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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2

Use your browser

Use Windows Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox to enter the URL for the SOAP service console.


After installing the Tivoli Monitoring Web Services SOAP client, perform these actions:


Procedure

  1. Start Internet Explorer version 5 or later, or Mozilla Firefox . Be sure to enable the Access data sources across domains option in Internet Explorer's security settings.

  2. In the Address field, type the URL for the SOAP client, where localhost can be used literally when accessing the SOAP server running on the same system or changed to the proper host name or network address of a SOAP server running on a different system: 

      http://localhost:1920///cms/soap/kshsoap.htm

    The port number for the HTTP service is 1920.

    You can also route requests to a remote hub by replacing soap in the Address field with the alias name of the hub you want to access (HUB_localhost in the example below). The alias must have been previously defined to the SOAP server (for information about defining hub aliases, see the installation documentation). For example: http://localhost:1920///cms/HUB_localhost/kshsoap.htm The SOAP client HTML page is displayed.

  3. Select a SOAP method from the list in the first field. After you select a method, the other fields are updated automatically.

  4. Modify, if needed, the tags or the text in the “Edit Payload (XML)” area.

  5. Click Make SOAP Request. The output of the request displays in the Your SOAP Response Payload area.


What to do next

When issuing a CT_Get request against a particular agent type, the monitoring server where the SOAP server is running must be configured and have the application support for that agent type. For example, when issuing a CT_Get request for a z/OS agent connected to an z/OS monitoring server, the monitoring server running the SOAP server must be configured and have the application support for that z/OS agent.


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