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Environment variables that control the self-describing capability
Environment variables turn the self-describing capability on or off at either the monitoring server, portal server, or the agent.
Purpose
The environment variables control the main functionality of the self-describing capability, and are the only parameters typical users modify. All other self-describing environment variables are modified only at the direction of IBM support.This topic is meant only to provide reference to the main self-describing environment variables. For a complete list of self-describing environment variables and complete details, see "Environment variables" in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide.
Parameters
Do not specify YES or NO; instead, always specify Y or N.Monitor server parameters
- KMS_SDA=Y | N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the monitoring server, whereas Y enables it. Disabling self-describing at the hub monitoring server disables all self-describing capability.
- The default value is N for hub monitoring servers.
- The default value is Y for remote monitoring servers.
- TEMS_MANIFEST_PATH=file_loc
- The location where you want the monitoring server to store the manifest and JAR files it collects from the self-describing agents. The customer must create and set the correct permissions for any custom or alternate directory specified. The directory is not created by the monitoring server. This parameter must be set for the self-describing capability to be enabled; normally it is set during component installation.
- TEMS_JAVA_BINPATH
- This variable locates the Java installation path within the z/OS USS environment. It can be dynamically superseded by a local configuration file each time the z/OS engine generates its USS shell interface. See Configure the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server on z/OS.
Portal server parameters
- TEPS_SDA=Y | N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the portal server, whereas Y enables it.
- The default value is Y.
- TEPS_MANIFEST_PATH=file_loc
- Set by default to the location where the portal server writes and stores retrieved product support JAR files. Normally this parameter is set during component installation.
Agent parameters
- TEMA_SDA=Y | N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the agent, whereas Y enables it. A value of N blocks the monitoring server from retrieving any product support files from this agent and provides you with control on a per agent basis without stopping the self-describing agent feature on the monitoring server for other products.
- The default value is Y.
Parent topic:
Self-describing monitoring agentsRelated tasks:
Suspend the self-describing capability
Enable or disable the self-describing capability at the monitoring server
Enable or disable the self-describing capability at the agent
Determine if agents are enabled for self-descriptionRelated information:
Self-describing event flow at the monitoring server
Self-describing agent installation
Self-describing auto refresh and seeding