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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Configure application support on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Base DVDs
You install and configure application support for the agents listed in Table 1 when you use the Base DVDs to install and configure distributed monitoring servers, the portal server, and the portal desktop clients using the instructions in this chapter.
- When you install a monitoring server on Linux or UNIX, support files for all agent types on the Base DVD are installed automatically. When you install the portal server and portal desktop client, you can specify which agent types to support.
- When you install a monitoring server, portal server, or portal desktop client on Windows, you can select the Base monitoring agents to install application support on the Select Features window. By default, all the agents are selected.
In both cases, it is best to install and enable application support for all agent types on the Base DVDs during the initial installation to avoid having to reconfigure application support on all monitoring servers, the portal server, and portal desktop clients as new agent types are added to your environment.
If you install application support on the Hub monitoring server and the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Automation Server is also installed, you must restart the automation server after the application support has been installed.
If you need to reconfigure application support, restart the installation from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation media. Update the installation by installing application support for additional Base monitoring agents. When you update an installation, keep in mind the following considerations:
- Following an installation update on Linux or UNIX, you must reseed the monitoring server and reconfigure the portal server and desktop clients.
- When you update an installation on Windows, proceed through the installation as you did for the initial installation except as follows:
- All check boxes on the Select Features window reflect your choices during the initial installation. Do not clear any check boxes. Clear a check box has the effect of uninstalling the component.
For example, if you are updating the installation to add application support for the IBM i agent, select only the application support check box for the IBM i agent. Do not clear any application support check boxes that are already checked unless you want to remove support for those agents.
- You do not need to reconfigure any components (such as the monitoring server or portal server) that have already been configured.
- You must update the installation on all computers where a monitoring server, portal server, or desktop client is installed.
Before seeding actually begins, as part of the installation process, you will be asked if you want to use the seeding files that are included with the installation media or if you want to use the ones you customized during a previous installation.
Do not install agent application support for the current release on a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server for a prior release (for example, do not install V6.3 agent application support on a V6.2.x monitoring server). Doing so can cause agents to fail.
When the application support for an agent is updated on the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, the current agent DLA template file is renamed to use the .bak extension and the latest version of the template file is installed. If the agent DLA template file was edited to remove the IP address filtering for private network addresses, you must update the new version of the agent DLA template file to contain the edits that are in the .bak version of the template file. For more information on editing an agent DLA template to remove private network address filtering, see Using the Tivoli Management Services Discovery Library Adapter in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide.
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