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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Suspend the self-describing capability
You can suspend and resume the self-describing capability for your environment using the tacmd suspendSda and tacmd resumeSda commands without having to recycle the monitoring server. You can suspend the self-describing capability for various reasons such as, when modifying the self-describing installation options or when going into maintenance mode.
The tacmd suspendSda and tacmd resumeSda commands dynamically change the self-describing behavior only when the hub monitoring server is configured with KMS_SDA=Y. Issuing the tacmd suspendSda and tacmd resumeSda commands will not override the KMS_SDA=N setting. If the tacmd resumeSda command is issued when KMS_SDA=N, the command is ignored until KMS_SDA=Y.
Issuing either the tacmd suspendSda or tacmd resumeSda commands updates the TAPPLPROPS table. This setting is saved regardless of the KMS_SDA setting. Best practice is to set the hub monitoring server environment variable to KMS_SDA=Y, then run the tacmd suspendSda or tacmd resumeSda commands.
See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Command Reference for complete syntax information.
Procedure
- To suspend the self-describing capability, issue the tacmd suspendSda command.
- To resume the self-describing capability, issue the tacmd resumeSda command.
What to do next
You can run the tacmd listSdaStatus to view the suspend state of your monitoring servers. See Self-describing agent installation.
Parent topic:
Self-describing monitoring agentsRelated tasks:
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 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