloper.a!a(onweEservices.co!connectentr;.JspaKe>ternalIL262.

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/pen an; s;ste! to see the !onitoring agents installed on that s;ste! #or !onitoring applications andresourcesD andD Eelow agentsD the ele!entsD or attriEutesD #or which the agent can collect data #orreporting and testing.

-se the Collapse and +>pand controls to open and close levels in the *avigator without selecting anite!.

NoteF ou can close the tree entirel; E; douElepandthe treeD douEle


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&hen ;ou clicH a view toolD the !ouse pointer changes to an icon o# the chosen view t;pe ?hand iconon 3inu> s;ste!s. A#ter ;ou clicH inside a paneD the new view replaces the previous view.

rag the title Ear o# one view and drop over another view.

&hile dragging the title EarD ;ou should see a se!i


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2. Select one o# the views in the 5ropertiestree. All t;pes o# views have a !tyetaED with di##erent

options #or the t;pe o# view. The taEleD chartD and topolog; views have Eueryand 1iters

taEsD taEle and topolog; have a Thresholds taED and ter!inal e!ulators have a %on"i;urationtaE. &henever ;ou want to change the data ele!ents that displa; #or a chart or taEle or change thest;ling o# a viewD go to the Properties editor.

. ClicH %anceto close the Properties editor.

I# the Properties tool is disaEledD ;our user I does not have &orHspace Author Mode per!ission.

' *epoy:ent o" O! ;ents and ;entessMonitorin;

IBM Tivoli Monitoring provides operating s;ste! ?/S agents that !onitor the availaEilit; andper#or!ance o# the co!puters in ;our !onitoring environ!ent. An e>a!ple o# an /S agent is the!onitoring agent #or &indowsD which can !onitor &indows 9PD &indows 2)))D &indows 2))D and&indows 2)): operating s;ste!s. An /S agent !ust Ee located on the co!puter it is !onitoring.

As o# version $.2.1D IBM Tivoli Monitoring also provides agentless !onitors. An agentless !onitor is astandard Tivoli Monitoring agent that can !onitor !ultiple operating s;ste! nodes that do not havestandard /S agents running on the!. An agentless !onitor oEtains data #ro! nodes it is !onitoring viaa re!ote application progra!!ing inter#aceD or APIUS*MPD CIMD or &MIUrunning on the node Eeing!onitored. Because these inter#aces provide either operating agent and agentless !onitorsinstalledD con#igured and started. These agents can Ee co!pared to give ;ou an understanding o# thecapaEilities o# each o# these solutions. In additionD the &indows agentless !onitor is installedD and canEe con#igured i# ;ou choose to !onitor a &indows AMI. Agentless technolog; uses the inter#aces listedEelow. Please insure these are enaEled on the s;ste! that ;ou want to !anage.

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The Si!ple *etworH Manage!ent Protocol is a TCPIP transport protocol #or e>changing networH

!anage!ent data and controlling the !onitoring and operation o# networH nodes in a TCPIPenviron!ent. 0ollow the steps Eelow to to con#igure S*MP to enaEle the Agentless Monitor to collectdata.

1. In the #ileF&etc&sn#p&sn#p'c!nfig

add the #ollowing lineF r!c!##unity public

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2. Save the #ile.

. Stop sn!pd i# it was running and then restart it E; t;ping sn#pdon the co!!and line.

The IBM Tivoli Monitoring AMI is now enaEled to receive S*MP data.

'0'2 %IM

The Co!!on In#or!ation Model is an 9M3


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-9D 3inu>. Speci#ic operating s;ste! versions that a particular agentless !onitor can !onitor aredetailed in taEle " on page :.

A co!puter that has one or !ore agentless !onitors running on it is re#erred to as an agentless

co!Eination o# agentlessa!pleD 2 AI9D 2 PD 2 SolarisD 2 &indowsor " &indowsD AI9D 3inu> or 5 &indowsD 5 Solaris or 1) PAgentless technolog; provides lightweight /S !onitoring that targets He; !etrics and Easic situations!eant to satis#; si!ple !onitoring needs. Agentless !onitoring provides speed; i!ple!entation and!ini!u! agent deplo;!entD including the deplo;!ent o# updates howeverD the need to poll the!onitored node to retrieve its !onitoring data increases networH tra##icD and real


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Table \: ata c!llect!rs usable /it$ agentless #!nit!rs and releases supp!rted

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*ata coectorssupported

Operatin; syste: reeases :onitored

AgentlessMonitoring #or

&indows /S

%2 &MI

Per#or!anceMonitor?Per#Mon

&indows eventlog

S*MP 81D 82cD8

Monitors the #ollowing &indows releasesF

&indows 2))) Pro#essional &indows 2)))Server

&indows 2))) Advanced Server &indows9P Pro#essional ?2


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;entess:onitor

5roductcode



&indows Server 2)): +nterprise +dition ?$":$


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;entess:onitor

5roductcode



and pSeries with SP or later

SuS+ 3inu> +nterprise Server 6 #or (Series?1 +nterprise Server 6 #or (Series?$" +nterprise Server 1) Intel ?2 +nterprise Server 1) on >:$

As with other IBM Tivoli Monitoring agentsD ;ou can either install agentless !onitors or deplo; the!#ro! ;our siteNs deplo;!ent depot.

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e>a!pleD i# the agentless !onitor runs on an AI9 operating s;ste!D the IBM Tivoli Monitoring AI9 agent!ust #irst Ee running on it to re!otel; deplo; that agentless !onitor. In additionD the /S agent isre4uired to con#igure a serverNs agentless !onitors via the Tivoli +nterprise Portal.The agentless

!onitors are included on the sa!e Agents 8 as the traditional /S agents and the Tivoli -niversalAgent.

'2'& *ocu:entation esources "or ;entess Monitorin;

TaEle 5 lists the IBM Tivoli Monitoring !anuals that detail the con#iguration and usage o# the agentless!onitors.

Table 6: 0ser.s guides f!r t$e agentless #!nit!rs

Tite*ocu:ent

nu:ber

IB8 9i*oli Agentless 8onitoring :or in"ows #erating S!stems User;s 4ui"e SC2


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< 0or the &indows 9P s;ste!D disaEle Si!ple 0ile Sharing. Si!ple 0ile Sharing re4uires that allusers authenticate with guest privilegesD which the create*ode co!!and does not support. TodisaEle Si!ple 0ile SharingD per#or! the #ollowing stepsF

1 /pen the &indows +>plorer.

2 ClicH Tools 0older /ptions.

ClicH the 8iew taE.

" Scroll through the list o# settings to -se Si!ple 0ile Sharing.

5 Clear the checH Eo> ne>t to -se Si!ple 0ile Sharing and clicH /.

< 0or &indows 9P co!puters with Service PacH 2D disaEle the Internet Connection 0irewall.

< 0or &indows 9P co!putersD set *etworH Access Sharing and Securit; to jClassic < localusers authenticate as the!selves.j -se the #ollowing stepsF

1 0ro! the Control PanelD douEle


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'3'2 +sin; ta!pleD the #ollowing co!!and deplo;s the -*I9 /S !onitoring agent on the server1.iE!.co!co!puter in the optIBMITM director;. The installation is done as the root user.

tac#d create^!de -$ ser)er1'ib#'c!# -d &!pt&I(M&ITM -u r!!t

I:portantA

-nless ;ou speci#icall; indicate otherwiseD the agent that ;ou deplo; using this co!!and assu!esthat the !onitoring server to which it connects is the !onitoring server #ro! which ;ou run theco!!and. The agent also uses the de#ault settings #or the co!!unications protocol ?IP.PIP+ #orprotocol t;pe and 161: #or the port. To change these de#aults ?especiall; i# ;ou are not using theIP.PIP+ protocolD use the #ollowing propert; ?speci#ied with the

a!pleD S+%8+%LIP.PIP+F

server1.iE!.co!F161:.

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To deplo; one o# these agents to ;our AMID ;ou !ust cop; the pacHages to the AMI ;ou want to!onitor. *e>tD e>pand the pacHage and per#or! the install and con#iguration. 0or !ore in#or!ationaEout this processD see httpFpuEliE.Eoulder.iE!.co!in#ocentertivihelpv15r1topic

co!.iE!.it!.doc$.2.#p1it!install.ht!.

' 5ost-instaation %on"i;uration and%usto:i>ation

This section covers con#iguration procedures that ;ou can per#or! at an; ti!e a#ter ;ou co!plete the

installation and Easic con#iguration. The Con#iguring IBM Tivoli Monitoring Co!ponents introducesManage Tivoli Monitoring ServicesD a utilit; ;ou can use to start and stop co!ponents and to con#igureor recon#igure co!ponents. It includes instructions #or starting and stopping Manage IBM TivoliMonitoring Services and #or using the utilit; to recon#igure a Tivoli +nterprise Monitoring ServerD to

con#igure or change connections Eetween agents and !onitoring serversD to con#igure userauthenticationD and to con#igure #ailover support. This chapter also contains instructions #or speci#;ing

networH inter#aces #or the portal server to use when the !onitoring server has !ultiple TCPIPinter#acesD controlling port nu!Eer assign!entsD and con#iguring the heartEeat interval #or agents and!onitoring servers.

'& %on"i;urin; IBM Tivoi Monitorin; %o:ponents

Although the !aJorit; o# con#iguration is done during the product installationD ;ou can use the ManageTivoli Monitoring Services tool to con#igure Tivoli Monitoring co!ponents at an; ti!e. ou can also use

the Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services tool to start and stop co!ponents.

NoteF ou can also per#or! !an; o# these con#iguration and start and stop procedures#ro! the co!!and line. &here this is possiEleD the co!!and is included. See I(MTi)!li M!nit!ring: ]!##and +eference#or a co!plete descriptionD includingpara!etersD o# the co!!ands that ;ou can use in the installation and con#iguration o#IBM Tivoli Monitoring.

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'3 it:c:d con"i;

-se the it!c!d con#ig co!!and to con#igure or recon#igure the e>ecution environ!ent #or an agent orserverD including the #ollowing IBM Tivoli Monitoring ite!sF

The IP port that the huE !onitoring server uses to listen #or re4uests The hosts that can run a product

The location o# the huE !onitoring server in the networH

The !onitoring server an agent connects to

&hether a !onitoring server is a huE or re!ote server

ou can onl; con#igure one product at a ti!e. I# ;ou recon#igure a !onitoring serverD ;ou !ust stopand restart that !onitoring server Ee#ore the changes taHe e##ect.

The it:c:d con"i;co!!and pro!pts #or input #or the re4uired para!eters. Scripts are located in the

installdirEin director; where installdir is the director; into which ;ou installed IBM Tivoli Monitoring.

/n -*I9 or 3inu> onl;D add the sa!e variaEle and location to the HEEenv.ini #ile located init!installdircon#igHEEenv.ini. I# ;ou do not add the variaEle to the HEEenv.ini #ileD it is deleted #ro! theBB+*8 #ile the ne>t ti!e the !onitoring server is re


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-se the #ollowing s;nta> to con#igure a !onitoring agentF

it#c#d c!nfig -A

pc

-$ install_dir

-a arc$

-t agent_$!st_na#e

it#c#d c!nfig -A

pc

-$ install_dir

-a arc$

-! instance_na#e

it#c#d c!nfig -A

pc

-$ install_dir

-g

-se the #ollowing s;nta> to con#igure an /racle agentF

it#c#d c!nfig -A

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-A

Indicates that ;ou are con#iguring a !onitoring agent.

pc

The product code #or the agent or co!ponent that ;ou want to con#igure.

-$ install_dir

?/ptional Identi#ies the installation director; i# it is not the one in which the script is located.

Also use this option to taHe action on an IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation director; other than the onein the current s;ste!.

-a arc$

/ptional para!eter to speci#; the architecture where arch is one o# the aEEreviations used toindicate architecture.

-se this para!eter to con#igure an agent and a !onitoring server #or an architecture other than the onethat ;ou are on. 0or e>a!pleD i# ;ou are on an AI9 s;ste! and want to con#igure #or Solaris co!puterDthen this option is re4uired. /therwise the de#ault is the co!puter ;ou are on.

-u

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The #ollowing e>a!ple con#igures the !onitoring server !s1F

it#c#d c!nfig -S -t $ub_#s1

eturn vaues

An e>it status o# ) indicates that the co!!and ran success#ull;. An e>it status greater than )indicates that there was a #ailure in the process.

eated co::ands

The #ollowing co!!ands are availaEle on -*I9 !onitoring serversF

Table 4: it#c#d c!##ands

%o::and *escription

in#o 8iew in#or!ation #or ;our !onitoring serverD including an inventor; o# installed IBMTivoli productsD con#iguration settingsD installed C versionsD and a list o# runningIBM Tivoli processes.

it!c!dagent

Start and stop a !onitoring agent.

it!c!daudit

Manage the si(e and nu!Eer log #iles.

it!c!dcon#ig

Con#igure or recon#igure the e>ecution environ!ent #or an agent or server.

it!c!d

dEagent

Start and stop a distriEuted dataEase !onitoring agentD

itc!ddEcon#ig

Con#igure the e>ecution environ!ent #or the distriEuted dataEase agent.

it!c!de>ecute

%un a user script or co!!and when its e>ecution re4uires the sa!e environ!entsettings as #or a particular IBM Tivoli product.

it!c!dhistor;

Manage the rollo## o# histor; data into deli!ited te>t #iles.

it!c!d!anage

StartD stopD and con#igure !onitoring co!ponents.

it!c!dserver

Start and stop !onitoring servers.

it!c!dsupport

Add agent o# it#c#d ]I c!##andsD see httpFpuEliE.Eoulder.iE!.co!in#ocentertivihelpv15r1topicco!.iE!.it!.doc$.2.1it!c!dre#11.ht!.

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SNA

Settings

*etworH*a!e

The S*A networH identi#ier #or ;our location.

3- *a!eThe 3- na!e #or the !onitoring server. This 3- na!e corresponds to the

3ocal 3- Alias in ;our S*A co!!unications so#tware.3- $.23/GM/+

The na!e o# the 3-$.2 3/GM/+. The de#ault value is CA*CTCS.

TP *a!e The transaction progra! na!e #or the !onitoring server.

$. %estart the agent.

/n 3inu> and -*I9D ;ou can also use the it!c!d con#ig

Starts a 3I*-9 /S !onitoring agent.

it:c:d a;ent stop >

Stops a 3I*-9 /S !onitoring agent.

it:c:d a;ent start c

Starts the portal server.

it:c:d a;ent stop c

Stops the portal server.

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it:c:d a;ent start ="

Starts the eclipse help server.

it:c:d a;ent stop ="

Stops the eclipse help server.

it:c:d a;ent start -o *"tInst& r6

Starts the 3inu> agentless !onitor.

it:c:d a;ent stop -o *"tInst& r6

Stops the linu> agentless !onitor.

tac:d start;ent

Starts a -*I9 !onitoring agents.

tac:d stop;ent

Stops a -*I9 !onitoring agents.

cin"o -r

To checH the running state o# o# ;our ITM co!ponents.

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