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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Add an agent through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal
Use the Tivoli Enterprise Portal client to add individual managed systems to the monitored network.
The types of agents that you can remotely install on a computer depend on what agent bundles are in the agent depot on the monitoring server to which the OS agent is connected. The "Deploying monitoring agents across your environment" topics in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide describe how establish an agent depot on the monitoring server and an OS agent on each computer where agents will be deployed.
After the OS agents have been installed, the Navigator Physical view adds an item for each online managed system. To use this feature, your user ID must have Manage permission for Agent Management.
Follow these instructions to install and configure managed systems through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal:
Procedure
- In the Navigator physical view, right-click the system-level Navigator item for the computer where you want to install the monitoring agent. In this example, the computers named ORANGE, PEAR, CABBAGE, and ONION are available.
- Enterprise
- Linux Systems
- ORANGE
- PEAR
- Windows Systems
- CABBAGE
- ONION
- Click Add Managed System to open the Select a Monitoring Agent window. The agents shown in this list are those available for the operating system on which this computer runs. The two-digit version number is followed by a two-digit release number and a modification number of up to five digits.
- Highlight the type of the monitoring agent to install and click OK. For some agent types, the new managed system operation is queued and the transaction ID is displayed. For other agent types, a wizard is provided for you to configure the agent on this system.
- Complete the fields to configure the agent, clicking Next and Back to move among the pages.
- On the Agent page, establish the operating system user ID under which the agent will run on the managed system. Windows: Either accept the default to start the managed system with your user ID (you can also select the check box to Allow service to interact with desktop to enable remote control) or select Use this account and fill in the user name and password under which the agent will run.
Non-Windows: Enter the Username under which the agent will run and the Group name.
- Click Finish to complete the managed system configuration. If any of the information provided is invalid, you will receive an error message and be returned to the configuration window. Check your entries and edit as appropriate to configure correctly. Installation and setup begins and might take several minutes to complete depending on the Tivoli monitoring configuration, the location of the managed system, and the type of monitoring agent.
- After the managed system has been added to the enterprise, click Apply Pending Updates in the Navigator view toolbar. The new managed system (such as Universal Database) is displayed below the system Navigator item.
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Agent tasks in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal