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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Determine if agents are enabled for self-description
You can tell if an agent is enabled for self-description prior to installation or after installation.
The IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.3 or later base operating system agents are enabled for self-description, however not all agents are enabled for self-description.
The Tivoli Performance Analyzer is not enabled for self-description. For a complete list of agents enabled for self-description, see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring agents enabled for self-description (SDA) topic in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Wiki.
Use the following steps to determine which agents are enabled for self-description.
Procedure
- To tell prior to installation:
Look in the installation image for the K<PC>MSMAN.txt self-describing manifest file.
- The file is located in the WINDOWS directory. For agents that run on Windows Itanium, the file is located in the WIA64 directory.
- The file is located in the unix directory.
- For agents created using Agent Builder, the file is located in the K<PC>/support directory.
- To tell after installation:
- Run the kincinfo -e command. Look in the SDA STATUS column to view if the agent is enabled for self-description.
In this example, you can see the Performance Analyzer Agent has Disabled listed in the SDA STATUS column, meaning the agent is not enabled for self-description.
kincinfo -e **************** Thursday, July 14, 2011 1:29:36 PM **************** User: Administrator Group: NA Host Name: ICVW3A03 Installer: Ver: 062300000 CandleHome : C:\IBM\d1191a\ITM Installitm : C:\IBM\d1191a\ITM\InstallITM ******************************************************************** ...Application support propagation PC PRODUCT DESC PLAT VER BUILD SDA STATUS NT Monitor Agent for Windows OS WINNT 06.23.00.00 11871 Enabled R2 Agentless Monitoring for Windows Operating Sy WINNT 06.23.00.00 201107051647 Enabled R3 Agentless Monitoring for AIX Operating System WINNT 06.23.00.00 201107051650 Enabled R4 Agentless Monitoring for Linux Operating Syst WINNT 06.23.00.00 201107051653 Enabled R5 Agentless Monitoring for HP-UX Operating Syst WINNT 06.23.00.00 201107051655 Enabled R6 Agentless Monitoring for Solaris Operating Sy WINNT 06.23.00.00 201107051658 Enabled PA Tivoli Performance Analzyer WINNT 06.23.00.00 d1184a Disabled
- Run the <install_dir>/bin/cinfo -e command. Look in the SDA STATUS column to view if the agent is enabled for self-description.
In this example, you can see the Tivoli Performance Analyzer has Disabled listed in the SDA STATUS column, meaning the agent is not enabled for self-description.
<inst_dir>/bin/cinfo -e *********** Thu Jul 14 13:19:41 EDT 2011 ****************** User: root Groups: root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel Host name : icvr5d06 Installer Lvl:06.23.00.00 CandleHome: /data/tmv623-d1191a-201107110121/ITM Version Format: VV.RM.FF.II (V: Version; R: Release; M: Modification; F: Fix; I: Interim Fix) ******************************************************************** ...Application support propagation PC PRODUCT DESC PLAT VER BUILD SDA STATUS 80 Monitor Agent for Self Describing Agent lx8266 03.00.00.00 201106281135 Enabled hd Warehouse Proxy lx8266 06.23.00.00 d1191a Enabled lz Monitor Agent for Linux OS lx8266 06.23.00.00 11871 Enabled pa Tivoli Performance Analyzer lx8266 06.23.00.00 11891 Disabled r2 Agentless Monitoring for Windows Operating Systems lx8266 06.23.00.00 201107051647 Enabled r3 Agentless Monitoring for AIX Operating Systems lx8266 06.23.00.00 201107051650 Enabled r4 Agentless Monitoring for Linux Operating Systems lx8266 06.23.00.00 201107051653 Enabled r5 Agentless Monitoring for HP-UX Operating Systems lx8266 06.23.00.00 201107051655 Enabled r6 Agentless Monitoring for Solaris Operating Systems lx8266 06.23.00.00 201107051658 Enabled sy Summarization and Pruning Agent lx8266 06.23.00.00 d1177a Enabled ul Monitor Agent for UNIX Logs lx8266 06.23.00.00 11751 Enabled pa Tivoli Performance Analyzer lx8266 06.23.00.00 d1184a Disabled
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 agentRelated reference:
Environment variables that control the self-describing capabilityRelated information:
Self-describing event flow at the monitoring server
Self-describing agent installation
Self-describing auto refresh and seeding