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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Agent Service Interface
Use the agent service interface for retrieving information from an installed agent, whether it is a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent or Tivoli System Monitor Agent. After logging into the local operating system, you can get reports of agent information, private situations, private history, queries, and attributes, and such requests as configuration load list commands.
The Agent Service Interface is accessed through the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Index utility. The interface operates as an Internet server, accepting and validating requests, dispatching requests to the agent for processing, and gathering and formatting reply data using the HTTP or HTTPS application protocol over TCP/IP.
The Agent Service Interface is not available for installation on IBM i and z/OS operating systems. You can, however, use the ITMSUPER Tools that are included in the IBM Support Assistant (ISA), a free local software serviceability workbench that helps you resolve questions and problems with IBM software products. To install the ISA software, go to IBM Support Assistant. As part of the tool set, itmsa.htm provides direct access to agent reports on IBM i, z/OS, Windows, Linux, and UNIX platforms; and itmsuper.htm provides Web Services tools that are accessible through the hub monitoring server.
- Start the Agent Service Interface
Start the Agent Service Interface from your browser to get a menu of choices for reporting agent information, getting situation status, displaying short-term history, and for making service requests in XML.
- Access Authorization Group Profile
The Access Authorization Group Profile (AAGP) contains the access authorization group definitions and user ID assignments that are established by the security administrator.
- Agent Service Interface - Agent Information
Select Agent Information from the Agent Service Interface menu to retrieve a report of pertinent data about the agent, including the environment file settings.
- Agent Service Interface - Situations
Select the Situations option of the Agent Service Interface to see the status and statistics of each situation, including private situations and situations distributed to any subnodes, for the monitoring agent.
- Agent Service Interface - History
Select History in the Agent Service Interface to display the private history data samples that have been saved for the selected attribute group table.
- Agent Service Interface - Queries
Select the Queries option of the Agent Service Interface to query the kpc.atr file for the selected attribute group, shown by table name. One report is a list of the attributes, their column name and display name, and characteristics. The other report shows the current sampled values of the attributes.
- Agent Service Interface - Service Interface Request
Select Service Interface Request in the Agent Service Interface to enter commands in XML format for information about the agent, such as attribute group definitions.
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Agent-based servicesRelated information:
ITMSUPER Tools on OPAL