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Authenticate monitoring server userids with Microsoft Active Directory
This scenario illustrates how you can configure the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server to use Microsoft Active Directory to authenticate monitoring server users.
This scenario does not require TEPS/e configuration in order to work. The drawback with this solution is that SSO (single sign-on) cannot be implemented; also, userids are restricted to 10 characters maximum. The advantage is that monitoring server-based user authentication allows your users to make SOAP server requests and use tacmd command that send requests to the hub monitoring server.
Environment
The environment comprises two systems, one running the Tivoli Monitoring monitoring server (IP address 192.168.1.240), and one running Microsoft Windows 2003 Advanced Server configured as a Microsoft Active Directory domain controller (IP address 192.168.1.241). Note that the Tivoli Monitoring system is a stand-alone server called itm6210 and not part of the configured domain. The sample domain is called bjomain.com, and the Active Directory server is called msad.
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