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Overview of the agent
The IBM Tivoli Agentless Monitoring for Windows Operating Systems provides you with the capability to monitor Windows Operating Systems.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring is the base software for the Agentless Monitor for Windows. The Agentless Monitor for Windows can identify and notify you of common problems with the application that it monitors.
- New in this release
For this revised version 6.2.1 of the Agentless Monitor for Windows documentation, the following changes have been made to the documentation since the original version 6.2.1.
- Components of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment
After you install and set up the Agentless Monitor for Windows, you have an environment that contains the client, server, and monitoring agent implementation for Tivoli Monitoring.
- Agent Management Services
You can use IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent Management Services to manage the Agentless Monitor for Windows.
- User interface options
Installation of the base IBM Tivoli Monitoring software and other integrated applications provides various interfaces that you can use to work with your resources and data.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring
IBM Tivoli Monitoring provides a way to monitor the availability and performance of all the systems in the enterprise from one or several designated workstations. It also provides useful historical data that you can use to track trends and to troubleshoot system problems.
You can use IBM Tivoli Monitoring to achieve the following tasks:
- Monitor for alerts on the systems that you are managing by using predefined situations or custom situations.
- Establish your own performance thresholds.
- Trace the causes leading to an alert.
- Gather comprehensive data about system conditions.
- Use policies to take actions, schedule work, and automate manual tasks.
The Tivoli Enterprise Portal is the interface for IBM Tivoli Monitoring products. You can use the consolidated view of your environment as seen in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal to monitor and resolve performance issues throughout the enterprise.
See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring publications listed in Prerequisite publications for complete information about IBM Tivoli Monitoring and the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
Functions of the monitoring agent
The Agentless Monitor for Windows provides the following functions:
- Agentless Monitoring for Windows Operating Systems using SNMP
- Agentless Monitoring for Windows Operating Systems using Windows APIs